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To volunteer or for more information, please contact Cj at xcjjiangx@yahoo.com Let's make "The Year of the Rooster," the best year for LGBT and queer visibility! PersuAsian: The Red Party Saturday, February 19, 2005 At the RickShaw Stop 155 Fell Street San Francisco This is the official after party for the Chinese New Year Parade! Nosh-ables provided by GAPA. Red attire is strongly encouraged. PersuAsian has graciously offered to donate the Coat Check proceeds to APIQWTC !!! This means we need volunteers to work it! Please contact CJ at xcjjiangx@yahoo.com if you can volunteer for an hour or two. APIQWTC'S piggy bank needs some help! Women of Color Dance in Oakland Organized by NCLR & APIQWTC Saturday, February 19, 2005 8PM - 2AM The Rex 827 Washington St., Oakland (near 12th Street BART) Cost: $10 APIQWTC is co-sponsoring this great party with NCLR for lesbians and trans folks of color and our allies in the East Bay! This is the third time NCLR has put on this party, and if you went last February or September, you know that it is a damn good time with great music and friendly people. This is the first time that APIQWTC has gotten officially involved, and it's a great opportunity to advertise your business or do outreach about your organization. Event organizers are looking for donations of raffle prizes for restaurant dinners, services, and anything else of interest to the community. This is a great opportunity to network with other lesbians and trans folks of color--people come out of the woodwork who you haven't seen in a while. If folks want to put together information about APIQWTC or any of its organizations, we are welcome to distribute or display it at the event. For more information contact Willy Wilkinson, willywilkinson@earthlink.net "SAVING FACE" -- Opening Night Film 2005 SAN FRANCISCO INTL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL APIQWTC IS THE PROUD CO-PRESENTER OF THE OPENING NIGHT FILM starring Joan Chen Thursday, March 10 7:00pm Film Castro Theatre Castro Street 9:30pm Gala Reception Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street, SF When a closeted lesbian's widowed mother turns up pregnant, refusing to name the father and ostracized by her traditional Chinese community, how long will they both "save face" at the expense of their hearts? A heart-melting romantic comedy full of humor and humanity, reminiscent of Ang Lee's THE WEDDING BANQUET. Featuring an outstanding comedic performance by San Francisco's own Joan Chen. Director: Alice Wu Gala Reception 9:30PM at Asian Art Museum to meet with director Alice Wu and the cast of SAVING FACE. Kick off the 2005 SFIAAFF in style at the Opening Night Gala reception, held at the famed Asian Art Museum. Wander through rooms of resplendent artwork, enjoy free-flowing libations courtesy of Crown Royal, Kirin, Quady Winery and more, and dance to spectacular live entertainment by the peerless Dan the Automator, Dhamaal, DJ King Kong and SambAsia. An evening not to be missed. PURCHASING TICKETS Online: www.naatanet.org/festival Phone: 415.478.2277 Screening Only: $25 Reception Only: $40 Screening and Reception: $55 Purchasing in advance is highly advised, as shows will sell out! For more information about the Festival, and complete program information, visit http://www.naatanet.org/festival. AQU25A Events AQU25A (Asian and Pacific Islander, Queer and Questioning, Under 25 and Under, All Together) is a group for and run by young queer (lesbian, gay, bi, & trans) & questioning Asians Pacific Islanders & HAPAS! To find out exact dates, times, locations of events, please contact Bryant Tan at bryant@apiwellness.org or 415-292-3420 x315. Please RSVP if you're planning to attend. Hope to see you there! THE A-SPOT @ CAFE FLORE March 3 \|\| 3-5 PM \|\| 2298 Market/Noe We're revamping our monthly group and looking for political, artistic, fun, crazy, creative, nerdy, cool queer APIs under 25 that are downe for a good time and want to make a difference in the community. Bring a friend! Meet a friend! Join us as we talk about coming out, sex, family, school, politics, partying, drugs, sports, friends, and building an inclusive community. Look out for Bryant with an AQUA sign. YES, IT'S AQUA March 5 \|\| 9-5PM \|\| 3351-23rd St. Stop by our table to meet us and come to our workshop at the Youth Empowerment Summit sponsored by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Our workshop will be called "Hot, Healthy, Sex Positive Dating" where you'll get a chance to bitch about dating, learn some skills to work the dating game, and have a lot of fun! QUEER ASIANS ON FILM March 12-13 \|\| times vary \|\| Castro Theatre, SF Don't see yourself respresented in the media? Well there's three queer Asian films playing in this year's SF International Asian American Film Festival! Come watch them with AQUA and get free or discounted tickets and watch some yellow/brown same-sex loving on the big screen. PLEASE RSVP! For more information about the festival, go to www.naatanet.org. Check out the films "Ethan Mao" "Butterfly" and "Past Imperfect, Future Tense" SING YOUR HEART OUT March 30 \|\| tba Inspired by American Idol? Get your karaoke on with other queer Asian and Pacific Islanders just like you! All levels of talent are welcome. Free Food Provided! You can't beat that. APIQWTC's 2005 Lunar New Year Banquet More Info Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:30pm - 9:30pm Moonstar Restaurant 1169 Market Street San Francisco, California For more detail info, please click here. YES, it's the Year of the ROOSTER! And APIQWTC's lunar new year / spring banquet is on again. Come see old friends and make new ones. And, the food is guaranteed to be fabulous!!! Since space is limited, reservations are guaranteed by check only. Please fill out the RSVP form, make your check payable to "API Banquet" by April 9, and mail to: API Banquet 648 Alcatraz Ave, #301 oakland, CA 94609 For more information about the banquet, please click here. The tradition continues - a free commemorative mug will be given away at the banquet. This year's design is a top secret!!! :-) Moonstar Restaurant is an upscale All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Buffet Restaurant in San Francisco, which offers quality food and services at an affordable price. They feature a 160-foot seafood buffet counter with 40 different kinds of sushi, over 15 dishes are served at both the salad bar and hot entree island including lobster, crab legs, and a dessert bar with over 20 different cakes and fruits. Please visit Moonstar's website, www.moonstarbuffet.com, for more information. APIQWTC Adventurous Women Events For detailed info of upcoming event and information, click More Info Every 2nd weekend of the month Challenge your limits. Have fun. Try something new. No membership fee – Everyone welcome! May 14, Saturday: With charm and grace, twirl on the ice. Location: Oakland Ice Center Time: 2-5 pm. Join your friends for dinner afterwards. Cost: $5 (discounted) admission fee includes skate rental. RSVP required, or $10 regular admission and rental. June 12, Sunday: Horseback Riding Location: Mar Vista Stables in Daly City Time: 10-12 noon Cost: $30. Pony rides available for kids. July 9, Saturday: Bowling Location: Yerba Buena Bowling Center Time: 3-5 pm. Afterwards, join your friends for dinner. Cost: price of games and shoe rental. August 13, Saturday (Cancelled): Coastal Llama Trek Location: 18301 Old Coast Highway, Fort Bragg Time: to be determined. Cost: $45 per person, includes lunch. Kids under 10 free. September 25, Saturday: Surfs up! Boogie Boarding lessons Location: Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica Time: 12-2 pm Cost: $35 (or $25 with pass). Gear included. To continue these adventures, volunteers are needed. Rainbow Koi Dragon Boat Team May 21, 2005 (first race) 6am - 4:30pm West Shore of Lake Merced Paragon Point 3 Lagoon Drive Redwood City, CA Co-sponsored by APIQWTC, GAPA & SBQA. We will run the picnic festivities simultaneously with the dragon boat races at Lake Merced. Finally an ALL LGBT Dragon Boat team forming! Have fun and get in shape at the same time. Scholarships are available for low income individuals. Practices are once a week in either SF or Redwood City. * MORE INFO * Contact Jenn Eng (our new CDBA coach and a personal trainer) at 925-575-0958 or jeng1030@yahoo.com for more info. Come early to cheer on the API LGBT Dragon Boat Team -- "Rainbow Koi" !!! Share good times