Podcasts about nic masangkay

Jack Straw and Bushwick Book Club artist Nic Masangkay created this song in response to the work of 2020 Jack Straw Writer Maisha Banks Manson, as part of the 2020 Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club project. Hear more music from this project by visiting Jack Straw or Bushwick Book Club Seattle on Facebook, or at thebushwickbookclubseattle.com/jack-straw-writers-2020-and-the-bushwick-book-club-seattle.

Jack Straw and Bushwick Book Club artist Nic Masangkay created this song in response to the work of 2020 Jack Straw Writer Maisha Banks Manson, as part of the 2020 Jack Straw x Bushwick Book Club project. Hear more music from this project by visiting Jack Straw or Bushwick Book Club Seattle on Facebook, or […]

This is the Rise Up Music Project for January 1, 2019. I’m Matt Halvorson, and my song for today is called “All I Really Wanted.”All I Really Wanted is a song is about the experience of coming to understand that I don’t really know anything at all, which is a strange experience, but it’s also pretty liberating in its way. It’s also a song that expresses some of the anger I’ve felt at realizing that we are intentionally misled along the way. It’s harder and harder to ignore the feeling that much of what we take for granted was constructed to keep us fenced in. It’s harder and harder not to wonder, which of these things that I’ve taken for granted in my life as being good have been less than that? Or not what they seemed? And then it’s even harder to express those kinds of ideas without sounding crazy, or super vague, which is what I’m doing right now. But expressing those kinds of ideas is exactly what I’ll try to do this year, I guess. And with this song.Remember that we’ll also have a new song tomorrow from Benjamin Gore, a new song the day after that from Louie Opatz, and a new one the day after that from Cee Goods, and then from Nic Masangkay on Saturday and Stacy Rene Erenberg on Sunday, and on Monday, my good friend Jozzie Ellison will be the Rise Up Music Project’s first guest songwriter. He’s a good man and a good musician, and I think you’ll like him, just like I think you’ll like this whole project.It’s going to be a good year.

"Forever" is the first single Nic Masangkay has released from their work in the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. It was produced and mixed by Nic Masangkay, written and performed by Nic Masangkay and Falon Sierra, and recorded and mastered by Camelia Jade Lazenby at Jack Straw.

"Forever" is the first single Nic Masangkay has released from their work in the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. It was produced and mixed by Nic Masangkay, written and performed by Nic Masangkay and Falon Sierra, and recorded and mastered by Camelia Jade Lazenby at Jack Straw.

“Forever” is the first single Nic Masangkay has released from their work in the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. It was produced and mixed by Nic Masangkay, written and performed by Nic Masangkay and Falon Sierra, and recorded and mastered by Camelia Jade Lazenby at Jack Straw.

Photographic walking tours to writing workshops, “disruptive” art to small groups talking through modern masculinity—our 2018 Inside/Out Neighborhood Residents created some of the most interactive programs in Town Hall’s history. Now, Town Hall invites you to take part in their capstone evening as they reflect on their experiences during this experimental year. Join this season’s Residents—Jordan Alam, Peter DiCampo, Erik Molano, and Shin Yu Pai—as they share a behind-the-scenes look at the triumphs and challenges of their Residencies. Each of our Residents offered us a presentation on the season’s surprising and inspiring moments: Peter DiCampo presents a visual exploration of his photography-centered events, with a focus on the power of representing everyday truths through a visual medium. Shin Yu Pai brings author Donna Miscolta back to the stage for a conversation reflecting on their 4/13 event, History is An Act of the Imagination. Erik Molano presents a recollection of his events elevating the stories and futures of Capitol Hill and the Central District, along with community conversations on the nature of masculinity. Jordan Alam has left Seattle to attend grad school (and we wish her the best of luck!). She will not be present for a stage appearance, but instead she offers us a video reflection of her time programming for our season accompanied by a live presentation from her collaborator, Nic Masangkay. Jordan Alam is Town Hall Seattle’s 2018 Inside/Out Resident representing Hillman City and Columbia City. She is a writer, editor, doula, and social change educator who grew up at an intersection of Bangladeshi American, Muslim, queer, and femme identities. Her work focuses on social forces such as poverty, racism, and trauma, and finding ways to articulate how those experiences live in our bodies and shape the course of our lives. Jordan urges us to engage with subtle moments of transition and transformation in our own lives and the lives of others. Peter DiCampo is Town Hall Seattle’s 2018 Inside/Out Resident representing the University District and Ravenna neighborhoods. Peter is a documentary photographer whose goal is to contribute his work to a dialogue on international development and perceptions of Africa. He began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer and a traditional photojournalist—now, his work seeks to deconstruct that experience. He is a co-founder of Everyday Africa and he is a regular speaker in classrooms and workshops on media stereotypes and the promotion of localized storytelling. Erik Molano is Town Hall’s 2018 Inside/Out Neighborhood Resident representing the Capitol Hill and the Central District neighborhoods. Erik is a graphic designer, prolific event organizer, and co-founder of Photon Factory (a hybrid organization that is half design studio and half community space). He lends his design background to connect Seattle’s creative professionals with social justice organizations. His current focus is on building authentic human connection while understanding and transforming toxic masculinity. Shin Yu Pai is Town Hall Seattle’s 2018 Inside/Out Resident representing the Phinney Greenwood neighborhoods. Shin Yu is a poet, cross-media artist, and curator for the collaborative global exploration project Atlas Obscura. Her poetic origins inform an artistic style that has grown beyond the written word—manifesting in photography, installation and public art, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and sound. She encourages us to reflect upon the essential questions of our own lives, and to explore how we see that interrogation expressed or mirrored around us. Nic Masangkay, who has just released an EP “A Hundred Setting Suns,” creates  music and performance poetry that explores the challenging relationship to their own body as a queer Filipinx femme. Donna Miscolta is an author currently based in Seattle whose writing has been featured in over a dozen journals, including Seattle Magazine, America’s Review, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, and others. She is the author of the story collection Hola and Goodbye and the novel When the de la Cruz Family Danced. Recorded live at The Summit by Town Hall Seattle on Thursday, June 7, 2018. 

How do our bodies retain memory of the events they experience? How can we connect with the emotions and life-altering changes recorded within our physical selves? Local artists Neve Mazique and Nic Masangkay took the stage with Inside/Out Neighborhood Resident Jordan Alam to share original works of prose, movement, and music expressing how personal experiences are held within the body. They presented their narratives of life altering and intensely physical moments—from birth to violence—exploring how these events have impacted these artists physically, and how their bodies still carry changes that impact every encounter with the world. Neve Mazique, fresh from their stunning one-person show “Bet Ya Ungodly Things” at Gay City Arts, incorporates dance, movement, and storytelling in their pieces. Their work uses magical realism and explores the intersections of living as a disabled black queer person. Nic Masangkay, who has just released an EP “A Hundred Setting Suns,” creates  music and performance poetry that explores the challenging relationship to their own body as a queer Filipinx femme. Writer, Doula, and Town Hall Resident Jordan Alam shares performance prose pieces, capturing moments of significant transformation—birth, experiences of violence, and life-altering change. Recorded live at Rainier Arts Center by Town Hall Seattle on March 31, 2018.