BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250906T210000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20250812T221942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T184819Z UID:21840-1757187000-1757192400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Ragas in Conversation DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/ragas-conversation/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ragas-in-Convo-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250920T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250920T160000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20250721T061943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T200256Z UID:21777-1758376800-1758384000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: A History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law (1850s-1960s) DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-author-panel/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/UPDATED-Chinese-Author-Panel-Web-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T163000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20250807T182331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T214833Z UID:21818-1759590000-1759595400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Oakland Ilokana Film Premiere DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oakland-ilokana/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Oakland-Ilokana-Preview-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T203000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20250927T170106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T034601Z UID:22386-1762369200-1762374600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America" book talk with Jeff Chang DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/jeff-chang-bruce-lee/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jeff-Chang-Bruce-Lee-Book-Launch-Preview-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251108T203000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251008T150709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T011128Z UID:22466-1762628400-1762633800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Arabesque: A Middle Eastern Dance and Music Concert DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/arabesque/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Arabesque-Preview-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251119T172208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T173414Z UID:22663-1764936000-1764939600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:December Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-dec2025/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251107T213211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T201421Z UID:22621-1764961200-1764968400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:“The Empathizer" A Documentary About Vietnam Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/empathizer/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Empathizer-Preview-1080-x-1080-px-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260109T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251216T062046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T195717Z UID:22737-1767960000-1767963600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:January Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-jan2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T180000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251212T053126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T183728Z UID:22709-1768060800-1768068000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinese Couplets: A Film by Felicia Lowe DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-couplets/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chinese-Couplets-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260111T143000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251030T163029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T052106Z UID:22603-1768136400-1768141800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:From Ally to Activated: Breaking Barriers to Community Action DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/activated/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Redesigned-Get-Activated-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T160000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251229T212949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T213238Z UID:22767-1769349600-1769356800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Reparations: A Film by Jon Osaki DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/reparations-film/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Reparations-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260114T160348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T185220Z UID:22798-1770163200-1773532799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Topaz Toddlers Exhibition: Children’s Art from an American Concentration Camp DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/topaz-toddlers/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events,Upcoming Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Topaz-Toddlers-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251225T030557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T212416Z UID:22758-1770462000-1770480000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year x Black History Month 2026: Celebrating Asian & African-American Solidarity DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lny-bhm-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Celebrating-Asian-African-American-Solidarity.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260213T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260121T225442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T225727Z UID:22841-1770984000-1770987600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:February Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-feb2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T160000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260120T072722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T042457Z UID:22815-1771768800-1771776000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Honoring Day of Remembrance: Children’s Art from an American Concentration Camp DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/day-of-remembrance-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Topaz-Toddlers-FB-1080-x-1080-px-v2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260228T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260228T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20251218T155311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T203515Z UID:22743-1772280000-1772283600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bilingual Bike Commuting Basics Workshop (Cantonese and English) DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/bike-basics/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bike-Commuting-Feb-28-English-1080-x-1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260303T201924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T202235Z UID:22986-1772798400-1772802000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:March Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-feb2026-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260315T150000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260219T084830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T084959Z UID:22932-1773579600-1773586800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tales of the Tofu Goddess: A Tribute to the Artful Life of Flo Oy Wong DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tofu-goddess/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Tofu-Goddess-Preview-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260524 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260226T194319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T224303Z UID:22956-1773792000-1779580799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Our Language\, Our Story: Photos by Joyce Xi DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/joyce-xi/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events,Upcoming Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Joyce-Xi-Exhibition-PREVIEW-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260227T233159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T194052Z UID:22970-1774033200-1774040400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Nowruz with the Persian Classical Trio DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/persian-classical/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Nowruz-2026-Preview-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260403T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260327T192619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T192722Z UID:23133-1775217600-1775221200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:April Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-apr2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T150000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260323T211521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T233740Z UID:23100-1775908800-1775919600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Southeast Asian New Year Celebration 2026 DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/sea-ny-2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SEAsian-NY-2026-1080-x-1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T180000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260323T185428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T190026Z UID:23090-1776528000-1776535200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Echoes of Eureka: A Youth Opera Bridging History and Hope DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/echoes-eureka/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Echoes-of-Eureka-FB-1080-x-1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260326T233054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T210412Z UID:23119-1777118400-1777125600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The OACC 2026 Interactive Artist Showcase DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-showcase-26/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Interactive-Artist-Showcase-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260331T221747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T223148Z UID:23139-1777208400-1777222800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Tea & Tiles: A Sunday Social With 13 Orphans DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tea-tiles/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tea-Tiles-FB-1080-x-1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T130000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260427T212153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T212240Z UID:23261-1777636800-1777640400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:May Mending Circle DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mending-may2026/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mending-Circle-Evergreen-Preview-White-Background.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T153000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260326T234447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T193016Z UID:23126-1777813200-1777822200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Strong Like Bamboo DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/strong-bamboo-26/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Strong-Like-Bamboo-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T203000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260423T222057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T161947Z UID:23227-1778781600-1778790600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Asian Voices in Children’s Media: a Talk With Nira Liu\, Eugenia Yoh\, and Elenor Mak DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/asian-kids-media/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Celebrating-Asian-Voices-in-Childrens-Media-FB-1080-x-1080-px-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260517T160000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260409T230626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T185722Z UID:23171-1779026400-1779033600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stories from the Edge of Sea: A Book Launch With Andrew Lam DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/andrew-lam/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Andrew-Lam-Book-Launch-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260724T150532 CREATED:20260422T214047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T220439Z UID:23150-1779474600-1779483600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Queer Asian World Cinema: QWOCFF Satellite Screening DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 22\, 20266:30-9 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP presents the 22nd annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival—47 films by queer women\, nonbinary\, and trans filmmakers of color\, screening from May through October 2026. This year’s festival theme\, “We Resist\, and We Roll\,” holds the fullness of what this community does. We push back against the forces that try to erase us. And we keep making films. WRaWR—because we’ve always done both at the same time.   OACC is honored to host one of the Film Festival’s opening events\, the Queer Asian World Cinema satellite screening. Experience a dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence. A body that can’t close its eyes and a desert haunted by water. A girl and her ramen rewriting the West. Love and hurt imagined before birth. A night that pulls two sisters off course. Eight films moving between memory\, diaspora\, and dream where identity flickers\, stretches\, and insists on being seen.   This screening is presented by QWOCMAP in partnership with the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)\, and Visual Communications in Los Angeles. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested at the link below. Masking will be required\, and free masks will be provided at the event. Audio description will be available.   The Queer Asian World Cinema screening will include the following films:   • Stay Hot Stay Chill by Nancy YiYu Chen • Memoria by Ross Vasallo • Stroke of Dreams by Tracy Nguyen • Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie  • Somewhere To Be by Libby Chun • Hugs & Kisses by Alexandra Orr • A Swim in the Desert by Coffee Kang • Ramen Western by Meloddy Gao \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT QWOCMAP \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-QWOCMAP builds narrative power by transforming the world’s most expensive art form into a tool for liberation. Founded in 2000\, QWOCMAP funds\, creates\, exhibits\, and distributes high-impact films to shatter stereotypes and bias\, reveal the lived truth of inequality\, and illuminate the incisive leadership and creative brilliance of LBTQIA+ people of color.    QWOCMAP provides critical support and resources for LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers. Over 500 films have been created through our award-winning Filmmaker Training Program\, the largest catalog of films by LBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers in the world. QWOCMAP presents its annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival to build community and cross-movement solidarity. QWOCMAP’s curatorial practice and boutique film distribution strengthens political education and movement building. Our vision advances cultural resistance and renewal through filmmaker-activists who reshape power structures and create futures where justice and equity are the norm. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/qwocmap/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Queer-Asian-Cinema-FB-1080-x-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR