04.03.08 - Beau Sia
Thursday, April 3rd at 7PM in Davis auditorium
**please note the time change - 7PM is the correct time**

Co-sponsored by the Speakers Bureau, Asian Studies Department, and English Department.

Beau-Sia is a Chinese Filipino-American slam poet. Raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Sia discovered spoken word poetry on MTV as a teenager. When not participating in his high school's swim team, he spent time at Oklahoma City's only open mike night.

From there, Sia went to New York University, where he attended the Tisch School of the Arts dramatic writing program. He has said that moving to New York made him conscious of his identity as an Asian American, something that he denied often in Oklahoma City. His cultural identity became a common theme in his poems.

Sia's style is humorous and satirical. His word choice is often deceptively simple. He has appeared in both HBO's Def Poetry and Broadway's Def Poetry Jam and his work has been included in several poetry anthologies."

04.01.08 - Luau Night
Join us for a night of Luau, a Hawaii party!
8:30PM in the ICC!

03.18-19.08 - ACA Charter Revision and Movie Night
Welcome back! Our first meeting after spring break will be to revise the ACA charter. Come contribute your input on what responsibilities you want the future ACA executive members to hold! See you in the ICC at 8pm! (:

We're also still looking for people in the ACA Dinner committees, especially tech. Please e-mail Shi Feng if you want to help out!

Wednesday, Mar.19 is also Movie Night from 6PM to 10PM in Gannett. We'll be showing two movies - The Namesake and The Motel.

P.S. ACA events for April are up! Check the events calendar!

02.26.08 - ACA Dinner Planning
It's almost March, which means it's almost April, and April means ACA Dinner! If you want to help out and be on a committee, e-mail Shi Feng at slin@skidmore.edu with your NAME, E-MAIL, and WHAT COMMITTEE YOU WANT TO JOIN.
Committees are: Food, Entertainment, Tech/Media, Decoration, Publicity.

And if you're not on the ACA mailing list, e-mail Shi Feng about that too! (:

02.16.08 - Lunar New Year Dinner
Want real Chinese food?! Lunar New Year Dinner! This Saturday at 6:00PM in Falstaff's! (Doors open at 5:30PM.) Tickets are on sale at the Student Credit Union! $6.

02.12.08 - Crafts Workshop
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
You know what that means! Yep! THAT'S RIGHT! Lunar New Year festivities! I hope you've spotted our posters and decorations around Case Center! In case, you haven't seen the events we have for this week, here's a list of them:

Mon.Feb.11.08 @ 12:30PM in Case: Lion Dance

Tues.Feb.12.08 @ 8:00PM in the ICC: Crafts Workshop

01.29.08 - General Meeting
WELCOME BACK!
Our first general meeting of the semester! WHOO! Come re-unite with your fellow ACA-ians!

AND CHINESE NEW YEARS IS APPROACHING! GET EXCITEDDD! :D

12.09.07 - Hot Pot Dinner
Like to chow (eat)? Like to hang out with friends? Then, come to ACA's annual hot pot dinner! Hang out with friends, cook your own food, and eat! You don't need to bring anything except an appetite and yourself!

Sunday, Dec.09.07 at Falstaff's! Doors open at 6:30PM, and dinner starts at 7:00PM. Tickets are $5 in advance, but if you can't decide, they're $7 at the door. Tickets are sold at the Student Credit Union, located near the ICC in Case Center. Get your tickets now! And bring friends!

12.04.07 - The Grace Lee Project
When award-winning filmmaker Grace Lee was growing up in Missouri, she was the only Grace Lee she knew. In NY and California, however, everyone she meets seems to know "another Grace Lee." But why did they assume that all Grace Lees are reserved, dutiful, piano-playing bookworms?

Pursuing the moving target of Asian-American female identity, the filmmaker plunges into a clever, highly unscientific investigation into all those Grace Lees who break the mold. With wit and charm, THE GRACE LEE PROJECT puts a hilarious spin on the eternal question "What's in a name?"

11.17.07 - Karaoke Night
Are you better than William Hung? Prove yourself! 10PM in the Spa.

11.13.07 - Game Night
It's the week before Thanksgiving break, and you have massive amounts of work, so why not come to ACA's Game Night to unstress? Games include (but not limited to): Go, Mahjong, Taboo, Pictionary.

10.31.07 - Asian Horror Movie Festival
GANNET AUDITORIUM.
6PM - 1AM
Our annual Halloween event is coming up! Let's get down to the real scary stuff. Wednesday night, Halloween. Bring your friends. Click on the picture to see a bigger version.

Trailers:
Tale of Two Sisters [Korea]
Ringu [Japan]
Shutter [Thailand]

10.30.07 - Underrepresented Countries of Asia
8:00pm, Tuesday, Intercultural Center.

So just how much do you know about ASIA? Tuesday night we'll be presenting a short survey of Asian nations that we haven't talked about much in the past. There will be prizes for those who are up on their Asian-nation-knowledge. BE THERE.

10.02.07 - Election Night
This week we will be electing officers into the executive board. Please come by and vote for the candidate you think will best serve Asian Cultural Awareness for the fall semester. We will be meeting at 8:00pm in the ICC!

09.25.07 - Mid-Autumn Festival
ACA will be celebrating one of the two most important holidays in the Lunar calendar. The Mid-Autumn festival also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular Asian celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty.

This week's meeting will take place at the ICC at 8pm. We will meet there shortly and then go outside where we will eat moon cakes, drink hot tea, and carry lanterns. It will be a very special night. Come celebrate the autumn equinox in a new way!

09.24.07 - Odissi Dancer, Aloka Kanungo Comes to Skidmore
A dancer of immense potential, Aloka Kanungo is a rare combination of dancer, choreographer, scholar and teacher. Trained by the legendary maestro Guru Kelucharan Hohapatra, she has been highly acclaimed by the press and public in India and abroad.

Aloka Kanungo will be performing traditional Indian dance in the Spa (1st floor Case Center) at 6pm. Free admission for anyone - concluded by short presentation and Q&A on Odissi.

For more information, visit her website at
http://www.alokakanungo.com/

09.11.07 - Welcome Back!
Classes are in session and ACA is back in action! Our first general meeting will be this Tuesday, September 11th! Come by to meet everyone! Bring all your fun ideas for Asian Cultural Awareness and let's see what great events we can plan this year.
Of course, snacks and candies will be provided. Be there! 8:00pm in the Intercultural Center (2nd Floor of Case Center), Tuesday!