Let’s March! Join Q-WAVE for Dyke March 6/27 and NYC Pride Parade 6/28!

Dyke March, Saturday June 27th, 2009

Starts around 5pm from Bryant Park and goes down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park. RSVP ahead of time to sc@q-wave.org so we know who’s coming or just look for Q-Wave T-shirts if you want to march with us! Please let us know that you are coming, dinner follows after march!

Pride Parade, Sunday June 28th, 2009

Meet up BY 11am (come earlier if you want to eat breakfast with us) at Torino Deli, 22 W 56th Street. Our line-up location is Section 3, on 56th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. If you don’t see us at the deli, look for us on the street… unless it is pouring, we’ll have the banner rolled out and colorful letters spelling out “ASIAN PRIDE”. The march sets off around 12pm, and we’ll probably be heading out around 12:45 to 1 pm. The route is 5th Ave from 52nd Street to 8th Street, then up 8th Street to Christopher, with the end point being Christopher and Greenwich Streets. Please e-mail us ahead of time at sc@q-wave.org so we know you’re coming!

PLEASE NOTE: We have received word that Governor Patterson is planning to march the entire route this year, and HOP anticipates even stricter/tougher security than usual. It may NOT be possible to join us along the route, so please plan on joining us at the beginning and leaving sometime during the march if you can’t do the whole thing, or joining up after we’ve finished marching, for dinner. Either way, let us know that you are coming so we will wait for you! ?RSVP at sc@q-wave.org.


“Dress code” - If you have something ethnic to wear that is comfortable, walkable, breathable, and able to withstand rain, please wear it! Otherwise, the theme this year is “paint the town ruby”, so please wear something in the darker shades of red. If you would like to wear a Q-Wave T-shirt and don’t have one, please e-mail us at sc@q-wave.org with your shirt size.


THINGS TO BRING:
A lightweight, water-resistent bag to hold everything
Cell phone
Sunscreen and sunglasses
Small umbrella and/or poncho
Cap or hat
Comfortable shoes!!
Photo ID
Pen and scrap paper
Bottle of water
Tissue, band-aids, pain-reliever
Whistle or other noise-maker
Change of light clothes in case you get soaked (sweat OR rain)

Posted in General Meeting on Jun 21, 2009 with No Comments →

Join us on June 19th for Pride Prep at Q-WAVE!

Dear Q-Wavers,

It is that fabulous time of the year again, and let’s get ready! 

Please come and join us for prop and sign-making for our Pride Parade presentation, share ideas, snacks and a whole lot of fun!

This year, Q-WAVE has chosen to elaborate the theme of “ASIAN PRIDE”, Visibility, and Community; we encourage our members to participate on all levels of creativity and presentation.

Let’s show off our talents and pride! Come and share your ideas, come and make signs for marchers to carry with, come to help and show off our Queer Asian Community with your personal touch~

Remember, no matter what stage you are in your coming-out process, you can participate by helping and sharing your talents.

**all prop and sign-making materials will be provided, however, if you would like to bring your own stuff to share, you are the most welcome!**

::WHO:: YOU with Q-Wave!
::WHEN:: Friday, 6/19/09  7-9 pm + Social and lively dinner afterwards!
PLEASE, PLEASE try your best to be on time ;)
::WHERE:: CUNY Graduate Center /5th Ave btw 34th Street & 33rd Street / Room 9207

DIRECTIONS: (via subway):
- B, D, F, V, N, R, Q, W to 34th Street/Broadway
- 6 to 33rd Street/Park Avenue and walk 2 blocks west
- 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street/7th Avenue (Madison Square Garden) and
walk 2-3 blocks east
- A, C, E to 34th Street/8th Avenue and walk 3-4 blocks east

** Q-Wave is a safe space dedicated to lesbian and bi-sexual women, transfolks and gender-nonconformists of Asian and Pacific Islander decent; our Yahoo group, General Meetings and Coffee Hours are open to this particular community. Q-Wave welcomes all supporters, friends and families to join our other social events (ie BBQs, picnics, winter parties, film screenings, etc). Please respect our space and confidentiality. Thank you very much.*

Posted in General Meeting on Jun 09, 2009 with No Comments →

** May 30: Q-Wave picnics in Central Park **

Join Q-Wave to eat, drink and be merry! It’s time for our annual picnic, so pack a frisbee, nerf football, grab a friend, dust off your picnic blankets, bring some food and come meet us in the park!

