BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oakland Asian Cultural Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://oacc.cc X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oakland Asian Cultural Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220430T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220430T220000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220422T210449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220502T185038Z UID:12280-1651327200-1651356000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lotus Link Up: Tiger's Tap Room Party DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lotus-link-up-1/ LOCATION:Tiger’s Taproom\, 308 Jackson Street STE 4\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LL-Instagram-TTR.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220601 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220427T012322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T164241Z UID:12315-1651276800-1654041599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/aapi-heritage-month-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/APIA-Month.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220428T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220623T160000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220411T220206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220713T183459Z UID:12246-1651156200-1656000000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:KCCEB Community Healing Space DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/kcceb-community-healing-space-2022/ 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/2022/04/KCCEB-Community-Healing-Space-Flyer-Instagram-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T150000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220219T041621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220423T231024Z UID:11910-1650720600-1650726000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Hip Hop For Change Workshop DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-hh4c/ 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/2022/02/20220416Thumbnail_HH4C-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220605 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220427T004535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220605T044944Z UID:12313-1650067200-1654387199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Oakland AAPI Small Biz Map Challenge DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/2022-aapi-map-challenge/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220416MapChallengethumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220611 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220302T004942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220614T231228Z UID:12107-1649980800-1654905599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Textures of Remembrance: Vietnamese Artists and Writers Reflect on the Vietnamese Diaspora DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/textures-of-remembrance-exhibition/ 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/2022/03/20220415TexturesThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220425 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220314T195748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T223713Z UID:12143-1648252800-1650844799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Housing! DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/housing-exhibition-2022/ 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/2022/03/20220325HousingThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220327 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220225T001146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T194719Z UID:12086-1648080000-1648339199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Oakland Ballet's Dancing Moons Festival DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/dancing-moons-festival-2022/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022032DancingMoonsFestival_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T173000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220119T012621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220320T003928Z UID:11751-1647705600-1647711000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Sri Vidya Dance School DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/heart-filled-heritage-series-sri-vidya-dance/ 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/2022/01/20220319Thumbnail_SVDS.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220218T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211214T192445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220222T190428Z UID:11685-1645207200-1645214400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Manzanar\, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust" Virtual Screening and Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/manzanar-diverted-screening-and-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20220218ManzanarDiverted_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220213T163000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211203T002446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T233926Z UID:11679-1644764400-1644769800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Book Talk: "We Hereby Refuse": The Bay Area Allies DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/we-hereby-refuse-bay-area-allies-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20220213WeHerebyRefuseBookTalk_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220212T140000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211130T200122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T233833Z UID:11669-1644670800-1644674400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Book Talk: Chinese Children's Hats with Terri Wong DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-childrens-hats-book-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20220212HatsBookTalk_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220417 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211129T235457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T174229Z UID:11658-1644019200-1650153599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC 2022 Asian Pacific New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-apny-2022/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/general-title-ad.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220417 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210222T194107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T174237Z UID:10397-1644019200-1650153599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2022 Virtual Community Night Market DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-community-night-market/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2022-apny-vendor-app-open.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220401 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20220125T182536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220406T003828Z UID:11759-1643846400-1648771199@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lincoln School 2022 Lunar New Year Art Contest Gallery DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/2022-lincoln-school-lny-art-contest/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20220203LNYArtContestThumbnail-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220301 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210202T021615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220302T000956Z UID:9894-1643673600-1646092799@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Black History Month Community Events DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/black-history-month-community-events/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/20220201BlackHistoryMonth.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220129T163000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211129T222237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T190431Z UID:11651-1643468400-1643473800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Book Talk: "Auntie Sewing Squad Guide To Mask Making\, Radical Care\, and Racial Justice" DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/auntie-sewing-squad-guide-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AuntieSewingSquad_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211027T204043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211211T181519Z UID:11604-1639161000-1639166400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Wake Up with Michelle MiJung Kim DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-wake-up-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211210WakeUp_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T173000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210929T004555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211121T014432Z UID:11402-1637424000-1637429400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"The Shikoku Pilgrimage: Japan's Sacred Trail" Book Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/shikoku-pilgrimage-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20211120ShikokuBookTalk_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211105T214412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211121T014553Z UID:11627-1637258400-1637262000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Friendsgiving: "In The Land of My Ancestors" Film Screening & Discussion DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/friendsgiving2021/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Friendsgiving-2021-Instagram-Post-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T143000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211004T210829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211114T225617Z UID:11292-1636894800-1636900200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Centering Senior Care and Aging During COVID-19 DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/senior-care-aging-covid-19-panel-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211114SeniorCareThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T153000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20211012T021851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211114T225750Z UID:11559-1636207200-1636212600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:ILLUMINATION: Literary Works Imagining New Light DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/illumination/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/20211106Illumination_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T190000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210824T232155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T032745Z UID:11209-1636133400-1636138800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Prints & Protest: The Legacy of Poster Making in Social Justice Movements DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/prints-and-protest-panel-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20211105PrintsAndProtest_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211219 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210721T185319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T192712Z UID:11059-1635292800-1639871999@oacc.cc SUMMARY:2021 Chuseok Youth Art Contest Gallery DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/2021-chuseok-youth-art-contest/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021ChuseokArtContestGallery_Thumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Korean Center%2C Inc.":MAILTO:info@koreancentersf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211023T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211023T140000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210729T192024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T205256Z UID:11103-1634994000-1634997600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Case for Cancer Screenings | 癌症篩查的重要性 DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/cancer-screening-panel-talk/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20211023CancerScreeningThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T180000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210806T171717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211016T175402Z UID:11137-1634320800-1634320800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:25th Anniversary Gala — Lift Up: Change Through Arts & Activism DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/virtual-gala-lift-up/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Instagram-Slide-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T163000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210817T215141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T212957Z UID:11181-1633791600-1633797000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Gene Luen Yang and Pornsak Pichetshote Write Heroes in APA History Comics DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/apa_history_comics/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20211009ComicBookTalk.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211218 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210706T234015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T192655Z UID:10999-1633132800-1639785599@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Art of Protest: 1960s-1970s to Now DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-art-of-protest/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th Street\, Suite 290\, Oakland\, CA 94607\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607 CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20211001ArtofProtest_Thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210817T233316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T225713Z UID:11186-1633028400-1633032000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:"Remembering Shanghai" Book Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/remembering-shanghai-book-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210930ShanghaiThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210826T200000 DTSTAMP:20260623T061237 CREATED:20210715T202303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T000131Z UID:11043-1630004400-1630008000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Agni: Virtual Screening & Talk DESCRIPTION:“Elder Voices: Chinatown Legacy Businesses” features stories and portraits from six cultural keepers whose businesses have been and continue to be Chinatown pillars. Oral histories will feature stories about the legacy and contributions of Cam Ahn Restaurant\, Green Fish Market\, Draline Tong Herbs\, Yuen Hop Market\, Imperial Soup\, and the Great China (1950s). Featuring photos by Chinatown Pretty photographer\, Andria Lo. \n \n \nThis exhibition will be available to view during OACC’s business hours (Wednesday-Saturday\, 12 PM -5 PM).  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Meet the Exhibition Artists & Curator \n \n \n \n Lead Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andria Lo \n \n \n \n Raised in Alaska and Texas\, Andria Lo a freelance editorial and commercial photographer now based in San Francisco Bay Area. With a background in studio art with a degree from University of California Berkeley\, her first photo book\, Chinatown Pretty\, was published in fall of 2020 by Chronicle Books. For more information\, visit http://www.andrialo.com/about. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Contributing Artist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong \n \n \n \n William Gee Wong is a print journalist\, author\, and amateur historian. A native of Oakland\, California’s Chinatown\, William was previously a journalist for The Wall Street Journal (1970-1979)\, The Oakland Tribune (1979-1996). He also wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle\, San Francisco News Call Bulletin\, San Francisco Examiner\, East West: the Chinese American Journal\, and Asian Week.  William is the author of Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America\, Images of America: Oakland’s Chinatown\, and co-author of Images of America: Angel Island\, and his forthcoming book Sons of Chinatown\, A Memoir Rooted in China and America to be released in Spring 2024. For more information\, visit https://www.williamgeewong.com. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong \n \n \n \n Flo Oy Wong\, co-founder of the San Francisco-based Asian American Women Artists Association\, is an artist\, poet\, and educator. She is a recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts awards\, and has been a visiting artist at various colleges and universities. She has also been featured in articles in multiple publications. Growing up in Oakland Chinatown\, she spoke her family’s ancestral dialect\, Hoisan-wa. In 2018\, Flo published her art and poetry book\, Dreaming of Glistening Pomelos\, inspired by her childhood. Contemporary Asian Theater Scene presented Wong with their 2022 Image Hero Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNellie Wong \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nellie Wong has published four books: Dreams in Harrison Railroad Park\, The Death of Long Steam Lady\, Stolen Moments\, and Breakfast Lunch Dinner. Her poems and essays appear in numerous journals and anthologies\, including This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color\, and excerpts from two poems have been permanently installed at public sites at the San Francisco Municipal Railway. A building at Oakland High School is named after her\, she is co-featured in the documentary film\, Mitsuye and Nellie Asian American Poets\, and a poem of hers was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She traveled to China in the First American Women Writers Tour with Alice Walker\, Tillie Olsen\, and Paule Marshall\, among others. She taught at Mills College and the University of Minnesota\, and is the recipient of the 2022 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Curator \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Roy Chan is an Oakland-based oral historian and urban planner committed to using the power of storytelling to build community and empower local residents to have a voice in the local decision-making process. Since 2007\, he has been director of the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project/ AAPI Elder Voices Project and was previously Co-Executive Director at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Roy has previously practiced architecture and city planning in San Francisco\, New York\, and Los Angeles\, and is currently a program director at National CAPACD. Learn more at www.chinatownmemories.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This exhibition is made possible by the support of the Senior Assistance Foundation Eastbay (SAFE). URL:https://oacc.cc/event/agni-screening-and-talk/ LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States CATEGORIES:Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://oacc.cc/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210826AgniThumbnail.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Asian Cultural Center":MAILTO:programs@oacc.cc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR