fighting the wind

Check out maiana minahal:

this friday dec 12 @ 8p with elizebeth chavez
Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St @ 20th  in san francisco, free
reading 8p, book-signing/light reception after
maiana's book, sitting inside wonder, and elizebeth’s book, lazy tongues, will be available for sale


And also here...

this sunday december 14 @ 5p, performance of ‘before their words’
Pusod, 1808 Fifth Street near Hearst in west berkeley, 5-10 sliding scale/no one turned away

before their words (a show in progress) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary, multimedia poetry performance that combines subversive, poetic narrative with indigenous pre-colonial Philippine cultural traditions traditions and art forms.  Utilizing indigenous Philippine dance (Singkil), martial arts (Kali), and music, the larger poetic narrative unfolds as the (queer) re-telling of the Philippine folktale of Sondayo, the village woman who battles the wind goddess to re-claim her stolen husband.  Featuring Michelle Bautista and Nedjula Baguio.

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I've only seen bits and pieces of the work "before their words" but from what I've seen it's incredible stuff! I'll be assisting in the telling of one of the segments performing the kali as I become Sondayo and battle the wind goddess.

What a great life! Battle droids with light sabers, now I get to take on wind goddesses!