PAWA Events
Past Events
You are invited to Dom Magwili's presentation of his fantasy epic novel—The Infernal Promise— on Friday, November 11, 2022, 6:00 pm at the San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center, 814 Mission Street, Mezzanine level, SF, CA. **A free event**
—Sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library, Philippine American Writers and Artists, (PAWA), and the San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center. To find out more about the author, visit: <https://dmagwili.com/>.
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October 15-16, 2022
Sixth Filipino American International Book Festival: Hiraya?Emergence: Writing Towards the Future
San Francisco Main Library
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Saturday, June 26, 2022 PAWA and THP will be participating in the SF’s 2022 Independence Crawl + Filipino Picnic and Market at SoMa (South of Market) from 12-6pm. Come visit us and see THP’s Enduring Piña exhibit. PAWA has also books for sale.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022, 6:00 PM
In celebration of "Kalayaan" Philippine Independence Day, Anthony Cruz Legarda of The Hinabi Project (THP) will be presenting Piña Couture, a 30 year retrospective of his work showcasing the gossamer cloth handwoven by Filipino master weavers from Kalibo, Aklan. Shirt, blouses, jackets, kaftan and gowns are intricately hand embroidered and embellished by talented artisans from Lumban, Laguna. Come on Saturday, June 25, 2022 to experience a modern spin on the piña fabric and fashion and support The Hinabi Project. It will be a gala night of fashion, food and festivity at the San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center, 814 Mission Street, in the heart of SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District. In addition, you will have the opportunity to view The Hinabi Project's exhibit: "The Enduring Piña" at the THP Gallery at the San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center. To find out more about The Hinabi Project, visit: <thehinabiproject.org>
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Saturday, 6/4/2022, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Performance: Poet Vince Gotera: Makes April "The Coolest Month"
African American Center Exhibit Space - 3rd Floor, Main Library
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Vince Gotera will read from his latest book of poetry, The Coolest Month. A work inspired by NaPoWriMo and Poem-a-Day.
"For poets, April really is the coolest month. And this is a very cool collection of poems inspired by April poetry prompts from multiple sources. Read the poems, check out the prompts that inspired them, and then, who knows? Maybe you'll feel inspired to write your own!
— Robert Lee Brewer, author of Solving the World's Problems and editor of Poet's Market
Vince Gotera teaches at the University of Northern Iowa, where he was Editor of the North American Review (2000-2016). He is also former Editor of Star*Line, the print journal of the international Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (2017-2020). His poetry collections include Dragonfly, Ghost Wars, Fighting Kite, The Coolest Month. and the upcoming Pacific Crossing. Recent poems in Dreams & Nightmares, The Ekphrastic Review, failed haiku, The MacGuffin, Philippines Graphic (Philippines), Rosebud, The Wild Word (Germany), Yellow Medicine Review, and the anthologies Multiverse (UK), Dear America, and Hay(na)ku 15.
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Saturday, 05/08/21 at 1:00-2:15 PM (PST)
San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) presents Book Talk with writer Budjette Tan and artist Kajo Baldisimo, creators of the award-winning serialized graphic novel, TRESE, set in Metro Manila, Philippines. A place where the dark worlds of Philippine folklore and lower mythology and their creatures exist side-by-side with the human world. Moderated by Carl Angel.
Here is the link to register: https://sfpl-org.zoom.us/.../WN_1dJ2knlwQBu1IKzjKM1yQA
Event in partnership with: Filipino American Center of the SFPL, Friends of the SFPL, Philippine Studies Department, City College of San Francisco, Arkipelago Books, Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA)
Monday, February 15, 2021 • 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET
Official PAWA Book Launch of FE: A Traumatized Son’s Graphic Memoir
by Bren Bataclan
Join us to celebrate the publication of FE and a birthday celebration of Bren Bataclan.
To register, please send email to PAWA at info@fememoir.com. We will confirm and send you a Zoom link for the event.
For more details about the book visit fememoir.com
Community Partners for the event: Filipino American Center at the San Francisco Public Library, The James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at SFPL Bel Canto Books, Long Beach CA, belcantobooks.net
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 • 7:00 PM PST
To Tell or Not to Tell…
Narratives of Undocumented Filipinx in the Land of Opportunity
A Panel discussion focusing on the narratives of undocumented Filipinx navigating the Land of Opportunity in the works of José Antonio Vargas, Lysley Tenorio, Jan-Henry Gray
Hosts/Moderators: Edwin Lozada, Beverly Parayno
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
7:00 - 8:30 PM PST
A PAWA event in collaboration with Define American
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Jan-Henry Gray is the author of Documents, selected by D.A. Powell as the winner of the Poulin Poetry Prize from BOA Editions and finalist for the Thom Gunn Poetry Award. Born in the Philippines and raised in California where he worked as a chef, Jan lived undocumented in the U.S. for more than 32 years. He has received fellowships from Undocupoets, the Cooke Foundation, and Kundiman. He teaches at Adelphi University and lives in Brooklyn.
