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9/17 Feature - Ami Patel

It's really the storytellers who keep our space running, and we are so happy to welcome back this amazing storyteller into the spot.

Check out Ami Patel at the 9/3 Tuesday Night Cafe!

#ami patel #Tuesday Night Cafe #tuesday night project #poetry #asian american #los angeles

9/17 Feature - Run River North

I. Have no words. They speak for themselves, as they have on loop for me this past year.

Check out Run River North TOMORROW at the 9/3 Tuesday Night Cafe!

#run river north #Tuesday Night Cafe #tuesday night project #music #asian american #los angeles

9/17 Feature - Nicky Schildkraut

Words and words and words. If not for the storytellers, what would our community be? Dope reflection from a dope LA artist.

Check out Nicky Schildkraut at the 9/3 Tuesday Night Cafe!

#nicky schildkraut #poetry #writing #prose #Tuesday Night Cafe #tuesday night project #los angeles #asian american

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Tuesday Night Project HIT $11K!!

To encourage young folks to help out, a community elder has offered to double match any donations made by folks 35 and under until next Tuesday! For example, if you donate $10 she’ll donate $20, making it $30!! If you haven’t donated yet or you want to take advantage of this opportunity, please go to http://bit.ly/TNPdonate to contribute. Please note your age in the message! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONATED!! Community!! Art!! Expressive punctuation!!

#check the fade

9/17 Feature - Klassy

I love the old school vibe she brings to the mic. That laidback rolling down the street vibe.

Check out Klassy at the 9/3 Tuesday Night Cafe!

#klassy #tuesday night cafe #tuesday night project #asian american #music #los angeles

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You’re invited!

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I love this space. Go.

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Bunch of friends on this poster! Check out our homies at Common Ground this Thursday!

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We are kicking off our 2013 Keep TN Free fundraising campaign with an ambitious goal—please help us raise $11,000 by our September 3rd show! You can donate at: http://bit.ly/TNPdonate

As we celebrate our 15th season, Tuesday Night Cafe continues to be of the longest running free public arts series in downtown Los Angeles. Cultivating a supportive space featuring new original work by Asian American artists, Tuesday Night Cafe builds—and is built by—each individual that touches it in the spirit of art + community. Thank you for being a part of Tuesday Night Cafe. Your support has gotten us to where we are today and drives us to continue forward. *** Why? *** We are extremely grateful for the community support that has driven us forward for the past fifteen years, and in a world that is increasingly digital and global we are happy to provide a physical space that serves our local community. When you support Tuesday Night Project, you are supporting the artists and organizers who preserve and share our community’s stories for ourselves and for the future. Although Tuesday Night Cafe is free to the public and run by a devoted volunteer staff, your valuable contributions will go directly towards our hard operational costs, including (but not limited to): - necessary sound engineering at every show - a brand-new website to re-invigorate our online presence - crucial maintenance of our equipment and supplies (some of our gear is getting on the older side) - food to fuel our staff, artists, and volunteers at our shows and meetings - starting the process of digitizing our staggering 15 year of shows (that’s well over 450 hours of footage!) - the many other costs that it takes to fund our shows, our workshops, our planning, and our tour! *** How *** Every donation —from $5 to $500— gets us closer to our goal of $11,000! Donate online now: http://bit.ly/TNPdonate Prefer to give in person? At our shows staff members will be equipped with Square, so that you can donate using your credit card at Tuesday Night Cafe! Have you already given? Looking for other ways to contribute? You can contribute a story or testimonial and share with our families, friends, and community! Tell us why you love Tuesday Night Project and why folks should support the space! Post photos, thoughts, memories, and hopes on your favorite social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Vine, etc.) with the hashtag #KeepTNfree and a link to www.tuesdaynightproject.org! Once again, from the Tuesday Night Project Family: Thank you.

I’ve yet to attend a Tuesday Night Cafe (which is sad considering I live 20 minutes away from Little Tokyo…) but I’m really grateful for the platform they provide for local artists of color, and for the community they’ve built over the past 15 years. I’ve donated to show my support, so please do the same and/or share this post with your family, friends, and fellow artists!

(photo by @kylemizono)

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Please donate! This is an amazing event in an amazing community put on by amazing people. Did I mention that it was amazing?

From their website:

since 1999 the people behind the project and the series have grown into an actual community fiercely devoted to creating venues where art and community connect. It is a community of artists, organizers, activists, professionals, independent business owners, educators and community members of different generations, a myriad of artistic disciplines and all walks of life.

Tuesday Night Project maintains a passionate, positive space with a focus on new work from Asian American/Pacific Islander communities and from the Greater Los Angeles area. TNP constantly introduces its audiences to new artists and organizations and the amazing work they do all over the city. While TNP offers modest stipends to some of its technical crew, they have kept the series alive and free to the public with sheer passion and the practice and belief that PEOPLE are each other’s greatest resource.

I was fortunate to attend while I was in LA this summer and….wow. You know that feeling when you kind of start coming into your identity and everything you start learning feels like coming home? That’s what TNP felt like. It felt like home, despite being on the complete opposite side of the country from where I live. The people there were really rad, positive, supportive, and genuinely talented people. The talent was breathtakingly good (Priska was performing when I attended. Look her up!) and the vibe was indescribable.

So yeah, please donate if you can. Spread the word. Tuesday Night Project lives on as the legacy of Asian Americans across the country and concentrating in downtown LA. The people I’ve met through and at TNP are some of my biggest idols and closest friends.

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Wow borderline tearing up from reading this chain.

Y'all are what keep us going. If you've made it to a show, you've helped us build the vibe. If you haven't made it to a show, we are so excited to meet you!

#keepTNfree is in its last sprint to the finish line!