Bindleblast - August 6, 2020

AROUND THE BARANGAY: Pistahan, Liwanag Workshops, Submit your work Liwanag Vol. 3, Fill Out The Census!, Mask up!, Buy Masks from Local Vendors, California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners - $1000 Grants - Deadline: Aug 18

Stories High - Directing Workshop with Jeffrey Lo
Tuesdays 6:30pm - 8:30PM PST
Aug. 11th - Sept 22nd

www.bindlestiffstudio.org/directingworkshop

About the course:This supportive class will guide you through general script analysis and discuss specific strategies for directing in a web-based world. For the final class, a short play written in the Stories High workshops will be distributed to prepare a final directorial presentation.

About the facilitator: Jeffrey Lo is a Filipino-American playwright and director based in the Bay Area. He is the recipient of the 2014 Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award, the 2012 Emerging Artist Laureate by Arts Council Silicon Valley and Theatre Bay Area Director's TITAN Award. For more visit: www.JeffreyWritesAPlay.com 

Kwento Times: Criers For Hire

Bindlestiff Studio Kwento Times Staged Reading Series presents Giovanni Ortega's  "Criers for Hire: The Ikyakan Blues" directed by Joe Cascasan.

Saturday, August 22, 2020
7:00pm PST
Running Time: 2 hours

The event is free but donations are welcome. 
Registration: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/OTA2Mzg=

You will receive a live-stream link a day before the event.

THANK YOU! OKAY BA TAYO?

Thank you to all who shared, liked, donated and attended Ok Ba Tayo?

We raised awareness for healthcare reform and exceeded our fundraising goal. The funds will go towards the medical and living expenses of our beloved artist & house manager, Ed Mabasa, and general artist relief fund.

We are so grateful to our community for showing up and supporting us. Ingat / stay safe.

Donors: 
Thank you to Mona Lisa Yuchengco as our "Angel Donor", Ramon Abad, Jennifer Abella, Mark Abella, Christine Abiba, Mylawe Ablog, Marc Abrigo, Rene Acosta, Clare Adamos, Rizal Adanza, Erina Alejo, Nicole Alicante, Glen Jermyn Andag, Eileen Aniciete, Glenn Philip Martinez Aquino, Camille Baclay, Valerie Barall, Susan Bardick, Krystle Benitez, Juan Berumen, Dj BITESIZE, Anthony Bongco, Heather Boyer, Gretchen Bringas, Gus Brinkman, Fred Briones, Will Bundy, Marygrace Burns, l burns, Emilya Cachapero, Cesar Cadabes, Ai Calalo, Caroline Calderon, Joel Cammarata, Cristian Cardona, Joe and LO Cascasan, Ada Chan, Angie Chang, Frank Chavez, Norma Chow, Dianne Chui, Desiree Cook, Joselito Cordero, Roberta D'Alois, Tess Davis, Tatiana Dayers, John Bert De Guzman, Mark de la Cruz, Nina De Torres Ignacio, Gabby Del Rosario, Sammay Dizon, Theodore Domingo, Michael Dorado, irene faye duller, Julienne Ebora, Melanie Elvena, RICHGAIL ENRIQUEZ, Liza Erpelo, Melanie Espinueva, Lauren Estabrook-Ramirez, Rupert Estanislao, Jocelyn Eustaquio, Michelle Fajardo, Tintiangco-Cubales Family, Lee Francisco, Pig Fuqr, Taylor Garcia, Alicia Gee, Sarah Gehrke, katya george, Wernher Goff, Debbie Gong, Lorenz Angelo Gonzales, Theo Gonzalves, Rhoda Gravador, John-Carlo Guevara, Pablo Guillen, Nix Guirre, Glenn Gutierrez, Mickey Healy, Joshua Icban, Sharleen Boomer Ignacio, Anila Jain, Nazelah Jamison, Sydney Ji, Angelica Jongco, etsuko kubo, Joyce Kung, Julie Kuwabara, Elmira Lagundi, Yves Lamson, Fray Lanie, Francis Lansang, Rachel Lastimosa, Noel and Irma Laxamana, Anne Legaspi, Sydney Leong, Allyson Libao, Jessylyn Los Banos, Spencer Louie, Paula Lozano-Lim, Loredie Lugos, William Malloy, JJ Manalo, allan manalo, Tommy McClain, Janet McElroy, Jordan McQuade, Antmen Mendoza, Ryan Morales, Melanie Morimoto, Matthias Mormino, Kevin Movido, Chelsea Mullen, julie munsayac, Jamie Nallas, Rhythm Nation, Dominic Navasca, Zenaida Nutterfield, Allen Ocampo, Janet Ogao, Mhay Ordesta, Liz P, Missa P, Norman Pabros, Aileen Pagdanganan, Abigail Panares, Conrad Panganiban, Bryan Pangilinan, Cynthia Paras, Laura Priscilla Paule, NANCY PERRON, Vincent Pietromartire, Cynthia Pisa, Miles Posadas, ALAN Quismorio, Charity Ramilo, ALIA RASUL, Kim Requesto, Kimberly Reyes, Michael Ricca, andrew rogge, Gayle Romasanta, Emmanuel Romero, Sunshine Roque, Kormann Roque, Brian S, Aurora and Rolando Saria, Dennis Sarte, Ren Sato, sami schilf, Mary Schmidt, Helen Serafino-Agar, Carolyn Sideco, Tony Sideco, Tonilyn Sideco, Allan Silva, Samantha Sipin, Connis So, Raisa Solis, Amanda Sookram-Chatar, Drew Stephens, Lisa Suguitan Melnick, Anthony Tagudar, Michelle Talgarow, Peter Tapao, Ava Tong, Elliott Trager, Paciano Triunfo, Joal Truong-Vargas, Lorna Velasco, Matt Villacarte, Annie Wang, Kelly Weber, Devin Wessell, Joseph Wilson, Don Wood, Joyce Yin, Oleg Zilberman and 58 Anonymous Donors.

