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AAJA Social Night at the Theatre Off Jackson

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

We’re getting everyone together in November to watch Fast Company, a production from local Asian American theater group, Pork Filled Productions.
join us before the show for Happy Hour and more!

 

*******Use the AAJA discount code “SEA10AAJA” for your $10 tickets
(General Admissions Tickets without discount are $15)********

Please choose the date Nov 8 from the dropdown to activate the coupon code. 

SCHEDULE
Happy Half Hour 7:00 – 7:30 pm.
(Half of regular happy hour prices on drinks)

Doors – 7:30

Show – 8 pm

 

ABOUT FAST COMPANY

The Northwest premiere of Fast Company by Carla Ching, directed by Amy Poisson (These Streets, The Clockwork Professor), at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S., Seattle), November 1 to 22, 2014.

Meet the Kwans: a Chinese American family of expert con artists, grifters and thieves. But when daughter Blue masterminds the job of the decade stealing the world’s most valuable comic book, it might just spell disaster for the whole family, including her brothers Francis and H and their mother Mable. Pitting new game theory against old-school cons, truth against illusion and family bonds against betrayal, it’s a race to see who will come out on top in this fun, stylish crime caper.

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TICKETS >>>> http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/press/809123
 Please choose the date Nov 8 from the dropdown to activate the coupon code. 

 

ABOUT PORK FILLED PRODUCTIONS

Pork Filled Productions is the theatre offshoot of the veteran sketch comedy group, the Pork Filled Players. PFP is home for Asian American theatre artists who crave creating new works that stretch the boundaries of Asian American theatre. PFP shows reflect the imagination and creativity of modern Asian American artists, including steampunk adventures (The Clockwork Professor by Maggie Lee) supernatural comedies (Big Hunk o’ Burnin’ Love by Prince Gomolvilas), mistaken race farces (Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang), and yes, even Kung-fu zombie Shakespeare (Living Dead in Denmark by Qui Nguyen). For more information, visit http://www.porkfilled.com

 

 

 

Tickets on sale for Chefs’ Showcase at Columbia Tower Club on Aug. 4!

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photo (1)Tickets are officially ON SALE for our upcoming Chefs’ Showcase benefit from 6-8 p.m. on Aug. 4 at the Columbia Tower Club. All proceeds will benefit AAJA scholarships and training programs for professional journalists.

Come on up to the 75th floor and enjoy gorgeous views of Seattle as you nosh on appetizers and drinks courtesy of area restaurants. Meet other journalists, professionals and foodies as some of the most exciting chefs working in Seattle’s restaurant scene demonstrate dishes that will inspire your next cocktail or dinner party.

Admission includes:

  • Access to the great views from the 75th-floor the Columbia Tower.
  • Appetizers from our featured celebrity chefs and others, including Bloom, Taste of India, Pho Cyclo and more.
  • Drinks from Vortex Cellars, Tranche Cellars, Eleven Winery and Georgetown Brewery.
  • A program booklet with the evening’s featured recipes.

Tickets:
$60 at the door
$50 General Admission
$40 Columbia Tower Club members

AAJA and SPJ members: Pay $25 when you buy your ticket by July 31. This is 50 percent off the pre-event ticket price. Discounted pricing for AAJA and SPJ members ends July 31.

Purchase your tickets today on Brown Paper Tickets.

The celebrity chef line-up:

Lisa K. Nakamura, chef/owner of Allium and alumna of The French Laundry who is planning her next concept, Gnocchi Bar.

Rachel Yang, the James Beard-nominated chef and co-owner of Joule and Revel restaurants in Seattle.

Prometheus Brown (aka Geo of Blue Scholars) and Chera Amlag, the husband-and-wife force behind Food and Sh*t, a monthly pop-up at Inay’s.

Tyler Hefford-Anderson, a fine dining master who honed his skills at the Rainier Club and Meridian Valley Country Club before becoming the executive chef at Columbia Tower Club.

Steven Ariel, the executive chef for  TRACE at W Seattle and alum of Canlis, Cafe Juanita and LUC.

KING 5 Anchor Mimi Jung hosts the demonstrations.

Spend your summer with AAJA Seattle!

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Contrary to what our current weather may suggest, summer is just around the corner. And with that comes a few AAJA events and we hope you’ll join us!
 
Our first event is Walk for Rice on June 28 from 8 a.m. to noon.
We’ve formed an AAJA Seattle team to participate in this annual fundraiser, which features a 2.5-mile walk or run at Seward Park in Seattle, to help raise money for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service’s (ACRS) Food Bank. The food bank serves more than 5,000 low-income people, who make more than 120,000 visits, each year and is also the only food bank in the area regularly providing cultural staples of the Asian Pacific American diet, like rice, tofu and soy milk.
To find our team, click here. From there, you can join our team by clicking the blue “Join Our Team” button on the right side of the page. Our goal is to have at least 10 members. WE STILL NEED TEAM MEMBERS! Family and friends are also invited to join.
If you cannot make it to the event, you can still contribute by donating on our AAJA Seattle team page and clicking on individual team members’ pages to donate through their pages.
Chapter secretary Samatha Pak is the AAJA Seattle team captain for the fundraiser, so if you have any questions, please let her know (sammipak@gmail.com)! A Facebook event page has also been created for our team, which could be used to keep track of those planning to attend, coordinate carpools to the event, fundraising ideas, etc.

