PERFORMANCE Susie Suh Tuesday, May 22nd, 9:00pm Club Midway 25 Avenue B between 2nd and 3rd Streets New York City $10 www.susiesuh.com | www.myspace.com/susiesuh www.youtube.com/officialsusiesuh Susie Suh is a Korean-American singer-songwriter signed to Sony Epic Records. Produced by 6x Grammy-Award winner Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrissette, No Doubt, Dave Matthews), Suh’s album has received critical acclaim. Suh has been featured on NPR, Sirius Radio, WFUV, and numerous television and radio stations around the country. In addition, Suh has been featured on the cover of KoreAm magazine, ImaginAsian TV and Radio, the New York Times, Village Voice, and garnered 4 stars in Blender Magazine. Suh's music can be heard on shows like One Tree Hill and the soundtrack and movie Must Love Dogs featuring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She is currently writing her sophomore record.

BOOK RECEPTION Min Jin Lee: Free Food for Millionaires Asia Society Tuesday, May 22nd, 6:30pm Asia Society and Museum Auditorium 725 Park Ave at 70th Street New York City $10 Members, $12 Adults, $7 Students with ID www.asiasociety.org The model student has grown up and one young woman is trying to make her way in the world. Free Food for Millionaires charts Casey Han treacherous journey, navigating between her immigrant Korean parents, her Ivy league class mates, and the many men in her life. The recipient Narrative Magazine's award for Best New and Emerging Writer, Lee's work has also been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts and anthologized in To Be Real (Doubleday, 1995) and Breeder (Seal Press, 2001). This is Min Jin Lee's debut novel. Min Jin Lee will be interviewed by Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Reception and book signing follow. Free Food for Millionaires stakes out new ground for 21st century American literature, territory both profoundly enlightening and utterly enjoyable." -- David Henry Hwang

HAPPY HOUR Happy Hour Fundraiser in Honor of City Councilmember John Liu Wednesday, May 23rd, 6:00 - 8:00pm Red Sky 47 East 29th Street between Park and Madison Aves New York City $25 per person, $3 Beer / $4 Cocktail liunewyork@gmail.com Jean Kim, George Wong, Don Leo, and PJ Kim cordially invite you to attend a fundraising happy hour in Honor of City Councilmember John Liu. Check and credit card contributions only--please make checks payable to People for John Liu. Please RSVP to rsvp@setogroup.com The Honorable John C. Liu is a member of the New York City Council and chairs the Transportation Committee. Council Member Liu also serves on the Education, Consumer Affairs, Health, Contracts, Land Use, Oversight & Investigation, and Lower Manhattan Redevelopment committees.

WORKSHOP The Short Story with Rattawut Lapcharoensap The Asian American Writers' Workshop Wednesdays, May 23rd - June 27th, 6:30 - 9:00pm The Workshop 16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor between Broadway and 5th Ave New York City www.aaww.org This is a six-week workshop focused on the craft of the short story. Participants should expect to submit work on a regular basis as well as provide generous, constructive feedback for their peers' submissions. Additional readings and discussions may cover traditional and non-traditional story structures, the perils of epiphany, de-familiarization and the exotic, the pleasures of exposition, and the art of revision, among others. For beginning, serious writers with some experience with the short story form.

E! will air a one hour special on the AXAs on May 24. E! has national reach and is measured by Neilsen ratings. If E!'s ratings see a bump, it will provide a strong argument to Comcast to continue to not only support The Asian Excellence Awards, but also to more aggressively support AZN is providing a voice for Asian Americans. I truly believe that we are at that make or break moment in time. Please help make a difference. Please use your voice to get out the "vote". People can watch the show, email E!, email Comcast or call their local cable operators and say how important it is to carry programs like the Asian Excellence Awards. Now is the time before it is too late. --Teddy Zee

TELEVISION EVENT 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards Thursday, May 24th, 6:00pm, Channel E! Monday, May 28th, 8:00 pm, Channel AZN axawards@azntv.com The stars are lining up to be a part of one of the biggest nights for Asian Americans in Hollywood The 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards presented by JCPenney. Hosting the show will be Lost's Daniel Dae Kim and Battlestar Galactica's Grace Park. Now in its 6th extraordinary year, the Asian Excellence Awards is the most prestigious and only nationally televised event celebrating the achievements of the Asian and Asian American community in film, television, and music. Awards are also given to remarkable individuals outside of these disciplines who have made a deep and historic impact on our national culture. The AZN Asian Excellence Awards is the only nationally televised event celebrating significant Asian and Asian American achievements in entertainment, the arts and other disciplines that have had a profound impact on American culture. For the first time, AZN has partnered with E! Entertainment Television, the top global source for everything red carpet, to further promote the show with an hour-long special featuring red carpet arrivals, behind-the-scenes excitement and highlights from the event. AZN Television has also partnered with E! Entertainment Television, the top global source for everything red carpet, to further promote the show with an hour-long special featuring celebrity arrivals, behind-the-scenes excitement and highlights, making the Asian Excellence Awards the most broadly televised Asian American program in history. The special will air on E! on May 24 at 6:00pm and the hour-long special will serve as a preview of the full awards program on AZN on May 28 at 8:00pm.

TELEVISION EVENT Due East Thursday, May 24th Thirteen / WNET New York Channel 13 (Time Warner) www.thirteen.org/homepage/promos/due_east.html Nearly 12 million Asian-Americans call America home. With some 30 national-origin groups, the larger Asian Pacific American community is one of glorious variety. Thirteen / WNET New York recognizes this diversity throughout May with Due East, the station's annual celebration of Asian Pacific American heritage. Due East presents a range of programming focused on the Asian Pacific American experience, from arts and sports to social issues and the immigrant experience. Due East runs through Saturday, May 26, 2007 on Thirteen. Highlights include: 12:40 - 1:40am Sun Gu Ja: A Century of Korean Pioneers This documentary traces the 100-year history of Korean immigration first to the Pacific Coast, and then throughout the U.S., by blending archival footage with first hand accounts from Korean War veterans, family farmers and Korean adoptees, among others. (Premiere) (FB: Thursday, May 24 at 12:40 a.m.) 1:40 - 2:40am Seoul Train (2004) United States, English, 45 minutes Directed by: Jim Buttorworth & Aaron Lubarsky Documentary With its riveting footage of a secretive underground railroad, Seoul Train is the gripping documentary expose into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. Seoul Train also delves into the complex geopolitics behind this growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis. By combining footage, personal stories and interviews with experts and government officials, Seoul Train depicts the flouting of international laws by major countries, the inaction and bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the heroics of activists that put themselves in harm's way to save the refugees.

DISCUSSION The Forgotten Legacy of the Minjung Art Movement in South Korea The Korea Society Thursday, May 24th, 6:30pm The Korea Society 950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, at 57th Street New York City www.koreasociety.org Join the Korea Society for a discussion: The Forgotten Legacy of the Minjung Art Movement in South Korea with Soyang Park, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. The 1980s were a turbulent period in South Korean politics, with society rebelling against the military government and demanding democratic reform. But the pro-democracy movement wasn't limited to politics. South Korea in the 1980s also saw the rise of the minjung (grassroots) movement in the arts. Throughout the decade, and into the early ?0s, leading minjung artists worked around the theme of han (a uniquely Korean sense of lingering grievance) to create pieces which critically examined deep, often unpleasant, cultural realities and echoed the political calls for change. At a powerful gallery talk, Soyang Park, a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon University, will explore the minjung movement and the accomplishments of its leading artists, such as Lim Ok Sang and Oh Yoon, as they materialized the ghosts of contemporary Korean society. Soyang Park received her doctoral degree in Art History (visual) in 2004, from Goldsmiths College at the University of London. Park is currently teaching at Carnegie Mellon University as a post-doctoral fellow in the Center for the Arts in Society. Her scholarly work has been published in the Journal for Cultural Research, Third Text and Korean Art. She will join the faculty at the Ontario College of Arts and Design in Toronto as an assistant professor in July 2007. Part of "Exhibiting Korea: A Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society" Series Pass (for all seven monthly gallery talks): $20 members / $50 non-members Single-Program Ticket: $5 members / $10 non-members Exhibiting Korea, a new monthly series of presentations on the fine arts, film, fashion and architecture of the Korean Peninsula, is debuting this April. Series programs will address contemporary trends in cultural expression in Korea, and take audiences back to important movements they might have overlooked. These gallery talks, given by top experts, critics and artists, will put the colors and shapes of modern Korea on display-and explain the cultural and historical contexts behind them. Please join us.

FESTIVAL 18th Annual The 18th Senior Festival and Community Health Fair Young Korean American Network (yKAN) and Korean Community Services (KCS) Saturday, May 26th, 8:30am - 3:30pm Flushing High School 35-01 Union Street at 35th Avenue Flushing, New York 11354 www.kcsny.org | www.ykan.org Happy Parent's Day (In Korea, Parent's Day is May 8th)! To commemorate this meaningful day, yKAN will be co-sponsoring and volunteering at the 18th Annual KCS Senior and Health Festival. This event is being officiated by KCS, which is a non-profit organization that has been serving for the welfare of the New York Korean American Community since 1973. KCS focuses on educating Korean American youth and providing social security services for the Korean American senior citizens. The Senior and Health Festival is one of their many efforts to support these missions. The Festival will include free entertainment, food, and health fair for the KA senior citizens over the age of 55. This festival will once again provide yKAN with an opportunity to work with various 1st generation KA organizations and a chance for both 1st and 2nd generation KA groups to learn about each other. More importantly, we will receive another opportunity to spend some quality time with the grandparents of our community. The 2007 KCS Festival's emphases are on: Mutual understanding between Intergeneration Free Health Screening and Preventive Education Cultural Performance of Seniors and Their Family

DICUSSION Shattering the Stereotypes: The Asian American Male Identity Date Asia Society Tuesday, May 31st, 6:30pm Asia Society and Museum Auditorium 725 Park Ave at 70th Street New York City $15 nonmembers $10 Members $7 Students with ID www.asiasociety.org Facing a range of stereotypes, Asian American men come together to break through preconceived roles in relationships, careers and popular culture. Yul Kwon, who destroyed the mold by winning "Survivor: Cook Islands", together with Jeff Yang, a Chinese American writer and business/media consultant who is currently the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle and former publisher of A Magazine, leads a panel in considering how these stereotypes serve as barriers to the professional and personal lives of Asian American men. Reception to follow.

RECEPTION KCS Korean Community Awareness Event Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York (KCS) and The Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) Tuesday, June 5th, 6:30pm Korean American Association of Greater NY Hall 149 W 24th Street, 6th Floor New York City www.kacfny.org | www.kcsny.org You are invited to the KCS Korean Community Awareness Event. There's so much more to the Korean American community in New York than just delis, nail salons, and kimchi. Learn about the issues affecting our community. See the difference that KCS is making in the lives of countless individuals. The event is free of charge, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Mark Lee mlee@kcsny.org by Wednesday, May 23rd with the following information: Name, email, phone number, number of guests (please limit to 2 guests per invitee). The agenda includes, a presentation on the Korean Community by KCS, a presentation by the Korean American Community Foundation, a meet and greet with KCS staff, special musical entertainment, and refreshments. Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York (KCS) was founded in 1973 and is the oldest and largest social service organization in the Korean American Community. Its programs are open to all and help people in the areas of public health, aging, and community affairs. The Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) was organized to serve the Korean-American community of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area by providing a venue where Korean Americans of all generations can help enrich the lives of their neighbors by giving, with even a dollar a day.

DISCUSSION The Modern Boy and Modern Girl in Colonial Korea: 1910 - 1945 The Korea Society Thursday, June 7th, 6:30pm The Korea Society 950 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, at 57th Street New York City www.koreasociety.org Join the Korea Society for a discussion: The Modern Boy and Modern Girl in Colonial Korea: 1910 - 1945 with Yeon Shim Chung, Professor of Art History at the Fashion Institute of Technology. When Japan annexed Korea in 1910, it brought more than bayonets and colonial police to the Korean Peninsula. It bought a new movement in fashion, known as mobo moga (the modern girl / modern boy.) In contrast to traditional Korean styles of dress, mobo moga (which was influenced by contemporary French fashion) set out a new model of femininity and implied a social and moral consciousness of womanhood. Mobo moga images quickly entered the popular media and became pervasive in forms ranging from cartoons to women's magazines. Mobo moga was also unique because of its social breadth: the style was closely linked to lower-class serving women in caf?, bars and theaters as well as to ordinary middle-class women who frequently imitated Westernized types of women. But more than most fashion trends, mobo moga sparked widespread public debate. Its assumptions about femininity clashed head-on with Confucian values. Social satirists and other critics charged that mobo moga was born out of capitalism and modern consumerism and infused with inappropriate longings to imitate the West. Yeon Shim Chung, professor of art history at the Fashion Institute of Technology, will discuss how mobo moga shaped Korean fashion-and society-for decades to come. Yeon Shim Chung teaches art history at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Wagner College. She completed her doctoral dissertation "Ultra-sauvage, Ultra-moderne: Gauguin's Ceramics and Sculpture," at the New York University's Institute for Fine Arts in September 2005. Part of her dissertation will appear in The Journal of Modern Craft in March 2008. Chung is currently working on a book dealing with modernity, subjectivity and femininity in colonial Korea. Part of "Exhibiting Korea: A Monthly Series of Gallery Talk Programs at The Korea Society"

HAPPY HOUR 2007 Annual Summer Cocktail Party Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) Wednesday, June 13th, 6:00 - 9:00pm Home 532 West 27th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues New York City $50 contribution, $40 AALDEF members www.aaldef.org | events@aaldef.org Kick off the summer in style! Join AALDEF at one of the City's finest nightclubs on Wednesday, June 13 with hundreds of other professionals. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will hold its annual Summer Cocktail Party at Home. Located in West Chelsea, Home is an A-list destination in one of the City's hottest neighborhoods. Roomy and refined, partygoers will feel right at home, with plush couches, crystal chandeliers, and leather-lined ceilings. This is your chance to network with other young New York-area professionals. Last year's party drew 500 guests from all walks of life--legal, finance, fashion, media, entertainment and non-profit. The evening includes a raffle, light hors d'oeuvres, live DJ, and cash bar.

Hi everyone, As some of you know, I've been cranking these last few weeks helping to produce three stories for CNN's American Morning. These stories are part of the Uncovering America series, and will focus on a number of issues within the Asian American community. I'll be in the studio live to introduce each story and answer questions afterwards. It also appears likely that I'll be a guest on Anderson Cooper 360, which will air several stories for APA Heritage Month as well. I'm also writing a piece for CNN.com on the negative portrayal of Asian Americans in media. As a caveat, I want to say that the stories aren't nearly as comprehensive, in depth, or nuanced as I would have liked, and I had limited control over topic selection, interviewee selection, and especially, the editing. On a personal level, though, I'm just happy that I could help bring to light some of the issues affecting the Asian American community to a mainstream audience, and it's my hope that I'll eventually be able to get myself into a position where I can ensure that Asian Americans are represented in the media in a full and balanced fashion, and that our voices are heard within the national debates. I wanted to thank those of you who've sent me notes of encouragement, I really appreciate it. For anyone who missed watching the stories when they aired, the videos are available online at the CNN's American Morning website. The online videos unfortunately don't include the live discussion that follows each story. All the best, --Yul (edited)

ONLINE The Asian American Journey www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/asian.american CNN created incredibly forward and enlightened decision to commemorate Asian American Heritage Month with a real, deep, and comprehensive package of coverage, featuring segments on a wide range of critical issues in our community from CNN's Richard Lui, Dan Simon , Alina Cho, Veronica De La Cruz, Dan Lothian, Betty Nguyen, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Pulling all of this together is a notable name in recent Asian American media: Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Island, who is serving as a special correspondent for the network, reporting on topics such as the changing portrayals of Asian American men in film and television, the glass ceiling for Asian Americans in corporate America, and affirmative action in education. It's just a continuation of Kwon's commitment to turn his reality-show victory into something substantially more important and lasting--and a sign that people should remember that he's far more than a "personality": He's smart, connected, and deeply passionate about Asian American representation. We're lucky to have him. --Jeff Yang (edited)

