CP Shcedule of Events 2020-23

UIC’sDHDCapstoneScholarsMentorship (Jan-May)+*

Mentoredthreeundergraduatestudentsina storycollection/oralhistoryprojectfora podcastseriesfeaturingMentalHealth,Asian Americans,andCommunityEngagement

UICDepartmentofDisability& HumanDevelopment

StoriesfromtheHomefront:OralHistory CollectionProject(April)+*

CommunitypartnerforStorycorp,presented onourwebsite,socialmedia,and Soundcloud

StoryCorps

FightingforVisibilityPodcast:FromStigma to MadPride(May)+*

Video,audio,andtranscriptionofthree interviewsconductedbycapstonescholars fortheMentalHealth,AsianAmericans,and CommunityEngagementproject

UICDepartmentofDisability& HumanDevelopment

MonthlyBeat#1:virtualopenmic(Jun)+*

FeaturedartistsincludeILmusicians,actors, visualartistsforanonlineperformanceof music,plays,film,andhealing

ILArtists

PiyestaPinoy(Jun)+*

AnnualFilipinoFestival,dances,musicians, storytelling

PhilippineAmericanCultural Foundation

Mr.&Mrs.LaQuestaGoDancing(Jun)+* ($800)

PlayreadingandfundraiserforaLGBTQ+ homelessshelter

Fundraiser

RaisingVoices:Storiesfrom theHomefront& Beyond(Jul)+

FundraiserforArtistsaffectedbythe pandemic,virtualbroadcast,music,film, monologues,poetry,visualarts

ConcernedArtistsofthe

Philippines

Fundraiser

CIRCA Pintig Schedule of Events 2020- 2023

RaisingVoices:GlobalQueerFilipinxOpenMic (Aug)+*

Broadcast on Friday, August 21, 2020, at 9 PM

CDT – 11 PM CDT

Circa Pintig

Public · Hosted by Circa Pintig

This will be a FACEBOOK LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT! Short Play. New Play. Song. Spoken Word. Activism.

Raising Voices: Connecting Dots International (Aug) CIRCA Pintig Facebook LIVE 8.7.2020

Featured Live Interview with Noah and Mizan: Connecting Dots International

ILArtists

Name&DateofEvent2020

Raising Voices Against Tyranny (Sep)+* (1,500)

Description Impact

"Talinhaga Laban sa Tirano: Raising Voices Against Tyranny", held on Sept. 18th (US, 6pm Pacific / 8pm Central , 9pm Eastern) / Sep 19th (Philippines, 9am).

This online event is a collaboration between arts collectives in the US and Philippines that are remembering the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship and continuing to raise voices against the killings, attacks, and the return of tyranny today. These artists commit to never forget the dark past while fighting back against today’s descent into dictatorial rule, with brutal attacks on human and civil rights, moving of public funds towards military solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic, and neglect of the people’s welfare.

University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Program Mentorship (Sep-Dec)+*

FAHM: Lunchtime Chat Series - One , Two, Three (Oct)+*

storycollection/oralhistoryprojectfora podcastseriesfeaturingMentalHealth,Asian Americans,andCommunityEngagement

VirtualbroadcastseriesinhonorofFilipino

AmericanHistoryMonthinOctober2020

aboutthehistoryandactivismofthe Worker’sBillofRights,Ethnicstudies,and FrontlineWorkers.

UICGLAS,AFIRE,ILNurses

Monthly Beat #2: Youth Voices (Oct)+*

Broadcasted LIVE on Facebook on Saturday, October 24th at 3PM CST the celebrations continue! Featuring Youth Voices: Songs, Poetry, Theatre.

ILArtists

Tindog Bicol: Solidarity and Fundraising (Nov)+*($2,000)

LIVE: #TindogBicol Solidarity and Fundraising Event - Help us raise funds and donations for typhoon-devastated communities in the Bicol region

Fundraiser

Piglas: Freedom from Fear and Want (Dec)+*

Facebook Live Broadcast on December 18, 2020 (US) -December 19, 2020 (PHL)

Piglas: Freedom From Fear and Want Artists’ Broadcast for International Migrants’ Day

Taking off from the Tagalog word "piglas" (to be free/to free oneself from the hold of another) and a 1943 essay of immigrant Filipino novelist, poet, and activist Carlos Bulosan (1913-1956), this online artists’ broadcast on International Migrants Day 2020 features new songs.

