Join the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) for a night of trivia with Geeks Who Drink "Quiz for a Cause"! For a small suggested entry fee of $5, you can join the evening's quiz. The winning team will get a prize and the rest will go to helping OACC continue to serve our community through […]

OACC is excited to host CreativeMornings! The event is free and RSVP tickets become available Monday, January 27th. This month’s theme is Roots. We’ll have chef Tu David Phu speaking at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on Jan. 31st. Join us for free breakfast, free coffee and tea, and—of course—stimulating discussion that’ll start your 2020 […]

OACC is celebrating the Year of the Rat with live performances and fun activities for the whole family in the heart of Oakland Chinatown! Enjoy our Youth Showcase featuring students performing guzheng (Chinese zither), various Chinese dances and more. Join interactive workshops on Japanese taiko drumming, relaxing Taichi exercises, and children’s story time with a […]

Never again is NOW. Join OACC and Tsuru for Solidarity for a “Tsuru Fold In,” to fold cranes that will join the “National Pilgrimage to Close the Camps” in June 2020. This movement plans to bring 125,000 paper cranes, or tsuru, as expressions of solidarity with immigrant and refugee communities that are under attack today. […]

In collaboration with The Greenlining Institute, the Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP) is creating a new mural located at the Greenlining building at 360 14th St. in Oakland. Through the production process, CRP is reaching out to the community to broaden the conversation around arts and culture, public art, cultural equity, and cultural preservation - including […]

A moving and important story of an America that seems ever more possible, The Resisters is also the story of one family struggling to maintain its humanity and normalcy in circumstances that threaten their every value–as well as their very existence. “The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for […]

Learn how to tie bojagi into a wine carrier, purse, basket liner, tissue box cover and much more. “Bojagi” is a general term in Korean for wrapping cloths.  Bojagi have many functions, and have an important role in Korean culture. Koreans like to use bojagi to wrap gifts, carry and store objects, wedding ceremonies, and […]

  Nearly all Japanese Americans were subject to accusations of disloyalty during World War II, but Buddhists aroused particular suspicion. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in […]