Oakland Asian Cultural Center

Film screening: Chinese Whispers by Rani P Collaborations
2019-07-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
“We cannot heal what we will not face”
On May 21, 1998, President Suharto of Indonesia resigned after 32 years in power. The events leading up to that day are complicated. There was an economic crisis. There was a student movement. There was a contested election. And there were riots, killings, and mass rapes of Chinese Indonesian women. To this day, nobody has been held accountable. A whole generation has grown up in ignorance of these events. Chinese Whispers seeks to challenge that ignorance.

Screening and discussion with the lead artist, Rani Pramesti, facilitated by National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV).
This event is supported by Oakland Asian Cultural Center, National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence (NAPIESV), Banteay Srei, Center for Asian American Media, APEX Express, Kearny Street Workshop.

“We would like to respectfully acknowledge that this event takes place on the lands of the Ohlone People.”

The TOaG Quartet: Album Release Party
2019-07-25 19:30 - 22:30 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
“The TOaG Quartet: Live at the Airship” is an 84-minute double album of all original music, recorded live in front of an audience at the premiere Airship Laboratories recording studio. Sparking the mind with truth, and moving the spirit with groove, our collective is one part working band and one part teaching ensemble.
Join us at the OACC for an evening of celebration, groove, and truth as we showcase music from this album with 2 sets from the quartet – with Ricky Carter on Drums, DV Wright on guitar and live effects, Eli Maliwan on Tenor and Alto Sax, and Benjamin Lee on Upright Bass, Electric Bass and sampler – and feature the some of the students from our TOaG Jazz Clinic Program in partnership with Oakland High School. These young musicians are an inspiration to us all, and we are so excited to have them share some of their music with all you beautiful people!
Food for purchase from the delicious Sakura Bistro, delivered right to your seat!
Adult and non/adult drink offerings!
Cheap Underground Parking!
2 Blocks from 12st./City Center BART Station!

Perspectives on Mental Health: Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine
2019-07-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Come and join us for an evening when Dr. Joseph Yang, and Dr. Yuhuan Xie exchange their knowledge and insights about explanations, symptoms clusters, and treatment options for mental illnesses from traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Modern medicine’s perspective.
We encourage you to bring your own observations, thoughts, and questions about mental illnesses to the discussion.
Dr. Yang had his Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) bachelor’s degree and master degree in TCM diagnosis from China and earned his Ph. D. degree in neuropsychiatry department, medical school, Kobe University, Japan. He has been specialized in mental health for 30 years and currently has an active practice in Los Angeles area. Dr. Xie is the medical director of Asian Health Service Specialty Mental Health Division. She practiced psychiatry and taught medical students and residents in Singapore, Canada, and US.
Co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Asian Health Services.

Balinese Painting Workshop with I Madé Moja
2019-07-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Learn the basics of Balinese painting with renowned artist and teacher, I Madé Moja!
This is a rare, hands-on opportunity for students of all levels to explore the traditional techniques and motives used in Balinese painting with a master artist. Pak Moja will guide you through each step of the process from sketching out, pen ink, shading with Chinese ink and watercolor on watercolor paper, as you create your own piece to take home.
I Madé Moja comes from Batuan, a traditional arts village in Bali, known for its classical music and dance, fine woodcarving and unique painting style. These time-honored traditions are passed from one generation to the next and continue to thrive, despite great changes in the culture and economy of Bali. Since moving to the Bay Area, Moja has branched out artistically. In addition to teaching and experimenting with new themes in his painting. Moja has also worked extensively with ShadowLight Productions, a non-profit theater company based in San Francisco that takes its inspiration from classical Indonesian “wayang kulit” (shadow puppet theater).
Families are welcome, as are young adults ages 12 and up.

The Patty Chu's Chinese Folk Dance Troupe - 2019 Annual Show
2019-06-23 14:30 - 16:00 | CA
The Patty Chu’s Chinese Folk Dance Troupe will perform varies of dances in modern and culture with our traditional costumes; such as; Xin Jiang, Mongolia, Korean; Han dances also include with fan, umbrella dances to enrich the different ethnics in China; the best of all, you will see our beautiful dances that Ms. Chu choreographies for Miss Chinatown USA Pageant 2019 .
Also, we have special guest appearances. Shelly Chen is one of the winners in Singing Competition in the Bay Area.
Thanks for the sponsors from OACC, 屋崙龍岡親義公所(Loong Kong Oakland Association) and Ms. Xuemin Gao.

