Thursday, March 16, 2006

thank you!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!


Buy Letters to Martha now! :)

Saturday, March 11, 2006

LTM!

haaaaaaaaaaay! these books are good to go. for more info please visit the "buy" page!



exciting? YES!

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

WE ARE LIVE, FOLKS!

http://www.hanaleihanalei.com/


.WE ARE LIVE, FOLKS!

also, Letters to Martha will be available online at http://www.blacklava.com by next week. i'll have paypal.com purchase options available, too!

i'm blinding myself with all this excitement! :) but dang, i got homework to do! toodles!

p.s. a couple of layout changes, too.

Monday, March 6, 2006

Artist Exchange!

A great heartfelt thanks to those of you who have really helped me through this process! hi5s to Stephen, Omar, and Chaz!
(Letters to Martha be ready for purchase next week! exciting!)








Re:Location
Asian Arts Initiative 2006 Artist Exchange Performance Event
Friday, March 17 / 8 p.m.
$8 admission; $6 for members



Asian Arts Initiative: http://www.asianartsinitiative.org


1315 Cherry St.


Philadelphia, PA 19102





Over a dozen artists from throughout the country share their new work
in a multi-disciplinary showcase, and reveal through spoken word,
dance, theater, and poetry, their multi-faceted explorations of the
hot topics of gentrification and displacement—and the role of the arts
in fighting or furthering these complex dynamics!

Featured Artists:


Mango Tribe: Jen Cendana Armas (Queens, NY), Kay Barrett (Chicago,
IL), Sarwat Rumi (Chicago, IL), Marian Yalini Thambynayagam (Brooklyn,
NY), San Tong (New York, NY), Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (Brooklyn, NY)



Rodney Camarce – Philadelphia, PA

Ching-In Chen – Boston, MA

Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil – Cary, NC

Mytili Jagannathan – Philadelphia, PA

Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan – Minneapolis, MN

Achinta McDaniel – Venice, CA

Michelle Myers – Swedesboro, NJ

Alison Park – Philadelphia, PA

Hanalei Ramos – Jersey City, NJ

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha – Toronoto, ON

Kristina Wong – Los Angeles, CA

TWEAKED!

<TWEAKED on August 20ish, 2006


(?day 3:15 am)


newnews:



I'm confirmed for NAASCON 2006 @ Northwestern University--- check me out on Saturday, Nov.4, ok? new workshops offfeeerrrred! Lies About Love (domestic violence.partner abuse) and The Universe In My Palm (a women-only creative writing workshop!)


Hey y'all! Here's what I've been working on:



Expect some updates on the treehouse SOON! IN A LITTLE BIT! (i must have meant "soon" in a broader sense...) NEW CHAPBOOK: foiled stars: a collection of poems and prosetry by hanalei ramos (with cover illustration/printing by JesseO!) will be out on September 10th! my short story collabo with jesse O! expect it in its fully published glory by summer 2007! (but we will have product before that...) a SOLO show (whaaaaaaaaat?) Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence On Women will hopefully be debuted in January 2007!!!!! getting funny! I AM FUNNY! celebrate, peasants!


and my inner nerd has been feeding on the Japanese children's show, "Pitagora Suicchi," for inspiration!

learn the algorithm march! new and improved with ninjas! I STILL RECOMMMEND THE ALGORITHM MARCH! I hope life is stellar! <3


love,


hanalei!

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Zhenxing Jiang deportation case!

**please scroll down for upcoming show info!

hello! please help support and follow the Zhenxing Jiang deportation case! Briefly:

In early February "during a regularly scheduled meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) here in Philadelphia, a Chinese immigrant woman, Mrs. Zhenxing Jiang, reported for her regularly scheduled meeting with ICE officials. She informed ICE that she was pregnant with twins, at which point they told her she was illegal (she had exhausted her appeals in 2002 and was trying to reopen her case) and had to be deported immediately. While her husband and children waited for her to finish her appointment, she was dragged out the back door of the building into a waiting van and driven to JFK Airport. According to reports, she was denied adequate food and water and pushed and shoved during the course of the transportation. Mrs. Jiang complained of severe stomach pains and requested medical help which she says were ignored. At the airport, Mrs. Jiang's screams of pain upset bystanders who insisted that immigration officials call an ambulance. They finally agreed, and she was brought to a hospital where it was found she had miscarried her twins.


please contact for more info:


Helen


215-563-6076; 215-808-1400 (c)


hgbf@aol.com "

Friday, February 17, 2006

2006 Asian Arts Initiative Artists Exchange (Artists X Change)

**upcoming show! Philadelphia!

2006 Asian Arts Initiative Artists Exchange (Artists X Change)


Friday, March 17, 8pm - Artists Showcase


$8 admission; $6 for members






Artists Showcase


Please join us as the Asian Arts Initiative opens its 2006 Artist Exchange with a multidisciplinary showcase featuring Mango Tribe and existing work from this year’s accepted artists:



Rodney Camarce - Philadelphia, PA


Ching-In Chen - Boston, MA


Sham-e-Ali al-Jami - Cary, NC


Mytili Jagannathan - Philadelphia, PA


Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan - Minneapolis, MN


Achinta McDaniel - Venice, CA


Michelle Myers - Swedesboro, NJ


Alison Park - Philadelphia, PA


Hanalei Ramos - Jersey City, NJ


Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha - Toronto, ON


Kristina Wong - Los Angeles, CA







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Lots of construction on every page, as this website is birthed from the boredom of a Friday night, where I am babysitting. Amidst school, friends, love, and the rest of it, life is somewhat turbulent. I am currently hassling the hell out of two wonderful women I will call Tekla and AM, as my first chapbook reaches completion! They are helping me with cover art and layout respectively, and I couldn't be more grateful than to have these two women see me through this first time o' mine. I'll admit: I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I"M DOING! So, kindly await Letters to Martha as it will be ready in March 2006! How exciting! I will finally have a chappy of my own. GO ME!

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Quick Bio

Hanalei Ramos is a very nice person and a stereotypical aquarius. FACT: while it is a common misconception that “aquarius, the water bearer” is a water sign, it is not. It is actually an air sign! Other than that, she is a proud founding member of Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment, a mass-based organization for Filipinas in the NYC area. Hanalei has also toured around the country as a performer and is the author of Foiled Stars, Letters to Martha, and the one-woman show, Guns and Tampons: A History of Violence Against Women I Know. Hanalei currently lives and works in her native Jersey City, NJ. For more information about her, please visit www.hanaleihanalei.com

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