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The opening reception for the large-scale Japanese-American Internment Project traveling exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library is planned for January 20 at 2 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium. The exhibition will run through March 18, 2007, in the 6th floor Skylight Gallery.

Giant Robot is proud to present Pho-dobo-rrito at GR2, a group show that will include drawings, sketches, prints, and other work by Martin Cendreda, John Pham, and Albert Reyes at the GR2 Gallery.

Passion. Confession. Kundiman. An evening of Classical Serenades from the Philippines will fill the Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, January 12, 2007.

The launch of Volume 2 of 2nd Avenue Poetry will be celebrated on December 16 at 6 P.M. at Lolita Bar, 266 Broome Street, San Francisco. The event will be hosted by Sabrina Gschwandtner, Phebus Etienne, Jill Magi, Aaron Peck, Regie Cabico, Urayoán Noel, Ellen Kennedy, and Tao Lin, with DJ sets provided by Despoe and Charles Valle.

In 2003 POOR Magazine launched a new branch to its ever expanding web of media resistance, POOR Press and its education arm; Digital Resistance. In this program, very low and no income adults and youth are given the opportunity to create a book from start to finish, beginning with creative writing, narrative essays and poetry and then progressing to graphic design and layout publishing and promotion.

AUDREY magazine, the nation’s premier lifestyle magazine created by Asian-American women, for Asian-American women, continues to break new ground in its coverage of issues relevant to modern women.

KoreAm Journal will toast its 16th year as a publication at its annual gala, “Unforgettable,” on Saturday, Dec. 16. Emceed by MTV’s SuChin Pak and comedian Dr. Ken Jeong, the event will bring out celebrities in the entertainment business.

Hyphen is a non-profit national publication that strives to offer a resource and voice to Asian America.