For tickets please contact:
510-878-0284 Ms. Chu

The Spirit of Bali Exhibition
2019-06-21 18:00 - 2019-08-02 18:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Opening Reception: Friday, June 21, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

I Madé Moja comes from Batuan, a traditional arts village in Bali, known for its classical music and dance, fine woodcarving and unique painting style. These time-honored traditions are passed from one generation to the next and continue to thrive, despite great changes in the culture and economy of Bali. Moja’s father, renowned painter I Madé Budi, passed on the amazing ink and watercolor technique of Batuanto his son, who has taken it in new directions here in the U.S. The technique starts with a pen and ink sketch, which is then shaded with Chinese ink for a 3-dimensional effect. Watercolor or acrylic paint is added in a series of layers or “washes” and finished with bright highlights to complete the sense of depth and dimension. The compositions are often very detailed and complex, drawing from Hindu mythology, traditional village life, and nature. This style and caliber of Balinese painting is rarely seen here in the United States. Moja’s work has been shown internationally and featured in numerous books detailing the art and culture of Bali. Since moving to the Bay Area, Moja has branched out artistically. In addition to teaching and experimenting with new themes in his painting. Moja has also worked extensively with ShadowLight Productions, a non-profit theater company based in San Francisco that takes its inspiration from classical Indonesian “wayang kulit” (shadow puppet theater).

"Shadows and Light" Exhibit Opening Reception
2019-06-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Join Oakland Asian Cultural Center and ARTogether for an opening reception celebrating the “Shadows and Light” exhibition.
ARTogether, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization that provides creative spaces and resources for refugees and immigrants in the Bay Area, presents ‘Shadows and Light’, an exhibition of the works of three promising, young female artists from the Bay Area. Through diverse artistic mediums, Samira Akbari, Somaieh Amini, and Farnaz Tasbihgoo explore their idea of home, both the unknown and the familiar.
Photographer Farnaz Tasbihgoo has degrees in fine art and photography as well as an MFA in photography. Born in Tehran and based in the Bay Area, she is both an artist and a teacher, and is passionate about imparting the love of art (and science!) to young children. Her collection, titled “Lost childhood”, explores the material remains of war, of homes abandoned, and childhoods uprooted. Artist/sculptor Samira Akbari brings her background in architecture and design to each of her pieces. Through her work, she explores the human condition, the faces, the bodies, and the stories they tell. Samira has lived and studied in Iran, India and US and in addition to creating art, works at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Somaieh Aminiis a painter and artist whose portfolio covers a wide variety of mediums and styles. Having lived in Iran and Italy before moving to the United States, Somaieh draws influences from many cultures and aesthetics. Her collection for this exhibition, titled “My neighborhood”, is the artist’s way of building a connection to her new home in the United States.
The exhibition runs from June 7th to July 5th.
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Co-presented by ARTogether and Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

Shadows and Light
2019-06-07 12:00 - 2019-07-05 18:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
ARTogether, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization that provides creative spaces and resources for refugees and immigrants in the Bay Area, presents ‘Shadows and Light’, an exhibition of the works of three promising, young female artists from the Bay Area. Through diverse artistic mediums, Samira Akbari, Somaieh Amini, and Farnaz Tasbihgoo explore their idea of home, both the unknown and the familiar.
Photographer Farnaz Tasbihgoo has degrees in fine art and photography as well as an MFA in photography. Born in Tehran and based in the Bay Area, she is both an artist and a teacher, and is passionate about imparting the love of art (and science!) to young children. Her collection, titled “Lost childhood”, explores the material remains of war, of homes abandoned, and childhoods uprooted. Artist/sculptor Samira Akbari brings her background in architecture and design to each of her pieces. Through her work, she explores the human condition, the faces, the bodies, and the stories they tell. Samira has lived and studied in Iran, India and US and in addition to creating art, works at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Somaieh Aminiis a painter and artist whose portfolio covers a wide variety of mediums and styles. Having lived in Iran and Italy before moving to the United States, Somaieh draws influences from many cultures and aesthetics. Her collection for this exhibition, titled “My neighborhood”, is the artist’s way of building a connection to her new home in the United States.
The exhibition runs from June 7th to July 5th.
Co-presented by ARTogether and Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

