Bindleblast - September 3, 2020

AROUND THE BARANGAY: Bay Area BIPOC Living Document, API Arts Community Wellness Survey, Fill Out The Census!, Mask up!, Buy Masks from Local Vendors

Bindle-Laugh Jam with Kevin Camia

Friday, September 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM PST

$10 - $15 Sliding Scale

Zoom tickets: www.bindlestiffstudio.org/bindlelaughjam

Featuring special guests: Allan Manalo, April Pascua, Christina de la Cruz, Debra Belale, Giancarlo Cariola, Glenn Aquino, Joey Guila, Jowy Jhan Curameng, Lawrence Festin, Mark Abella, Merrill Davis, Michael Morla, Oliver Wijayapala, Patricia Dinglasan, Rey Lopez, Rhoda Gravador, Sharlene Boomer Ignacio, Tatiana Dayers

Stories High Acting Workshop with Rinabeth Apostol

ONLINE classes via Zoom
Mondays, 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM
$80 for six week session
$115 for six week session + 30 minute one-on-one coaching session

September 14 - October 19, 2020
Final Presentation October 26
Register: www.bindlestiffstudio.org/actingworkshop
Contact: storieshigh@bindlestiffstudio.org

Course Goal: A six week class combining both onstage and on-camera acting techniques with a web/zoom performance focus. Actors will work on character creation, scene study, script analysis and making BOLD choices. Each actor will celebrate the end of session with a memorized monologue and/or collaborative scene performance. Woohoo!

Radio Basa: The Cleaner (listening party + talk back)

Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM PST

THE CLEANER by Nic Feliciano was originally performed at Bindlestiff Studio’s Stories High XIX as a part of the theater’s annual page to stage workshop series, Stories High. Radio Basa is reprising this story in radio-broadcast form to bring our listeners into the minds of the martyrs of the dark web aptly named, “Cleaners.” 

Find out what happens to our heroes as we peep into this world. We will have a live discussion via Zoom where you have a chance to interact with the cast and crew over the production process and the future of Radio Basa.

Radio Basa is Theatre for your mind. Transmitting waves through a plane of existence unknown to most, and only the fortunate can access. In this channel, we take you on a journey from the pages of a script to challenge your imagination based on auditory absorption.

*Basa in Tagalog means "to read"

FOBcast is a podcast exploring Filipino American immigrant stories, produced by Bindlestiff Studio.

Episode 1, On CovidAugust 26, 2020

Now that we are in the midst of a pandemic, how is our beloved community theater coping? In this episode Bindlestiff's Managing Director Oliver Saria gets tested, Intergenerational community members share their inner thoughts through writing workshops. And NYC punk band NSI (Namatay Sa Ingay) drops a new song!

Listen to Episode 1: https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/fobcast-episode-1-on-covid

Bay Area BIPOC Living Document action plan released in July 2020, 15% of Bay Area Theatres have responded to the demands of the action plan. A plan that calls out to Theatre organizations to do better at fighting racism and white supremacy within their organizational structures, frameworks, and lived values. For the latest updates follow on Instagram@bipoclivdoc

API Arts Community Wellness Survey

The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center is conducting a survey to learn how members in the API arts community are doing during the COVID-19 crisis. Responses will provide valuable info for how APICC can best support artists and community members during this unique time. ⠀

Fill it out at http://bit.ly/apiartswellness⠀

The survey takes about 3-5 minutes to complete. Unless you wish to provide your information, this survey is completely anonymous and all questions are optional.

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.

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.