Hyphen, a San Francisco-based nonprofit news and culture publication, hosts its inaugural celebration in Southern California on May 7, 2011 in honor of the upcoming release of The Bittersweet Issue. With the help of notable artists and musicians such as Beau Sia, Dawen, Jane Lui, Sam Kang, and SKIM, the night will be filled with live music, live art, and exciting giveaways by Poketo, designer of limited edition art products.

WHO:                 The Hyphen community of friends and supporters in Southern California
WHEN:           Saturday, May 7, 2011, 9:30 p.m. – 2 a.m.
WHERE:         Chop Suey Cafe and Lounge at 347 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
TICKETS:     $10 cover (free for LA Asian Pacific Film Festival badgeholders)
                           Advance tickets available online: www.hyphenbittersweet.eventbrite.com
                           Guests must be 21+ for this event

The event — held in partnership with the Asian American Literary Review and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival — will take place at the Chop Suey Cafe and Lounge in downtown Los Angeles from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Phil Yu, the face behind www.AngryAsianMan.com, Diana Nguyen of www.Disgrasian.com, and Victor Kim of Quest Crew, which won MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew," are among the many special guests confirmed to attend the event in support of Hyphen’s mission to tell the untold stories of the Asian American community.

“We’re very excited to be having our first celebration in Los Angeles, because Southern California's Asian American community is vibrant, and is featured prominently in this next issue.” said Hyphen’s editor in chief, Harry Mok. “Many of our contributors and supporters, past and present, are based in L.A. and our readers have been asking us for years to do an event in their backyard. So this party is definitely overdue.”

Hyphen’s publisher Lisa Lee says, “We already feel so welcome during the planning of this event, so the night will definitely be an amazing gathering of people who are at the forefront of the progressive Asian American community.”

If you’re looking to connect and utilize the unique platform that Hyphen has to offer as a premier Asian American publication and online presence to gain visibility for your work, you won’t want to miss this important event. For more information, visit www.hyphenmagazine.com.

ABOUT HYPHEN:

Founded in 2003, Hyphen is a nonprofit news and culture magazine and blog that illuminates Asian America through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest-growing ethnic population in the country. We offer in-depth profiles of change-makers in our community and a window into the world of artists and writers who are re-envisioning and rewriting what it means to be Asian American. Through balanced and incisive reporting and sometimes irreverent commentary, we relate the enormous richness, contradiction, and vitality that defines the Asian American experience to stimulate debate, raise awareness, and build bridges within and beyond our own community. Based in San Francisco, Hyphen is recognized nationwide as an authority on contemporary Asian American identity. Since its inception, Hyphen has been touted in print, online and on camera. Hyphen has been featured and quoted in media outlets such as Yahoo, ESPN, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, Utne, Flavorpill, Gothamist and Racialicious.com. Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

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