It’s a Filipino American story that says a lot about us then and now. RSVP to attend an online discussion with the filmmaker Celine Parrenas Shimizu,family members of Cecilia “Celine” Navarro, FANHS founder Dorothy Cordova and others. I’m moderating, so RSVP now for this FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH capper.
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Posted by Filipino American National Historical Society Museum on Saturday, October 24, 2020
Why bother celebrating a guy who thought he was going to Asia, ended up in the Bahamas, then gets credited for discovering America?
That’s what I call an “upward fail.”
Check it out:
And read my emil amok columns here.
Emil Amok’s Takeout is Emil Guillermo’s Take on the News, Life and anything that strikes him from his American Filipino Asian perspective.
Watch his interview here with Prof. E.J. Ramos David on Colonial Mentality. But also hear him rant on Stephen Miller, the White House’s lax lockdown, Mother’s Day and Other things…..
See Emil’s column’s on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund website!
Would you rather fast forward and listen audio only?
Check out the player here:
It’s happening …
“Emil Amok! Married to PETA and other Love Stories.”
at the SF Solofest, two nights only.
Come to the Potrero Stage – 1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Get your tickets with this special amok insiders’ code:
SPF3EG$10.
Go to: https://playground-sf.org/solofest
Here’s what critics have said about Emil Amok’s performances:
“Charismatic…Guillermo’s life is one worth exploring.”–DC Metro Arts
“A refreshing experience in more ways than one. At the end of the hour, when Emil thanks the audience for seeing him as his authentic, non-invisble self–well, that’s what makes theatre so worthwhile, isnt’ it?” –DC Theatre Scene
“Was this standup, a monologue, a rant? …Enjoy trying to keep pace with Guillermo’s brilliant mind.” –Orlando Weekly.
“Excellent…Emil Guillermo knows how to tell a story and that ability sets “Amok Monologues” above other solo shows.” –San Diego Story
Get your tickets with this special amok insiders’ code:
SPF3EG$10.
Go to: https://playground-sf.org/solofest
It’s “Emil Amok: Married to PETA and other Love Stories.”
The fruit bat flies again!
Emil Guillermo is an award -winning journalist and commentator whose “Amok” columns have appeared for the last 25 years in print and on the web in both mainstream and ethnic media. Home based at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund website , he’s also read in Filipino American web and print publications in the U.S. and Hawaii. Inspired by his columns, Emil takes to the stage to make his stories come alive, A former NPR host,TV broadcaster, and talk show host, he is the host and producer of “The PETA Podcast.” Listen here.
Don’t miss out:
Get your tickets with this special amok insiders’ code:
SPF3EG$10.
Go to: https://playground-sf.org/solofest
It’s “Emil Amok: Married to PETA and other Love Stories.”
