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The Asian American Literary Festival Presented by The Asian American Writers' Workshop

Readings at PowerHouse Arena
Saturday, November 14, 2009

The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to a kids' reading and signing for:

The Jungle Grapevine
by Alex Beard

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 4–5PM
powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St) · DUMBO, Brooklyn

Please join us for a Sunday afternoon kids' reading and arts and crafts event at The powerHouse Arena, featuring author/illustrator Alex Beard.

About The Jungle Grapevine:
When animals in the jungle hear that the watering hole is drying up things really start to get wild...

Ever wonder how rumors get started and tales twisted? In The Jungle Grapevine, acclaimed artist and debut author Alex Beard reinterprets his memories of the African savanna to create a modern retelling of the classic telephone game.

When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One story leads to another, with animals making their own silly assumptions and causing panic in the jungle. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping, and the Flamingos are fleeing! Beard's story will have children wondering if peace can ever be restored to the animal kingdom.

About Alex Beard
"Over time, it has become my mission to share the creative experience with as many people as possible, using every tool I can find. I work to demystify art and to break through barriers. I hope to touch the imagination of children and adults alike."
—Alex Beard

Alex Beard is an accomplished painter, whose artwork hangs on public and private walls around the world, and is represented by galleries in New Orleans and New York. Along with his painting and prints, which feature whimsical animals, feathers, and figures in constant motion, he has created a line of puzzles and games, including a Jungle Grapevine set that's due out in Fall 2009. He lives in New York and New Orleans with his family.

RSVP here: rsvp@powerhousearena.com

With Contributors:


Thursday, November 19, 2009, 7–9PM
powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
RSVP: rsvp@powerhousearena.com
Editor Shana Liebman showcases the raconteurial gifts of a proud, searching, and irreverent new generation of American Jews on such diverse subjects as stalkers, cowboys, male strippers, and serving a rabbi a sandwich he would have wished was chopped liver.

About Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Storytelling Collection:
Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish is the first book from Heeb, the magazine that shows us how being Jewish can be hilarious, touching, and downright strange. This collection captures a unique moment for a generation of Jews who have lost some ties with traditional Jewish life, but still consider themselves Jewish. It brings together humorous, reflective tales about angst-ridden experiences from some of the generation's leading writers, comedians, actors, artists, and musicians. The stories here come from a literary series launched by Heeb in the summer of 2003 that strives, like the magazine, to represent the whole spectrum of modern-day Jewishness and the widening parameters of what constitutes a Jewish story, and to reflect the fluidity of the Jewish and secular cultures that young Jews experience today.
About Heeb:
Heeb launched in 2002 to popular and critical acclaim and soon evolved into the world's premiere Jewish lifestyle brand. Today, the Heeb brand finds itself firmly enmeshed in the fabric of American popular culture. With a worldwide readership of 150,000, it is increasingly becoming a multimedia magnet for the young, influential and culturally savvy.

About Shana Liebman:
Shana Liebman, the Arts Editor of Heeb Magazine, conceived and now curates the Heeb Storytelling series. She graduated from Brown University and has an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. She is also a freelance writer and editor whose work has been published in magazines including Salon, Travel & Leisure, The New York Observer and New York Magazine.



For more information, please contact Jeff Beardsley, Events Coordinator
jeff@powerhousearena.com

December 4–January 13, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 10, 7–9 pm
Come celebrate the publication of Michael Loyd Young's document of the 150-mile stretch of Highway 61 through the Mississippi Delta-the birthplace of the blues-and the communities that struggle to survive there today. Featuring live music by T-Model Ford.

Friday, November 20, 7–9 pm
Come celebrate Gina LeVay's extraordinary photographic testament to the miners who have been digging City Water Tunnel #3, 800 feet below the streets of Manhattan, since 1970. Featuring live music by the Chauncey Upson Jazz Quintet.
RSVP: sandhogs@powerhousebooks.com

Check out our playlist featuring artists from China's Underground Music scene! - Hedgehog - Carsick Cars - Joyside - and more!


