February 2012
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Open Mic: the definitive soapbox featuring Halle...
The Definitive Soapbox, 2nd/4thFriday @ Royal Cup Cafe Featuring: Halle Johnson… …is an emerging singer, songwriter and musician based in Long Beach, CA. She hopes to set the trend in the current and future generation of music by evoking feelings of self-awareness, love, and respect through the genres of neo-soul, R&B, pop and rock. Her music is her diary; so listen...
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Reflection: The 27th Annual Asian Pacific American...
So back on January 28, 2012, Forword got a chance to perform at APAAC at our Alma matter, UCIrvine. The event was held APSA UCIrvine. We performed alongside fellow artists: Andrew Figueroa Chiang, Beau Sia, Justin Hamady, and many more.
First off, I gotta say it was an honor to be invited and perform in front of our fellow APIA people, so much so that we even wrote a new piece...
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forWord Feature: Don't Censor My SP!T!
Tuesday, March 6th 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM At the Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE! Urban Theatre Movement’s increasingly popular Spoken Word Series: SP!T, is back and ready for the 2012 season! Our voices won’t be Silenced! A.L.Pharaoh - SP!T Slam Team Aileen Alfaro Antonio “Paz One” Appling Feat. Noize - The...
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Reflection: Love for the People: Rebuilding Hope,...
On Saturday, February 11th, Stephanie and I of forWord made our way to The Park’s Finest in Historic Filipinotown to join Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB, or Pro-People Youth) and help continue the effort to raise funds for those who were and are still affected by Typhoon Sendong in the southern region of Mindanao, Philippines.
It started off slow, but eventually, it was a PACKED house that...
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forWord Feature: [common ground] + TNP present:...
Get ready for double the art+community! On Thursday, March 1st, [common ground] is “MERGING MICS” with Tuesday Night Project!
[common ground] is an Orange County open mic series connecting communities through creative expressions. [common ground] is committed to cultivating a safe and positive space for art and healing. Tuesday Night Project hosts the 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe. With ...
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Un Poquito Mas Arte Open Mic
Tomorrow, Saturday, our friends from Poetrypalooza 2011 will be at the Un Poquito Mas Arte Open mic at the La Puente Library, 15920 Central Avenue, La Puente, CA 91744, from 4-6 PM.
One of the main organizers of Poetrypalooza, Kimberly Cobian, will be the host and feature for the evening with local poets from the La Puente High School and San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival!
If you have some...
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Freewrite: Because I Do Not Want To Study, I Think...
I do not know where I am. Without a map, the X’s are everywhere. Under my feet, I feel the motion of the world spinning but I am still Where I was two weeks ago. Maybe it’s because I am a man, I do not ask for directions. Maybe it’s buried deeper than that: My stubbornness and arrogance as a child. Lying to myself Day after day I’m lost because I know My heart is too...
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the definitive soapbox featuring Ashley Catharine
The Definitive Soapbox, 2nd/4thFriday @ Royal Cup Cafe Featuring: Ashley Catharine… …writes poems. Obviously. She was a member of the 2011 LA slam team, is in school for fashion design, never keeps her room clean and is addicted to diet coke. She’s performed at Da Poetry Lounge in Hollywood, The Lizard Lounge in Boston, Elevated in San Diego and the Costco employee break...
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S.A.C. Quarterly | Volume 1 | Winter 2012
It is with a great deal of excitement that we at SAC present our first ever quarterly newsletter. The 11-page pdf is our first step toward developing a magazine, online or in print. Please take the time to read it and soak up all it has to offer. Artists who would like to be featured in the Spring 2012 issue, please contact Nate at SoulAnchorCollective@GMAIL.com
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Updates, Updates, Updates!
Hello World!
Aside from a few posts here and there, it has been awhile since you all have heard from us.
Good news: We are still alive and well. Better news: We have new content for you! Bad news: There is none so keep smiling. =).
VIDEOS As you can see with our most recent post of “The Movement” by Susan, we are finally following through with what we said we would do months ago:...
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January 2012
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AALimelight Interview with UCI's APAAC
aalimelight:
By Steven Cong
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
My name is Elaine Won and I’m from the Bay (YAY!) Area. I’m currently the Programming Coordinator for the Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA) at UC Irvine, which means I coordinate, with the tremendous help of APSA staff, the annual Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference and Asian Pacific-Islander Heritage Month at...
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The 27th Annual Asian Pacific American Awareness...
TOMORROW! Come through and stay up to date with current issues in the APIA community! forWord will also be closing the conference with Beau Sia, SKIM, Nghiem Le of Uncultivated Rabbits, and Andrew Figueroa Chiang!
Student Center, UC Irvine January 28, 2012 8 AM - 7 PM The 27th Annual Asian Pacific-Islander American Awareness Conference (APAAC) is a day-long conference hosted by the Asian...
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The Huffington Post: Celebrating the New Year With... →
forWord got a shout out in Chi-town poet, Patrick Pressl’s, The Huffington Post poetry blog. Thanks for thinking of us and it is an honor to be mentioned in a list full of awesome poets made by an awesome poet! Big ups to Eddy M. Gana Jr. and Stephanie Sajor for holding it down for forWord! 2012… LET’S GET IT!
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“When I first started writing seriously about 3 years ago, I would try to write...”
– Ocean Vuong | Ocean Vuong: The TNB Self-Interview | The Nervous Breakdown (via writeaction)
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December 2011
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Reflections: Hosting Speakeasy
Don’t be alarmed if you’re hearing about this for the first time. I kept it on the down down low!
Anyway, last Monday, December 19th, I was invited by Lady Basco to guest host speakeasy at The Last Bookstore in downtown. She texted me the week before (hey, can I ask you for a solid?). My first response was… what is a solid? Once I figured that out and she informed me that...
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Random Haiku: @fWcollective
egana:
I’m starting to write random haiku on Twitter @fWcollective. Sometimes I’ll mix in alliteration too for some extra oomph.
Here are two I had already tweeted since being in the Philippines:
Panning for presents/ pushing and pulling people/ just panic no peace #fWhaiku #fWalliteration
The sun has risen/ jeepney honks and rooster crows/ gising na, wake up #fWhaiku
Follow for more!
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isangWord
Mabuhay! This is Eddy of forWord checking in from the Philippines. I just woke up from a nap to reset any jetlag, so what’s up y’all! It’s about 5:40 PM here.
I will be overseas for a whole month, and I don’t think I ever blogged anything about it on the forWord Facebook and Tumblr so my apologies! tatlongWord (Tatlong = Three), I know, will be holding it down back in the...
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Reflection: KmB Presents Solidarity Night 2011
Last Wednesday, November 30th, threeWord (Mark was not able to attend due to his brother’s graduation. Congrats!) performed alongside Kymistry, Tripz, and Andrew Figueroa Chiang and the Blazing Rays of the Sun to celebrate Bonifacio Day and KmB’s 12th Year Anniversary at SIPA in Historic Filipinotown!
Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB), or Pro-People Youth, is a progressive youth and ...
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November 2011
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KmB Presents Solidarity Night 2011
Stephanie Sajor and I (Eddy M. Gana Jr.) of forWord are actually helping to organize this next event!!! It would mean so much to us if you could come by and spread the word!
Next Wednesday, November 30th, is Andres Bonifacio’s Birthday, recognized as Bonifacio Day! As one of the original founders of the Katipunan movement, he was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary of the...
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Reflection: Heartstorms
A show about an open mic. The people that come. The stories they share. And the lady that hosts it. Lady Basco.
To be in heartstorms… WOW! It was funny because the day it premiered the there was a literally storm going on outside… clouds and rain pouring like it was the end of times.
All together, it’s been an amazing experience to be a part of especially since Mark and I...
Memories: It's never about the destination...
Wow…I’m the last one, as always, so here we go.
I honestly can’t believe it’s been a year since we started this (okay, a year and a few days to be technical about it). I still remember having dinner with Stephanie, Susan, and Eddy at a Cheesecake Factory in Anaheim. We were just catching up and talking about how our life was going post-college. I graduated in 2009, so I...
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