Back by popular demand is Downetime’s “So you think you can dance” workshop led by Weijie Huang, Dennis Chin, and Tai Nakladda.
The first hour will consist of stretching and a tutorial on basic street dance moves. The second hour will consist of a short, choreographed routine. Absolute beginners are welcome and encouraged to come! We are asking for $3 donation.
Come work out and learn some fly moves!! And afterwards, join us for dinner in the area.
Sunday, December 11th. 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
DANY (Dance Art New York) Studios, Studio 3
305 West 38th Street (between Eight and Ninth Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
$3 suggested donation. Please RSVP by sending an email to downetime@gapimny.org with the subject “Dance Workshop” and your name in the body of the email.
This workshop is open to all!
Join GAPIMNY as we heat up this winter with a smokin’ hot jazz brunch! It’ll be an easy Sunday afternoon filled with the sounds of world-class jazz musicians, the flavors of scrumptious homestyle cooking, and — of course — the company of fabulous GAPIMNY folks! Who could ask for anything more?
Where: 2751 Broadway (between 105th and 106th Streets), New York, NY 10025
When: Sunday, December 4th, 2011, 1:00 pm
RSVP: Please email rsvp@gapimny.org.
All friends of GAPIMNY are welcome. Hope to see you there!
Join us for GAPIMNY’s Theater Night Out to The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness.
November 30th, 7:30 PM
The Connelly Theater
220 E. 4th Street
(between Avenues A and B)
The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness is a new play written by Carla Ching, directed by Daniella Topol, and produced by the Obie and Drama Desk Award winning Ma-Yi Theater Company. Sugar House is a play with music and live twitter feed about kids growing up fast, children raising children, shifting notions of home, and features a stellar cast including Ali Ahn, Cindy Cheung, Bjorn DuPaty, Christopher Larkin, April Matthis, and David Spangler.
Tickets are $10 dollars and donations are encouraged; all proceeds will go to the Ma-Yi Theater Company. Reserve your tickets now - Click here.
Prior to the show, we will meet at Dorian Gray (205 E. 4th Street) at 6:30 PM for dinner and/or drinks.
We look forward to seeing you!
Start off a month of thanksgiving by joining GAPIMNY for a bluegrass brunch!
All friends of GAPIMNY are welcome. Hope to see you there!
Nolita House
Where: 47 E Houston Street #A (between Mulberry St and Mott St), New York, NY 10027 (Menu, Map, Subway, Car)
When: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 12:00pm* (*Note: Sightly earlier than our usual time.)
RSVP: Please email rsvp@gapimny.org by Friday, November 4, midnight.
Reminder: GAPIMNY proudly presents our 2nd Annual TRIVIA BEE
Team registrations are going fast and space is very limited this year. Register today to secure your spot on a team! Join us for a fun-filled night of trivia, competition, drinks, and merriment. Refreshments and snacks provided! All proceeds go to supporting GAPIMNY and the queer AAPI community in the NYC Metro Area.
Click here to register.
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Also . . .
Trivia Bee Happy Hour Mixer
Come check out your fellow competitors at our Trivia Bee Mixer! Size up the competition, share strategies, and throw down with other Trivia Bee teams for happy hour!
Friday, 10/28/11, 7pm - 8pm
Pieces
8 Christopher St (between 6th & 7th Ave)
Join GAPIMNY as we launch our fall season with a trip to Chinatown for some old-fashioned noodles and dim sum.
Wo Hop
Where: 17 Mott Street (near Mosco Street and Chatham Square), New York, NY 10002
When: Sunday, October 2nd, 2011, 1:00 pm
RSVP: Please email rsvp@gapimny.org by midnight, Friday, September 30th.
Dear Luke Caswell (Cazwell) and Joey,
We, the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) Steering Committee would like to offer you some advice on your upcoming party, originally titled “Mr. Wong’s Dong Emporium”:
Don’t use racist language and imagery to promote your party.
Whether or not it was your intent, your party theme, complete with the painfully titled “Sum Hung Boys erotic dance troupe,” and woefully insensitive “Happy Endings massage den” evoked an caricatured image of the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community that has been historically used to oppress us and our families. There is a difference between celebrating or even poking fun at people and exploiting words and images that have historically oppressed AAPI people in this country for centuries.
Additionally, queer AAPIs face double exclusion not only from homophobia in their home communities, but also racism in the LGBT community. When gay men nonchalantly evoke references to “yellowface” caricatures, joke about sexual tourism in Asia i.e. “happy endings”, ladyboys, etc., and reduce our multi-faceted and extremely diverse ethnicities to the Asian equivalent of “Uncle Tom”… it dehumanizes queer AAPIs and further marginalizes us from the LGBT community.
We are thankful that you have heard the outcry from our community, apologized, and changed your party title and theme simply to “Dong Emporium.” But, many of our issues extend well beyond the words and images to the actual content of the party. Yellowface or ching chong chants, for example, would be bad form. There’s a difference between celebrating a community and exploiting a community.
We want this to be a teachable moment for you and the community at large. We love to party. You love to party. Let’s party in a way that brings us together rather than pushing us apart.
And if you’re really interested in hosting an Asian-themed party that celebrates our heritage rather than exploits it? Well, we’re all for that and would be happy to give some suggestions.
Sincerely,
GAPIMNY Steering Committee
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For those of you who would like to be kept up-to-date with what GAPIMNY is doing to monitor and organize around this event, check out the brilliant
Parody page we created. It’s HILARIOUS and spot on.
MinKwon Center’s Korean drumming group, BINARI, is the group that has helped us drum for Pride and the Lunar New Year Parade, and now they are aiming to raise $4,000 towards the purchase of new drums! They have raised $985 so far and are still seeking to raise the rest before September 30th.
The $4,000 will help them buy:
- 4 buks (about $200 each)
- 2 jangoos (about $150 each)
- 2 jings (about $100 each)
- 20 skins to replace old skins on jangoos ($40 each)
- Shipping costs from Korea (about $1,900!)
If you want to check out more about BINARI, check out MinKwon’s website.
You can see more details about the campaign & track its progress here. Tax-deductible donations can be made at the link above or online. (Donations made at minkwon.org are preferred due to lower processing fees. Just be sure to designate your donation to BINARI.)