Aureen Almario’s Facebook Donors:
Emmanuel Romero, Ava Tong, Alexis Dayers, Drew Stephens, Carolyn Sideco, Jessylyn Los Banos, Peter Ryan Tapao, Conrad Panganiban, Lindsay Ordesta, Cesar Cadabes, Zaneida Nutterfield, Robynn Takayama, Melanie Elvena, Sunshine Lampitoc Smith, Yato Yoshida, Nina D Ignacio, Narissa Lee, Vinay Patel, Eleanore Fernandez, Christina Ying, Aileen Almario Ante, Theresa Christine, Rhoda Gravador, Gem Buenaflor McMeen, Lydia Greer, Rose Nisker, Larry Reed, Don Wood, Alexey Samsonov, Francis Wong, Felicia Lowe, Julieta Murga Kusnir, Aureen Almario

Aura San Miguel Facebook Donors:
Emmanuel Romero, Ava Tong, Alexis Dayers, Tatiana Dayers, Nina D Ignacio, Anthony Tagudar, Cristian Cardona, Christine R. Melendres, Ferylin Jape PalumpnAmsden, Hector Operario, Valerie Navarro, Lyn Rodrigo Ginelsa, James Navarro, Sterling Caban

For those who missed Okay Ba Tayo?, you can watch it on our Okay Ba Tayo? Webpage: https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/okay-ba-tayo

BAY AREA THEATRE CYPHER
HIP HOP THEATRE and COMMUNITY

Shout out to artist Tasi Alabastro for giving us props and our artists for sticking to our original brand of theatre on the Cypher Sessions with Bay Area Theatre Cypher. 

 “Bindlestiff has never felt they needed to be any other theatre company. They kept to their guns creating funny, goofy and poignant stories.” 

Catch Bay Area Theatre Cypher on their Twitch Channel @bayareatheatrecypher

Support artists like Tasi Alabastro on his Twitch Channel @kreenpananas

Celebrate the 27th Annual Pistahan Virtual Parade and Festival happening this weekend August 8th and 9th

Experience the festival and parade online and via Facebook Live and YouTube. Discover. Experience. Celebrate.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/598210107490686/

Liwanag Workshops: Improve Your Art Practice

Learn from Bay Area Fil-Am artists  in one weekend of Visual Arts and Writing workshops that will support your art practice. We'll also go over the submission process to be included in the newest art anthology volume - Liwanag 3.

Online workshops are offered at a sliding scale of $0-30.   Capacity is limited. Workshop attendance is not mandatory to submit work. Visit here to learn more about Liwanag 3. This project is sponsored in part by the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development - SOMA Stabilization Fund.

Visual Arts 8/8/20, 2p PST
Kim Arteche - Interdisciplinary
Flex Maxim Dalit - Illustration 

Writing 8/9/20, 2p PST
Janice Lobo Sapigao - Poetry
Sean San Jose - Playwriting

Submit your work Liwanag Vol. 3

SOMA Pilipinas and Kearny Street Workshop are looking for artist submissions for the groundbreaking Pilipinx arts journal, Liwanag. The deadline has been extended to 8/23/20. 

Following the re-issue of the seminal 1975 Filipino American arts anthology, Liwanag, SOMA Pilipinas is proud to announce a call for submissions for the newest entry into this series, Liwanag 3! As the original Liwanag, and the 1993 issue, Liwanag 2, amplified the voices of local, Bay Area Filipino American artists of those time periods, they’re bringing Liwanag back to showcase and reflect upon the evolution of the Pilipinx identity of today.

To submit and read the updated guidelines and editorial notes go to: https://www.somapilipinas.org/liwanag/submissions

Fill Out The Census!

SOMA Pilipinas Community Historian, MC Canlas, speaks about the importance for everyone to be counted in the 2020 Census in a Kularts and SOMCAN collaborative video project funded by the San Francisco Foundation.

Accurate census information is critical for the future growth, development, and the social needs of our community for the next ten years. Do your share and Be Counted for Our Future!

Fill out the 2020 Census online or by mail.

Mask Up!

COVID-19 cases are surging in California, including the Bay Area. We all need to work together to end the surge.

https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/GotYouCovered-8.5x11-060920-no-bus-english.pdf

Buy Masks from Local Vendors

Shop local, our fellow Bindlestiffer Krystle Piamonte curated a list of local vendors selling masks in the Bay Area.

California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners - $1000 Grants - Deadline: Aug 18

The California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners is a partnership between the California Arts Council (CAC) and the Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI). The California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners is distributing $920,000 from the CAC’s general fund in the form of $1,000 grants to help artists and cultural practitioners (including fine and performing artists, teaching artists, culture bearers, and maker-based sole or collective creative entrepreneurs) who comprise the various and diverse cultural communities of the state of California.

More info: California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners - $1000 Grants - Deadline: Aug 18

Please help us raise money for the SOMA Community!

Many in our community cannot venture out, nor do they have the resources to purchase important supplies for sheltering in place. There is an acute need for the following:

• Disinfecting Wipes

• Hand Sanitizer

• Concentrated Disinfectant Solutions (70% Alcohol, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, etc.)

• Toilet Paper

• Paper Towels

• Latex/Nitrile Gloves

• Masks (Non-medical, surgical, N95)

• Word puzzles, crosswords, sudoku, colored pencils, coloring books, reading materials

• Non-perishable goods (especially rice, dried noodles, crackers, spaghetti sauce, tuna, sardines, corned beef, fruit cocktail, etc.)

If you would like to donate any of these items, please ship them to:

United Playaz
c/o Rudy Corpuz
1038 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103

You can also drop off donations at the above address during the hours of 
12pm-5pm, Monday - Friday

Call Rudy 415-716-4100 to confirm drop-off time.


Volunteers needed to help prepare grocery bags and deliver them to recipients. Please contact each respective org above to offer your time.