3rd Annual Bindleball Masquerade

Bindlestiff Studio cordially invites you to an evening of food, dancing, and enchantment as they present

the 3rd Annual
Bindleball Masquerade
Unmasking of a Legacy

When: Saturday, March 20th 2010
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Dinner and Program starts at 7:30 PM

Where: Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) San Francisco, CA 94103

Tickets: $25
Purchase tickets online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928
Or reserve by contacting: susie@bindlestiffstudio.org

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. In 1989, Sixth Street in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area was notorious as a roaming ground for drug dealers, crack addicts, and hookers. It is here where a group of local performing artists had the delusional idea of opening a black box theater inside the street-level storefront of a dilapidated SRO hotel. In 2004, after hundreds of shows, the hotel and the theater was torn down.

Twenty-one years later, in the same exact location, Bindlestiff Studio will open the doors to its brand new theater this coming Fall. Join us as we celebrate the artistry of live performance from those who have graced the stage of this little black box theater over the past two decades. Help us unmask a legacy at our 3rd Annual BINDLEBALL MASQUERADE taking place on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St. (at Sixth St.) in San Franciscos South-of-Market-Area. Doors will open at 7pm. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=96928 or by contacting Susanna Yu at Susie@bindlestiffstudio.org.

Experience an evening of special live performances, delectable cuisine, and good spirits as Bindlestiff unveils plans for the opening of its new theater. Be a part of building a new legacy through participation in Bindlestiffs Adopt-A-Theater program. This fundraising event will also feature an auction of new works by local artist Dino Ignacio, and Lorna Chui Velascoz as well as music by the popular award winning DJ Sake One.

The only required attire for the Bindleball Masquerade will be a mask. No mask, you say? Bindlestiff Studio will precede this event by offering a series of mask-making workshops conducted by local artists to take place on Sundays February 21, March 7th, and March 14th at the Mint Mall. Suggested tuition fee is $15 to $25 sliding scale. For more information about workshop participation, please contact Dianne Chui at dianne@bindlestiffstudio.org.

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2nd Annual Bindleball & Tulay Art Exhibition

Bindlestiff Studio & Manilatown Heritage Foundation presents The 2nd Annual Bindleball & Tulay Art Exhibition, a fundraising event and art show benefiting Bindlestiff Studio, the premier Filipino American arts organization that has been presenting cutting edge performances in theater, music, dance, and visual arts by Filipino American artists since 1997.

The 2nd Annual Bindleball will coincide with the opening reception for the Tulay Art Exhibit on Saturday, November 22 from 6pm until 10pm at the I-Hotel Manilatown Center located on 868 Kearny St. in San Francisco. This event is FREE; however donations will be greatly appreciated. Attire is rock star funky or whatever makes you shine!

The Tulay Art Exhibit will continue from Nov. 22 through Dec. 6th 2008. The gallery will be open on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 1pm to 6pm.

BINDLEBALL
Bindlestiff Studio’s “Bindleball” was organized last year as a fundraiser to celebrate and recognize the various artists and local non-profit organizations that have provide invaluable services and inspiration that continue to uplift the Filipino American community.

This year’s Bindleball, we will be presenting special recognition awards to the Manilatown Heritage Foundation (MHF) http://www.manilatown.org/ and to the South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) http://www.somcan.org/

The 2nd Annual Bindleball will be hosted by Bindlestiff Studio’s new Artistic Director, Allan Manalo and will also feature music by DJ Sakel, Mike Boo, and AsonicGarica. There will also be dance performance by DS Players & Wiki Tribe as well as special surprise guest performers. Just added: Standup comedy by Nicole Maxali, Kat Evasco, & Manny Cabrera.

"TULAY"
The Tulay (Pilipino for “bridge”) Art Exhibit will showcase 30+ Filipino and Filipino American emerging artists who are making noise in the Urban Contemporary art world. This exhibit will be the first installment of exhibitions bringing together artists from the Philippines and local Filipino artists including illustrators, graffiti/street artists, and fine artists. Tulay will be curated by celebrated Filipino American artist James Garcia (gaNyan). According to Garcia, “Filipino Artists have always been in the forefront of originality and creativity in the Arts industry, but hardly ever in the limelight. I believe this exhibit is a grand example why we should be.”

Many of the local Bay Area Filipino American artists will be in attendance during the opening night reception including: Mighty Robot, Gem Mateo, James Garcia (gaNyan), Mia Ante, Artivista, Peabe, Bounce, and Marikina.

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1st Annual Black & White Bindleball

Bindlestiff Studio proudly presents
1st Annual Black & White Bindleball

Honoring:
Bayanihan Community Center,
Filipino American Employees Association of PG&E,
Lorna Chui Velasco & Dino Ignacio

Join Bindlestiff Studio on Thursday, November 29, at the 111 Minna Gallery, as it celebrates and honors outstanding community leaders and partners at the first annual Bindleball, a black and white gala. The Bindleball, Bindlestiff's hip and quirky take on a traditional cocktail party, will also serve as a fundraiser and art auction. All proceeds will help with the costs of moving back to the theater's original location on 6th Street and Howard.

Bindlestiff Studio is the only permanent Filipino American performing arts space in the nation. Rooted in SF's South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood. Bindlestiff aims to cultivate, inspire and mentor the next generation of Filipino American artists and community leaders in an affordable, community-based professional theater setting.

Founded in 1989, Bindlestiff flourished for many years as an experimental black box theater. After 18 years it has now evolved into a vibrant cultural institution, presenting hundreds of events and productions each year including theater, dance, music, comedy, spoken-word performances and film showcases. Bindlestiff also offers low to no cost workshops in script writing, stand up comedy, vocal training, acting, directing, and producing for stage.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
6:00PM - 12:00AM
Tickets: $50

Notes Semi-formal black and white attire requested.
Food provided by Cheryl A. Andres Catering.
Bid on Bindlestiff silent auction items.
Enjoy the sounds of Bindlestiff artists and bands.
Dancing follows the awards program.

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The Annual Bindleball, Bindlestiff's hip and quirky take on a traditional cocktail party, will also serve as a fundraiser and art auction.