with old friends and make new ones at this festive semi annual event! Light snacks will be provided and international food will be available. Please visit www.cdba.org for more info on dragon boating. Purple Moon Dance Presents -- "TransMissions" origins, re/generations & community Thursday, May 26 Friday, May 27 7:30pm Zeum Theatre/Yerba Buena Gardens 221 4th Street @ Howard San Francisco, CA TransMissions is a collaboration of artists, curated by Artistic Director, Jill Togawa, performing orginal works by artists of diverse cultures around the theme of transmitting experience and knowledge across and between generations. Featured artists: Destiny Youth Arts Performing Company, Danza Xitlalli Mexica Azteca Dance Group, Melanie DeMore of the Cultural Heritage Choir, musicians Francis Wong, Jimmy Biala, Megumi-Hatta Wong, and Kenjo Hatta-Wong, and dancers Frances Sedayao and Arisika Razak. An evening of dance & music celebrating ancestral wisdom & spirit. Please click here for more info. Tickets/Info: $23 Door/ $15 Advance/ $12 Group (10 or more in advance). Student Rate: $12 Door (with ID) Visit www.manja.org or call (415) 552-1105. Visit Purple Moon's website for more information -- www.purplemoondance.org. Or, call 415-777-2800. "SAVING FACE" -- Premiere Weekend! APIQWTC and NAATA Proudly Present a very special "SAVING FACE" Premiere Weekend!-- June 3 and 4 FRIDAY, JUNE 3 It all starts opening night. GO SEE THE SHOW - writer/directer Alice Wu will be present for a Q&A with the audience. Afterwards, come schmooze with her at the "Meet and Greet". This is a FREE, all ages event! 9PM - 11PM Bar 333, Park Hyatt 333 Battery Street (Across pedestrian bridge from Embarcadero Cinemas) SATURDAY, JUNE 4 APIQWTC along with the promoters of PersuAsian Hosts The Official "SAVING FACE" Kick-Off party! 10PM -2AM TRIPLE L (Ladies Love Lounge) at The Cat Club 1190 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Come party with Alice! There will be "SAVING FACE" give-a-ways and more! Bring your movie ticket stub and get in for $5. OTHER DETAILS Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema, One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco Friday and Saturday, June 3 & 4, 2005, both evening shows Alice Wu in person. Tickets are $10.00 and available at the theatre box office; Information: (415) 267-4893 Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas, 2230 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley Sunday, June 5, 2005, late afternoon and early evening shows Alice Wu in person. Tickets are $9.50 and available at the theatre box office; Information: (510) 464-5980 (Note that the film continues its engagement with daily showings after these opening night events.) SAVING FACE also opens at these additional locations: UA Stonestown Twin (San Francisco) Cin�EArts @ Marin (Sausalito) Cin�EArts @ Palo Alto Square (Palo Alto) Cin�EArts @ Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill) Cin�EArts @ Santana Row (San Jose) 1st Queer Women of Color Film Festival June 6 & 7, 2005 7pm Rainbow Room SF LGBT Community Center 1800 Market Street, SF Admission is FREE Refreshments will be served * MORE INFO * The 1st annual Queer Women of Color FILM FESTIVAL showcases the art, culture, and resistance of queer women of color and our communities. Featuring sizzling and sassy new films that explore love, desire, family and community. Join us as we celebrate the power of art created in our own image! June6: "Espejo: A Closer Look - Queer Latina Shorts" Followed by Panel - "Reflections of Queer Latinas in the Media" June 7: "Naked Truths - Queer Women of Color Shorts" Followed by: Q/A Panel with Filmmakers Programs curated by Madeleine Lim FRESH MEAT 2005 4th Annual Festival of Transgender and Queer Performance June 16-18, 2005 ODC Theater 3153 17th Street @ Shotwell, SF NOTE: TWO SHOWS SATURDAY NIGHT! Thur, June 18: 8pm show Fri, June 19: 8pm show Sat, June 18: 7:30pm AND 9:30pm shows Tickets: $15 at 415-863-9834 or www.ticketweb.com (advance tickets recommended – this show sells out!) Info: www.freshmeatproductions.org “fierce and fine tuned … history in the making” (Bay Area Reporter) ”outstanding, joyful, irreverent” (Critical Dance) Fresh Meat is an annual festival of outstanding transgender