Readings!

i'm now booking for the upcoming 2006-2007 school year, as well as the remainder of spring/summer 2006. please contact me at girl@hanaleihanalei.com for more info.


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Upcoming Letters to Martha Readings!

hey y'all!


i wrote martha stewart a bunch of letters while she was in jail.


it turned out to be a lot about love and life.


now it's a book.


now, i have readings.


now you should go!







April 25 // TUESDAY: Sulu Series @ Galapagos Art Space


8 - 10 pm & FREE!

70 n 6th street williamsburg brooklyn


http://www.galapagosartspace.com


(i will be performing alongside ishle yi park and taiyo na! aaww createnow, UNITE!)







May 17 // WEDNESDAY: Tea Bag Poets Lounge


8 - 10:30 pm & $1, plus a one drink minimum ($5)

30 Mott St., ground floor - in the back, Chinatown NYC


http://www.teabagnyc.com/poetslounge.shtml





OF COURSE i will have copies of LTM available, don't be ridiculous! (say it like balki! +5pts for you if it didn't fly over your head.)





if you can't attend either reading, but still want a copy, you can purchase it on my website via paypal:
http://www.hanaleihanalei.com (then click "buy") or

blacklava.com for non-PayPal users! or

head to the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia, PA and the East
Meets West Bookstore in Cambridge, MA...to support your local
Asian-American art spaces!





ok! hope to see you there! please circulate this email far and wide,
yes? thank you!





love,


your local hanalei




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i'll also post some pictures taken by Kristina Wong of the artists exchange, soon!

thank you!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!


Buy Letters to Martha now! :)

LTM!

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

exciting? YES!

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.

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!

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 "