ConcernedArtistsofthe Philippines

Name&DateofEvent2021

University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Program Mentorship (Jan-Apr)+*

Description

Impact

UniversityofMichigan

Monthly Beat: Pinay in the Time of Love & Struggle (Mar)+*

ILArtists

Community Workshop Series: Racial Healing and the Subversion of Hate (Apr-Dec)+* ($500) or apply

AGC/RESIST funding

ILArtists

Raising Voices, Stories from the Homefront: Community Pantry (Apr)+*

ConcernedArtistsofthe

Philippines

CIRCA STEAM Launch: community youth pilot & workshops, Chicago (three camps) & Mexico (May-Aug)+*

($1,500)

Trilogy AAPI Celebration (May)+* ($500)

Chicago History Museum AAPI Celebration (May)+*

($1,200)

ILArtists

Trilogy,Inc

ChicagoHistoryMuseum

At Home with Piyesta Pinoy (Jun)+*

ILArtists

Re-Indigenizing the Colonial Mind (Jun)+*

FilAmArts

Red Rising Cordillera Book Launch (Jul)+*

ConcernedArtistsifthe

UIC’s DHD Capstone Scholars Mentorship (Sep-Dec )+*

FAHM Celebration: Anniversary Special (Oct)+* ($1,000)

Immigration Stories of Filipino Americans (Oct)+*

Philippines

UICDepartmentofDisability& HumanDevelopment

FilipinoAmericanHistorical Society,ILArtists

FilipinoAmericanHistorical Society,DePaulUniversity

FilAm Art Reception (Oct)+* (Jose Agarii) FilAmArtsCollective

Human Rights Day Event (Dec)+* ($2,500) ILArtists

CIRCA Pintig Schedule of Events 2022 (click here for images)

Also search on our Facebook Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/57499583978

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/circapintig

Name&DateofEvent2022

Climate Justice Monthly Beat 2022

1/28/2022

Description

Monthly Beats is a regular monthly series of CIRCA Pintig aimed at sharing and highlighting actual events that directly affect the community. For the month of January 2022, the discussion will focus on Climate Justice, this is after a calamity struck the Philippines last December 2021, wherein until this moment, residents are still struggling to survive.

Impact

Guest Artists: Noel Cabangon, Filipino Folk Singer & Composer, Concerned Artists of the Philippines & Sining Obrero

Facebook Live and reached over 2.9k viewers locally, nationally, and globally.

LunchtimeChat:AlbanyParkTheatreProject& DigitalTapestries

1/13/2022

4/13/22

4/21/22

Art.Heals.-PantherintheSky

Lunchtime Chats are similar to our Monthly Beats a regular monthly series of CIRCA Pintig aimed at sharing and highlighting actual events that directly affect the community.

IncelebrationofAPIDAMonthatNEIU,the AngelinaPedrosoCenterforDiversityand InterculturalAffairsinvitedustofacilitatea communityhealingworkshopandsharethe AAP(I)Belongtravelingexhibit.

Sothattheworldwillknowwhatis happeninginthePhilippinesandunderstand thehumancostofourgovernment'swaron drugs.Atthesametime,findacreativeway tolinkthiswithhumanrightsissues anywhereintheworld.Andwith post-screeningdiscussions(Talkbacks) scheduledforeverycountrywherethemovie willbeavailabletowatch,theconversations abouttheissueswillcontinue,andhopefully, effectchange.

Communitycollaborationto sharetheimmersivetheatreof YoursTrulyastoryabouta youngFilipinalivingin Chicago.Alsointroducedthe partnershipwithDigital Tapestries.

25 diverse students participated in programming related to Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community incorporating an integrated theatre arts workshop

PartofanAsianAmericanShort FilmFestivalatMalcolmX College,studentsengagedinaQ &Aandpostviewing discussion TalkbackInvite

Art. Heals. is a curated performance and visual art exhibition aimed to bring the arts and AudienceResponse1

AAPIBelongWorkshopatNEIU

TaoPoScreeningatMXC

5/1/2022

5/16/22and5/20/22

community together to help heal and reconnect. Panther in the Sky is a play written by Lani T. Montreal about four mothers who are dealing with the murders of their teenage sons on the streets of Chicago. The sons meet each other in the afterlife and grapple with the reality of their abrupt demise. They talk and banter as teenage boys do, as their mothers cope with grief, and struggle to make sense of it all.