*~*~* Q-Wave Spring Time Picnic! *~*~*
Saturday, May 30th 2009 - 12:00pm - 5pm-ish (rain date of Sunday, May 31st) - Central Park (Sheep Meadow)

WHO: You, your friends, and your friends at Q-Wave!
WHAT: Food, fun, and frolic with your fellow Q-Wavers
WHEN: Saturday, May 30th @ 12pm
WHERE: Sheep Meadow in Central Park, mid-park 66th to 69th streets, we’ll try to be underneath trees along the sides.
(For those who want to meet up, we gather at the 107th Infantry Memorial at 67th Street and 5th Avenue to walk over together at 12 noon — take the 6 train to 68th street station. If you get there a little after noon and don’t see us, just head into the park. We will have red-ish balloons so you can locate us)

Drinks, cups, plates and utensils will be provided - please bring some tasty food to share! :)

Invite all your family, pets & friends (asian, non-asian, queer, straight, questioning, trans, gender non-conforming), your picnic gear and yummy food and see you all soon!

Questions? Concerns? Email:   info “at” q-wave.org

Posted in General Meeting on May 18, 2009 with No Comments →

Join Q-WAVE at Asia Society Mixer next Friday, May 15th!!

And now, for a break from our regularly scheduled programming…Q-Wave is mixing it up at Asia Society’s Women’s Night!

Women’s Night: Shaken & Stirred Leo Bar at Asia Society & Museum


When:: Friday, May 15, 2009  6:00pm - 9:00pm

Who:: Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX, Astraea & Q-Wave

Location:: Asia Society & Museum, 725 Park Ave at 70th Street, Manhattan, NY.

Admission:: No cover. Cash bar. FREE admission to the museum!

For more information, please see the attached flyer.

**AND as always, Q-Wavers will be going out to eat together afterwards.  So lets all get together for a fun and enjoyable evening!

~Our regular general meeting (GM) series will resume on June 19th~

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It’s Women’s Night at Asia Society’s Leo Bar
May 15, 2009
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

It’s cocktails, chatting and mingling in a museum! Meet and rub elbows with fun people, enjoy the free docent-lead exhibition tours, then relax and chatter the night away whilst sipping an intriguing and whimsical lychee martini!

Drink Specials on martinis, bellinis and more from 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
Leo Bar is a cash bar with no cover charge.

Exhibition Tours scheduled for 7:15 PM and 7:45 PM.

Currently on view:

Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America
Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest

…what could be more fabulous?


Outreach Partners

astaealynxqwave


Leo Bar, Asia Society’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Night
Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City, www.asiasociety.org/leobar


For more information, email victorh@asiasoc.org or call (212) 327-9400.

©2006 Asia Society | 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street NY, NY 10021 | 212-288-6400

Posted in General Meeting on May 06, 2009 with No Comments →

5/3: Q-wave Represent! @ the 30th Annual Asian/Pacific American Heritage Festival

Just a reminder…it’s Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! Let’s be VISIBLE!

Come volunteer with us this Sunday for the Q-Wave/GAPMINY booth at the 30th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival. Over 10,000 people will be there, so it’s a great opportunity for us to let everyone know who we are & what we’re about.

Come smile, pass out info and help people sign up for our mailing list. IMAGINE! You could change someone’s life by reaching out and introducing them to Q-Wave! Or, help to change ours by showing the greater community that there really are queer API people on this planet and we are oh-so-coolio!

Please sign up for one of these shifts by replying to <info ‘at’ q-wave.org>
a) 12:00-2:00 b)1:30-3:30 c)3:00-5:00 d)4:30-6:30
(there’ll be at least one SC member at each shift, so you won’t be alone! If you can only do parts of shifts, just email the times you will be there)

We’re Queer, We’re Asian
Let’s be VISIBLE!
See you at the APAH Festival!

30th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival at the New Location!
Date:  Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Time:  12:00-6:00pm
Place:  Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, East 47th Street & 2nd Avenue
(Just a few steps from the United Nations and Grand Central Station!!!)

Posted in General Meeting on Apr 29, 2009 with No Comments →

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