Lysley Tenorio is the author of the novel The Son of Good Fortune, winner of the New American Voices Award from Institute for Immigration Research, and the story collection Monstress, named a book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bogliasco Foundation. His stories have appeared in the Atlantic, Zoetrope: All-Story, and Ploughshares, and have been adapted for the stage by The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Ma-Yi Theater in New York City. He is a professor at Saint Mary’s College of California.
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and tony-nominated producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the non-profit media and culture organization Define American, named one of the World's Most innovative Companies by Fast Company. His best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. Most recently, he co-produced Heidi Schreck's acclaimed Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, which was nominated for two 2019 Tony awards including "Best Play."
Saturday, Nov 14, 2020 from 3:00 - 4.30 pm Pacific Time
Do you want to learn to write flash fiction or deepen your craft?
PAWA offers a Flash Fiction Generative Workshop with Veronica Montes.
*Suggested cost of workshop: $10.00
First five participants free!
Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 7 pm PDT. Saturday, October 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM Philippine Time.
Visit PAWA FB for more details: PAWA FB
Free event. Zoom link available on event day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 5:00 - 7:00 PM PDT
Join PAWA and The Digital Sala to hear five emerging Filipinx writers share their work. Zoom link available on event day.
Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 5:30 - 6:00 PM PDT
Zoom link available on Lit Crawl website https://sched.co/eILG. Also Livecast via Facebook.
Friday, October 16, 2020 at 7 pm PDT. Free admission. Registration required.
Co-presented by Philippine American Writers and Artists and KALW 91.7FM
"Filled with the kind of absurdities that accompany the most difficult truths, Lysley Tenorio's brilliant, witty novel about the love of a mother and son, the immigrant experience in America, and the surreality of our current reality, is bold, ambitious, and unforgettable." —Refinery 29
From award-winning author Lysley Tenorio, comes a big-hearted debut novel following an undocumented Filipino son as he navigates his relationship with his mother, an uncertain future, and the place he calls home. Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. When he’s not working at The Pie Who Loved Me (a spy-themed pizza shop) or passing the time with his girlfriend Sab (occasionally in one of their town’s 17 cemeteries), he carefully avoids the spotlight. But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maxima’s lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel’s tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. “We are ‘TNT’—tago ng tago,” she told him, “hiding and hiding.” Excel is undocumented—and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life.
Thrumming with energy and at once critical and hopeful, The Son of Good Fortune is a luminous story of a mother and son testing the strength of their bond to their country—and to each other. In conversation with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, whose most recent book is the novel Bottle Grove. FREE, $5-10 suggested donation
More information at: <Litquake 2020 Festival Schedule>
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Events presented by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and co-sponsored by PAWA
1. Our poetry is the/ Best part of our struggle/ Our struggle is the/ Best part of our poetry
Reflections on the impact and work of poet, historian, and social justice activist Al Robles
Reading and Discussion, Friday, October 2nd, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Presenters: Tony Robles, Oscar Peñaranda, Shirley Ancheta, Russell Leong, Janice Lobo Sapigao, and Irene Soriano Saxon, with Lucy Burns emceeing
RSVP: http://ourpoetry.eventbrite.com
Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/2NBTHiXZN
2. From Manilatown to Ifugao Mountain and Back: The Poetic Landscape of Al Robles
Poetry Writing Workshop with Tony Robles, Saturday, October 3rd, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
RSVP: http://frommanilatown.eventbrite.com
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/647701782599563/
October 12-13, 2019
Philippine American Writers and Artists (PAWA), the San Francisco Public Library, and the Filipino American Center of the SFPL proudly present the Fifth Filipino American International Book Festival this Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13, 2019 at the San Francisco Main Library!
This year's theme is Isang Mundó (One World): Humanity, Diversity, and Resistance in the Arts.
We have over 40 featured authors of various genres presenting in panels and readings throughout the weekend. Some are coming from the Philippines, New Zealand, UK, Canada, and from all over the US. There are also children's activities for both days. Come to the Festival Marketplace to meet authors and browse the collection of books by Filipino and Filipino American writers offered by local book vendors.