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The Movement 2

July 5 to 14, 2007

Join us! The movers and shakers of Bindlestiff Studio's sold out The Movement are back with a brand new show! Don't miss out as we utilize experimental dance, captivating shadow puppetry, and live music in bringing you the story of a young activist's life, Andre, his family, and dreams.

Through a series of workshops this year's The Movement was developed by a group of Filipino American artists whose performance backgrounds varied, but were eager to share a different perspective of the Filipino American story through dance and movement. The Movement is a collaborative project, in which cast members contributed ideas, inspiration, choreography, visual pieces, and beats.

This year's The Movement show will be the LAST production at the theatre's temporary space, so don't miss out and reserve your tickets right away!

Reservations are being taken immediately at (415) 255-0440 or go to: www.BrownPaperTickets.com/event/16861
** for a limited time only type "savebindlestiff" for $5 off ticket price ** only available through BPT
Ticket prices are on a sliding scale from $10-15.

Please visit our website: http://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/movement

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The Movement Show: Roots, Rocks, and Resistance

Bindlestiff Studio presents the Bindlestiff Players in

The Movement: Roots, Rocks and Resistance.

Join us! The Movement is a performance documentation of
the Filipino/Pilipino-American story telling as told through the
eyes, voices, and bodies of the Native born and American
born movement artists of this generation.

The Movement: Roots, Rocks, and Resistance is meant to
evoke and challenge emotions and perceptions, continuing
Bindlestiff's tradition to cultivate, inspire and mentor the next
generation of Filipino American artists.


"I want to see this show through the movement of our
history."
---Prof. Dan Begonia, SF STATE.

"It's our chance to tell OUR story like our elders to our youth
through our hearts and voices."
---Jay Jasper Pugao, Oakland

"Each piece is a melody that becomes a song, the first beat,
the heartbeat, the spirit of people that came before us; their
blood is in our blood."
---Lorna Chui Velasco, SF

www.bindlestiffstudio.org

The Movement: Roots, Rocks, and Resistance
Thursday to Saturday, June 1-3
Friday & Saturday, June 9 & 10

8:00pm at Bindlestiff Studio
505 Natoma Alley (c/s: 6th Street)
San Francisco, CA

check out The Movement's cast & crew at
bindlestiffstudio.org/movement/

Reservations are being taken immediately at
(415) 255-0440
Or tickets may be purchased online at http://
www.brownpapertickets.com

Ticket prices are on a sliding scale $10-15.

for more visit http://bindlestiffstudio.org/movement


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The Movement Show

Utilizing the weapons of dance, theater, martial arts and
shadow, take a ride with us as we take you to the past and
the present. See our ties with our Asian and African
indigenous roots, our Spanish and American liberators, our
leaders, our families of strong women and nurturing men,
our wars, our migration for survival, our brotherhood with
each other and other people of color, our passions, and our
joys.

Together we role towards the future of the Filipino Americans
as we rally for love, justice, making sure that our presence
is documented as a culture that helped build great nations
with our fellow wo/man. The show will not only have a
variety of dance styles and movement, but will also be
accompanied by live musicians and other multi-media. Get
ready for a journey of our resilient history and our resonant
presence.

Through a series of workshops The Movement was
developed by four Filipino American artists whose
performance backgrounds varied, but were eager to share a
different perspective of the Filipino American story through
dance and movement. Being that Filipinos share a beautiful
and yet tumultuous history, The Movement touches upon
issues of colonization, violence, hatred, love, family, and
resilience. The Movement is a collaborative project, in which
cast members contributed ideas, inspiration, and
choreography.

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The FOB Show Press

2006 Balitang America


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The FOB Show 2: Return of the Comeback!

BINDLESTIFF STUDIO PRESENTS

"The FOB Show: Return of the Comeback"

Following the mega-success of last year's sold-out run comes The FOB
Show: Return of the Comeback! The show from somewhere between two
shores is back at Bindlestiff Studio, the epicenter of Filipino and
Filipino-American art, with another sensory-overloading mix of sketch
comedy, scripted drama, puppetry, animation, video, movement, and
much more!!!

Join us as we delve deeper into the immigrant's world. Welcome to
FOBlantis, capital of FOBlandia! Visit our other fobulous hotspots:
steamy FOBlanta, wild Kirkland, and of course, sultry Serramonte.
Feel what it's like to leave something behind, experience culture
shock, and see the world from a place we've all been to, but rarely
visit. If you've ever felt like you didn't belong, welcome home.

The FOB Show: Return of the Comeback will run Thursday thru Saturday
March 30-April 15, 2006 at 8pm. All shows will be held at
Bindlestiff Alley, 505 Natoma St. (between Howard & Mision), San
Francisco. Reservations are being taken immediately at (415)
255-0440. Ticket prices are $10-15. Proceeds will benefit the FOB
Troupe and the Bindlestiff Capital Campaign to rebuild the theater at
its original location on 6th Street.

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Bindlestiff Studios (SF, CA)
The FOB Show
March 24 to April 2, 2005

3 more days left for the FOB SHOW! Place your reservations by calling (415) 255-0440. Reservations for Saturday's show are full. Accepting waiting list reservations only for Saturday.

The FOB Show: sketch comedy, scripted drama, movement, shadow puppetry, photography, and animation from somewhere between two shores.

Thursday-Saturday
March 31-April 2, 2005
8pm, $7-$12 sliding scale. Proceeds will benefit the Bindlestiff Capital Campaign to rebuild the theater at its original location on 6th Street

Location: Bindlestiff Alley, 505 Natoma St. (between Howard and Mission), San Francisco.

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The FOB Show

THE FOB SHOW is a multi-genre production that captures the
immigrant experience from a uniquely Filipino perspective.

Through puppetry, scripted drama, sketch comedy, improv, film,
animation, song, poetry, live instrumental, movement and dance, this
production is the opportunity for the Filipino immigrant community to
express, explore, and showcase their existence and interaction with
the world at large.

This show is meant for everybody and anybody. For anyone who wants
to laugh, cry, or relate with us. For anyone who's willing to
listen, learn, and see hellip through our transient eyes.

Bindlestiff Studio is a non-profit artistic hub that provides an
affordable, professional, small performing arts venue where new and
veteran artists can take creative risks. Anchored by the Filipino
American community, Bindlestiff Studio endeavors to educate the
public about Filipino American culture and the arts through
theatrical presentations, public workshops, concerts, readings, and
other events. As the first Filipino American Theater in the nation,
Bindlestiff Studio continues to be at the vanguard through the
efforts of its artists and community that supports it.

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The Love Edition 2: Turned On!

Watch five stories ranging from the hilarious to the heartfelt. Meet a man torn between his quest for love and a hunger for sugar. Watch the long suppressed feelings of three friends laid out on the table. Witness a legendary couple discussing their relationship and the end of our world. See a speed dating session turn into closure for two people sharing a history. Discover how a secret turn-on affects the future of a young engaged couple. For more information please visit us at www.TheLoveEdition.com.

The Love Edition 2 goes up at Bindlestiff Studio starting February 9th for three week run:

* Feb 9 & 10 (Fri-Sat) Doors open @ 7pm, Sat Matinee at 3PM

* Feb 15,16 & 17 (Thurs-Sat) Doors open @ 7pm

* Feb 23 & 24 (Fri-Sat) Doors open @ 7pm, Sat Matinee at 3 PM.

The Love Edition 2 is one of Bindlestiff Studio’s first productions for 2007, the first out of many events cultivating talented young individuals with the intention of self-empowerment through expression. Join the fun and experience stories written, directed and performed by new and current Bindlestiff artists for you and that someone special to enjoy!

TICKETS
General Admission: $15 advance/ $10-$15 sliding scale at the door

LOCATION
Bindlestiff Alley, 505 Natoma St, San Francisco, CA


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The Love Edition presents 5 tales of love, heartache, and all
the weirdness in between. Set in the backdrop of a late-
night radio show, watch stories unfold on a bed love songs
and wacky banter for a relaxed and romantic evening. The
audience is able to make requests and dedications to the
show's host to add to the fun.

The show Includes:

"Weirdo Love"
Directors- Maryper Alfonso and Jonas San Buenaventura
Writer- Gayle Romasanta
Synopsis: Sex toys, handcuffs, and bunny ears. Oh...by the
way...it's a musical.

"That's what they all say"
Director - Aureen Almario
Writer - Gayle Romasanta
Synopsis: When a mom plays matchmaker to her pregnant
daughter, chaos ensues.

"PDA (Private Display of Affliction)"
Writer- Anton Delfino
Director- Lorna Chui-Velasco
Synopsis: A forbidden love. A history. A heavy conscience. A
ring. A decision. Eric and Jules struggle with their own
addictions in a battle of wits and emotions.

"Screeching"
Writer- Sam Chanse
Director- Anton Delfino
Synopsis: Two ex-lovers discuss their present, their past,
and the future of their child.

"Love in the Time of Diarrhea"
Writer- Jericho Saria
Director- Ryan Morales
Synopsis: There are two things you just can't keep inside no
matter how much you try.

DATES & TIMES
February 2,3 & 4 2006(Thurs-Sat) Doors open @ 7pm
February 9,10 & 11 2006(Thurs-Sat) Doors open @ 7pm
Possible Matinee Shows on the 5th and 12th of February

THE LOVE EDITION is Bindlestiff's first production for 2006
out of many event series cultivating talented young
individuals with the intention of self-empowerment through
expression.

Tune in as Bindlestiff turns off the lights and takes you
through an evening filled with slow jams, smooth
conversation, and tales of love, heartache and all the
weirdness in between.

Experience 5 classic and "not so" classic stories written,
directed and performed by Bindlestiff artists for you and that
someone special to enjoy.


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The Love Edition

THE LOVE EDITION (2006) was a series of 5 short plays presented in a "Radio Program" format with Love as its theme. The radio program will have the usual happenings of a radio station including audience requests and dedications. All the pieces
presented are original plays written and directed by Bindlestiff artists from the past and present.

After a fantastic inaugural run, The Love Edition returned in 2007 to Bindlestiff Studio with new original pieces about love, heartache, and the weirdness in-between. Stories come to life as audience members find themselves part of an interactive TV Talk Show where they become part of the theater experience.


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Stories High XII

Stories High 12 is made possible by generous funding from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the W & F Hewlett Foundation, and the W A Gerbode Foundation

For 12 years, Bindlestiff Studio has offered affordable and professional theatrical workshops through its signature production, Stories High. These theatrical workshop aims to teach and refine the skills of beginning to intermediate theater artists with a focus on writing, acting and directing for the stage, culminating into an original, full-fledged theatrical production.This year's Stories High Writing Workshop will focus on adaptation for the stage. Participants will be choosing existing works from celebrated Filipino/Filipina American writers and poets as a source of inspiration or adaptation and writing pieces for theater.

Stories High 12 will be the first full-run production premiering as part of the Grand Opening of the NEW Bindlestiff Studio theater in its original location on Sixth Street near Howard St.!

Writing Workshop Facilitator:
Yato Yoshida's Bio:
Yato Yoshida graduated from Pomona College with a degree in Media Studies (and an emphasis in Film & Theater). After working briefly at New Line Cinema in the Development department, he returned to the Bay Area and got his start in local theater by volunteering at Asian American Theater Company (AATC). An original founding member of the sketch-comedy group, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, he has collaborated with many local theater organizations over the years, including Kearney Street Workshop (KSW), Locus Arts, Thick Description, Intersection for the Arts, and Brava Theater. He's also had the good fortune to perform with such groups such as Asiantics, Campo Santos, and Culture Clash. Since 2001, he has dedicated a lot of his time to helping with production and workshops at Bindlestiff Studio. This will be the fourth time, since 2004, that he has helped to facilitate the Stories High play writing workshop.

Acting Workshop Facilitator:
Anthem Salgado's Bio
Anthem Salgado is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. Born in the Philippines and raised in New York, he is celebrated for his bold and energetic examinations of identity, conflict and language in the American experience within a wide variety of genres including fiction, theater, poetry and performance art.
Salgado has performed his original solo-theater creations on the stages of San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Intersection for the Arts, and Kearny Street Workshop. Bare Knuckle, his feature-length one-man show debuted at Brava Theater under the direction of Evren Odcikin, and he held the lead role in the play Friends written by Kobo Abe and directed Raelle Myrick-Hodges.
Salgado has presented his spoken word throughout the Bay Area, New York, Honolulu, and Manila. As a literary artist, his fiction appears in the anthologies Field of Mirrors and I Saw My Ex at a Party.
He has led numerous workshops and has given guest-lectures at UCLA, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco and Mills College in Oakland, California. Salgado was awarded a Philippines Fulbright-Hays scholarship via Sonoma State University's North Bay International Studies Program, and was elected Young Leader of Color by Theatre Communications Group.

Director Workshop Facilitator:
John Caldon's Bio:
John popped his first Bindlestiffie during the Bakla Show, directing Emmanuel Romero’s “Beneath the Skin (a buffalo’s heart beats 96 BPM)” and “Viewer Discretion Advised.” His most recent work, Aileen Clark’s one-woman autobiographical comedy “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Lost My Virginity” (co-writer), rocked both The Exit and The SF Playhouse over the last year. As Artistic Director of Guerrilla Rep, his credits include “Third Eye: the b-side monologues” (playwright/co-director), Terrence Beswick’s critically acclaimed, award winning “hotshot” (director), and Beswick’s “Strings” (director), which opened the 2009 National Queer Arts Festival. With a background in theater production, John currently serves as Marketing and Special Events Manager for the War Memorial Performing Arts Center and has worked as a Production Manager for Royal Caribbean International. A graduate of the SFSU Creative Writing program, he has published opinion editorials with the San Francisco Chronicle, The Williams Institute at UCLA and the Huffington Post.

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Stories High XI (2009)

WHEN: November 5th thru November 21 Thursdays thru Saturdays, 8pm WHERE: The Climate Theater 285 Ninth St. @ Folsom St. TICKETS: $15 - $20 Sliding Scale Advance purchase: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85312 Lust or Loyalty? Age or Beauty? Your Girlfriend or Fantasy Girl? Lover or Secret Lover? Dolls or Death? How many questions can movie trailers ask?... It's STORIES HIGH XI, the eleven installment of Bindlestiff Studio's annual showcase of new works developed by Filipino American artists through summer workshops in writing, acting, and directing.

This year's new works will feature:
Busy Little B’s - By Nina de Torres Ignacio, Directed by Andrea Almario
Through A Doll Darkly - By Joselito Cordero, Directed by Kevin Correa
20 Minutes Past Tomorrow - By Alexis E. Dayers, Directed by Tatiana X. Dayers
It’s So Natural - By Manny Cabrera, Directed by Yato Yoshida
Adam & Steve - By Ethan Umali, Directed by Allan S. Manalo
The Multiplex - By Patrick Silvestri, Directed by Stories High 11 Director’s Group CAST: Melvign Badiola, Joe Cascasan, Chris Crug, Alex Deguzman, Melanie Espiñueva, Franz Jundis, Jessica Margesson, Aura San Miguel, Jaime Nallas, Dennis Rodis, Sabrina Sandalo, Carlomagno Seletria, Rob Trinidad, Jasmine Ty, Annie Wang…

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Stories High X (2008)

The showcase highlights the achievements of this year’s crop of writing, acting and directing workshop participants and explores a variety of characters, themes and situations. A couple caught in a bitter feud. An insecure English teacher grappling with ghosts from the past. A young woman’s brush with her savior. The power of love, and the fight for it, during a dancing class. A soldier chooses between his family and his perceived country. A murderer commits his last act of violence. A confused boyfriend must decide between fidelity and guilty pleasure.

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Stories High IX

STORIES HIGH 2006 Thursday thru Saturday Sept. 21-23 Sept. 28-30 October 5-7
Stories High 2006 9th Annual Workshops & Performance for Emerging Artists A break-up sparks voices from heaven and hell. Mother and father freak out when they discover a condom in their daughter's laundry. A BART rides into people's lives. Two couples, one in love and the other questioning love, are stranded in an elevator. A war from the past haunts a married couple, now they must fight for their love. And a mother commits the unthinkable to her baby.

DO YA WANNA WRITE A SHORT PLAY?
Do you want to see your work performed on stage?
or do you just want to try writing?
WELL We're Back!
...with another edition of
!!STORIES HIGH 2006 WRITING WORKSHOP!!

Bindlestiff's own original works incubator.
Join us, and partake in our annual workshop series for every facet of the theatrical process. We will train participants of all skills levels to mount a full production. Come in, learn a few things about theater, and put your newly found skills to work with the mounting of the "Stories High '06" show in September!

Oh, and they're FREE, but Donations are appreciated...

Writing Workshop - facilitated by Gayle Romasanta and Samantha Chanse.
July 8,9 9:30-12:30 pm (Gayle)
July 12, 19, 6-8:30 pm (Sam)
July 26, 27, 6:30-8:30 pm (Sam and Gayle)
Week of July 30 TBA one on one meetings with facilitators

All experience levels are welcome for all workshops

ALSO...COMING SOON!!...
Acting Workshop - facilitated by Ryan Morales and special guest facilitator(s).
Where: Bindlestiff
July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

(Producing, Marketing, Back stage Managing, and Tech) ˆ COMING SOON

To sign up and/or get more information for of the workshops, please contact the producers at: Storieshigh06@yahoo.com let us know your:

Name
Email address
Contact phone
Workshop(s) of interest

Class sizes are limited, so sign up as soon as you can. See you up at the next story!

Writing Facilitator Bio:
Gayle Romasanta is a writer based out of the bay area. Her written work has been featured at numerous venues and festivals, such as at the Gene Siskel Center for Film, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, National Public Radio and The Cultural Center of the Philippines. She graduated from the California College of the Arts with an MFA in writing and was the co-founder of CCA‚s literary arts journal, Eleven Eleven. She has been a resident artist with Bindlestiff Studio since 1998, as an actress/violinist with Tongue in a Mood, violinist for the Legendary Bobby Banduria, and founding member of the Bindlestiff Pinay Collective.

