I’m Not Going to Be a Doctor: Growing Up Asian in America (lunch at Library of Congress)

Friday, May 21, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm at the Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg. Sixth Floor. Dining Room A. 101 Independence Ave.  Free

SpeakeasyDC is excited to partner with the Asian American Pacific Islander Collection of the Library of Congress to perform a new show for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Hear true, personal stories about growing up Asian in America touching on subjects like fulling your parents’ idea of the “American Dream”, fitting in, and stepping out.

Regie Cabico won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and is a 3 Time National Poetry Slam Finalist. He has appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and his work appears in over 30 anthologies. BUST magazine named him in the 100 MEN WE LOVE . The Kenyon Review most recently named Cabico the Lady Gaga of Poetry. He is the artistic director of Sol & Soul, an arts and activist organization. He also runs SULU DC, a monthly Asian American performance showcase.

Mimi Khúc is a second-generation Vietnamese American, and a PhD student in Asian American culture and religion, becoming the wrong kind of doctor – and studying why so many of her cousins are becoming the right kind.

Comedian Vijai Nathan, a native of Maryland, has been making people laugh both nationally and internationally. She’s made the top ten lists of Back Stage Magazine and NBC’s Stand-Up for Diversity, and is honored to be part of the Smithsonian Freer Gallery events. She hosts a monthly comedy/storytelling/music series called “Fan-Freaking-Tastic”  at Chief Ike’s Mambo Room in Adams Morgan.  Look for her in this year’s Capital Fringe Festival performing a new solo show Give them Vagina: Tips from Mom, Dad & COSMO. Contact: vijai_comedy@ yahoo.com