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Hi Sulu DC fam,

We'd appreciate any last-minute votes for us to receive the 2011 Fierce Ally Organization Award from NAPAWF DC (voting closes tomorrow!) and any contributions you can make to support our 2012 programming. But we're really sending this to pass on information about some awesome events happening in December (a Sulu DC-show-less month!). Read on...

Open Mic Poetry hosted by Regie Cabico

Thursday, December 1 from 9:00 to 11:00 pm

Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD

$4 admission; wristbands are sold all day in the Art Under Pressure store beginning at 11 am until they're sold out. Limit 4 wristbands per person, cash only.
More information is available at busboysandpoets.com or e-mail Simone Jacobson at a...@busboysandpoets.com.

Six Short Solo Performances Exploring Identity and Desire 
Written and Performed by the University of Maryland's MFA in Performance Cohort
Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm each day
Cafritz Laboratory Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland at College Park, MD
Admission is FREE, but space is limited. To reserve your seat, RSVP to hellomyn...@gmail.com
More information available at facebook.com/events/128524267253323/

15th Anniversary Dim Sum Brunch & Awards Ceremony

presented by the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum - DC Chapter

Sunday, December 4 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm

China Garden, 1100 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22209

Show your support for 15 fierce years of NAPAWF's grassroots efforts in support of API women and girls. The brunch is free for all NAPAWF-DC members, but spaces are limited so make sure you updated your membership today by going to http://bit.ly/napawfdcmembership and RSVP at http://bit.ly/napawfdc15!

100% Hapa: Exploring Multiracial Identity with Kip Fulbeck

Saturday, December 10 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm

Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 8th & G Streets NW DC

Free and open to all

Join nationally renowned artist, professor, slam poet, author and filmmaker Kip Fulbeck for a dynamic performance exploring multiracial identity. More information is available at apanews.si.edu/2011/11/15/kip-fulbeck/

Busboys and Poets Open Mic with Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and hosted by Gowri K.

Wednesday, December 21 from 9:00 to 11:00 pm

Busboys and Poets (5th + K), 1025 5th Street NW, Washington, DC

$4 admission; wristbands are sold all day in the Global Exchange store beginning at 11 am until they're sold out. Limit 4 wristbands per person, cash only.

More information is available at facebook.com/events/328381987175888/

Race: Are We So Different?

Through January 8, 2012 at the National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution NW DC

Admission is free

RACE: ARE WE SO DIFFERENT? is the first national exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Combining these perspectives offers an unprecedented look at race and racism in the United States. More information is available at mnh.si.edu/exhibits/race/

Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter

Through October 24, 2012 (yes, next year!) at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 8th & F Streets NW DC

Admission is free

Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America. More information available at apanews.si.edu/2011/05/17/portraits-of-encounter/

love & light,

Sulu Star System

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Sulu DC is an underground network and home for Asian American and/or Pacific Islander American (AAPI) artists in Washington, D.C. On the third Saturday of every month, we host a performance showcase of emerging and established AAPI artists in music, spoken word, theater, dance, film, and multidisciplinary performances. Find us on Facebook. Follow us @SuluDC.