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Stories High VIII (2005)

Bindlestiff Studio Premieres 6 New SF Stories of Mystery,
Love, & Loss

A man who has committed suicide finds himself in an
interrogation room with supposedly divine agents, and an
aging virgin and cafe owner struggles to find a love that
goes deeper than her eczema. A private eye continues an
investigation into a magical doll and a murdered girlfriend,
while a collection of 20-something activists battle their own
ennui and self-loathing. Two friends catching up with tequila
shots are reminded of a shared bond, and an unsuspecting
derailed actor finds herself at the center of a bizarre crime.
Bindlestiff Studio presents 6 Stories High, a production
premiering six new San Francisco stories from emerging Bay
Area voices Ed Mabasa, Lisa Macabasco, Conrad
Panganiban, Chuck Lacson, Ali Wong, and Anton Delfino. The
Stories High 2005 production represents the culmination of
months of free writing, acting, and directing workshops led
by Bindlestiff artists. Featuring first-time as well as veteran
actors, writers, and directors in six gripping, hilarious, and
startling pieces, Stories High promises to captivate its
audience with tales of mystery, love, and loss.

Bindlestiff Studio Presents Stories High 2005 featuring:

"borders" by conrad panganiban
"you, me, and jose" by chuck lacson
"going down" by lisa macabasco
"lucy's kitchen and alex's garage" by Ali Wong
"final purification" by anton delfino
"the rub" by ed mabasa

Dates/Time: Thursdays – Saturdays; September 22 –
October 8, 2005; 8pm showtime
Location: Bindlestiff Studio, 505 Natoma, off of 6th Street, SF
Cost: $9 – 15, sliding scale; reservations must be made at
415.255.0440
Info: storieshigh05@hotmail.com; www.bindlestiffstudio.org

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Stories High VII (2004)

8.5 Stories High
September 30 to October 9, 2004

The 3rd annual culmination of Bindlestiff Studio's writing, acting, directing, and production incubators. Come see 8.5 all new original works written and performed by the next generation of artists.

A bride gets wet feet on her wedding day. Lola's ghost comes to visit. Detective Shingles shakesdown a toy store. An awkward morning after. Packing a balikbayan box. A SoMa Cinderella. Elicit love affairs! Corporate Balut?!

Bindlestiff Alley
505 Natoma St. @ 6th St. (between Howard and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.255.0440

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Stories High VI

Bindlestiff Studio presents theatre workshops in SF
Writing Workshop
January 13- March 3, 2003

The Writers' Workshop will focus on stage, film and television. Students will learn to apply different approaches to address the distinct challenges posed by each medium. As a body of original material develops, students from the Acting and Directing workshops will perform these works in progress, thereby giving insight to the writer as he/she shapes the final piece. The Writing Workshop will culminate in a show scheduled for the end of March that will showcase selected material generated in the 8-week course.

Acting Workshop and Directing Workshop
February and March
A four week intensive workshop in Acting and Directing. In conjunction with the Writer’s Workshop participants from the acting and directing workshops have an opportunity to work on Stories High set for March 2003. Acting Workshop will start on February 10, 2003 at 7pm at Bindlestiff Studio. Learn the fundamentals of stage and film acting. Participants from the workshop will have an opportunity to perform for Bindlestiff Studio’s Stories High Project set for March 13-29. Space is limited (16 people max) so it’s important that you show up for the first day of the acting workshop. This workshop will be led by Mark Marking and Mike Dorado. For more information contact markmarking@yahoo.com.

Light Design and Sound Design Workshop
March
Learn the fundamentals in light and sound design. From hanging lights to running a show, be a part of the Bindlestiff Crew this Spring. Participants from this workshop have an opportunity to get paid as part of the running crew during Bindlestiff productions.

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Stories High is a series of theatrical workshops culminating into a fully-mounted, professional theatrical production. These workshops are open to anyone, novice or intermediate, interested in getting involved with community arts through our workshops in Acting, Play-writing, Directing, Stage Managing, Publicity and Production. Stories High hopes to discover, cultivate, and nurture new and emerging artists.

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piNoisepop Music Festival Co-Founders

ABOUT THE FOUNDERS:

Ogie Gonzales, co-Founder piNoisepop


Ogie Gonzales is one of the founders of the piNoisepop Asian American Music Festival. During the hardcore/punk underground era of the 1980s and early 1990s in Manila, Philippines, he co-founded, played, and recorded with the punk band V.O.D. (Valley of Death), whose songs can be heard on the album 'Where Do We Go From Here?' produced by the independent label, Twisted Red Cross. He is also an accomplished practitioner of indigenous music from the Philippines. Ogie and his brother Jesse immigrated to the United States in 1989, where he continued playing music. In 1995, Ogie started volunteering for San Francisco's theater group Teatro Ng Tanan, where he performed and composed musical scores for the stage, using both western and Philippine indigenous instruments. He also composed for Lorna Aquino Chui's one-woman show, 'Babae.' In 1997, he joined the experimental comedy troupe Tongue in A Mood, where he met and helped form the Bobby Banduria band, which combines traditional Philippine instruments like the banduria, laud, octavina, and violin with a pop/jazzy/funk rhythm section. Their lyrics and style are straight from Filipino Americana. Ogie has collaborated with numerous playwrights, poets, and musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area Filipino American community, as well as studying kulintang(an) under Danongan Sibay Kalanduyan. In 1998, Ogie, his brother Jesse Gonzales, and Tongue in A Mood's artistic director Allan Manalo, organized "piNoisepop," a continuing annual music festival to promote original Filipino American music. The festival makes its home at Bindlestiff Studio, an epicenter for Filipino American performing arts.

