I’m rather pleased with myself today, as I’m curating the June Eth-Noh-Tec salon, and this is who I’ve got lined up:

• Nara Denning, filmmaker, who recently spoke to my Fil Am Arts course earlier this semester after I showed her black and white silent film Madalien the Small.
• Aileen Ibardazola, poet whose first book is traje de boda, published by Meritage Press.
• Ron Quesada, the multi-instrumental musician behind Kulintronica.
• Sean San Jose, actor and co-founder of the theater company Campo Santo.

In addition, Eth-Noh-Tec’s Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang will perform. So, each artist has 15 minutes, then the conversation/Q&A with the audience. It’ll be a very good evening.
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