LOS ANGELES

 

FEB 23

For seven years, the annual Kollaboration talent show has showcased Korean artists and performers. In its eighth annual year, it expands to an all-inclusive Asian Pacific Islanders show, entitled “A Yellow Carpet Event.”

Kollaboration starts at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre located at 842 S. Broadway. For more information, go to www.kollaboration.org.

 

MARCH 21-22

Premiering in Sydney in February, Margaret Cho’s Beautiful Tour makes its way to the West Coast.

Show takes place at the Orpheum Theatre. For more information, go to www.laorpheum.com.

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO

 

FEB. 22

The Asian American Donor Program will host its first comedy show fundraiser, “Laugh For Lives,” featuring an all-Asian cast of comedians, including Jennifer Lin, Tessie Chua, Nitin Kant, Randall Park, Kevin Camia and Rex Navarrete. Donor registration at the door.

Show takes place at El Camino High School, located at 1320 Mission Road. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.aadp.org.

 

THROUGH MARCH 2

“Satellites” by Diana Son enjoys its West Coast premiere. This off-Broadway hit raises challenging questions about parenting, racial identity, and community. When a young family moves into a predominantly black neighborhood undergoing gentrification, a Korean American architect, her African American husband, and their new baby, are welcomed to their home by a rock thrown through the front window. The hole it creates opens the house up to a host of unexpected problems as they discover a world in which tradition, social order and economic and sexual boundaries are constantly in flux.

“Satellites” plays at the Aurora Theatre located at 2081 Addison Street in the downtown Berkeley Arts District. For tickets and information, call (510) 843-4822.

 

MARCH 14-15

Margaret Cho’s Beautiful Tour.

Show takes place at the Warfield, located at 982 Market Street.

 

Community Bulletin

 

Fellowships For Recent Grads Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies offers six fellowships for talented college graduates and students pursuing post-graduate study interested in public policy. Fellows are placed in Congress, federal agencies or nonprofit organizations.

Deadline is Feb. 28. For more information, visit www.apaics.org.

 

Grants Available For Asian Women The Asian Women Giving Circle's priority in 2008 will be to fund Asian American women-led projects that use the tools of culture, the arts and education to raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that impact Asian American communities. The grants seek to build community and create social justice through programs and projects that combine the arts with activism, and which highlight and promote women's central role in their leadership, creation, development and management. The Giving Circle's Arts and Activism grants will focus on works and projects that advance gender equity in our cultural, artistic, intellectual and political spheres, and that provide a forum for broader discussions of the urgent social justice issues of our day.