Sifting the Inner Belt 篩羅內環 Tamizando el Cinturón Interno:

Artists and Authors

catherine D'Ignazio a.k.a. kanarinka
New media artist interested in collaboration, community and public space.

Contact Info:
144 Moody Street
Building 4, 4th Floor
Waltham, MA 02453
phone: (617)501-2441
email: [email protected]
Hiroko Kikuchi
A performance and public artist. Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Her work explores the formative and communicative meaning of everyday activities as a mutual "language," influenced by the social environment, tradition, and aesthetics which all co-exist within confining behavioral structures. For the last 2 years, she has been working on creating a protocol to address social and cultural matters by re-structuring the concept and form of performance art.

Contact Info:
57 Boylston St. #3 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
phone: (617)905-6323
email: [email protected]
Jeremy Chan Peng Chu
Singapore born, artist and photographer, explores cultural space production in-between the processes of change, interested in Chinese diasporal space and collaborative practice.

54 Clarendon Street Level 1
Boston MA 02116
phone: (617) 375 6399
email: [email protected]
Jeremy Chi-Ming Liu
Director of Community Programs at the Asian Community Develpment Corporation, public artist, activist

57 Boylston St. #3
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
fax: (617) 482-3056
email: [email protected]
Kim Szeto
Student at Wheaton College (Norton, MA) pursuing a self designed major in Environmental Studies.

cell: 617-957-5087
email: [email protected]
Natalie Loveless
artist, critic and theorist interested in dialogic space, performance practice, critical and cultural theory.

Contact Info:
History of Consciousness Ph.D. Program
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
phone: (617) 549-3239
email: [email protected]
William H. Ho
Community Organizer and photographer interested in how urban spaces affect and interact with the public

Asian Community Development Corp.
888 Washington St., Suite 102
Boston, MA 02111
phone: 617-953-1288
fax: 617-482-3056
email: [email protected]

Bitter Melon week is upon us! From July 22-30, visit an extensive list of participating restaurants in the South End to taste an array of exciting dishes that feature Bitter Melon.

If you are able to eat at each establishment or no, you can still drop in and pick up a FREE recipe card at each restaurant. Then, when you have collected all 14, return to the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts to assemble your very own Bitter Melon Recipe Book!

Participating Restaurants

B&G Oysters, Ltd: 550 Tremont Street
Bostonian Market: 570 Tremont Street
Botucatu: 57 W. Dedham Street
Christopher's Cafe: 59 E. Springfield Street
The Corner Cafe: 502 Massachusetts Avenue
Equator: 1721 Washington Street
Hamersley's Bistro: 553 Tremont Street
House of Siam: 542 Columbus Avenue
Kosmos Market: 683 Tremont Street
Nicole's Pizza: 639 Tremont Street
Perdix: 560 Tremont Street
Pho Republique: 1415 Washington Street
Polka Dog Bakery: 256 Shawmut Avenue
The Red Fez: 1222 Washington Street

Visit the Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts (539 Tremont Street) for a map of Bitter Melon Week restaurants and recipe book assembly materials.

CONTRIBUTE YOUR EXPERIENCES ONLINE! We'd love to hear what you think about all of these different Bitter Melon dishes. Please feel free to write comments here. You can also contact the National Bitter Melon Council directly at [email protected].

Thank you for participating! Enjoy the celebration and the yummy Bitter Melon goodies!

Date: June 3, 2005
Time: 6-8pm

Instruction: Zone

Demarcate your own "Empowerment Zone"*

*"In December 1994, Boston was designated an Enhanced Enterprise Community (EEC) and awarded $44 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in loans and grants to promote economic development. The City also received $2.95 million to support human services. By 1999, the EEC created or expanded zone-based businesses; extended childcare services to 1,240 children; and provided education, information and training to 1,000 adults. In addition, 60% of the many new industrial, health care, office, retail and hotel jobs created through EEC funding went to EEC residents.

In January 1999, Boston was designated an Empowerment Zone (EZ) by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Empowerment Zone designation carries a100 million dollar award over a 10-year period. The Zone includes 57,640 residents (1990 Census), covers 5.8 square miles, and extends over sections of downtown, Chiantown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury, the Seaport District, South Boston, and the South End. The goal of the EZ is to generate economic self-sufficiency for individuals, families, and communities through job creation and human development."

Source: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/bostonez/about/about.asp

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