The Sunday opening remarks will include a keynote by Jose Antonio Vargas. Later in the afternoon he will also be doing a special workshop for high school and college students in writing and telling their stories. If you haven't done so already, visit the festival website for the full schedule of panels and events. Spread the Word!!! See you at FilBookFest5!!!
Festival Website: <http://www.filbookfestival.org>
Visit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filbookfest/posts/?ref=page_internal
Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA
BART Station: Civic Center
February 6, 2019: A Book Launch and Author Talk. Golden Children: Legacy of Ethnic Studies, SF State. A Memoir by Juanita Tamayo Lott. 6:00 to 7:30 PM.
Romulo Hall, 6th Floor, The Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Presented by PAWA and the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco
January 24, 2019: Learning Studio, 5th Floor, San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 6:00-7:30 PM
The US launch of Marites D. Vitug's acclaimed book, Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case Against China and Marilen Dañguilan's historic The RH Bill Story: Contentions and Compromises. A rare chance to get the real stories behind these landmark events in the Philippines.
Presented by The Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library, Philippine American Writers and Artists, and Ateneo de Manila University Press
October 5, 2018 to November 4, 2018: Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607
PAWA’s THP’s Weaving Peace and Dreams: Textile Arts of Mindanao
• October 5, 2018, 6:00 pm: Opening Reception at OACC
October 1, 2018: New Gym, City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco, CA 94112
• 5:00 to 7:00 pm: Demonstration by NCCA Dayaw International Performers
September 30, 2018: Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St, Oakland, CA 94607
• 1:00 to 4:00 pm: Textile Trunk Show (NTFP)
• 2:00 pm: Living Asia’s documentary on The Hinabi Project Weavers and NCCA Dayaw International Performers direct from the Cordillera and Mindanao
September 29, 2018: Kalayaan Hall, The Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, SF
12:00 to 5:00 pm: Textile Trunk Show (NTFP)
3:00, 4:00 pm: Guided Tours to Exhibit. RSVP
5:00 pm: Community Reception
5:30 PM: Living Asia’s documentary on The Hinabi Project Weavers and NCCA Dayaw International Performers direct from the Cordillera and Mindanao
September 28, 2018: I-Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny St. SF, 5:00 pm: Presentation/Demonstraton/Workshop by NCCA Dayaw International Performers from Kalinga, Ga’dang, Subanon.
September 27, 2018: Samsung Hall, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 6:30 pm: NCCA Dayaw International Performers direct from the Cordillera and Mindanao and Premiere of Living Asia’s documentary on The Hinabi Project Weavers.
September 22, 2018: Kalayaan Hall, The Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, SF, CA
• 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm: Textile Trunk Show (NTFP)
• 4:00, 5:00 pm: Guided Tours of Exhibit at the Mills Building
Group meets at the lobby of 447 Sutter. RSVP: hinabi@thehinabiproject.org. Indicate time of tour.
Community Opening Reception of Mountain Spirits
• 6:00 pm: Reception
• 7:30 pm: Mountain Spirits, Mountain Lore—featuring dance, music, poetry, and video. Produced and directed by Voltaire Gungab with the collaboration of Joyce Juan Manalo, Allan Manalo, Don Aguillo, Jethro Patalinghug, Fausto Daos, Parangal Dance Company, and other guest artists.
September 21, 2018: I-Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108, 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Book launch of The New Filipino Kitchen published by Agate Publishing.
September 20, 2018: African American Center, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch. 100 Larkin Street, SF, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Presentation of a new publication—Rampage: MacArther, Yamashita and the Battle of Manila (Publisher: Norton)—by its author James Scott.
September 17 to December 7, 2018: The Hinabi Project—Mountain Spirits: Textiles and Folk Arts of Cordillera and Ilokos
The Mills Building, 220 Montgomery Street, SF, Mon.– Fri. 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturdays (by appointment): 11:00 am, 1:00 pm
04/29/2018: Filipinx Poets for National Poetry Month!
1:00 PM at The Learning Studio, 5th Floor, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA
Please join the Filipino American Center [SFPL] and PAWA for our National Poetry Month Filipinx Poets reading, featuring Melinda de Jesus, Giovanni Ortega, Tony Robles, and Janice Lobo Sapigao! The event is free and open to the public. Visit the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2025009690862152/
05/05/2018: Tertulia Filipinas—A PAWA Cultural Evening
The Philippine Center, Kalayaan Hall, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
An evening of kundiman, Tagalog and Spanish poetry, and platitos. A fundraiser to support PAWA/THP.
For more information: Tertulia Filipinas
02/24/2017: Book Launch: —microchips for millions—by Janice Lobo Sapigao
The Philippine Center, Social Hall, 5th Floor, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
An evening of poetry with Janice Lobo Sapigao along with Kimberly Davalos, Von Torres, Alex Fernandez.
08/23/2016: Noelle Q. de Jesus at the San Francisco Main Library
Mary Louise Stong Conference Room, 1st Floor • 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
Author Noelle Q. de Jesus reads from her new book of short fiction Blood Collected Stories, published by Ethos Books Singapore last year and winner of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award for the short story. Q&A to follow reading. Limited seating. Please RSVP.
PAWA Facebook Page and RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1134026336672427/
For more info visit the Filbookfest page: http://filbookfestival.org/page2/
To buy a copy before the reading and pick it up at the event: http://pawainc.com/publications/blood-collected-stories-by-noelle-q-de-jesus
04/01/2016: Book Launch: “Women Against Marcos. Stories of Filipino and Filipino-American Women Who Fought a Dictator” by Mila de Guzman. Venue: 5th Floor Social Hall, Philippine Consulate, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco. — 6:00 P.M. A free event.
03/11/2016: Book Launch: “Thirty Years Later…Catching Up with the Marcos-Era Crimes” by Myles Garcia. Venue: Venue: 5th Floor Social Hall, Philippine Consulate, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco. — 6:00 P.M. A free event.
02/03-28/2016: “Dogeaters” by Jessica Hagedorn. The Bay Area premieres the much talked-about theatrical play on the power, culture clash, activism, rebellion, and celebrity of the Philippines in 1982, at the end of the Marcos regime. A panel will be held on the 21 February matinee performance, featuring author Myles Garcia, to speak about their personal experience of EDSA. Venue: Magic Theater, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA. Visit www.magictheatre.org or call 415-4418822 for tickets.
02/25/2016: EDSA People Power @30 Reception. A gathering of inspiring speakers and the photo exhibit of Kim Komenich will be hosted by the Philippine Consulate and the EDSA People Power @30 committee. Venue: Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Consulate General, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA. — 6:00 P.M. Open to the public. RSVP: cultural@philippinessanfrancisco.org
02/12/2016: Voices of People Power. Author Benjamin Pimentel and activist Cindy Domingo recall their experiences during martial law and how People Power affected their lives. Award-winning documentarist Jethro Cuenca Patalinghug will show “My Revolutionary Mother.” Venue: 5th Floor Social Hall, Philippine Consulate, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco. — 6:00 P.M. A free event.
10/02-4/2015: Third Filipino American International Book Festival. Bukás na Bukas: An Open Tomorrow. San Francisco Main Library.
10/02/2015: Screening of Women of Malolos by Nicanor Tiongson followed by a Q&A. 2:00 PM [Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library]
09/24 - 10/11/2015: An Educational Display on Piña. THP in partnership with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California.
09/11/2015: N.V.M. Gonzalez Centennial Celebration at the 5th Floor Social Hall, Philippine Consulate General, 447 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA. Click for more details: http://filbookfestival.org
08/31, 2015: Exclusive Pre-release Screening of Heneral Luna to benefit FilBookFest. 7:00 P.M. Marina Theater, 2149 Chestnut San Francisco. Come see the movie and help support Filbookfest! Click for Details and Purchase your tickets.
07/31/2015: A Tribute to Nick Joaquin. Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín (May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004). His life and work with a theatrical reading from Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, 6:30 P.M. Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center, 447 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA
07/19/2015: Trunk Show and Sale featuring the handcrafted traditions of the Philippines. PAWA's The Hinabi Project (THP) with Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) of Manila and its marketing arm CustomMade Crafts Center, Inc. (CMCC). 11 am–4 P.M., Kalayaan Hall, 1st floor, Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco
06/20/2015: THP at the SangDiwa 2015. Panel Session 2: "Creative Designs Using Indigenous Filipino Materials" with Patis Tesoro, Anthony Cruz Legarda, Jenny Young, Chona Pike, and Edwin Lozada as moderator. Patis Tesoro will have a presentation on piña and Philippine indigenous cotton. 2:55-4:20 PM at the Kalayaan Hall, 1st floor, Philippine Center, 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco
06/19/2015: An Evening with Patis Tesoro and the Launch of The Hinabi Project. 6.30 P.M. San Francisco, CA
06/12/2015: Anthony Cruz Legarda featuring Hinabi: The Art of Philippine Textiles Fashion Show and Bay Area Fashion Week Models at the Kalayaan SF Philippine Independence Day Evning Gala, San Francisco City Hall
05/24/2015: Philippine Textiles Show and Tell with Anthony Cruz Legarda. Ethnic Textiles Study Group Textile Arts Council at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
06/20/2014: Kaarawan ni José Rizal Event at the San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street, SF, 3-5:00 PM / Refreshments will be served before the program. Please arrive early. * Penélope Flores: Rizal as a boy poet—Questions about Sa Aking Mga Kabata. * Maria Beebe: Letter to the Women of Malolos. * Ralph Zackheim/Linda Larson: Bellas Letras—Rizal's handwriting. * Joi Barrios: Makamisa, Rizal's Revolution. * Edwin Lozada/Michael Gonzalez: On translating Mi último adiós. * Music performed by Theresa Calpotura, Michael Gonzalez, Nicole James.
04/26/2014: PAWA presents Pin@ys First Book Series, 12:00 PM, Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission Street, SF, 3 Debut Poetry Collections—3 Filpiino Poets: Jason Bayani, Aimee Suzara, Angela Torres
02/16/2014: PAWA+TAYO+Maganda at SFPL. 12 noon.
10/13/2013: PAWA/Filbookfest2 joins Avotcja in presenting La Palabra Musical/The Music of the Word featuring Elsa Valmidiano, Melissa R. Sipin, Edwin Lozada, Aimee Suzara, James Constantino Bautista and Niki Escobar. Casa Latina (Taquería, Bakery & Café), 1805 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA: 3:30-5:30pm. See flyer.
05/09/2013: PAWA, Manilatown Heritage Foundation, and the Filbookfest 2013 Present the San Francisco Book Lanuch of Marivi Soliven’s The Mango Bride. I-Hotel Manilatown Center (SF).
04/13/2013: PAWA and Arkipelago Books Presents R. Zamora Linmark at the Bayanihan Community Center (SF).
11/28/2012: PAWA Presents Lysley Tenorio, Monstress, moderated by Rashaan Alexis Meneses at the Philippine Consulate
10/27/2012: PAWA Celebrates Filipino American History Month at the Union City Public Library. (Photos)
10/26/2012: PAWA Presents Gina Apostol’s Gun Dealers’ Daughter at thePhilippine Consulate. (Photos)
10/21 – 12/16/2012: Political Content & Engagement FREE Writing Workshop
05/12/2011: PAWA, Kearny Street Workshop, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center present APIA Heritage Month Literary Night, featuring Jason Bayani, Vanessa Huang, Robert Ricardo Reese, and Margaret Rhee. 7 pm @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 – 9th Street Suite 290, Oakland.
04/28/2011: PAWA and Manilatown Heritage Foundation presents a West Coast Book Launch and Party for R. Zamora Linmark’s new novel, Leche. 7 pm @ Manilatown Heritage Center, 868 Kearny Street, SF. (Video)
02/26/2011: PACE SFSU/PAWA Literary Symposium. Writing workshops with Allan Manalo, Randall Mann, Oscar Peñaranda, Barbara Jane Reyes, Tony Robles, Anthem Salgado, Janet Mendoza Stickmon. 9 am @ SFSU.
01/29/2011: PAWA @ Eth-Noh-Tec, Salon! You’re On! Nicole Maxali, Barbara Jane Reyes, Jenifer K. Wofford, Vintage Winds. 7 pm @ Eth-Noh-Tec Studio, 977 South Van Ness (between 20th and 21st Streets), SF.
12/04/2010: Lourdes Figueroa, Karen Llagas, Trisha Jetson, Joel B. Tan, and Michelle Wallace, with musical performance by Florante Aguilar. 6 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
11/08/2010: PAWA/Maganda Magazine Reading and Discussion, with David Maduli, Sean Labrador y Manzano, Maiana Minahal, and Adrien Salazar. 6:30 pm @ 106 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley.