and queer performance – a sell-out, high energy, deeply moving, outrageously sexy, history-making gathering of exceptionally talented transgender and queer artists from across the nation. Hear tales about coming out tranny at a Deep South Debutante Ball; experience the infectious harmony of the world’s first transgender barbershop quartet; witness some of the world’s first trans-themed modern dance; pulse with the throbbing beats of homo hip hop and tranny glam rock; hear intersex and transsexual perspectives on the body and intimacy; watch Classical Indian dance with a gender twist; and be exhilarated by gender-bending, gravity-defying trapeze. Fresh Meat 2005 artists include: Miguel Chernus-Goldstein, Ryka Aoki de la Cruz, Sean Dorsey and Mair Culbreth, Harlem Shake Burlesque, Thea Hillman and Johnnie Pratt, Dr. Jafer, Lipstick Conspiracy, Jaycub Perez and Katastrophe, Turner Schofield, Emcee Sile “Luster” Singleton, Sisterz of the Underground, The TransAMS Barbershop Quartet, The Viragos and more! These shows will SELL OUT so get your tickets in advance! Fresh Meat 2005 is a featured presentation of the National Queer Arts Festival and is an official Pride 2005 event. San Francisco Dyke March & Pride Parade Sat & Sun, June 25 & 26 San Francisco, CA Come march with APIQWTC in the Dyke March and SF parade on June 26 & 27. Check back for more details. June 25 Dyke March As our tradition, we will be meeting at around 6pm on the steps of Mission High School on 18th and Delores Streets in San Francisco. June 26 Gay Pride Parade We will be marching with GAPA and our contingent number is #141. Please come meet us and have a big API contingent. "Stand Up, Stand Out, Stand Proud" is the theme for this year's 35th anniversary San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration. This year's theme recognizes both individual courage and defiance of all our communities that make up the Celebration in triumphing over hatred and prejudice. Fore more info, please visit SF Pride Parade website at www.sfpride.org APIQWTC Annual Summer BBQ & Sports (co-sponsored by API Family Pride - 6th Annual Kids BBQ) Sunday, August 21 11am - 4pm East Bay Roberts Regional Park Oakland, CA Adults: $7 -10 suggested donation (none'll be turned away for lack of funds) Dykes bike! Lezzies get busy! Queers Cheer! Jocks rock! Bi's vie! An event full of sports, food, fun, and friends!!! We had so much FUN every summer, so let’s do it again! Food and Refreshments will be served. You can also bring something to share. If you have them, please bring games & sports equipment! (Frisbee, Volleyball, Twister…) Also, come meet other API queer families and friends, espeically the new babies and moms! There will be games, playground, and access to a swimming pool at the Roberts Regional Park!!! Sponsored by: APIQWTC & API Family Pride (formerly API-PFLAG Family Project). For questions and/or RSVP: Amy Haruyama 510-482-4743, amy89liana@yahoo.com; Koko Lin 510-912-1210, kokolin@yahoo.com. We always need volunteer to help setup or BBQing, please contact us at info@apiqwtc.org if you are such an angel. :-) Out In Oakland! Oct 10 Sunday, October 10 3:00pm - 7:00pm Lake Merritt Parkside District East 18th Street & Lakeshore (across from Merritt Bakery Restaurant) Out In Oakland! is a free LGBT community celebration in Oakland's Lake Merritt Parkway District. FREE ADMISSION On the Eve of National Coming Out Day, October 11, COME ONE - COME ALL!! Come visit Oakland and have an Oaktown experience!! Entertainment including BETTY, Linda Tillery, Momma's Boyz, Deep Dickollective, Julia Serano. FOOD, BOOTHS, Children's Activities, Merchants Open House. SAVE THE DATE!!! For more info, www.business2oakland.com/parkwaypride APIQWTC 2004 More Info Lunar New Year Banquet Mug is yours for FREE!!! As our tradition, a free commemorative mug was given away to all of our guest at the banquet. This year's design is fabulous!!! If you are interested in purchasing one or more, please feel free to send us an email at apiqwtc@apiqwtc.org. It's FREE to you but you may need to pick it up from Koko in Oakland. First come first serve, since supply is limited. Here is an image of the mug design: Last updated at June 3, 2005
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