AsianinNY.com presents Bowling for Cabrini (Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation) will be held on October 14, 2009 at Chelsea Piers. The event will begin at 6pm allowing time for warm up. Cocktails and a high-end buffet will be available.

Bowling for Cabrini (Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation) will be held on October 14, 2009 at Chelsea Piers. The event will begin at 6pm allowing time for warm up. Cocktails and a high-end buffet will be available. Ticket Pricing: $225

This year, we will be adding a raffle to add some additional excitement to the evening and raise additional funds for the event. Tickets are $25 each 5 for $100. Prizes are a 40” Sony Bravia Flat Screen TV; two tickets to the Broadway show of your choice and a Sony Digital Camera. Winner need not be present.

Date: Oct 14 2009
Location: Chelsea Piers

AsianinNY.com, the New York’s leader in Asian networking and multi-culture sharing site, will host the Harvest Moon Festival event on Oct 9th 2009 from 7 to 10pm at Bennett Media Studio to raise funds for Typhoon Morakot victims. On August 8th, 2009, Taiwan suffered from Typhoon Morakot, which caused hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in damages. Many amazing will take part in this charity event to help with fundraising for the reconstruction in Taiwan.

Event: Moon Festival Celebration and Fundraising
Date: Oct 9th from 7~9pm
Address: 723 Washington Street, New York
RSVP: $5 USD (Must send your full name and email address to: info@AsianinNY.com)
General Admission: $10 USD (at door with no RSVP)
For paypal donation: please visit www.AsianinNY.com

Performers: singer Ai Gao, singer/songwriter Ayesha Adamo, music producer Ed Bennett, singer/dancer Cher Jia Sun, talk show host/singer Dusty Wright and spoken word artist Kelly Tsai

Sponsors: Izze, Kissena Liquor, Lucullen, Noyu Tea, China1 Antique Restaurant and Lounge, LittlePaw Skateboards, Bennett Media, CultureCatch, dodoModels, PhatGuru, and 247Feature.com.

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On October 1, 2009, the 60th year anniversary of China’s National Day, Chinese singer Ai Gao will release her song, “Space and Truth” and its music video, at a premiere New York multimedia art space, Bennett Media Studio, that hosts events for musicians Vanessa Carlton, Glenn Tilbrook, and Matthew Shipp.

Time: October 1st, 2009 @ 7 - 9 pm

Address: 725 Washington St. New York, NY 10014.
Sponsors: IZZE, Bennett Media Studio, Culture Catch, AsianinNY.com and PhatGuru.com

Co-organized with Yu Zhang Studio
Yu Zhang acted and created two paintings for “Space and Truth” music video. A painting exhibition by Yu will be displayed to the release party.

WHAT: kpr and the Gallery Los Angeles have teamed up to create The Gallery LA; a showcase of top European and Los Angeles designers. The Gallery LA will bring together industry insiders—celebrities, stylists, editors and producers— to view this important group of collections. The showcase will be held in the newly opened Logan Riese Boutique.

WHO: The Gallery LA will be showcasing a variety of European and local brands including denim, casual, high contemporary and eco-brands. The Logan Riese Boutique provides an exclusive and luxurious atmosphere to create a compelling viewing experience for our apparel and accessory showcase.

Where: The Gallery LA will be held at the Logan Riese Boutique at 517 North Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90048

When: October 2nd 10am – 6pm by appt. only

Way Over Budget cordially invites you to another fabulous fashion event Friday October 2nd at the gorgeous Gild Hall Hotel (15 Gold St - click MAP for more details). Join hosts Nadav Benjamin (www.nadavbenjamin.com),  Ernesto Qualizza (Producer w/ Marek and Associates) and booker Nate Thomas (Orb Models) for complimentary cocktails courtesy of Bluecoat Gin (www.bluecoatgin.com)  from 8-11pm. $5 with confirmed rsvp.

Go to http://www.wayoverbudget.com/rsvp43.html  to RSVP.

RSVP Required.

After years of success in hosting the signature event in both New York and Los Angeles, the Project by Project New York Chapter is proud to host their 11th Annual Tasting Benefit.

