Upcoming
READ Philippines Events
READ
Philippines at Brooklyn Public Library: Connecting Children
to Culture
Friday, November
25th, 2:30-3:30PM
Brooklyn
Public Library
10
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
For
inquiries, call 646.714.2885 or email read@core-nyc.org.
Yep, that's right... READ Philippines is coming to YOUR neighborhood!
Want to escape the hordes of Black Friday shoppers? Feeling
stuffed the day after Thanksgiving? Stroll on down to the
Brooklyn Public Library on Friday, 11/25 at 2:30PM.
In
an effort to share our legends, traditions, and songs with
youth of all backgrounds, READ Philippines has partnered with
the Brooklyn Public Library to offer an arts and culture event
on Friday, November 25, 2011 (day after Thanksgiving).
We
will explore the Legend of the Coconut Tree, sing the Bahay
Kubo song, do some weaving arts & crafts and enjoy a tropical
afternoon in November!
For
those with children, nieces and nephews, come join in on the
fun!
Volunteers
are also welcome: Come serve as a cultural ambassador to the
children of Brooklyn! Help set-up, conduct arts & crafts activities,
or sing along with the children. There's room for some talented
musicians, so if you're itching to play along, come join us!
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Bring in children's books to support our community partner,
Bagong Kulturang Pinoy of New York (BKPNY). www.bkpny.org
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Admission
is $30 at the door
$20
for students with PHOTO ID
All
major credit cards accepted.
For
any questions, concerns or comments, feel free to call/email
any time:
+1 646.714.2885
read@core-nyc.org
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Artist
Lineup:
Alice Dugan - Pole Dancer
Aloha Hula NYC - Polynesian Dance Company
Apollo Riego - Magician
Bryan Lozano - Spoken Word Artist
Hydroponikz - Hip Hop Artist
Kevin Nadal - Stand-up Comic
Kilusan Bautista - Spoken Word Artist
Koba Sounds - Hip Hop Artist
Mike Manjon - DJ
Alex Sarmiento - Ukulele Player
Write
to Our Culture focuses on the talents of Filipino American
artists donating their time and talent to support the READ
Philippines program and its efforts to advance Philippine
cultural literacy in the New York City area. In the fundraiser's
eighth year, we are proud to present another diverse selection
of acoustic music, ukelele, hip hop, spoken word, and dance.
Je'bon
Lounge
15 St. Marks Pl. (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
New York, NY
Trains:
4, 6 to Astor Pl-8thSt-Lexington
N, R to 8th St (NYU)
L to 3rd Ave
Alice
Dugan - Pole Dancer
Alice Dugan graduated Magna cum Laude from The University of
Akron with a degree in Media Production and a minor in Dance.
She moved to New York City in 2006 to pursue a career in the
media industry. She currently works as a Business Manager for
a boutique production and post production company in SoHo. She
has taken dance and fitness classes throughout New York City
and discovered pole dancing in 2008. She immediately found pole
dancing to be an accessible art form that combines grace with
technique and strength. Currently, she is taking her teacher
training certification through Climb & Spin Inc. and hopes
to start teaching pole dance by next year. back
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Aloha Hula - Polynesian Dance Company
Aloha Hula NYC, LLC is a professional Polynesian Dance company
co-founded by Anna Carbonell, Anne Matematico and Eleanor Trillana
in 2007. Some of the group’s earliest endeavors included performances
at Donald Trump’s National Golf Club, Bette Midler’s Hulaween
event, Fashion Week for Air Tahiti Nui Airlines, and television
promotional spots for Hawai’i’s Starwood Hotels. The dancers
and musicians have been traveling around the country and abroad
ever since, entertaining with the aloha spirit at venues ranging
from major arenas to backyard family lu’aus, and from celebrity
events to children’s birthdays and senior center events. Earlier
in 2011, Eleanor and Anne had the honor of performing with Hālau
o Keikiali'and Kawika Alfiche’s presentation of “The Sacred
Hula: Ka Wa Hula — Hula Through Time” at Symphony Space in New
York City, which won critical acclaim in The New York Times.
Anne and Anna are both students in the hula school (“Halau”)
Pua Ali’i Ilima o Nuioka, taught by Hula Master teacher (“Kumu”)
Vicky Holt-Takamine. As part of the Halau, Anne and Anna had
the honor of performing in “Hula Moves” at the La Mama Moves
Festival in NYC, and the Prince Lot Hula Festival. Anne also
performed live in a studio performance with her Halau on “Hawai’i
News Now.” Eleanor currently leads hula classes for hula group
(“hui”) known as Na Lehua Melemele in NYC. She recently was
a guest dancer for award-winning and Grammy-nominated artist
Robert Cazimero with his Halau, Na Kamalei, in the New York
City concert, “On the Island.” Aloha Hula NYC has recently opened
a new division, Aloha Hula DC, to further spread their aloha
spirit across the Mid-Atlantic. back
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Apollo
Riego - Magician
Apollo Riego is one of New York’s up and coming stars of magic.
This Philippine born magician first got bitten by the magic
bug at the tender age of 4 when his parents hired a magician
to perform at his birthday party. Ever since then, the art of
magic has firmly been rooted in his heart. Apollo’s experience
in magic equals his background in dance and martial arts. The
different disciplines are clearly shown in his performing style.
The passion and energy put into each show is what makes Apollo’s
performance stand out from the rest of the pack and this young
rising star of magic will soon make you, the audience, experience
the wonder. back to top
Bryan
Lozano - Spoken Word Artist
Philippine born and New York City raised, Bryan has always been
committed to tackling systematic issues and serving the needs
of underserved communities here and abroad. After completing
his degree in public policy at Stony Brook University, he helped
found a non-profit organization known as Pilipino American Unity
for Progress (UniPro). Expanding his programs, Usapan and Community
Building as far as the Midwest, Bryan aspires to create a model
that can be utilized by other communities of color. Bryan has
also worked in various capacities in public affairs including
immigration through a research program in Rome and as a caseworker
for Congressman Tim Bishop, disability and housing rights through
a statewide housing education initiative and non-profit inner
city youth development as one the first Activist for Social
Development Fellows at the All Stars Project. He is also a budding
social entrepreneur and was part of the StartingBloc Fellowship
in Social Entrepreneurship for New York for 2011. Currently,
he is part of the 2011-2010 class of Coro Fellows in Public
Affairs, a premier national leadership training program where
he will be exposed to all facets of public affairs. Belonging
in the 1.5 generation of Filipinos living abroad, he wishes
to bring about change in both Filipinos in America and the Philippines,
and inspire others to do the same. back
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Hydroponikz
In a rapidly evolving music scene, Ryan “Hydroponikz” Abugan
aims not only to resurrect hip-hop’s golden age but to incorporate
new techniques and sounds to break the barriers of genre: in
other words, to make music. Heavily influenced by 90s NY hip-hop,
he’s rocked all over New York, New Jersey, Boston, and California.
He’s worked with many musicians all over the world, such as
Deep Foundation (NYC), Illmind (NJ), Incise (Toronto), REplus
(Japan), Generation ILL (Florida) and Kina Grannis (LA). Singles
"Time Goes By" and "Strife" were major releases in Asia through
Japanese label GoonTrax. His first full length album "Grown"
is available now on iTunes and www.hydroponikz.com.
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Kevin
Nadal - Stand-up Comic
Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of psychology at
John Jay College of Criminal Justice- City University of New
York. He has published over 30 works on multicultural issues
in the fields of psychology and education, including Filipino
American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical
Practice (2011, John Wiley and Sons) and Women and Mental Disorders
(2011, Praeger). He is the president of the metro New York Chapter
of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS),
a fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the recipient
of the Early Contributions to Excellence Award from the Asian
American Psychological Association. He is also a part-time comedian
who was once named one of People Magazine's Hottest Bachelors.
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Koba
Sounds - Hip Hop Artist
Koba is a Filipino-American Hip-Hop vocalist and producer based in Washington Heights. His work is part hip-hop, part R&B, part hard, part vulnerable, and fully sincere, politically subversive, honest, crazy and real. Koba himself is part city kid, part outdoorsman, part honey badger, part panda, part party hardier, part meditator, and fully a go-getter, lover, writer and fighter. Alongside DJ Boo, Koba has rocked schools and venues across the country, sharing the stage with Talib Kweli, Slum Village, dead prez, Last Emperor, Immortal Technique, Eternia, Invincible, Blitz the Ambassador, the Narcycist and others at venues such as SOB's, the Knitting Factory, CBGB's, the Middle East and elsewhere. He has collaborated with and produced for other artists such as Taiyo Na and Outernational and was a cofounder of the Asian-American showcase series "Sulu Series" at the Bowery Poetry Club. Koba hustles hard to honor his diaspora, history, hood, loved ones and god.
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Kilusan
Bautista - Spoken Word
Actor, experimental performance artist, playwright and humanitarian,
Kilusan Bautista is an emerging voice for Diasporic Asian Pacific
Americans raised within the Hip Hop Generation. Kilusan means
movement in the Philippines and he was given this name in 1999
as a reminder to live as a conscious and caring global citizen.
Originally from San Francisco, CA, and currently based in New
York City, Kilusan combines the performance elements of theater,
spoken word poetry, martial arts and interpretive movement.
He has appeared on Showtime as the opening act for Top Rank
Boxing Light Weight Champion Nonito Donaire (2008). Kilusan
was published in the Philippine News after winning the Grand
prize for a State-wide letter writing contest sponsored by the
California Council for the Humanities (2005). He was awarded
the Congressional Community Service Award -Kabataan Komemorative-
in 2006 by CA Senator Tom Lantos. Kilusan Bautista's new work,
"Universal Filipino," has toured throughout the United States
of North America with the purpose of building cross cultural
unity and personal healing through the performance arts.
PERFORMANCE BACKGROUND:
“UNIVERSAL FILIPINO” is a new solo Hip Hop Theater Production
that Kilusan wrote and performed. It premiered on June 18th
& 20th, 2010 at the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective, Bronx, NY. This
play offers a creative and cutting edge presentation of the
contemporary struggles for working class, Filipino Americans
in the diaspora and the interconnectedness of Hip Hop culture
with indigenous, tribal Filipino cultural expressions.
Excerpts of the play have been performed at: Nuyorican Poets
Café (NYC); UniPro Summit; Human Rights Summit (SFSU); CSU Dominguez
Hills; UC Santa Cruz; San Quentin State Prison; Watsonville
Youth Empowerment Conference; Stonehill College (MA); CUNY Law
School; Asian American Arts Alliance monthly town hall (NYC);
Sulu Series NYC (Bowery Poetry Club); Sulu DC artist collective
(Downtown Washington DC); Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington
DC); Yale University (CT) and Sarah Lawrence College (NY). In
May 2010, Kilusan was featured on the Asian Pacific Forum, WBAI
99.5 FM, where he was interviewed and performed excerpts of
“Universal Filipino”.
In Nov 2010, Kilusan was a finalist and 1st runner up for Hyphen
Magazine’s annual leadership, arts and fashion contest for Asian,
Pacific American men known as Mr. Hyphen. Kilusan was a core
member of the Bay Area based Filipino American spoken word collective
known as 8th Wonder, which toured nationally and was fiscally
sponsored by Youth Speaks.
He has worked with a Hip Hop Jazz band known as Soul Searchers
Entertainment, as the Poetic Vocalist/ Emcee, where they performed
throughout the Bay Area from 2004-2005. Kilusan also toured
Northern California with a Hip Hop Theater organization known
as Colored Ink, a group of multi-cultural artists dedicated
to social justice in 2007.
He has also worn the directorial hat when he became artistic
director of a Hip Hop Theater production known as ‘Dream Cypher’
which was sponsored by the Contemporary American Theater Scene
and Movimento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana in San Jose,
Ca, April 2004. ‘Dream Cypher’ was featured at the 2005 Bay
Area Hip Hop Theater festival at the Center for the Arts, Yerba
Buena Gardens, SF, CA and at UC Santa Cruz.
After two years of travel and research, Kilusan wrote and directed
his first theatrical playwright production entitled, “A Tuyo
in the Sun” at the University of California, Santa Cruz in March
of 2002. This play reveals the story of three generations of
his family’s history of immigration from the Philippines and
settling in America.
He has performed on acclaimed stages such as: Power to the Peaceful
Festival in San Francisco, 2007 & 2006; Kimball’s East in Oakland,
2005; University of California at Santa Cruz- Rainbow Theater
1999-2002; NuYorican Poets Café in New York, 2000. In 1999,
he was blessed to perform in Palawan, Philippines for the graduation
ceremony of a study abroad program known as “Tagalog On Site.”
In November of 2008, Kilusan opened up for Top Rank boxer Nonito
Donaire aka the ‘Filipino Flash’ at Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
PRINT AND MEDIA HISTORY:
Kilusan’s written works have been published in Newspapers such
as the Philippine News- Art and Culture Section, Listen and
Be Heard in Vallejo, Ca. He was a California-Wide grand prize
winner for an essay he wrote to the New America Media and California
Council for the Humanities in 2005.
He has recorded on CD compilations such as the “Intelligent
Movement,” produced by Romedigs of Open Line Media, which brought
together Filipino American Hip Hop Emcee’s from across the U.S.
and; “The Package,” produced by Chuck Mayes of Namau Records,
which comprises an international group of Emcees from Puerto
Rico, London and the Bay Area; and a spoken word CD through
8th Wonder. His artistic work and activist commentary has been
aired on 94.1 FM (KPFA) and 106.1 FM (KMEL).
COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT WORK:
Kilusan is constantly using his talents to service the needs
of the larger community. He does this by hosting community events
as the master of ceremonies: Destiny Arts Center’s Winter Celebration
in Oakland 2007; Bayanihan Community Center Hip Hop Showcase
in 2008; All Oakland Talent Show sponsored by Oakland Leaf in
2007; Fiesta Filipina in SF, 2005; Asian Heritage Street Festival
in SF, 2005 & 2006; Pistahan Festival in SF, 2006.
Kilusan has used his artistic and activist background to empower
youth throughout San Francisco public schools through the United
Playaz, a gang prevention and violence prevention community
organization. He has organized ‘Silence the Violence’ cultural
productions, speak outs, mediations and fundraisers throughout
the Bay Area. For over two years, Kilusan has taught Hip Hop
theater classes for youth at Destiny Arts Center in Oakland
and the Walden House for young women (a foster care facility).
As a Pre-GED Literacy Instructor with the Brooklyn Public Library
from 2008 – 2010 (under a generous grant from the Center for
Economic Opportunity, NYC Mayor’s office), Kilusan worked with
resilient 17-24 year olds in the areas of new and innovative
literacy development, poetry, theater and community empowerment.
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Mike
Manjon - DJ
DJ Mike Manjon, AKA DJ Trip M and DJ Hollywood Mike (the latter
having come from being the resident DJ and GM of the 20,000
sq ft mega-club, The California Club, in Times Square in the
early 90’s) has been rockin the wheels of steel since 1976 when
he was first asked to be the DJ of his high school radio station.
After countless house parties and school dances, Mike graduated
to more lucrative gigs at well known venues all over the country.
From clubs in NYC like the Palladium, Visage, Limelight, Tunnel,
Sound Factory, China Club, The View Lounge etc to Neptune's
in the Hamptons, Bash and Groovejet in Miami, the Century Club
in LA and much more, Mike has always been an integral part of
the exploding DJ culture from it’s very infancy.
Nowadays when Mike isn’t working down in the Wall St area during
the week or traveling the world with his lovely Ashlyn by his
side, he mostly limits his DJ skills to private events and industrial
shows for the big bucks having done parties for such celebrities
as Madonna, Mick Jagger, Christopher Walken, Ricki Lake or companies
like ABC TV, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer, Marriott etc. just to name
a few. His musical style from being able to mix Hip Hop, House,
Rock, Techno, Reggae and Latin with Big Band, Slow dances, Country,
sound bites etc and make it all flow and seamless is what has
catapulted him to success and keeps him in demand for any and
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Alexander
Sarmiento
R. Alexander T. Sarmiento has been playing ukulele for 7 years,
having stumbled across the instrument almost by accident while
working on some new sounds with The Jack Lords Orchestra in
Fall of 2005. Hailing from Jersey City, NJ, Alex spent many
years as a multi-instrumentalist playing around with horns,
strings, piano, woodwinds and any instrument he could get his
hands on before he finally found “the one”. He fell in love
with the ukulele and decided to branch out on his own to begin
honing his craft on a deeper level.
Though largely self-taught, Alex has achieved a certain amount
of proficiency on the ukulele that often has listeners convinced
he’s a long-time player from Oahu. In addition to performing
with The Jack Lords Orchestra, Lei Pasifika & T.A.B.U., Alex
is currently working on his first album of original works for
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Thursday,
June 16, 2011
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Kalayaan
Hall, Philippine Consulate General in NY
556 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
