APASA Events

Catalyst 07: An APA Concert Showcase
Tuesday, January 30
6-9PM
Bovard
APASA
A concert showcase featuring Far East Movement, with Native Guns, Jazmin, Ken Oak Band, and USC's very own Second Wind.

Three Voices: Free Screening!
Thursday, February 1
7-9 PM
Leavey Auditorium
APASA/ Vietnamese Student Association
An American in Ho Chi Minh City looks for a daughter he fathered during the war. He meets Woody, a child who's a street vendor, and when Woody's case of wares disappears, he thinks the soldier took it. Woody hunts for him. A cyclo driver, Hai, gives a ride to Lan, a hotel call girl, and starts waiting for her daily; he falls in love with her and tries to break through her tough veneer. Kien An, a young woman, takes a job harvesting lotuses in the ponds of Teacher Dao, a reclusive man who has leprosy. Her singing awakens him from depression, and he asks her to write down poetry he has composed. The characters' paths cross in small ways, around flowers and kindnesses.

South Asians in the Global Market: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, February 7
7:30PM
THH 102
APASA/SCIA
Come out to find out how South Asians have contributed to the Global Market.

Free Screening + Meet the Cast: Red Doors
Thursday, February 8
6-9PM
THH 101
APASA
Watch the movie, then meet the cast! FREE. Refreshments Provided.

Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong (Tzi Ma) has just retired and plots to escape his mundane life. However, the tumultuous, madcap lives of his three rebellious daughters change his plans. The eldest daughter, Samantha (Jacqueline Kim), is an ambitious businesswoman in Manhattan who suddenly gets cold feet about her upcoming marriage when she runs into an old high school flame (Rossif Sutherland). Julie (Elaine Kao), the shy middle sister, finds her life as a studious medical student turned upside down when she falls for a movie starlet (Mia Riverton) visiting the hospital. Katie (Kathy Shao-Lin Lee), the youngest sister, is a disaffected high school senior who engages in a continually escalating and dangerous prank war with her longtime neighbor and nemesis, Simon (Sebastian Stan). Ultimately, Ed's disappearance compels each daughter to examine her own understanding of the role and connection she has to the family. At the same time, the Wongs learn to live their own lives outside the invisible fences of their home.

SC'erenade Open Mic
Tuesday, February 13
7-9PM
Groundzero Coffeehouse
APASA
Come out for a night of slam poetry, music, and talent.

Hate Crimes Lecture + Self Defense Class: Hate Crimes Series
Thursday, February 15
4-5PM
McCarthy Quad
APASA/BSA/LSA
Hear about hate crimes and take a self defense class.

Lunar New Year Celebration
Tuesday, February 20
7-10PM
McCarthy Quad
APASA/ISA
Come out to celebrate the Lunar New Year with ethnic food, cultural performances, carnival games, and Henna tattoo artists. Donations of used clothing or canned food requested.