Each year, the event showcases New York City’s premier restaurants and is attended by over 750 food and wine loving guests who look forward to sampling what the city’s best has to offer. The organization and benefits from the previous years have been featured on Bravo TV’s hit reality show, Top Chef, and MTV-K, as well as some of New York’s best culinary publications.

This year’s funds will go towards Asian American For Equality (AAFE)
General Information & Directions
Event: Plate by Plate Annual Tasting Benefit
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009
VIP Reception: 7:00 – 8:00pm
Main Event: 8:00 – 11:00pm
Location: Metropolitan Pavilion South - 125 West 18th Street NYC 10011. Entrance on 18th Street.

Project by Project is a national volunteer organization of social entrepreneurs that serve Asian American non-profits in need by raising public awareness, volunteerism, and capital. Each year, Project by Project partners with a community-based organization and tailor a year-long campaign to help its fundraising, community outreach, and public awareness efforts. With this year’s theme of “The Economy” we are proud to support the work of Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE). For more information, please visit www.projectbyproject.org.

• for women
• samples & slight ir’s
• all seasons
• shoes, bags & clothing
• all sizes of slight ir’s
• 3 days only
• all sales final

Address:
261 W 36th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave)
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018

Hours:
Monday September 28 Closed
Tuesday September 29 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Thursday October 1 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday October 2 Closed

DWR’s Flatiron Studio is kicking off DWR’s Semiannual Sale with two exciting events. Learn how to speed up your decorating, and spend some time with the director of Visual Acoustics, the new documentary about Julius Shulman.

Speed Decorating
Thursday, October 1, 7-9pm
Staging a house for resale? Planning a party? Have a surprise houseguest on the way? Speed Decorating is the ultimate guide to making a house look great - fast. Join us at DWR Flatiron for a book signing and presentation of the top ten fast decorating tips by Jill Vegas, professional home stager and author of Speed Decorating. Ciroc cocktails and light fare will be served.

Visual Acoustics with Eric Bricker
Wednesday, October 7, 7pm
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics (www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/) celebrates the life and career of photographer Julius Shulman, whose striking images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. Shulman, who passed away this year, captured the work of nearly every major modern and progressive architect since the 1930s. Join us for a screening of clips from the film and a conversation with director Eric Bricker, who has created a testament to the evolution of modern architecture and a joyful portrait of the magnetic gentleman who chronicled it in photos.

DWR Flatiron Studio
903 Broadway (at 20th)
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.477.1155
Directions: http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1z4o5fltemqa34vi91ci9snjfv4ae3fg69jstamco

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are “Articulating New Bodies of Words” at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL

One Week Only!
October 13-18 at Theater for the New City

Highlights include new works by
Kristina Wong, Alice Tuan, Soo-Jin Lee, Sheetal Gandhi, and Shishir Kurup

Also on tap during FESTIVAL week in NYC:
Readings of new plays from Ma-Yi Theatre Company’s Writers Lab,
National Asian American Theater Company’s new adaptation of THE SEAGULL
and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s new musical IMELDA

The 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL (NAATF) will bring over 100 theater artists from across the U.S. - playwrights, directors, actors, designers, dancers, musicians, producers - for a week of performances of works by established and emerging Asian American theater artists — including Kristina Wong, Alice Tuan, Soo-Jin Lee, Sheetal Gandhi, Shishir Kurup, and others — in New York City from October 13 to 18, at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue at 10th Street) in Manhattan.

The Festival is organized by Mia Katigbak, Artistic Director of the NY-based National Asian American Theater Company, and the Korean-American playwright Lloyd Suh (”American Hwangap”). “NAATF celebrates and affirms Asian American theater artists, their significant contributions to the national cultural landscape, and the dynamic innovations they bring to the field,” says Ms. Katigbak, a member of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA), the organization that presents NAATF.

The 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL will feature performances of:

– SHARIF DON’T LIKE IT, Shishir Kurup’s play about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s dubious treatment of people of Asian and Middle Eastern descent post-9/11.
– 20th CENTURY PERFORMANCE IN THE 21st CENTURY: THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE, public forums that examine Asian American theatre past and present through a variety of performance art and interactive panels, presented by Asian Pacific Americans C*ntemporary Unilateral Neo-Theatre (APAC*NT), a collective of playwrights and directors including Kristina Wong (”Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”), Alice Tuan (”Ajax [por nobody]“), Katie Pearl (”Nita & Zita”) and Hatnim Lee.
– BAHU-BETI-BIWI, (Daughter-in-Law, Daughter, Wife) Sheetal Gandhi’s dance-theater solo which wraps North Indian music traditions and family characters into a contemporary tour de force that glides between humorous portraiture and active resistance. The piece mines the texts and subtexts of centuries-old women’s songs to create an arresting vision of generational shifts that are reshaping our definitions of freedom and compromise, desire and longing, duty and love. In Bahu-Beti-Biwi, Gandhi’s characters have conversations with each other across time and space, merging dance, live singing and rhythmic text based on the language of the tabla (North Indian classical drum). An original score for the work is the product of a flourishing collaboration with composer Joe Trapanese whose music for the stage has been described as “precise and evocative” by the New York Times.

–DON’T YOU FEEL IT, TOO? a new work about freeing one’s inner spirit by dancing your inner life in public spaces by Minneapolis-based theatre artist Marcus Young.

– LABFEST III, readings of new plays presented by the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the resident company of Asian American playwrights under the aegis of the Obie Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company. “Labfest” is curated by Qui Nguyen and Lloyd Suh, respectively the authors of the recently acclaimed Off-Broadway plays “Soul Samurai” and “American Hwangap.” LABFEST III will be presented at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue), October 6-17. For additional information about LABFEST III, visit www.ma-yitheatre.org

– IMELDA, a new musical about Imelda Marcos, presented by the Obie Award-winning Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Tisa Chang artistic producing director, in association with East West Players. Written by Sachi Oyama, Nathan Wang and Aaron Coleman, IMELDA is a new musical about the former First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, spanning the years from Philippine Independence in the 1940’s to the Marcos’ fall from grace in the 1980’s. Tim Dang directs. IMELDA will be presented at the Julia Miles Theater (424 West 55th Street; tickets to this production are $55), September 22 through October 18. For additional information about IMELDA, visit www.panasianrep.org

– Anton Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL, with an all Asian-American cast, presented by the Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), directed by Gia Forakis. The production will pay particular attention to Chekhov’s subtitle: “A Comedy in 4 Acts.” Commedia, clowning, slapstick, farcical, presentational, Symbolist, anything by naturalistic — the production will serve the human comedy so masterfully achieved by Chekhov in his characterization of despair and the will to live despite this condition. THE SEAGULL will be presented at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue), September 26 through October 18. For additional information about THE SEAGULL, visit www.naatco.org

The first NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL was held in New York in June, 2007.

Tickets to National Asian American Theatre Festival productions range in price from $5 to $18. The performance schedule varies from Oct. 13 to 18. For performance and ticket information visit www.naatf.org or call 646 522 0931.

New York, NY (Oct 1st, 2009) - AsianinNY.com, the New York’s leader in Asian networking and multi-culture sharing site, will host the Harvest Moon Festival event on Oct 9th 2009 from 7 to 10pm at Bennett Media Studio (723 Washington Str., NY) to raise funds for Typhoon Morakot victims. On August 8th, 2009, Taiwan suffered from Typhoon Morakot, which caused hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in damages. Many amazing performers including singer Ai Gao, performer/songwriter Ayesha Adamo, music producer Ed Bennett, singer/dancer Cher Jia Sun, talk show host/singer Dusty Wright and spoken word artist Kelly Tsai will take part in this charity event to help with fundraising for the reconstruction in Taiwan. The 2008 Koan J. Baysa Award Recipient New-York based Chinese artist Yu Zhang will also present an exhibition of her new series of oil paintings during this event.

The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and many Asian communities; it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Moon Festival is a date that parallels the autumn and spring Equinoxes of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest, and is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. Traditionally, on this day, family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes together. In a way, Moon Festival is considered Asian’s Thanksgiving Day.

Seeing the recent tragedy of Typhoon Morakot and embodying a sense of strong global awareness, AsianinNY.com urges its members, partners and friends to jointly organize this charitable and social networking event to assist the rebuild from the damage of Typhoon Morakot and to share the love between all Asian communities as well as everyone who is interested in Asian culture. The goal of AsianinNY is to facilitate connection and provide a platform for social networking. There is nothing harder than entering a new city or culture without a little help. This is a site for everyone who loves and wants to understand more about the Asian culture even if one is not an Asian. AsianinNY is continuously active in charitable activities and cultural events. The commemorative event is also celebrating the 60th anniversary for the National Day of China and Taiwan’s Double Ten Day, the national day of the Republic of China (ROC).  