CALL FOR ENTRIES NYKFF's 2007 Short Film Program The Korea Society May 30th, Late deadline June 30th www.koreanfilmfestival.org | yuni.ny@koreasociety.org If you're a Korean / Korean American filmmaker with a great short film, or are a non-Korean filmmaker whose short film deals with a subject relevant to Korea, the 2007 New York Korean Film Festival want to see your work. Submission deadline is May 30, 2007. Submission contacts will be notified on acceptance. If your film is selected to run, you'll be given free tickets to the festival, a write-up in the festival program book and a chance to personally introduce your short film to the audience. Short Film Submission Guidelines Submissions must run no longer than 40 minutes. Submissions must meet at least one of the following two criteria:   1.) Key principals of the film's cast and crew (i.e. lead actor or actress, producer, director or screenwriter) must be of Korean descent.   2.) The film's subject matter must have cultural, historical or political relevance to Korea. Submissions must be made in DVD format (any NTSC region). Submissions not dubbed in English must include English subtitles. The NYKFF will not provide subtitling services. Submissions arriving before the May 30 deadline require no entry fee. Submissions will be accepted up until a secondary deadline of June 30, 2007. Films submitted after the May 30 deadline, however, must be accompanied by a $25 penalty fee .

CALL FOR PAPERS Asian Americans and the New South Abstracts: June 1st, Final Drafts: November 15th hyati@fdu.edu | desai003@umn.edu The American South has a rich and vibrant tapestry of longstanding Asian American communities as well as exponentially growing recent ones. In addition to the historical presence of Asian Americans for the last two centuries (e.g., Chinese Americans in Mississippi and Filipino Americans in New Orleans), geographically diverse areas including Atlanta, the Research Triangle (Chapel Hill, Raleigh -Durham), New Orleans, Orlando and Nashville, have also become sites of recent immigration and internal migration. In an attempt to recognize and reckon with these historical and emerging minority communities, scholarly fields are beginning to map these unique histories, new communities, and the South's changing racial formations. This interdisciplinary anthology seeks to bring together essays that touch upon a wide-ranging number of topics that reflect the breadth and depth of the Asian American presence in the South. Historical perspectives on Asian Americans in the South. Contributions will be sought for an anthology exploring the historical, political, cultural, social, and/or economic issues associated with Asian Americans in the South. For more information contact Khyati Y. Joshi, Assistant Professor, School of Education, FairleighDickinson University at khyati@fdu.edu or Jigna Desai, Associate Professor, Women's Studies & Director, Asian American Studies Program, University of Minnesota at desai003@umn.edu.

JOB OPPORTUNITY Coordinator, Wang Center Asian American Programs Closing Date: May 28, 2007 www.stonybrook.edu/cjo The Coordinator for the Wang Center's Asian American Programs is responsible for managing and administering programs planned by the Director of Asian and Asian American Programs. The Coordinator also provides support in the management of the budget for the Wang Center, as well as its office, and student staff. The incumbent also works closely with the Director of Asian and Asian American Programs in the planning of programs and is responsible for the coordinating and execution of programs initiated by the Director of Asian and Asian American Programs, in keeping with the Wang Center's mission of promoting an understanding of Asian and Asian American cultures. Annual Salary Range: $40,000-$45,000 Minimum Requirements BA/BS degree in any discipline. In lieu of the degree, a combination of education or directly related experience totalling four years will be considered. Three full-time years of complex and diverse administrative experience to include supervision and program coordination. Excellent verbal and written communication as well as interpersonal and organizational skills. A strong knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email software programs. Night and weekend work required. Preferred Qualifications Demonstrated experience in Diversity and/or Multicultural and/or Minority Affairs Programming. Demonstrated experience in Asian and/or Asian American public programs and/or events. Experience working in an academic culture and/or non-profit environment.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY East West Players Summer Intensive Conservatory David Henry Hwang Theatre 120 Judge John Aiso Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 www.eastwestplayers.org/conservatory.htm Every summer East West Players Actors Conservatory offers a 6-week intensive program designed to give actors and those wanting to explore their creative talents an overview of theatre arts through physical, mental and vocal challenges. There are also informal lunch time Q & A's with professionals to give students a better understanding and deeper insight in the theatre, film and television industries. Students have ranged in age from 17-65, are of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds, and have skill levels from beginning to advanced. What brings everyone together is the dedication to learning and sharing a unique theatrical experience. Minimum age is 17 with parent or guardian consent. The program culminates with a command performance of newly learned skills for friends and family at East West Players on August 18. Enrollment for full-time students is limited to ensure personal attention. Individual classes are also available for a limited number of part-time students. All classes are held in Downtown Los Angeles. Actors Conservatory scholarships through the Beulah Quo Endowment for Theatre Education Two scholarships for a class during the Fall, Winter or Spring session. One scholarship for the Summer Intensive six-week program. Varying number of partial scholarships available "as needed."