Lessonmaterialsforeducatorandstudentengagement incelebrationofAAPIHeritageMonth

In-classintegratedartsworkshopwithfourclassrooms (60-90minsessionperclass/grade)

RehearsalandPerformancesupportforin-school assembly

AudienceResponse2

SkinnerNorthStudent Reflections

ABC7NewsCoverage Served4classroomsata ChicagoPublicSchoolto supporttheTEAACHACT

APATReader’sTheatreatCPS

5/21/22

5/22/2022

AAPI CELEBRATION at The Chicago History Museum 2022

WE celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at the Chicago History Museum today. Thanks to CIRCA Pintig(Juan Tamad and the Tikling Birds and Alamat), Lane Tech High School’s Kapamilya Habang Buhay (Tinikling), When Ned Left (Pumapatak na Naman Ang Ulan, Manila and Bingo) Japanese American storyteller Anne Shiwojima who regaled the guests with folk stories. Aside from CIRCA Pintig and the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago, the FilAm nurses of the Nightingales, Digital Tapestries Films (Roots Grow Together) and Sinag (Filipino American Artists of Greater Chicago) were there along with the Chinese American and Japanese American Service Leagues. Our thanks to the Chicago History Museum (shoutout to Erica Griffin, Greg Storms and Candace Bey) for hosting this event at the museum! Salamat to all the participants and families, what a wonderful way to celebrate

AcelebrationofAAPIHeritagemonthwith communitystories,performances,andtrivia.

Ahybridmodelforourannual partnershiptocelebratewith staffandclientsatTrilogy,Inc.

PiyestaPinoy

6/11/2022

BlasianMarch

7/30/2022

EasterSundayScreening

8/2/22&8/6/22

9th year of the biggest Filipino American festival of culture, music, arts, games, and food in the Midwest.

Participants of Blasian March at Federal Plaza on Saturday rallied to mutually-celebrate and build solidarity among Black, Asian, and Blasian communities.

Movieoutingwithvolunteersandmembers tosupportthescreeningofJoKoy’sEASTER

SUNDAY

Afewthousandattendeesanda wholeafternoonofcultural performance,music,andspecial guestartists

BlasianMarchChicago

FANHSConference2022Workshop

8/13/22

BayanihanforPinoyTeachers:Picnic

8/27/2022

Filledanentiremovietheatreto supportaFilAmfeaturefilm

FacilitatedanArts&ActivismWorkshopat theconference.FANHSpromotes understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans

Our meet and greet potluck picnic, clothing and food drive for newly arrived teachers from the Philippines. In partnership with Chicago Nightingales building FilAm community in Labagh Woods.

Co-FacilitatedwithCIRCA

PinitgArtisticAssociateand ArtisticDirectorofFil-AMArts LosAngeles,GiovanniOrtega

WAANTProject Sep-Nov2022

Based at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the new and exciting Wellness through Asian American Narratives and Theater (WAANT) project will bring together students, faculty and staff, and community activists to explore topics related to Asian/Asian Americans (A/AA) and mental health/disability.

To promote Asian mental health/disability justice, in Fall 2022 WAANT will incorporate theatre, filmmaking, and PhotoVoice activities through a series of story collecting workshops. The project has three main objectives.

● Objective 1: Produce theatrical performances, podcasts, film clips, and a PhotoVoice exhibit that highlight true-life narratives of A/AA experiences around mental health and wellness.

● Objective 2: Share narratives of A/AA experiences with mental health and wellness through creative arts.

● Objective 3: Increase awareness within the A/AA community, on and off campus, of available mental health services and supports.

https://www.circapintig.org/uicw

October2022

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a journey through Filipino and Polish culture through two of their most iconic dishes; lumpia and pierogi! Enjoy a mini-Dumpling Fest with samples of the dumplings from each of these cultures, along with fun and engaging musical and cultural performances.

Celebrate both Filipino Heritage Month and Polish American Heritage Month at one event!

Pantherin theSkyatUIC

10/12/2022

https://www.facebook.com/groups/57499583978

/search/?q=panther

NewWorkStagedReading:Hail/Mary/Maria

10/18/22

RJSilva’s Hail Mary/Maria play, we had a wonderful reading and fruitful discussion! Part of CIRCA Pintig Incubator Series

BayanihanforPinoyTeachers:LifeinAmerica

10/22/22

SUCCESS! Thank you to all who helped make our event a successful one, this IS the BAYANIHAN SPIRIT!

Community members gathered donations of winter clothing and household goods for Filipino OFWs who are teaching in Special Ed Chicago Public School classrooms.

Thanks to our partnership with the Chicago Nightingales,NFP for co-hosting this event at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital's Nazareth Family Center's gymnasium.

10/30/22

https://circapintig.networkforgood.com/proje cts/166030-world-premiere-edgar-allan-poe-s -ligeia?fbclid=IwAR0qZryI3N3ScQCPzxAjJ

AWRIJ9Ywz8Mvwa3EujkNHAz34_51QYEI

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DHD400CapstoneScholars

January-Dec2022

Savethedatesforseveralcommunity eventsandreadings!

Sunday,11/13/22-AFIREEVENT

Monday,11/14/22-UICDHD400 CapstoneProject:RootsGrowTogether

Friday,11/18/22-FIAPNC-readingof LaniT.Montreal'sDamaged

Merchandise:

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/FIAUI C/permalink/10158555864026331/

Sunday,11/20/22-CPsnewworksvirtual readingofConradPanganiban'sDaryo's All-AmericanDiner.Email ginger@circapintig.orgtoRSVP

Friday,12/2/22-CelebrationofLifefor EstrellaR.Alamarfortiethdayat

TricksterGallery: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../celebrating -the-life-of...

Friday,12/9/22-AnnualCPbenefitevent featuringguestArtistErickEstebanand ourfirst-everGamuGamoStoryaoke Competition

LaurenDimayuga

hi fia hehe For my DHD 400 course, a couple of students and I are hosting an in-person event for our capstone project! We are collaborating with CIRCA-Pintig and Digital Tapestries.

If you didn't know, CIRCA-Pintig is the Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts and pintig means heartbeat in tagalog. They are committed to engaging immigrant communities in movements for transformative change in arts as well as empowering communities and their identities. Digital Tapestries is an organization that hopes to share meaningful art pieces that create discussion/awareness to nourish and heal people's mental and emotional states.

At our event, we are embodying the missions of these community organizations and are hoping to create a

safe space for individuals to talk about mental health and wellness. We will also be doing a fun, interactive art project to express yourselves and rediscover some roots you may have forgotten. This can be a way to grow together and heal together. There will also be opportunities to meet and network with other students or community partners. If you know anyone else that would be interested in joining, tell them to sign up!

Our event, Roots Grow Together: Mental Health & Wellness Mixer, will be held on Monday, November 14th from 3pm-4:30pm at 400 S Peoria Street (5th Floor). The building is the University Art and Design Hall - Gallery 400.

If you’re interested you can scan the QR code or sign up here: https://forms.gle/7Hffva1oJgWeN6yi9

FIABalikbayanBox

11/18/2022

NewPlayReading:Daryo’sAll-AmericanDiner

11/20/22

ReadingofLaniMontreal’splayDamaged Goods

You're INVITED to the Virtual Reading Workshop of DARYO'S ALL-AMERICAN DINER. I wrote this full-length drama with Circa Pintig and would love to share the first draft with you. There'll be a talk-back afterwards if you'd like to help us out with your thoughts as we look towards the next steps of this Fil-Am New Play! It's also a great way to find out about CIRCA Pintig too!

Reading Info

Sunday, 11/20 at 3pm ET / 2pm CT / 12pm

PST

Register to get Zoom Link:

https://tinyurl.com/CPNewPlayReading

Synopsis

Daryo's All-American Diner is about its

BALDSISTERSOuting

12/10/2022

struggling Asian-American co-owner, May Daryo, whose life is transformed after a violent attack on her family during the height of the pandemic This Full-Length Drama set in the fictional midwestern city of Lakeside, IL., explores how something positive and hopeful can come out of a traumatic act of violence.

Organisedseveralmemberstoattend

AnnualGala&StoryaokeCompetition

12/9/2022

Combining our Annual Gala Fundraising Program Booklet with our Year in Review Highlights, celebrate with us as we share our 2022 Sustainability Report with you.

Thanks to all our community partners, funders, donors, volunteers, and supporters!

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CIRCA Pintig acknowledges support from its Art Partners in celebrating Arts for Community Healing!

CIRCA Pintig is proud to forge an empowering partnership with private foundations and city/state agencies for its 2022-23 Arts Programming. CP expresses its thanks to Asian Improv aRts Midwest, Asian Giving Circle/Chicago Community Trust, Crossroads Fund, DCASE City Arts, Illinois Arts Council, and RESIST for their grant support and partnership.

CIRCA Pintig bounced back from pandemic mode with an in-person excerpt performance of Lani Montreal's new play, "Panther in the Sky" as part of Art.Heals., a collaborative arts project initiated by Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble in Spring 2022. CP returns to performances with its 2022-23 Theater Season that begins with excerpt performances of Montreal's

https://youtu.be/e7t6TFqliQA

one-act play about mothers and their young sons dealing with gun violence in the fall. Following this are a devised theater project on Mental Health, Wellness through Asian American Narratives and Theatre in partnership with UIC and a new full-length play by Conrad A. Panganiban on Anti-Asian Hate, "Daryo's All-American Diner" scheduled for performances in the Spring and Summer of 2023. Together with these performances, CP also engages in conducting community drama workshops for the TEAACH Act program and Dismantling Anti-Asian Hate & Safer Communities Campaign. These performances are conducted in collaboration with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, Malcolm X College, Asian ImprovArts Midwest, UIC WAANT Project, Chicago Nightingales, and the HANA Center.

For inquiries, partnerships, and other activities, visit www.circapintig.org or contact Ginger Leopoldo, Executive Director at ginger@circapintig.org.

Where do we go from here? Sustainability reports are not just about looking back but also looking forward. This is a continuous work in progress - a way for us to track our impact and improvements over time.

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Description

Impact

LunarNewYearCelebrationatNavyPier ProgramDirectorand Coordinatorincollaboration withthePhilippineAmerican CulturalFoundation(PACF) https://navypier.org/events/glo bal-connections-lunar-new-ye ar-presented-by-comed/

TaoPoU.S.Tour-FilmScreening

April14-May14,2023

HostforU.S.TourFilm Screeningreceptionsandlive talkbacks(in-personand virtual)

https://circapintig.networkforg ood.com/projects/190475-taopo-2023-us-tour

Daryo’sAll-AmericanDiner

May5-20,2023

DIRECTOR'S NOTES: Message from "Daryo's All-American Diner" director: Luis Pascacio Watching an assembly of Filipino, Korean and African American characters in a play is a rarity in American theater. Even more rare is hearing them talk about common issues and shared values about family, friendships and community. Conrad Pangniban's play gives voice to these values with such wit and pathos. It unearths a shared humanity that is given power through drama and through a talented set of actors and crew who bring their own truths and emotion to Conrad's poignant play. To a dedicated assembly of actors and production staff, many thanks for all the hard work and commitment to the process of community healing through the arts!

PLAYWRIGHT NOTES: Message from "Daryo's All-American Diners" playwright, Conrad A. Panganiban: Thank you for spending an evening of "Humanity and Hope" with us! With Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble's production, it is a true honor to share DARYO'S ALL-AMERICAN DINER with you. What started as a meeting with CIRCA Pintig has become one of the most emotional and introspective journeys I've ever taken as a playwright. Learning about the violence against some in the AAPI community during the pandemic and looking into the history of violence

Commissionedplayand production

eventbrite.com/e/the-wastelan d-and-daryos-all-american-din er-tickets-579219750867

HouseofNursesAuthorReceptionandBook

Reading

May25,2023

against Asians in America has run me through the gauntlet of anger, sadness, inspiration, and eventual hope. Channeling all of these emotions, along with some humor, to create the world the Daryo family and its characters will face is something I hope you will be able to reflect upon long after the houselights come back up to share with others. Maraming Salamat

https://houseofnurses.com/

AuthorReceptionforM.EvelinaGalang’sWhen theHibiscusFalls

August4-6,2023

Sponsoredeventin collaborationwithAsian ImprovaRtsMidwest

https://coffeehousepress.org/pr oducts/when-the-hibiscus-falls

11thAnnualPiyestaPinoy

June10,2023

PantherintheSky(fullproduction)

Fall2023

ProgramDirectorand Coordinator http://pacfmidwest.org/2023/0

2/save-the-date-june-10-2023piyesta-pinoy/

Panther in the Sky is a play written by Lani T. Montreal about four mothers who are dealing with the murders of their teenage sons on the streets of Chicago. The sons meet each other in the afterlife and grapple with the reality of their abrupt demise. They talk and banter as teenage boys do, as their mothers cope with grief, and struggle to make sense of it all.

Co-ProducerwithChicago

DanztheatreEnsemble