The Moon Festival event will not happen without the generous contribution from our sponsors:
Izze, Kissena Liquor, Lucullen, Noyu Tea, China1 Antique Restaurant and Lounge,  LittlePaw Skateboards and also our continued support from our media partners: Bennett Media, CultureCatch, dodoModels, PhatGuru, Oriented, and 247Feature.com. For further information, media accreditation, and interview requests, please visit: www.AsianinNY.com

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Performers Biography:

Ai Gao: A Beijing native, Ai was born into a musical family, and trained in The Central Conservatory of Music from a young age. Ai recently released her song and music video “Space and Truth”, inspired from the changes of modern life landscape, which results in the changes of personal feelings. (www.aispacetruth.com)

Ayesha Adamo: Though Ayesha’s musical influences range from Mandarin pop to classic rock, she has also trained in the classics, and has a degree in music from Barnard College, Columbia University. While in Taiwan on a summer scholarship program to study Chinese, Ayesha signed a deal with EMI records and pretty soon Beauty4, a group of four girls was formed. The group was referred to by many as the Taiwanese Spice Girls, and left their mark as the first multi-ethnic group to sing in Mandarin. In addition to touring in Asia as a singer and DJ, Ayesha has also performed as a DJ in both North and Central America. She recently made an appearance on CCTV’s Chinese New Year Special at Radio City, singing a duet with popular Chinese star, Qsi Qsin. Ayesha has just finished recording her rock project, Loss of Eden, with producers Danny Leake and Fran Allen Leake, who have worked with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Candlebox. Loss of Eden’s “Here’s Your Revolution EP” is now available on iTunes. (www.ayeshaadamo.com)

Ed Bennett: Ed is a famous music producer, and former president and CEO of VH1, MTV network’s 24-hour music and lifestyle network. Ed has worked with major artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna. Ed now serves on the Board of The Songwriters Guild of America Foundation and Chairman of the Board at American Independence Corp. Ed is also the president at Bennett Media Studio. Bennett Media Studio is the location for many major Film, TV, and Music Companies’ Projects. Recently, it has been home for shoots from Law And Order (NBC), Dancing with The Stars (ABC), Cashmere Mafia (ABC) Parrallel Paths (BET) Bobby Flay (TV Food Network). It also has been the location for TV Commercials for Schwab, Rocawear, Fidelity, Fresh Direct, Pepsi, Kraft, and Chrysler. (www.bennettmediastudio.com)

Cher Jia Sun: Cher is a now student at NYU with degree from Shenzhen Art School and just recently performed pipa at Lincoln Center for NYU concert. Cher is also a dance teacher, singer, model, MC, and musical composer. She has performed with Asia’s super stars including Aaron Kuo, Jay Chou, and Boa’s concerts. She is also the champion of 2006 ETTV East Cost Top Idol. Cher created a girl’s group Miss Q, made up of five Asian American girls in Feb 2007, creating their own innovation of Chinese and Western’s dance and music that meld into a highly distinctive fusion of Hip-Hop, R&B and Pop styles. Cher is the dance director and lead vocalists of Miss Q.

Dusty Wright: Dusty Wright is co-founder/owner of the smart culture website CultureCatch.com and the host of the celebrity talk show The Dusty Wright Show. He is the former editor-in-chief of Creem and Prince’s New Power Generation magazines as well as a writer of films, fiction, and music. He is also a singer/songwriter who has released 3 solo CDs, and a member of the folk-rock quartet GIANTfingers. And before all of this he was a William Morris agent. (www.culturecatch.com)

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai: Kelly is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has performed her poetry at over 350 venues worldwide including three seasons on “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” Winner of a 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Urban Artist Initiative Award, she was listed as one of Idealist in NYC’s Top 40 New Yorkers Who Make Positive Social Change in 2008 and AngryAsianMan.com’s “30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30” in 2009. She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, and many more. (www.yellowgurl.com)