BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230610T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230427T054910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T131908Z UID:13908-1686398400-1686412800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:AAPI Mental Health and Wellness Jam DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/aapi-wellness-jam/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PEERS-Mental-Health-Instagram-Post-Square-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230329T223404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T200648Z UID:13551-1685734200-1685741400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Pasifika Futurism\, the SPULU Experience DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/cohh-spulu/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/the-spulu-experience-11-square-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230419T205257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T172120Z UID:13547-1685282400-1685293200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Strong Like Bamboo: Stories of Resilience for Healing in the Era of Anti-AAPI Violence DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/strong-like-bamboo/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Sunday-May-28-2023-200pm-1-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230406T221701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T191245Z UID:13557-1684519200-1684526400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Find Your Crew: Connecting Bay Area Filmmakers and Content Creators DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/findyourcrew/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/6.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230329T222814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T184739Z UID:13553-1684000800-1684008000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Son of Paper DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/cohh-sop/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/05132023-COHH-SOP-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230411T223757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T220020Z UID:13775-1683720000-1690736400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Unsigned\, Unsealed\, Delivered (I'm Yours) DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/poinciana/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Poinciana-thumbnail-REVISED.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230221T192837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T194501Z UID:13420-1682191800-1682199000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Joe Kye\, SURRIJA\, and Nikbo DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/cohh-rootingself/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/04222023-COHH-Rooting-Self-IG-flyers-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230402T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230402T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230302T012100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231937Z UID:13525-1680444000-1680451200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Have You Eaten Yet? A Conversation with Cheuk Kwan & Martin Yan on Food and the Chinese Diaspora DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/have-you-eaten-yet/ 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/2023/03/Have-You-Eaten-Yet-IG-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230324T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230106T184132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T145813Z UID:13211-1679680800-1679686200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Singles Oakferno: 21+ Singles Mixer for Young Professionals DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/singlesoakferno/ 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/2023/01/singles-oakferno-updated-website-thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230131T064746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001816Z UID:13345-1679076000-1679083200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: 48 Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Continued Conversation About Empathy & Healing DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/dustchild/ 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/2023/01/03172023-Dust-Child-IG-Flyer-4.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230316T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230302T184843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001907Z UID:13530-1678995000-1679175000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Dancing Moons Festival with Oakland Ballet Company DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/dancing-moons-festival/ 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/2023/03/Dancing-Moons-Festival-IG-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230307T191355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T222839Z UID:13574-1678881600-1682866800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2023 Virtual Community Night Market DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/vcnm-apply/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Vendor-application-live.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230221T195319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T194523Z UID:13438-1677862800-1682197200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Current Exhibition: Li Ching World DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/lichingworld-2/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Copy-of-20230301_LiChing_Opening_Panel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230218T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230501T120000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230105T225516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T214941Z UID:13235-1676721600-1682942400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Day of Remembrance Community Map Project (Ongoing) DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/dor-community-map-project-2/ 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/2023/01/Day-of-Remembrance-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230111T192311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T071903Z UID:13229-1676653200-1676662200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE: Chapbook Reading and Writing Workshop with antmen pimentel mendoza DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/my-bf-apocalypse/ 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/2023/01/MY-BOYFRIEND-APOCALYPSE-instagram.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T150000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115549 CREATED:20230105T231744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T001956Z UID:13222-1676122200-1676127600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:PEONY AMOUR - Sultry Ecstasy and Frosty Agony: Book Talk with Raymond Chong DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/peonyamour/ 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/2023/01/20230211Peony-Amour-BookTalk_Thumbnail-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230204T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20221207T214608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231330Z UID:13160-1675508400-1675526400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lunar New Year x Black History Month: Celebration of Black & Asian Solidarity DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/lnyxbhm/ 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/2022/12/CO-PRESENTED-BY-Instagram-Post-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230225 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20230113T233852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T231846Z UID:13281-1673913600-1677283199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Bandung To The Bay: Intersections of Solidarity DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/bandung-to-the-bay-exhibition-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220715BandungtotheBay_Thumbnail-e1673653068165.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T153000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20221117T010720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195553Z UID:13136-1670076000-1670081400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:CRESCENCIANA Book Talk: Connecting with our Ancestors’ Narratives DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/crescenciana/ 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/2022/11/20221203CrescencianaBookTalk_Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20221005T211519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195601Z UID:12986-1667656800-1667664000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Uncommon Ground: Write Now! SF Bay's New Anthology DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/uncommonground/ 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/2022/10/uncommon-ground.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221219 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220914T223149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T225521Z UID:12918-1667520000-1671407999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Distant Journeys of Cultural Exchange DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/distant-journeys/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/distantjourneys_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20221013T205538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T182514Z UID:13020-1666350000-1666454400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Community Ofrenda Building 2022: Celebrating Día De Los Muertos with OMCA DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/communityofrenda2022/ 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/2022/10/10212022_CommunityOfrenda_Thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220527T172552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T213255Z UID:12525-1665856800-1665864000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Gala 2022 DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/gala-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/OACC-Gala-IG.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T173000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220823T002613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T220218Z UID:12705-1665855000-1665855000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:26th Anniversary Gala — Celebrate Asian Love DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/celebration-asian-love/ LOCATION:Pacific Renaissance Plaza\, 388 Ninth Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/heart_hand-1@3x.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221101 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220824T220054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T195618Z UID:12869-1664582400-1667260799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Press Play: Exhibition - Raising Mental Health Awareness DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/pressplay/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/20221001PressPlay_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T123000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220824T212839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T172608Z UID:12701-1662805800-1662813000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stop the Violence - Solidarity Now! Forum 1 DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/solidaritynow/ 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/2022/08/20220910_BAMCForum_thumbnail.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220926 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220803T214002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T210939Z UID:12648-1661990400-1664150399@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Stories From My Mother's House DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/stories-from-my-mothers-house/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220901StoriesFromMothersHouse_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220614T174706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T205707Z UID:12605-1659798000-1659803400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Painting The Streets" Book Talk [POSTPONED] DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/painting-the-streets-book-talk-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220806PaintingTheStreetsBookTalk_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220603T050838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T212936Z UID:12562-1659193200-1659200400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Lil Tokyo Reporter" 10th Anniversary Screening DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/lil-tokyo-reporter-10th-anniversary-screening/ 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/2022/06/20220730LittleTokyoReporterScreening_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220716T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T115550 CREATED:20220524T175034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T212947Z UID:12499-1657980000-1657990800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Minhwa Family Workshop DESCRIPTION:REGISTER FOR OPENING RECEPTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Opening Reception \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “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.Join us for the opening reception of this extraordinary exhibition on Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 at 1 PM featuring a screening of Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong\, a brief discussion with the exhibition curators\, and food from a few of the featured local businesses!   This 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drawn from Life: The Creative Legacy of Flo Oy Wong (20 minutes) \n \n \n \n As the sixth daughter of Chinese immigrants living in Oakland’s Chinatown in the 1940s-1960s\, Flo Oy Wong was determined to break free of a life of pre-destined invisibility. She began her art career at the age of forty. Her poetry career started at seventy-five. Now eighty-five\, her life came full circle when The Community Rejuvenation Project proposed to paint a mural of her at 723 Webster in Oakland\, the former site of her family’s restaurant\, The Great China. In this film\, Flo’s beginnings in Oakland’s Chinatown come to life once more— this time through the eyes of another artist.  \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/minhwa-family-workshop-2022/ 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/2022/05/20220716MinhwaWorkshop_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR