442 Book Talk with Authors Saturday, February 9, 2019 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Writers Sakai and Kiyomura, along with illustrator Rob Sato discuss Japanese American experience in during World War II and history of incarceration in 1942, and describe the process of creating the graphic novel “442”. Followed by a Q&A session. Limited […]
Join OACC for a free Lunar New Year Celebration to welcome the Year of the Boar! Featuring lion dance by Toi Shan Family Assoc, Ger YouthCenter Mongolian folk dance, Trace Repeat (soul & funk band), Patty Chu’s Chinese folk dance, China's Spirit Music Ensemble (guzheng), Emeryville Taiko drumming, Burmese dance and music by Tay Than […]
Image provided by Cynthia Cheng at http://www.cynthiaycheng.com or @cynthiaycheng on twitter and instagram The Family Reading Celebration is a special feature for kids during OACC’s Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Join us for storytime with Suzanne Lo and Sine Hwang Jensen (librarian at UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library), “Go! Mandarin” music, shadow-puppet making and show, and 75 free books […]
Film and Concert $10-25 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) Commemorate Day of Remembrance. View excerpts of Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the World War II Internment Camps. Shirley Muramato, an accomplished koto master and the film’s creative director will perform with Brian Wong (koto) and dancer Bando Hiroshichiro […]
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 9, 2019 – Sunday, April 21, 2019 San Francisco Poster Syndicate, poster artists collective based in San Francisco, silkscreen prints live to celebrate the new OACC exhibition, Immigration Emergency: In Defense & Defiance. More than 30 local artists participate in the exhibition, which seeks to educate, agitate and create solidarity around […]
Film Showing Sunday, March 10, 2019 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm “Resistance at Tule Lake” tells the long-suppressed story of incarcerated Japanese Americans who defied the government by refusing to swear unconditional loyalty to the U.S. Thought this was an act of protest and family survival, they were branded as “disloyals” by the government and […]
