New York, NY (Oct 2nd, 2009) – AsianinNY.com, New York’s leader in Asian networking and a multi-cultural sharing site, will host a Harvest Moon Festival event on Oct 9th 2009 from 7pm to 10pm at Bennett Media Studio (723 Washington St., NY) to raise funds for Typhoon Morakot victims. On August 8th, 2009, Taiwan suffered from Typhoon Morakot, which caused the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in damages. The Moon Festival Event will be dedicated to friends and families whose lives have been altered by this tragedy, and a celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many amazing performers will be featured including singer Ai Gao, performer/songwriter Ayesha Adamo, music producer Ed Bennett, singer/dancer Cher Jia Sun, talk show host/singer Dusty Wright and spoken word artist Kelly Tsai will take part in this charity event to help with the fundraising for the reconstruction of Taiwan. The 2008 Koan J. Baysa Award Recipient New-York based Chinese artist Yu Zhang will also present an exhibition of her new series of oil paintings during this event.

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