Jesse Gonzales, co-Founder piNoisepop 


Jesus Perez Guillermo Gonzales was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and currently lives in San Francisco, California. He is the co-founder of the piNoisepop Asian American Music Fetival. Jesse's introduction to alternative and independent music came when he began listening to WXB102 FM, a radio station in Manila that played a lot of new wave, punk rock tunes from Europe, the United States, and from home grown bands. It was in the same time period that Jesse joined his brother Ogie in a punk/hardcore band called Valley of Death (V.O.D.). In June 1989, the band broke up and the Gonzales brothers migrated to the United States. In 1995, Jesse started volunteering with Teatro Ng Tanan (TNT), a nonprofit Filipino American theatre organization based in San Francisco that presents hands-on theater workshop combining indigenous traditions, community issues and holiday themes. In 1996, he volunteered to be one of the musicians for TNT's production of 'Panunuluyan: A Search For An Inn'. Through his involvement with TNT, Jesse met new friends, artists, and musicians in the community. It was also in San Francisco where he was exposed to the independent music and arts scene. In November 1998, Jesse and his brother founded the piNoisepop Filipino American/Asian American Music Festival. In September 2002, Jesse served on the music curatorial committee of Kearny Street Workshop's APAture, an annual arts festival presenting the work of emerging Asian Pacific American artists in San Francisco. In 2003, Jesse presented the SF Bay Guardian's 2003 Goldie Award to From Monument To Masses in the music category. Jesse currently plays bass for indie pop band, The Skyflakes. 

Through understanding, supporting and adapting Manila's underground music culture, Jesse has the background, interests, and inspiration to keep the Filipino-American/Asian American independent art and music scene alive.

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piNoisepop Music Festival Bands/Artists/Performers

10 After (Fremont) - pop punk - 7
Acid Rain (LA) - powerpop/rock - 6
Adamus (SF) - pinoi rock - 2
Airbag (San Jose) - rock/britpop - 5
Alphastar (SF) - rock - 2
Astral (SF) - indiepop - 7
Ating Tao (SF) - tribal/percussion - 5
Azure Heaven (SF) - alternative rock - 5
Ballista (Fresno) - punk/hard alternative - 5
Bandsilog (SF) - alternative pop - 1, 2, 3
Basement 31 (NJ) - hard rock - 4
Broken Winter - 9
Blacksonny (NYC) - 9
Blue (SF) - britpop - 5
Bobby Banduria (SF) - jazz/pop - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Botskurd (Pittsburg) - punk - 7
BrownOdds (Chicago) - alternative metal - 3
Brown Sugar (LA) - alternative pop - 6
Eduard Capulong (SF) - acoustic - 3, 4
The Caps (SF) - punk - 6
Cast of Thousands (Oakland) - indie/punk - 7
Charmer (SF) - indie pop - 2
Charmin (SF) - garage punkpop - 6, 7, 8
Charmless (Berkeley) - indie rock - 7
Chembots (SF) - pop/alternative - 5
Chunhan Avengers (SF) - punkpop - 4, 5
The Clarendon Hills (Alameda) - garage punk - 6, 7
Convertible Jennifers (NYC) - indiepop - 7
The Degrees (Seattle, WA) - 9
Melody Del Mundo (Philippines) - soloist - 6
Die Rockers Die (Cerritos, CA) - 9
Diskarte Namin - spoken word/hip hop - 5
Divided (SJ) - alternative metal - 6
Dogs of Ire - 8
Drive Til Morning (NYC) - 9
Ee (SF) - indie/emo - 6
Eighth Wonder (SF) - spoken word - 5, 6
e:trinity (LA) - drum n bass, electronic - 4
End of the Line (SF) - pinoy rock - 5
Enda (SF) - modern rock/pop - 4, 5, 7
Eskapo (Vallejo) - streetpunk - 6, 7, 8
Ethereality (SF) - new jazz/funk - 1, 2, 5
Face On Straight - 9
Flattbush (LA) - death metal - 8
Fleerbox (SF) - alternative pop - 4
Friday Knights (LA) - punk - 8
From Monument to Masses (Oakland) - post rock - 7, 8
Galaga (SF) - shoegaze - 4
Golda Supernova (SF) - jazz, blues - 5, 6
Goldar (SF) - electronic - 1, 6
Theodore Gonzalves (SF) - new jazz - 2
A Grand Social Club (Long Beach, CA) - 9
Highwire - 8
Huvr (SF) - powerpop - 6
The Immediates (LA) - 9
The Invisible Cities - punk/indie - 8
Isla (Dallas) - alternative rock - 2
Itai Doshin (Oakland) - hip hop - 6
Jack Killed Jill (SF) - punk rock - 8
JRM - 9
Kadena (NYC) - street punk - 5, 6
Kayumanggi (Texas) - pinoy pop - 4, 5
Kiwi (SF) - rap/spoken word - 6
Kyndo (SF) - rock - 1
Last Trumpet (SF) - reggae - 5, 6
Le Meu Le Purr (Ventura, CA) - 9
The Librarians (Berkeley) - indie/punk/rock - 7
Annie Lin - acoustic - 8
Llosi (SF) - alternative/novelty - 1
Lost In America (LA) - hardcore - 6
Love,dAriA (SF) - grunge pop - 1, 2, 3, 4
Magic Alex (SF) - britpop - 5
Mailbot (LA) - 9
Marisma - 9
Mijas Magnum (Fresno) - synthpop - 5
Minor Skins (LA) - oi punk - 1
Misfire (SF) - pop punk/rock - 4
Brian Miu - 9
Movin Train (LA) - rock - 7
Mud (SF) - alternative punk - 4, 6
Ninja Academy (LA) - 9
Nuisance (SJ) - metal - 4
Pakyuts (SF) - powerpop - 2
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble (SF) - percussion - 6
Papercuts (SF) - punkpop - 5
Paper Planes (SF) - alternative/emo - 2
Parting Glance (SF) - indiepop - 7, 8
P.D.A. (SF) - alternative - 3
Peach Fantastic (LA) - alternative pop - 1
Pedro Gil (LA) - powerpop - 7
Pidgeon (SF) - rock/punk/indie - 7
Pink Table (LA) - funk/rock - 7
Potato Couch (SF) - powerpop - 7
Power Struggle - 9
Promdi (SF) - powerpop/emo - 1
Kris Racer (Chicago, IL) - 9
The Recipe (SF) - hip hop/funk - 3
Red Ghetto Sun (SF) - hard alternative - 3, 4
Robert + Karen (El Sobrante) - indie/rock/punk - 7
Rubymar (SF) - indie/emo - 3, 4
Sanawon (Chicago, IL) - 9
Say Bok Gwai - 9
Scrabbel (SF) - indie - 7
Secret Janet (Oakland) - punk - 8
Shinobu (San Jose) - indie rock - 8
Shooting Blanks (SF) - punkpop - 2
Short Round (Milpitas) - indie/punk - 7
Show Me State - indie - 8
Sisa's Veil (SF) - new wave/punk - 5
Signal 3 (LA) - oi punk - 1, 3, 6
Skyflakes (Milpitas) - alternative powerpop - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Soends (SF) - classic rock/comedy - 4
Sputterdoll (SF) - punkpop - 6, 7
Stars Misplaced - 9
Strangely (SF) - folk pop - 7
Sunday's Best (LA) - indie/emo - 6
Super Proxy (Pacifica) - indie/britpop - 7
Sweetness - 8
Table 5 (SF) - grunge/rock/punk - 7
Tensegrity Nine - 9
Turntabla D.08 (SF) - hip hop - 7
Western States (SF) - indie punk - 6
Where's Leo? (Santa Ana) - punk/rock - 7
Whysall Lane (SF) - indie - 7, 8
David Wong (Corona, CA) - 9
XYZR_KX (Chicago, IL) - 9

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piNoisepop Music Festival 9

August 25 - 27, 2005

Bindlestiff Studio
505 Natoma corner 6th St. (between Howard and Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103

SomArts Cultural Center (Main Gallery)
934 Brannan St
San Francisco, CA 94103


August 25, 2005
Bindlestiff Studio
All Ages, $7.00, doors 8:00pm, show 8:30pm

The Stars Misplaced
David Wong (Corona, CA) or http://www.myspace.com/davidwong
Brian Miu
Kris Racer (Chicago, IL) or http://www.krisracer.com/
XYZR_KX (Chicago, IL) or http://www.myspace.com/xyzrkx
Face On Straight
Drive Til Morning (NYC)


August 26, 2005
SomArts Cultural Center
All Ages, $10.00, doors 7:30pm, show 8:00pm

Tensegrity Nine
Die Rockers Die (Cerritos, CA)
Say Bok Gwai or http://www.myspace.com/sbg
JRM
Astral or http://www.myspace.com/astral
Golda Supernova
Mailbot (LA)
Marisma or http://www.myspace.com/marisma
plus "live" painting by Dizzy Peering Inc.


August 27, 2005
SomArts Cultural Center
All Ages, $10.00, doors 6:00pm, show 6:30pm

The Immediates (LA)
Broken Winter or http://www.myspace.com/brokenwinter
Power Struggle
Blacksonny (NYC)
Sanawon (Chicago, IL) or http://www.myspace.com/sanawon
Ninja Academy (LA) or http://www.ninjaacademy.com/
The Skyflakes
The Degrees (Seattle, WA) or http://www.myspace.com/thedegrees
A Grand Social Club (Long Beach, CA) or http://www.myspace.com/agrandsocialclub
Le Meu Le Purr (Ventura, CA) or http://www.myspace.com/lemeulepurr
From Monument To Masses or http://myspace.com/frommonumenttomasses

flyer/poster/merch design by: Dino Ignacio and Omz Velasco


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piNoisepop Music Festival 8

The piNoisepop Asian American Festival is in cooperation with the Zellerbach Family Fund and The Intersection for the Arts

September 4 - 6, 2003

Bindlestiff Studio
185 Sixth Street (at Howard)
San Francisco, CA
All Ages, $10.00 each night
Sept 4 & 5, Doors 7:00pm, Show 8:00pm
Sept 6, Doors 5:00pm, Show 6:00pm


September 4, 2003
The Invisible Cities
Secret Janet
Show Me State
Shinobu
Parting Glance

September 5, 2003
Highwire
Sweetness
Jack Killed Jill
Annie Lin
Bobby Banduria
The Skyflakes

Video/Animations:
- In My Head, The Phone Is Dead (The Clarendon Hills) by Eugenia Chan
- Big World (The Chinkees) by Sung Kim
- Pinwheel live at UP Eco (Video footage) by Ogie Gonzales
- Indie Schmindie by Hellen Jo and Jeri Cho
- Maritess and The Superfriends by Dino Ignacio

September 6, 2003
Dogs of Ire
Eskapo
Friday Knights
Charmin
Flattbush
From Monument To Masses
Whysall Lane

Video/Short Films:
- China Pirates by Anna Sophie Loewenberg
- Goo & Tame The Tikbalang live at Mayrics (video footage) by Ogie Gonzales
- Soundtrack to a(n) (R)Evolution by Robynn Takayama

poster by: Dino Ignacio


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piNoisepop Music Festival 7

August 22 - 24, 2002

Bindlestiff Studio
185 Sixth Street (at Howard)
San Francisco, CA
All Ages, $12.00 each night
Thursday and Friday shows at 8pm, Saturday show at 6pm


August 22, 2001
Pidgeon
Table 5
Sputter Doll
Superproxy
10after
Parting Glance
Astral
Cast of Thousands

August 23, 2001
Pinktable (LA)
Turntabla D.08
Bobby Banduria
Scrabbel
Charmless
Botskurd
Short Round
Eskapo
From Monument To Masses

August 24, 2001
MovinTrain (LA)
Potato Couch
Pedro Gil (LA)
Strangely
Where's Leo? (Santa Ana)
The Skyflakes
The Clarendon Hills
Charmin
Convertible Jennifers (NYC)
Enda
Whysall Lane (members of versus and jawbreaker)
The Librarians
Robert + Karen


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piNoisepop Music Festival 6

October 25 - 27, 2001

Bindlestiff Studio
185 Sixth Street @ Howard, San Francisco, CA
$12.00/night ALL AGES


October 25, 2001
The Caps
Sputter Doll
Divided
Eskapo
Itai Doshin
Golda
Last Trumpet

October 26, 2001
Acid Rain (LA)
Brown Sugar (LA)
Mud
Goldar
Sunday"s Best (LA)
eE
The Skyflakes
Western States

October 27, 2001
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble
Charmin
Huvr
Kiwi
Lost In America (LA)
The Clarendon Hills
Kadena (NYC)
Signal 3 (LA)
Bobby Banduria

Plus the stand up comedy of Allan Manalo and Tim Tayag, documentary Films by Matt Abaya and Howie Severino, and a special performance of Tongue In A Mood theatre group.

Flyer by: Alex Torres


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piNoisepop Music Festival 5

February 22 - 24, 2001

Bindlestiff Studio
185 6th Street @ Howard
San Francisco
All Ages, $10 (one night), $15(two nights), $24(three nights)


February 22, 2001
Last Trumpet
End of the Line
Azure Heaven
Blue
Airbag

February 23, 2001
Pandora's Box (Fresno)
Mijas Magnum (Pomona)
Kembots
Magic Alex
Red Ghetto Sun
Skyflakes
Enda

February 24, 2001
Kayumanggi (Houston)
Bet Kapulong
Sisa"s Veil (LA)
Diskarte Namin
Chunhan Avengers
Signal 3 (LA)
Kadena (NYC)
Ethereality
Bobby Banduria

Stand up comedy:
Allan Manalo
Ramon Abad
Tim Tayag
Angelito Ghabardine


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piNoisepop Music Festival 4

June 4 - 10, 2000

Bindlestiff Studio
185 Sixth Street (at Howard)
San Francisco CA
$8.00, ALL AGES, Doors 7:30


June 8, 2000
Fleerbox
Misfire
Nuisance
Red Ghetto Sun

June 9, 2000
Muddsf
Skyflakes
Bet Kapulong
Love,Daria
Enda
Rubymar

June 10, 2000
Kayumanggi (TX)
Chunhan Avengers (SF)
E:trinity (LA)
Basement 31 (NJ)
Galaga (SF)
Bobby Banduria(SF)


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piNoisepop Music Festival 3

November 4 - 6, 1999

Carmen's Restaurant
998 Fourth Street
San Francisco

Bindlestiff Studios
185 6th Street
San Francisco


November 4, 1999
Carmen's Restaurant
All Ages, 8pm, $?
PDA
Charmer
End of the Line

November 5, 1999
Bindlestiff Studio
All Ages, 8pm, $?
The Recipe
Rubymar
Love,Daria
Bet Kapulong
Bobby Banduria

November 6, 1999
Bindlestiff Studios
All Ages, 8pm, $?
Adamus
Bandsilog
Brownodds (Chicago)
Red Ghetto Sun
Signal 3


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piNoisepop Music Festival 2

May 6 - 8, 1999

Carmen's Restaurant
4th St (past Townsend)
San Francisco

Bindlestiff Studios
185 6th Street
San Francisco


May 6, 1999
Carmen's Restaurant
All Ages, 8pm, $5
Adamus
Pakyuts
Bobby Banduria
Love,Daria

May 7, 1999
Bindlestiff Studio
All Ages, 8pm, $?
Alphastar
Bandsilog
Eduardo Kapulong
Ethereality

May 8, 1999
Bindlestiff Studio
All Ages, 8pm, $?
Isla (TX)
Theo Gonzalves
Shooting Blanks
Love,Daria
Paperplanes

Flyer by: Tyne Balance


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piNoisepop Music Festival 1

Nov 20 - 21, 1998

Bindlestiff Studio
185 6th Street @ Howard
San Francisco
All Ages, $7-10, 8pm


November 20, 1998
Bandsilog
Love,Daria
Llosi
Bobby Banduria
Ethereality

November 21, 1998
Kyndo
Promdi
Peach Fantastic (LA)
Signal 3 (LA)

Flyer by: Alex Torres


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piNoisepop Music Festival

One of the few Asian/Filipino American music festivals in the country, piNoisepop recruits Asian/Filipino American bands from all over the U.S. to perform original music; focusing on bands that are willing to create and perform their own sound through the exploration and experimentation of various music genres, including rock, punk, hip-hop, jazz, indigenous, folk, and world music.

An idea of having Filipino American bands play in one venue was thought about during an Eraserheads show in Oakland back in 1998. The Eraserheads were the biggest alternative band in the Philippines and it was their first time playing the United States. Being supporters of the Philippine alternative scene, a group of friends (including Jesse and Ogie) went to the east bay to check out the show. While waiting in line to buy tickets, Jesse told Ogie of an idea of having a gathering of Filipino bands in one show. It was on the footsteps of the Henry J Kaiser Auditorium where the name"piNoisepop" was born. Having seen punk rock and indie rock shows in San Francisco and the East bay, Ogie and Jesse Gonzales have always craved about playing in a band again. Being a supporter of the San Francsico Noisepop festival, Jesse had an idea of having a Filipino Noisepop festival. The Festival derives its name from the merging of the slang term "pinoy" or "pinay," meaning Filipino man or woman; and "noise" which defines the spontaneous sound of our music, and add a big influence of the Noisepop festival, the word “piNoisepop” was born.

First on the agenda was to find a venue that would support the idea. With the help of friends who were also artists and musicians, the first piNoisepop meeting was held at Bindlestiff Studios. From this meeting, the organization and production team "Pulutan Productions" was created to run piNoisepop. Allan Manalo, actor, stand up comic, and manager of Bindlestiff Studios, gave Pulutan Productions a chance to have this event at the theatre. A press release or submissions to participate in the first piNoisepop was sent out. The circle of artists and friends at Bindlestiff Studios were so excited about this music event that they formed a band in order to play the music festival. A lot of demo packages from Filipino-American bands were received in the piNoisepop headquarters. "We had no idea that there are some fil-am bands out there."

Since its inception in 1998, the Festival has featured several bands, comedians, spoken word artists, dancers, and filmmakers. In three sold-out nights, the Festival features 20 bands, introducing a diverse array of Asian American artists to a broad audience, and helping young artists advance their careers. The Festival was originally conceived as a venue for Filipino American musicians in the Bay Area. In its second year, organizers were stunned to receive applications from Filipino American bands across the country who had heard of the Festival's extraordinary inaugural success. By the third year, the Festival had expanded to include bands from other Asian American communities and presentations in other disciplines. In 2002, the Festival led to a four-month national tour, introducing youth in different cities to the exciting experience of contemporary Asian American music. The goals of the Festival are to promote the Asian American contemporary music scene, to help aspiring musicians perform, and to help them further develop their artistic skills. The piNoisepop Festival helps to break down the barriers between Asian American musicians and an audience hungry to experience the richness of this under-promoted musical field.



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