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SUMMARY:From Queens with Love: Writers on the Borough that Inspired Them
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the World’s Borough Bookshop’s third anniversary\, these native Queens writers will share how growing up here shaped their lives\, writing\, and art. \nAlvin Eng\, author of Our Laundry\, Our Town \nHeather Eng\, author of Double Happiness \nSylvia Chen\, author of Tricky Chopsticks and Sparkles for Sunny \nHeather Eng is a third-generation Chinese American writer who grew up in Queens\, New York. She graduated from Boston University with a journalism degree\, and worked as a newspaper writer\, web editor\, and senior marketing leader in the tech industry. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. DOUBLE HAPPINESS is her first novel. \nAlvin Eng is a native Queens author/playwright\, songwriter\, educator and performer who is thrilled to be part of a second event at WBB! As a New York Public Library Long-Term Fellow\, he began researching a companion book to his acclaimed memoir\, OUR LAUNDRY\, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond. His next book\, BOW’RY BUM: Searching for Grandfather\, Burroughs and Punk\, examines the profound impact of The Opium Wars and opium on the Chinese diaspora in NYC of his grandfather’s generation as well as on the 1970s “heroin chic” punk/counterculture of his own formative years­­. Plays and solo performance works have been seen Off-Broadway\, in Paris\, Hong Kong and Guangzhou\, China. Currently developing a solo acoustic punk raconteur performance piece\, “Here Comes Johnny Yen Again (or How I Kicked Punk).” \nSylvia Chen born and raised in Queens\, New York\, is the award-winning author of picture books Tricky Chopsticks and Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story. She loves crafting picture books that spark kids’ interest in STEAM and creative thinking.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/from-queens-with-love-writers-on-the-borough-that-inspired-them/
LOCATION:The World’s Borough Bookshop\, 34-06 73rd Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11372\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Koshari\, Kitchari\, Arroz con Gandules: Food of the Masses
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Tasting and Teach-In about Egyptian\, Indian\, and Puerto Rican dishes featuring Rice and Lentils!\n\n\nRice and Lentils together form the basis of nutritious\, delicious\, and cheap meals that have fed our peoples for generations. At this event\, we will serve small portions of three different dishes that feature Rice and Lentils: Koshari (Egyptian)\, Kitchari (Indian)\, and Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican). \nBut there’s more! Come for the tasting\, and stay for a teach-in on how these foods of the masses tell our personal and cultural stories. It will range from family anecdotes to the history of how Boricuas\, Indians\, and Egyptians have fought to provide self-sustenance and forge a cultural identity amidst colonialism. \nThroughout the event\, attendees will have space to be in community with each other and reflect on the foods that connect them to their own identities.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/koshari-kitchari-arroz-con-gandules-food-of-the-masses/
LOCATION:The World’s Borough Bookshop\, 34-06 73rd Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11372\, United States
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