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DESCRIPTION:Comics stand up for Eastwind Books of Berkeley, a local independent Asian 
 American bookstore. A fundraising event for the bookstore, tickets are $15. 
  Hosted by Irene Tu and Darby Li Po Price.  Featuring comedians:  Francesca 
 Fiorentini, Samson Koletkar, Allan Manalo, and Tessie Chua. \n\nIrene Tu is 
 a stand-up comic, writer, and performer from Chicago, now living in the Bay 
 Area. She produces a number of independent comedy shows in Berkeley and 
 Oakland: jfcomedy.com You can follow her @irene_tu. irenetu.com\n\nDarby Li 
 Po Price teaches Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley (not Arizona). He produced 
 the award winning PBS documentaries Crossing the Line: Multiracial 
 Comedians based on his dissertation, and Model Minority: Do the Math, and 
 has published many essays on ethnic comedy. \n\nFrancesca Fiorentini is a 
 comedy writer and performer. She is also host and producer with the AJ+, 
 where she breaks down white supremacy and impersonates Fox News 
 correspondents.\n\nAllan S. Manalo is a Filipino American writer, director, 
 producer, emcee and stand-up comic, who has performed in venues through out 
 46 States and 3 countries. He is the former Artistic and Managing Director 
 of Bindlestiff Studio.\n\nTessie Chua was born and raised in San Francisco, 
 and graduated from San Francisco State with a BA in art. She studied acting 
 at HB Studio with character actor William Hickey, then performed in 
 Off-Off-Broadway and underground clubs. You can see Chua featured in a PBS 
 documentary titled, Multiracial Comics: Crossing the Line. \n\nSamson 
 Koletkar is world's only Indian Jewish standup comedian. He has performed 
 his cerebral, witty, thought-provoking, clean humor in India, Canada & U.S. 
 and has been featured on NBC, CBS, KRON4 & NPR.\n\nEastwind Books of 
 Berkeley has been serving the Eastbay providing books on Asian American 
 diverse cultures, history, and literature since 1996. Soon to be 
 celebrating twenty years, our management \nbrings to the bookstore a 
 history of activism for Ethnic Studies during the 1968-1969 Bay Area Third 
 World Liberation Front Strikes. Eastwind Books of Berkeley’s theme of 
 community bookstore was \ninspired by the 1970 Everybody’s Bookstore in 
 San Francisco Chinatown-Manilatown International Hotel movement.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/27/18775396.php
SUMMARY:Stand Up Comedy Night to Support Eastwind Books of Berkeley
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\n388 9th Street, #290\nOakland, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/27/18775396.php
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