Susy Sun to perform at Lunar New Year next week

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Susy Sun will be performing at this year's Lunar New Year Banquet and Silent Auction.

Susy Sun will be performing at the Lunar New Year Banquet and Silent Auction next week.

Susy Sun will be performing at our Lunar New Year Banquet and Silent Auction next week.

Sun is a Northwest singer/songwriter and classical pianist. Her latest album, Wanderlust EP, is backed by an impressive group of fellow local talent: producer Shawn Simmons (known for his work with The Head and the Heart and The Maldives) and members of The Passenger String Quartet, led by violinist, Andrew Joslyn (known for his work with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, David Bazan, Kris Orlowski and Allen Stone).

Sun writes and composes all original music herself. After its release in October, Wanderlust EP caught the attention of national music media that have highlighted her as a shining up-and-coming artist to watch with her refreshing sound and music talent.

To learn more about Sun, you can follow her on Twitter and like her on Facebook.

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Lunar New Year Banquet & Silent Auction to be at O’Asian on Jan. 25!

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Lunar New Year 2013

Come celebrate Lunar New Year 2014 with AAJA Seattle on January 25!

Join us at O’Asian Kitchen in Downtown Seattle for an evening of food and lively conversation as we celebrate the Year of the Horse!

There will be a silent auction with great items from the Seattle Symphony, Teatro Zinzanni, a one-of-a-kind photo of rock legend Eddie Vedder and much more! We’ll also be auctioning off some delicious cakes and pastries in our annual Dessert Dash.

::TICKETS::

Advanced: $35 for AAJA Members // $40 for non-members // $20 for students // $12.50 for children

Day of Event: $50 for members and non-members // $25 for students

To purchase your advanced tickets, click here.

Also, check out our event page on Facebook!

::PARKING::

Parking is free in the garage located under the Bank of America building at 5th and Columbia (O’Asian is located in the same building). Just remember to keep your ticket for validation inside the restaurant.

Holiday Scoop 2013 is coming…Dec. 5!

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On behalf of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) we’d like to invite you and your newsroom to the annual Holiday Scoop, the biggest journalist party in the city!

The event draws more journalists than any other party in Seattle. And it does it for a good cause: to raise money for scholarships for those aspiring to be journalists.

The Holiday Scoop started in 2010. Our fourth annual party will bring together print, digital, television, visual and radio journalists of all ages. Let’s celebrate the holidays and another year of great journalism in Washington State.


THE HOLIDAY SCOOP
December 5
HOSTED BY: AAJA & SPJ
6:30PM – 10:00PM
LOCATION: 2bar Spirits
2960 4th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98134

General Tickets
 $15 ($20 at the door)
Student Tickets $10

At the party, load up on hors d’oeuvres and buy beer, bourbon or moonshine (!) at our no-host bar. We will also have a photo booth and other activities. Also, This year, for the first time, students and other minors can attend because the venue is an all-ages testing room. Bring your kids!

*Sponsorships are still available and start at $250, contact maisurvey@gmail.com.
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Check out our current sponsors, the night’s featured brewery & distillery, talk to the folks at Snap Skout, reconnect with friends at The Seattle Globalist & enter the raffle for the AT&T tech toys basket.

Don’t forget, RSVP on Facebook & get your tickets here!

www.spjwash.org   :::   www.aajaseattle.org

 

 

 

 

Come to the next Dim Sum Saturday on Oct. 26

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Dim Sum Saturday

Dim Sum Saturday

Sorry about the late notice, everyone. We’re going to squeeze in one more Dim Sum Saturday event before the holiday season at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 26.

Enjoy breakfast with chapter president, Mai Hoang, who will be here all the way from Yakima, and with other AAJA members.

If you haven’t been to an event recently, dim sum is a great and easy way to reconnect. The more, the merrier — friends, co-workers, former co-workers, significant others and kids more than welcome.

We’re meeting at at New Hong Kong (it used to be known as New Kowloon), 900 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98104, in the International District.

We’ll all split the check. Dim sum typically runs about $10-$15 per person.

Please RSVP on the Facebook invitation so we can keep a rough headcount and know how big of a table to reserve. Hope to see you there!

Media mentors needed at Ashoka Seattle’s Tech Start event on Saturday!

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Ashoka Seattle is doing a Tech Start for college and high school students, Saturday, Oct. 12 and is looking for news media people to serve as mentors.

Here are the details:

Who: Young people (ages 16-24)
What: Engage with young changemakers as they design a high-fidelity mobile app to solve a social issue.
Where: Impact Hub Seattle, 220 2nd Ave S., Seattle
When: October 12, 9am-4pm

For more information about Ashoka Seattle’s mission, vision and approach, click here.

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