BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oakland Asian Cultural Center - ECPv6.17.3//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:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180706T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180706T200000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153538Z CREATED:20180604T214914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153538Z UID:4439-1530900000-1530907200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:'SKY\, MOUNTAIN & WATERSCAPE' - Kam Cheung Mok Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/opening-reception-of-chinese-ink-wash-landscape-painting-exhibit/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180628T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180628T210000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153559Z CREATED:20180627T232741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153559Z UID:4488-1530212400-1530219600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Finding Japanese-American Roots in Japan and the U.S. DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/finding-japanese-american-roots-in-japan-and-the-u-s/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180623T170000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153619Z CREATED:20180604T214700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153619Z UID:4436-1529758800-1529773200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Isan Thai & Lao Roots DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/hawker-fare-stories-recipes-from-a-refugee-chefs-isan-thai-lao-roots/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180601T200000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153643Z CREATED:20180604T202418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153643Z UID:4420-1527872400-1527883200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Lincoln Summer Nights DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/lincoln-summer-nights/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T173000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153704Z CREATED:20180511T224238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153704Z UID:4374-1527350400-1527355800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Two Languages/One Community Reception and Reading DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/two-languages-one-community-reception-and-reading/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T160000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153741Z CREATED:20180410T003517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153741Z UID:4195-1527325200-1527350400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Chinese Ancestry DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/chinese-ancestry/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T170000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153803Z CREATED:20180511T001301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153803Z UID:4386-1526828400-1526835600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:FREE Pingshuai Gong Class at OACC DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/pingshuai-gong-comes-to-oacc/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180518T223000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153827Z CREATED:20180427T225628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153827Z UID:4325-1526664600-1526682600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Asian Pacific American Hertiage Month Gala DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/asian-pacific-american-hertiage-month-gala/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T130000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153909Z CREATED:20180411T230019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153909Z UID:4220-1526119200-1526130000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Chinese Exclusion Act: Film / Dialogue / Workshop DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-chinese-exclusion-act-film-dialogue-workshop/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T153000 DTSTAMP:20190404T153942Z CREATED:20180409T232933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T153942Z UID:4160-1525615200-1525620600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Riding with the Wind - A Book Talk with Monona Yin & Grant Din DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/riding-with-the-wind-a-conversation-with-fay-hoh-yin/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180505T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180505T190000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154000Z CREATED:20180411T214950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154000Z UID:4203-1525546800-1525546800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Announcing! GUZHENG EVOLUTION: Tradition In A Modern World DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/announcing-guzheng-evolution-tradition-in-a-modern-world/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180429T200000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154023Z CREATED:20180426T010842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154023Z UID:4272-1524967200-1525032000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Grand Opening: An Exhibition of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/grand-opening-an-exhibition-of-chinese-painting-and-calligraphy/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T023000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T163000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154042Z CREATED:20180328T220916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154042Z UID:4090-1524364200-1524414600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Patty Chu's Chinese Troupe Annual Showcase DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/patty-chus-chinese-troupe-annual-showcase/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T213000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154116Z CREATED:20180406T205150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154116Z UID:4113-1524250800-1524259800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Mara Ahmed Film: A Thin Wall DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mara-ahmed-film-a-thing-wall/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180419T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180419T213000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154123Z CREATED:20180406T205025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154123Z UID:4110-1524166200-1524173400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Mara Ahmed Film: The Muslims I Know DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/mara-ahmed-film-the-muslim-i-know/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180415T160000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154204Z CREATED:20180328T215238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154204Z UID:4085-1523790000-1523808000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Free Kidney Disease Screening. Sunday\, April 15\, 2018 DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/free-kidney-disease-screening-sunday-april-15-2018/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180331T210000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154211Z CREATED:20180328T221442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154211Z UID:4092-1522477800-1522530000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Finding Kukan: A Film by Robin Lung  DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/finding-kukan-a-film-by-robin-lung/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T210000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154220Z CREATED:20180310T011037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154220Z UID:4174-1521183600-1521234000@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Poets of Existence: In Celebration of International Women’s Day DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/poets-of-existence-in-celebration-of-international-womens-day/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180308T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180308T000000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154227Z CREATED:20180302T004703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154227Z UID:3969-1520467200-1520467200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:A Book Talk Author Edmund DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/a-book-talk-author-edmund/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180218T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180218T170000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154235Z CREATED:20180110T011932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154235Z UID:4183-1518940800-1518973200@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Anthony Brown & Asian American Orchestra w/ Voices of a Dream DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/anthony-brown-asian-american-orchestra-w-voices-of-a-dream-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T170000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154242Z CREATED:20180123T001916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154242Z UID:3886-1517990400-1518022800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:The Oakland Asian Cultural Center welcomes filmmaker\, writer\, artist and social activist MARA AHMED DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/the-oakland-asian-cultural-center-welcomes-filmmaker-writer-artist-and-social-activist-mara-ahmed/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T160000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154252Z CREATED:20180108T011503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154252Z UID:4180-1517655600-1517673600@oacc.cc SUMMARY:OACC Lunar New Year Celebration DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/oacc-lunar-new-year-celebration/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180127T170000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154308Z CREATED:20180110T012227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154308Z UID:4185-1517040000-1517072400@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Film Screening: 'Defender' Followed by Q&A With San Francisco Public Defender\, Jeff Adachi DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/film-screening-defender-followed-by-qa-with-san-francisco-public-defender-jeff-adachi/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180111T200000 DTSTAMP:20190404T154316Z CREATED:20180102T012705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T154316Z UID:4187-1515695400-1515700800@oacc.cc SUMMARY:Peace Lantern Ceremony Planning Meeting DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 20262-4 pmFREE  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for a book launch\, film screening\, and discussion with Vietnamese American author Andrew Lam. He will be reading from his new book of short stories\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, which explore love and loss\, lust and grief\, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. The reading will be followed by a segment of the PBS documentary\, My Journey Home and a Q&A with UC Davis professor Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde discussing Lam’s 30 years of writing as a Vietnamese American author and essayist\, and the future prospect of immigrant narratives.    This book reading is presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network. It is free to attend\, but registration is requested.   Praise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea   “Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior   “Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface   “Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for Free Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About Andrew Lam   Andrew Lam is a long time Bay Area journalist and author who writes about Vietnamese immigrants. He has published 4 books\, including Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora\, his memoir of being a Vietnamese refugee in America\, which won a 2006 PEN Award. His most recent book\, Stories from the Edge of the Sea\, explores love and loss among Vietnamese in the Bay Area. He is the subject of a PBS documentary called My Journey Home. Lam lives in San Francisco and travels to his homeland Vietnam frequently. He is working on a novel.    About Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde   Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Founding Director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She was a Fulbright\, Rockefeller\, and Luce scholar. She authored “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora.” Professor Valverde founded the movement ‘Fight the Tower’ with women of color and in the academy and co-edited the anthology\, “Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance and Renewal in the Academy.” She is also working on her third manuscript\, “National Aesthetics\,” and the revitalization of ethnic spaces like Chinatown Square in Sacramento and Little Saigon in Oakland. Her future research project looks at spirit realm beliefs and the history of its exclusion from the US academy\, as well as the importance of its return. More on Professor Valverde can be found at kieulinh.com. URL:https://oacc.cc/event/peace-lantern-ceremony-planning-meeting/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR