Modern Lovers explores love and contraband as ways of living along border sites, showing how limits shape movements, desires, risks, and losses in everyday life. Crossing the border, these artists trace ways in which people, objects, stories, and beliefs traverse liminal spaces not only physically, but also emotionally, conceptually, and sometimes even paranormally.
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Boba Liberalism & Peking Duck: Are fine-dining Chinese restaurants part of the Asian American movement?
Epitomized in media like Crazy Rich Asians, boba liberalism diverges from the radical roots of the 1960’s and 1970’s Asian American Movement. Asian American cuisine has largely remained the domain of “boba liberals.” This talk contrasts the career of one such “boba liberal” restauranteur, Cecilia Chiang (1920-2020), with those of her workers. Chiang operated San Francisco’s first fine-dining Chinese restaurant, The Mandarin.
Dr. Adam Goodman - The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants
Dr. Adam Goodman (History, University of Illinois Chicago) will be presenting on his book, The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. Published by Princeton University Press, Goodman’s text is an analysis of the mechanisms, bureaucracies, and historical figures that have led to well over 50 million deportations dating back to the late nineteenth century.
Lecture: LORI MATSUKAWA
LORI MATSUKAWA is known to most households in the greater Northwest as a longtime journalist and anchor of Seattle's NBC affiliate, KING 5. She also has a new book Being There: A Memoir of an Asian American Journalist, and she'll talk about those experiences, moderated by KNKX/NPR's Lisa Brooks. Presened by ASUPS Student Programs/Lectures
Concert: FLAMENKORA
A cross-cultural collaboration featuring trumpeter Volker Goetze, Kora master Ali Boulo Santo Cissoko and flamenco guitarist Alejandro Moreno, bridging traditional West African music with Spanish Flamenco and American Jazz. Sold out shows in Europe, and the only Pacific Northwest appearance. Presented by ASUPS Performing Arts