And…I’ve started a new blog about being a bride and wedding planning and all that stuff from my cynical, yet sentimental, curse-filled perspective:

http://ohshitimabride.tumblr.com/

Thurs, Nov 3 at 8pm
“What a Bunch of Dix!”
hosted by my lovely friend, Amy Albert Cobb aka Delilah Dix:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223031881094183

Hope to see you there!

Otherwise, please join us Thurs, Dec 1 for the next installment of Role Call!

♥ Jen

Thurs, Nov 3 at 7pm
The PIT, Downstairs
$5  (no drink min)!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289249131100417

Starring:
Giulia Rozzi!
Becky Yamamoto!
Keisha Zollar!

Hosted by Jen Kwooook
Teched by Beowulf Joooones

Only $5!

A scene from the freakiest movie ever made, AUDITION!!!!

Yup – it’s a show about (gulp…) AUDITIONS!!!  New York’s best performers revisit the role that got away! Find out what really goes on behind the audition room door in this parade of broken dreams and painful re-enactments.

ROLE CALL!
Thurs, 10/6 at 7pm
The PIT, Downstairs
$5
Facebook: :http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285896301421857

Starring:
Carolyn Castiglia (Comedy Central, VH1)
Ellia Bisker (Sweet Soubrette)
Jacob Mondry (Dinosaur Cop, Looking Glass)
Katie Hannigan (The Love Triangle Show, Earthkiller)

Hosted by Jen Kwooook

Teched by Beowulf Joooones

Only $5!

ROLE CALL!
Sat, 9/10 at 7pm
The PIT, Downstairs
$5
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141665279261212

Starring:
Peter Augero (The Moth, BTK Band)
Mindy Raf (ECNY Awards, Leibya Rogers)
Amy Albert (ANTFest, Delilah Dix)
Leah Winkler (Everywhere Theatre Group)

Last summer, you did a “Spike Lee Collaboration” and created this delicious ginger/apple-flavored Absolut Brooklyn:

Spike Lee's vodka.

THIS summer we have a “new” Absolut vodka called Orient Apple:

Asian people vodka.

Whoa.  IT’S THE SAME THING!!!

Brooklyn = Old Boy?

Apparently, Spike Lee + Oriental flavors = Product co-opted by the Swedes for mass consumption:

White lady slays the dragon.

WTF – JORDANA BREWSTER?!  The chick from Fast & Furious?  …because she was in a movie with Asians in it?

I can’t wait for a line of Tyler Perry-designed gongs at Ikea modeled by Eva Mendes (Fast & Furious 2).

C’mon, Absolut!

“THE CONTEST

Hyperink is now accepting submissions for their My Tiger Mom & Me contest. We’re looking for stories about real Tiger Moms.

We’ll include the 10 best entries in our upcoming anthology. All accepted authors will receive a byline and a free copy of the book.

(Don’t know what a Tiger Mom is? Click here for some background information.)

CASH PRIZES:

First Place: $500

Second Place: $300

Third Place: $200

The 3 winning authors will also receive consideration for a book deal with Hyperink, a cutting edge digital publisher.

DEADLINE: July 29, 2011

We’ll list the winners on our site and notify them via email on August 19, 2011.

“On July 25th, 2011, I have the awesome pleasure of returning to Jamaica after 13 years to trace the steps of my lineage, to share with children music of our ancestors as a volunteer in two summer programs and to craft the framework for a Fulbright fellowship that would allow me a return in the spring of 2012–exploring connections between traditional folk song, indigenous language and spirituality in Jamaica.

This is a So’journ into the ‘classics’ as articulated by my ancestors. This is my So’journ with the spirits of those who lent their voice, dance and life’s purpose to charting a path of freedom. This is my So’journ along that path, into the depths of a lineage that may be lost unless we trace, unearth and document it. This is So’journ Jamaica.

I am humbly requesting monetary or in-kind donations toward the acquisition of: materials to make instruments with the children, audio and visual recording device to document interviews with members of the community, lodging, food, and transportation. Below is a list of specific items for purchase or donation. You can also contribute as little as $10 towards the overall costs of my 7 weeks in Jamaica. Learn more about my journey at myvoiceinside.com and please pass on the word.

I believe in this work, in this journey and inspired simply by the possibility!”

Beatrice also recently completed a similar successful trip to help people in Haiti.  I am very inspired by and proud to support this project, and I hope you are too.

To donate to this amazing project, please click here:  https://www.wepay.com/xp39lo/donate/395430

In response to the recent media coverage about Amy Chua’s polarizing Tiger Mom, Mouth to Mouth: MOM MIC will feature the real stories and voices of Asian American moms. Blending comedy, spoken word, hip hop, and stand-up from Kate Rigg, who Bust Magazine calls “hell bent on exploding Asian stereotypes,” will have you out of your seat, and actress, writer, and mom Natalie Kim will entertain you with selections from her solo comedy show.

Come early to sign-up to share your own mom-inspired stories. Whether you are a mother, have a mother, know a mother — we want to hear from you! Free admission if you are a mom (or if you bring your mama)! Stay-tuned for details about the second installment of Mouth to Mouth: MOM MIC, taking place on August 12 (Thursday).

Kate Rigg is the iconoclasic amerasian culture vulture and lead singer for Slanty Eyed Mama.  Artist in residence at the Smithsonian Institute, Comedy Central Theater and the Mark Taper Forum has made a career with a mix
of stand up comedy, spoken word and potty mouth political rants
focused on pop culture represent-Asian.

Actress and writer Natalie Kim was born in Harlem, New York and raised in Centereach, New York. Her credits include HBO’s Bored to Death, independent film West 32nd Street, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Recently, Natalie completed a successful run of her solo show, YO GIRL! at 59e59 Street Theater and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She just wrapped SuperTwins!, a comedic web series about fraternal twin superheros, which also stars Trevor Zhou.

This program is funded by the Asian Women Giving Circle.

@The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor
Between 6th and 7th Avenues
Buzzer 600

open to the public
$5 suggested donation
free admission if you are a mom or bring your mom

click here for the facebook event!

Check us out in this sexy, 80′s-inspired jam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQy2P9zj9Y

That Thang
by Jen Kwok and DanAKADan
Directed by Ballard C. Boyd
Music Produced by soce, the elemental wizard

If you like it, please forward to friends!

You can also download the song for free here: