7.13.2001

My aswang is better than your aswang!

Been preppin for the 3rd Annual BG Benefit Party! It's gonna be a blast! So many things have been going on: people holding events, people doing readings, spoken word, and performances, and even teaching my first class!

Here's the press release for the party. Note that that crazy adobo waxin' Fil-Am comedian Rex Navarrete is going to be the special guest for the evening, and he'll be doing some material from his newly released album "Bastos: The Comedy of Rex Navarrete". And he is truly bastos! This is stuff your lola does not want you to hear...

THE 3RD ANNUAL BAMBOO GIRL ZINE BENEFIT PARTY!

Friday, July 20, 2001
7:30pm
@ the Asian American Writers' Workshop

16 West 32nd Street
Suite 10A
New York, NY 10001
Suggested donation: $5 US pesos
Raffle Prizes!
MC: yours truly

Come to the 3rd Annual Bamboo Girl Zine Benefit Party!

All funds go towards the next print run of Bamboo Girl Zine, #11. Come support the zine that's been around since 1995, confronting racism, sexism, and homophobia in their various forms as they relate to people of color, particularly those of Asian Pacific Islander/Filipina/mixed blood Asian heritage.

There will be light food, refreshments, and I'll be selling my latest issue, #10, past issues at 1/2 off, as well as BG tees with those eye-catching slogans (showcasing my new rad light blue muscle tees), stickers that would make your mom cry, and those fabulously fragrant soaps from the Philippines by Annomi Soapworks!

The following is the list of confirmed artists...

Performers include:
Patty Cachapero (SF, CA)
Johanna Faith Cacho Almiron
Kevin Camia (SF, CA)
Emily Chi-hua Chang
Martha Cabrera Estévez
Kontrast: Alex "Sketch" Reyes & Chaz "Z-313" McHale
Annie Lin (TX)
Lauren Jade Martin, Quantify Zine
Darlene "Daya" Mortel (Seattle, WA)
Maura Nguyen Donohue
Ishle Yi Park
Gita Reddy
F. Omar Telan

Special Guest: Premier Fil-Am Comedian Rex Navarrete, straight from the Bay Area!

Music by BlackSonny

Photo Exhibit by BJ Formento

The Event is Sponsored by:
All Night Riot
Asian Avenue
Blacklava
Bluestockings Bookstore
Campaign for Safer Subway Stations (CSSS)
Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solutions (FACES)
Filipino Organization for Women's Advancement, Rights, and Dignity (FORWARD)
Gabriela Network - NY/NJ
generationrice
Irene H. Kuniyuki, visual artist
maARTe
MultiRacial Queers Of Color
MultiRacial People Of Color NYC Metro
Riding Mower Records & P.I.C
Utne Reader

With raffle prizes such as: Utne Reader subscriptions, tee shirts from Blacklava, maARTe, and generationrice, creations from Seattle-based visual artist Irene H. Kuniyuki, the Gabriela Network gift basket, Asian Avenue bag of goodies, and a lovely gift certificate to Bluestockings Bookstore, among other prizes!

Come purchase your raffle tix at the door!

If you'd still like to co-sponsor the event, or volunteer to help out (I sure could use it!), please let me know. You can reach me at:

S. Margarita
Bamboo Girl Zine
POB 507
New York, NY 10159-0507
voice mail: (212) 894-3748 x3387
email: bamboogirl@aol.com

For directions to the AAWW:
The Workshop is located one block South of the Empire State Building between 5th Avenue and Broadway.
Subway: B, D, F, Q, N, R trains to 34th Street/Herald Square | 4, 5, 6 trains to 33rd Street