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powerHouse Books is pleased to announce a series of events for the launch of

Yes We Can:
Barack Obama’s History-Making Presidential Campaign
Photographs by Scout Tufankjian

Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 7-9PM
Slide show and talk
P.S. 107
1301 8th Ave & 13th St
Park Slope, Brooklyn
For more information: (718) 330-9340

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7PM
Book signing
RJ Julia
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT 06443
For more information: (203) 245-3959

Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 7PM
Book signing
Barnes & Noble
555 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
For more information: (202) 347-0176

Exhibition: January 8-February 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 6-9PM
Book launch
The powerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn
For more information: (718) 666-3049
RSVP: rsvp@powerhousearena.com

Thursday, January 15, 2009, 7PM
Book signing
Barnes & Noble Court Street
106 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Fore more information: (718) 246-4996

Exhibition: January 16-February 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 2009, 5-8PM
Book signing: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 5-8PM
Studio B
1904 18th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
For more information: (202) 328-1506

Friday, January 16, 2009, 5:30PM
Book signing
Macy’s Metro Center
775 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
For more information: (202) 737-2200

Thursday, January 22, 2009, 5:30PM
Book signing
Macy’s Herald Square
151 W. 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Fore more information: (212) 494-2693

Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 4:30-6:30PM
Slide show and book signing
Howard University
2225 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20059

Saturday, February 28, 2PM
Book signing and talk
Macy's
450 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111
For more information: (617) 357-3000

Monday, March 9, 2009, 7:30PM
Slide show and book signing
Prospect Park YMCA
357 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 7-9PM
Lecture and slide show
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver Street, 4th Fl
New York, NY 10004
For more information: (646) 732-3261

Yes We Can:
Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign
Photographs by Scout Tufankjian

Exhibition: January 8-February 8, 2009

Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 14, 6-9PM
Music by the legendary DJ Disco Wiz

Exhibition and reception are located at:
37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (map it)

Prints sales are exclusively available on the Collectors' Prints page.

Yes We Can is the story of Barack Obama's historic, world-changing journey from a junior Senator from Illinois to President of the United States of America as documented by Scout Tufankjian, the only independent photographer to cover his entire campaign from before he announced his run, through the Election Night celebration in Chicago's Grant Park.

Obama's grassroots journey touched something profound in America, inspiring millions of Americans, young and old, rich and poor, and from every racial and ethnic background, bringing together disparate people throughout the electorate in the service of change. In the course of his visits to almost every state in the union, Obama electrified record-breaking crowds at his rallies and motivated millions of people to engage in the political process. The results have been nothing short of a revolution in political strategy, communication, and activism.

Be it a skeptical old farmer from Tama, Iowa, who was surprised to realize that he had something in common with this young black politician, or an eight-year-old boy from Los Angeles who couldn't stop saying, "He looks like me and he is going to be President!", Senator Obama instilled a feeling of unity and hope in a nation scarred by divisive politics and pessimism. Obama's campaign created a movement, a faith, and a feeling that has not been present in American politics for decades—if ever.

Yes We Can is a comprehensive and intimate portrait of this world-changing campaign. With more than 200 color photographs by Tufankjian, the book takes the reader along on Obama's personal and political journey. Tufankjian was there from the beginning.

From coffee shops and diners to auto manufacturing plants and bowling alleys, Tufankjian followed Obama as he wooed potential voters in expensive houses as well as in poverty-stricken Indian reservations. She covered the primaries, the debates, and the final weeks of the hard-fought campaign, shooting more than 12,000 images—the deepest, most comprehensive, and most personal portrait of the man and his run as well as of the people who came to see him, hear him, and vote for him. Yes We Can is as much about Americans and their hopes and visions for America as it is about the man that gave them voice.

Photo: Linda Davidson/The Washington Post

Scout Tufankjian has had photographs published in every major newspaper and news magazine, including Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, People, The Guardian, ELLE, Esquire, Essence, Rolling Stone, Fortune, The Times of London, Stern, Der Spiegel, and many others. Before covering the Obama campaign, Tufankjian worked photographing the conflict in the Middle East, primarily the Gaza Strip, for four years. Tufankjian is represented by Polaris Images. She lives in Brooklyn, and has a B.A. in Political Science from Yale.

Luis "DJ Disco Wiz" Cedeño, the first Latino hip hop DJ, is credited for being the first DJ to make a "mixed plate" in 1977 along with Grandmaster Caz. In the years since, Wiz has been an influential force in educating the world about the early years of hip-hop. Wiz was a major contributor in the opening of the Experience Music Project in Seattle in 2000, and was instrumental in the making of Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn's Yes Yes Y'all (Da Capo Press, 2002). His first book, It's Just Begun, written with Ivan Sanchez will be released with Miss Rosen Editions/powerHouse Books in June 2009. Wiz was also featured in the Emmy-nominated VH1 Rock Doc NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell, and is the creator and founder of the Hip-Hop Meets Spoken Wordz series.

To preview the book please visit
http://www.powerhousebooks.com/book/1005

Exhibition is located at:
37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 11201-1021 (map it)
tel 718 666 3049
For more information please email: rsvp@powerhousearena.com