11/06/2010: Book Launch for Angelica’s Daughters, featuring Cecilia Brainard and Veronica Montes, with Cyndi Vasallo and Yael Villafranca. 5:30 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
09/10/2010: Bay Area Book Launch for Luis Francia’s History of the Philippines, From Indios Bravos to Filipinos, moderated by Benjamin Pimentel. 6:30 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
07/16/2010: Walang Hiya Anthology Book Launch with contributing writers Joan Iva Cube, David Maduli, Edene Matutina, Kristen Sajonas, Aimee Suzara. 7 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
06/05/2010: Nara Denning, Aileen Ibardaloza, Allan Manalo, Ron Quesada, and Sean San Jose. 7 pm @ Eth-Noh-Tec, 977 South Van Ness (between 20th and 21st Streets), SF.
05/09/2010: Kanta Filipina: Performance by Theresa Calpotura, compositions by Bayani Mendoza de Leon, poetry by Bayani Mendoza de Leon and Rhodora Peñaranda. 2 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
03/29/2010: Gina Apostol, Arlene Biala, Vangie Buell, and Niki Escobar. 6:30 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
02/21/2010: Duende Within: Flamenco Inspired Poetry featuring Sandy Mcintosh, Eileen Tabios, Edwin Agustín Lozada, and guest performers Roberto Campos, Alicia, and Michelle Bautista. 2 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th Street), SF.
02/20/2010: Enlaces (Connections That Bind Us) El Mantón de Manila featuring María de la Rosa & Rudy Figueroa, Parangal Dance Company, Theresa Calpotura, Asociación Cultural Kanchis, De Rompe y Raja, Javier Trujillo, Virginia Iglesias, Jorge Liceaga, Edwin Lozada, Paul Flores, and an Exhibition of Mantones de Manila. 8 pm @ La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley.
12/06/2009: PAWA and Achiote Press Emerging Writers Panel. 2 pm @ SFPL. Panelists include Oscar Bermeo, Vanessa Huang, Claire Light, Rashaan Alexis Meneses, Craig Santos Perez, and Vickie Vertiz.
11/14/2009: PAWA, Arkipelago, and Kularts presents Merlinda Bobis. 3 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center.
11/07/2009: Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, Marianne Villanueva, and musical guests Myrna delRío and Bo Razon. 2 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center. (Video)
10/17/2009: PAWA Arkipelago at Litquake! 8:30 pm @ Fabric8 Gallery, 3318 22nd. PAWA & Arkipelago Bookstore Present: Of History & Myths — Writings from Philippine-American Authors. Emcee and curator Karen Llagas. Readers: Luis Francia, Aimee Suzara, Rona Fernandez, Jenesha “Jinky” de Rivera, Eileen Tabios, Benito M. Vergara, Jr.
08/23/2009: Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin (Jay) Gonzalez, Kevin Nadal, and Benito M. Vergara, Jr. 2 pm @ the Bayanihan Community Center (Mission @ 6th), SF.
03/12/2009: Field of Mirrors reading with Evangeline Canonizado Buell, Edwin A. Lozada, Oscar Peñaranda, Benjamin Pimentel, Barbara Jane Reyes, Tony Robles, Anthem Salgado, and Janet Stickmon. 6 pm @ the Ethnic Studies Library, 30 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley.
12/06/2008: Writing Workshop with Luisa Igloria and Karen Llagas. 10 am @ SFPL. Reading with Joi Barrios, Luisa Igloria, Karen Llagas, and Barbara Jane Reyes. 2 pm @ SFPL.
10/11/2008: Field of Mirrors at Litquake. Reading with Edwin Lozada, Karen Llagas, Francisco Penones, Barbara Jane Reyes, Tony Robles, Gayle Romasanta, Marianne Villanueva. 8:30 pm @ Ritual Roasters, 1026 Valencia Street, SF.
05/31/2008: Field of Mirrors reading with Tess Crescini, Korina M. Jocson, Edwin A. Lozada, Cora Monce, Oscar Peñaranda, Barbara Jane Reyes, Al Robles, Anthem Salgado, Janet C. Mendoza Stickmon, Elsa Valmidiano. 3:30 pm @ Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley. (Photos)
05/24/2008: Field of Mirrors reading with Tony Robles, Annabelle Udo, Jean Vengua, Cora Monce, Karen Llagas, Korina Jocson, Elsa Valmidiano, Edwin Lozada, Cristina Querrer, Tess Crescini, Vanessa Kenyon, Evangeline C. Buell. 2 pm @ SFPL.
05/10/2008: Field of Mirrors reading with Oscar Peñaranda, Marianne Villanueva, Edwin Lozada, Evangeline C. Buell, Gayle Romasanta, Jennifer Almiron, Vanessa Kenyon, Penélope V. Flores. 2 pm @ Redwood City Public Library.