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DESCRIPTION:Comics stand up for Eastwind Books of Berkeley, a local independent Asian 
 American bookstore, at this 20th Anniversary Celebration showcasing the 
 best Asian American comedians from the Bay Area and LA. A fundraising event 
 and celebration for the bookstore, tickets are $25 in advance and include a 
 drink ticket. Hosted by Irene Tu. Featuring comedians: Jenny Yang, Dhaya 
 Lakshminarayanan, Andrew Orolfo plus surprise guests! Friday June 3, 
 pre-show mixer starts 7pm (food, drinks, raffle tickets for sale). Show 
 goes from 8-9:30pm at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. \n\nIrene Tu is a 
 stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. She was named one of the “Bay 
 Area’s 11 Best Stand Up Comedians” in 2016 by the SFist and has been 
 featured in numerous comedy festivals including SF Sketchfest. She produces 
 a number of independent comedy shows in Oakland and San Francisco. You can 
 follow her @irene_tu. irenetu.com \n\nJenny Yang is a Los Angeles-based 
 writer and stand up comedian who produces the first-ever, mostly female, 
 Asian American standup comedy tour, Dis/orient/ed Comedy, and The Comedy 
 Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival, a comedy festival showcasing the best 
 in Asian American comedic talent. Jenny is a frequent collaborator on viral 
 Buzzfeed videos that have amassed over 20 million combined views. In 2015, 
 she was dubbed one of Los Angeles' "most fascinating people" in LA Weekly's 
 annual "People" issue. Drawing from her former career in politics, Jenny is 
 a regular commentator on politics and pop culture with contributions 
 featured in National Public Radio, The Guardian, NBC News, BBC News, Al 
 Jazeera America, Southern California Public Radio, ISAtv, Bitch Magazine, 
 and Pivot TV. (jennyyang.tv @jennyyangtv)
\n\nDhaka Lakshminarayanan was 
 named one of the “16 Bay Area performers to watch in 2016” by the SF 
 Weekly. The San Francisco Bay Guardian named her Best Comedian 2013 in the 
 “Best of the Bay” Readers’ Poll. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the 
 Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” filmed in 
 Singapore. Her list of credits include the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San 
 Francisco Sketchfest, the Boston Comedy Festival, the Limestone Comedy 
 Festival and Laugh Your Asheville Off. She has opened/featured for or 
 worked with the following: Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Greg Behrendt, 
 Jello Biafra, Dick Gregory, Anthony Jeselnik, Maz Jobrani, and Greg Proops. 
 dhayacomedy.com \n\nAndrew Orolfo Long ago, a myriad of earth revolutions 
 around the sun, a man of nomadic origin was thinking about fornicating, at 
 some point, with a woman. Across the world, a woman, a maiden, had dreams 
 of giving birth to a champion of space and time. This man illustrated his 
 intended sexual plans and activities, with a hypothetical woman, in a book 
 he bought from a market place, from a person, in the city of Orolfo. This 
 blank book was from the Philippines and had mystical influence. This 
 wayfarer, after completing his illustrations, in the book, laid down to 
 sleep. During his sleep, he had dreams of fornicating with a woman. Upon 
 awakening, his face, voice, body, mind, and soul had changed, been altered. 
 He toured the world, telling people stories, lessons, and jokes. With his 
 identity changed, the book in hand, he thought of only the city of Orolfo 
 and the person, who sold the book to him in the market place, was named 
 Andrew.\n\nPurchase tickets at Eastwind Books of Berkeley or online: 
 www.asiabookcenter.com. Check our website for details on Sponsorship Ticket 
 levels and perks! $25 in advance (includes drink ticket), $27 at the door 
 (drink ticket not included) \n\nCan't make the show but still want to keep 
 Asian American activism alive? Donate to Eastwind on our website: 
 http://www.asiabookcenter.com/author--book-events.html\n\nEastwind Books of 
 Berkeley has been serving the East Bay providing books on Asian American 
 diverse cultures, history, and literature since 1996. Celebrating 20 years 
 in Berkeley this year, our management brings 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 inspired by the 1970 Everybody’s Bookstore in San Francisco 
 Chinatown-Manilatown International Hotel movement. Please come and support 
 this unique bookstore.\n\nVisit our website at www.asiabookcenter.com for 
 more information. Or feel free to drop by the store in person at 2066 
 University Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704. You can also reach us by phone at (510) 
 548-2350.\n\nSponsored by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind 
 Books of Berkeley\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/17/18786511.php
SUMMARY:Stand Up Comedy Night to Support Eastwind Books of Berkeley: 20th Anniversary Celebration
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center \n388 9th Street, #290 \nOakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/17/18786511.php
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