Asian American Writers’ Workshop

Poetry: Word is Bond #5

Tue, February 8, 2022 at7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Virtual Free
RSVP https://aaww.org/curation/word-is-bond-no-5/

Celebrate Word is Bond’s new home at AAWW with our inaugural partnership reading! Attendance is FREE but suggested donations will benefit Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund & Racing Magpie, an organization supporting Lakota artists & culture bearers. If you have the means, please consider sparing what you’re able & supporting these worthy causes. Even if you can’t, sharing space with you is a gift, so please join us!

Featuring readings from Layli Long Soldier, Megan Fernandes, Ghinwa Jawhari, & Vanessa Angélica Villarreal. Co-hosted & co-curated by Sadia Hassan. Organized in partnership with the Asian American Writing Workshop. Hosted by Anthony Thomas Lombardi.

Boston Public Library

The Butterfly Process: The Impact on AAPI Artists & Audiences

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Virtual Free
RSVP: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/search/index/event/61c39ff93148572f0055d73a

An opportunity for community learning and dialogue, The Impact on Artists & Audiences as part of The Butterfly Process by Boston Lyric Opera centers the experience of opera artists and explores the complex, sometimes conflicting relationship many have to Madama Butterfly, both as a gateway to opera and a work that has typecast many AAPI singers. Artists will explore ways in which opera productions can be more inclusive and multicultural.

Phil Chan will lead the conversation with Featured Speakers Eiji Miura, Melanie Bacaling,  Todd McNeel, and Wynne Wan-Yee Szeto to contextualize these themes and frame a community discussion.