upcoming events inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE
Ronny Chieng’s Hope You Get Rich Tour
Art Exhibit, Public Lecture & Workshop on Asian America September 10 - October 10, 2021 RedLine Contemporary Art Center 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver
More information at redlineart.org/invisible-hypervisible inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE, a public humanities project on Asian America, consists of an art exhibition, artist talks, public lectures, and community-building workshops. The theme inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE captures the struggles of Asians and Asian Americans to survive and thrive in the face of strong anti-Asian sentiment. Asians and Asian Americans are alternately made invisible and hypervisible through stereotypes such as “model minorities,” and perpetual foreigners.” Yet, Asian America is remarkably complex due to cultural diversity, various migration routes, and different socioeconomic circumstances. inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE will showcase Asian and Asian American artists, scholars, performers, and community organizers from different ethnic, gender, and geographic backgrounds.
Moon Festival Celebration with OCA Colorado Saturday, September 18 | 4pm to 6pm More information and the Zoom link at ocacolorado.org
Celebrate the Moon Festival virtually with OCA Colorado by watching fantastic entertainment including a Kung Fu Show (Shaolin
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Hongmei Kung Fu School), QiPao Dance (Sisters’ QiPao Dance Group), Love Under the Moon Performance (Polly), Kids Talent Show (Great Wall Chinese Academy), and Award-winning Chinese Dance (Jasmine Flower Chinese Dance School). The event will breakout into small groups to play games such as riddles and scavenger hunt. 25 lucky winners will also be drawn to win a restaurant gift certicate. Get your Chinese tea and moon cakes ready at home and lets raise our tea cups to cheers for the Moon Festival!
Full Moon Festival Friday, September 24 | 5pm to 9pm Zeppelin Station | 3501 Wazee St, Denver More information at zeppelinstation.com
Friday, September 24 | Begins at 7pm Boulder Theater | 2032 14th St, Boulder Saturday, September 25 | Begins at 7pm Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 E Iliff Ave, Denver More information and get tickets at ronnychieng.com
Ronny Chieng, a stand up comedian, actor and correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, is coming to Colorado! He starred in the worldwide hit movie Crazy Rich Asians and on his Netflix stand up comedy special “Asian Comedian Destroys America!”. He stars in Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Disney’s Doogie Kamealoha M.D and tech thriller M3GAN.
Flag Signing for Internment Survivors Sunday, October 3 | 10am to 1pm Simpson United Methodist Church 6001 Wolff St, Arvada For more information, contact staceys@sakurafoundation.org Judge Johnny Cepeda Gogo is organizing this The Zeppelin Station will be hosting Not flag signing event for internment survivors Japanese Incarceration Memorial Legacy Project Yo Mama’s Cupcakes,American Tea Street, Pho King to sign a 48-star flag, which has already been Rapidos, Mukja, Yuan Wonton, and Dead signed by hundreds of internees in other Veggies, along with participation from Thai states. This project shows respect to the inKun, Soy Pinoy, and East Side King for an ternees and educates our communities about evening of food, drink, music and celebration To: ALL Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp Internees Japanese American history and the injustices to come together as an Asian community Date: Sunday, October 3, 2021 for suffered. The flag will be donated to the JapaTime: 10amLocal – 1pm all of Denver to enjoy. Denver DJ Peter nese American Museum of Jose. Location: Simpson United Methodist Church 6001 Wolff Street, Arvada, COSan 80003 Hoang will be onsite to keep the party going! The M a n zevent a n awill r provide T u l destination e L a k e passport P o s t o n G i l a R i v e r G r a n a d a cards for guests to collect stickers as they dine around and support each participating business. Guests with completed passport cards can turn in their cards for an entry into a raffle to win a prize package that will include H e a r t M o u n t a i n M i n i d o k a T o p a z R o h w e r J e r o m e something from each participating business.
Flag Signing Event
Inspired by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Roberta Hayashi, Karen Korematsu, and Civil Rights Attorney Dale Minami, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Johnny Cepeda Gogo Event Calendar | Asian Avenue Magazine obtained a WWII era, 48-star, American flag with the goal of inviting ALL Japanese American
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