BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.15.20//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:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T143000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20211004T210829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211114T225617Z UID:11292-1636894800-1636900200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Centering Senior Care and Aging During COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/senior-care-aging-covid-19-panel-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211114SeniorCareThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T153000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20211012T021851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211114T225750Z UID:11559-1636207200-1636212600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:ILLUMINATION: Literary Works Imagining New Light DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/illumination/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211106Illumination_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210824T232155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T032745Z UID:11209-1636133400-1636138800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Prints & Protest: The Legacy of Poster Making in Social Justice Movements DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/prints-and-protest-panel-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20211105PrintsAndProtest_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211219 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210721T185319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T192712Z UID:11059-1635292800-1639871999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2021 Chuseok Youth Art Contest Gallery DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/2021-chuseok-youth-art-contest/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021ChuseokArtContestGallery_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Korean Center%2C Inc.":MAILTO:info@koreancentersf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211023T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210729T192024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T205256Z UID:11103-1634994000-1634997600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Case for Cancer Screenings | 癌症篩查的重要性 DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/cancer-screening-panel-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20211023CancerScreeningThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T180000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210806T171717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211016T175402Z UID:11137-1634320800-1634320800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Gala — Lift Up: Change Through Arts & Activism DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-gala-lift-up/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Instagram-Slide-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T163000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210817T215141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T212957Z UID:11181-1633791600-1633797000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Gene Luen Yang and Pornsak Pichetshote Write Heroes in APA History Comics DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/apa_history_comics/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20211009ComicBookTalk.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211218 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210706T234015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T192655Z UID:10999-1633132800-1639785599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Art of Protest: 1960s-1970s to Now DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-art-of-protest/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20211001ArtofProtest_Thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210817T233316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T225713Z UID:11186-1633028400-1633032000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Remembering Shanghai" Book Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/remembering-shanghai-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210930ShanghaiThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210715T202303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T000131Z UID:11043-1630004400-1630008000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Agni: Virtual Screening & Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/agni-screening-and-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210826AgniThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210814T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210706T235300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210815T004456Z UID:11005-1628956800-1628962200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Envision & Enact: Community Thriving DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/envision-enact-community-thriving/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210814CommunityThrivingThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210725T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210725T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210709T194205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T191919Z UID:11014-1627210800-1627218000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:FOODLINE: Mapping Our Diaspora from Culture to Conversation DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/foodline/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Thumbnail_fullimage_dm.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210722T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210603T214453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T041608Z UID:10929-1626980400-1626987600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:ESSENTIAL TRUTHS Anthology Readings - East Bay Showcase DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/essential-truths-east-bay/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210722Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210709T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210710T143000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210503T192550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210710T214709Z UID:10822-1625850000-1625927400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:MINARI: Virtual Screening & Community Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/minari-screening-and-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210709MinariThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210901 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210603T172918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T174621Z UID:10920-1625097600-1630454399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Political Inheritance: An Exploration of AAPI Political Agency & Identities DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/political-inheritance/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Instapost.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210512T220829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T193346Z UID:10867-1624723200-1624726800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Queer Taiko DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-queer-taiko/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210626Thumbnail_QueerTaiko-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210625T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210625T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210527T180408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T192924Z UID:10914-1624644000-1624647600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Rising DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/community-rising/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/06252021Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210414T012809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210613T003158Z UID:10738-1623502800-1623506400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Swimming to Freedom Book Talk with Kent and Freddie Wong DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/swimming-to-freedom-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210612SwimmingThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210606T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210606T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210514T181753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210607T182833Z UID:10851-1622984400-1622988000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Kids Storytime: "Wishes" by Mượn Thị Văn & "When Lola Visits" by Michelle Sterling DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/kids-storytime-wishes-when-lola-visits/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210606Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T160000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210409T190934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T003715Z UID:10685-1621695600-1621699200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Instant Pot Asian Pressure Cooker Meals" Book Talk & Cooking Demo DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/instant-pot-book-talk-cooking-demo/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210522Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210323T173009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T005410Z UID:10567-1621094400-1621099800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Leela Dance Collective DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-leela-dance-collective/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210515Thumbnail_LDC.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210507T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210509T193000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060629 CREATED:20210322T205843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T005711Z UID:10570-1620410400-1620588600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:140 LBS + OVER 140 LBS: A Virtual Double-Feature DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/140lbs-double-feature/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/140LBS_Oakland_thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210504T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210504T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210419T190503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T225450Z UID:10764-1620129600-1620133200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: The AAPI Experience — Listen\, Learn\, Act! DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/panel-discussion-the-aapi-experience-listen-learn-act/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/5_4-Event-Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T184500 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20191226T213710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210502T022806Z UID:7433-1619890200-1619894700@oacc.cc SUMMARY:46 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Conversation About Empathy & Healing DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-mountains-sing-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2021050146YrsPostVietnamWarThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210303T205247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210620T232547Z UID:10481-1619827200-1624233599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Moments of Expression DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/moments-of-expression/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210501MomentsThumbnail_v3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T143000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210311T235912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T014653Z UID:10516-1619269200-1619274600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Fighting for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: Perspectives from Asian American Community Organizing DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/fighting-for-immigrant-and-refugee-rights-panel/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210424ImmigrationThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T160000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210305T195735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T200659Z UID:10494-1618671600-1618675200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Quarantini Mixer: Afternoon Tea with Malaya Tea Room DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/quarantini-mixer-afternoon-tea/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/QM4-Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210418 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210305T202927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T201157Z UID:10405-1618185600-1618703999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:New Year Celebration: South and Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-spring-ny-2021/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Spring-New-Year-Thumbnail-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20201219T235951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T225916Z UID:9136-1616256000-1616261400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Parangal Dance Company DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-parangal-dance-co/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20210320ParangalThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210313T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210313T143000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060630 CREATED:20210211T211035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210313T224224Z UID:10192-1615640400-1615645800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Three Coins: A True Story of Kidnappings\, Slavery\, and Romance in San Francisco's Chinatown DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/three-coins-book-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20210313ThreeCoinsThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR