This Month’s Events @ East Meets West Bookstore / June 2009
Open Notebook | a writing workshop
11AM Saturday, June 20, 2009
“It’s ON!” | bring your own notebook and lunch
limited to 15 participants - RSVP to BostonProgress@yahoo.com
EAST MEETS WORDS Open Mic Series | every second friday of the month
this month’s feature:
JESS MAN, 8PM Friday, June 12, 2009
Jessica Man is a poet and community organizer. more information at: jessicaman.blogspot.com
OPEN ORCHESTRA | every third friday of the month
8PM Friday, May 15, 2009
come “jam with the fam!” | bring your instruments or use ours
EAST MEETS WRITERS Open Notebook | a writing workshop
this session facilitated by Emily Lawsin
11AM Saturday, May 30, 2009
“It’s ON!” | bring your own notebook and lunch
limited to 15 participants - RSVP to BostonProgress@yahoo.com
Open mic performances are often of finished or near finished work, but what if you want some structured feedback on a rough piece in the works before taking it to the mic or submitting it for publication? At Open Notebook, do exactly that: open up your notebook and share the ideas you’re putting together in a safe, receptive space. Add, edit, or write even more at the workshop too. Some weeks, the facilitator will be one of our own BPAC members, and other weeks, we’ll invite one of our featured artists to facilitate. The facilitators and exercises may change, but one thing will remain: you will write. And it will be ON = Open Notebook. Bring an open mind, plus any writing you want to get feedback on, or come give feedback to local writers sharing their ideas. Bring your own notebook and pens too.
ON May 30, 2009 Facilitator: Emily P. Lawsin
Emily P. Lawsin joined the Boston Progress Arts Collective in the Fall of 2008, and is a Trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society, co-founder of the Detroit Asian Youth Project, and co-author of Filipino Women in Detroit, 1945-1955. Originally from “SHE-attle”, Washington, for the last 15 years, she has taught Writing, Oral History, Filipino American, and Asian American Studies in California and at the University of Michigan, and is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Wellesley College. Her poetry and essays on war brides, students, and writers have been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including Flippin’: Filipinos on America; The FANHS Journal; Teaching Asian America;Words Matter; disOrient 9 journalzine; InvASIAN: Growing up Asian and Female in America; Going Home to a Landscape: Writings By Filipinas, and Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans. A spoken word performance poet since 1990, she has appeared on radio and stage throughout the United States and Manila. www.emilylawsin.com
All Events $3 Suggested Minimum Donation @ East Meets West Bookstore | 934 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge, MA