Everybody, Everybody: A new community dance workshop
2019-06-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
An inter-generational celebration of the moving body. All ages, all bodies, all levels are invited to experiment with everyday, pedestrian movement as dance, exploring the notion that we are already always dancing. Inspired by house, jazz, modern, hip-hop, and West African dance styles, we’ll practice responding to rhythm and sound with smooth grooves and ultimate freedom. For beginning to experienced movers, we’re movin’ with joy – with the collective goal of embodying our most playful, expressive selves in our lives, on and off the dance floor.
The workshop will include structured exercises to build movement vocabulary, learning/exchanging short phrases of choreography, and family reunion vibes.
Donation based class

There’s No Stopping to My Thoughts: A Community Play & Panel Discussion
2019-06-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
There’s No Stopping to My Thoughts is a community-based, script-in-hand, interactive theatrical experience inspired by the life and aspirations of self-taught visionary artist Leon Kennedy. A 75-year-old black man who paints prodigiously on anything, Leon has called Oakland home for more than half a century, and strives towards painting a mural in the city. A long-time friend’s betrayal and a fellow artist’s conflicting aesthetics leaves him running in place, struggling to survive in a new economy where his gift remains in the shadows. Actors will largely be members of the community. The fictionalized script is informed by firsthand narratives collected from story circles held at OACC, and conversations with Leon Kennedy and his community. The play will be followed by a community panel discussion around key themes involving the play creators and various community partners.
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Playwright: Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong
Director: Michael Mansfield
Producers: Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong, Cleavon Smith and Michael Mansfield
Art Exhibition Curator: Cleavon Smith
Presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center as part of its Artist In Residence program.

Qigong Workshop - A Journey to a Brand-new Self
2019-05-26 15:00 - 18:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
A 3-hour intensive lesson to experience the miraculous power of Qi
Qigong, combining movements, breathing techniques, and meditation, is a holistic approach to the coordination of the body, mind and spirit.
The key to long-term health lies in enhancing the qi circulation to purify the external form and internal energy. Regular practice allows one to be relaxed and stable, thus leading to world peace.

Presenters: Qigong Instructors of US Meimen Culture Center,Guided by Lee Feng San Shifu
Sponsored by: Chinese Women’s Association of America Foundation in conjunction with U.S. Meimen Culture Center

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Mind, Body, Spirit: Wellness Traditions in Asia
2019-05-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
亚洲文化健康活动日
时间： 2019年5月26日星期日下午1:00-3:00
地点：奥克兰亚洲文化中心
388 9th Street, Suite 290 Oakland, CA 94607
奥克兰亚洲文化中心邀请您来参加亚洲文化及传统健康保健活动。
届时美洲中國文化醫藥大學,金门风水学校,和Shang Shung研究所将介绍和展示古老的知识和技术。了解和体验针灸, 中草药, 推拿 (中医按摩) 太极和气功, 西藏艾灸, 和中国的风水。
欢迎参加，感謝您的支持！ The Oakland Asian Cultural Center invites you to celebrate Asian culture and its longstanding traditions of health and healing wisdom by attending this two hour event centered around Asian health and wellness practices.
The Academy of Chinese Culture & Health Sciences (ACCHS), Golden Gate Feng Shui School, and Shang Shung Institute will introduce and demonstrate ancient and proven techniques for maintaining your health. Learn about and experience Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Tui Na (Chinese medical massage), Taiqi, Qigong, Tibetan Moxibustion, and Chinese Feng Shui.
Thousands of years of health practices will be on display for your benefit. Please join us!
Co-presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences.

Lecture by Chef David Soohoo & Book Talk With Author Professor Gordon H. Chang
2019-05-25 13:00 - 16:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Gordon H. Chang will present a talk about his newest book GHOSTS OF GOLD MOUNTAIN: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, a groundbreaking account that draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers’ stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, GHOSTS OF GOLD MOUNTAIN returns these “silent spikes” to their rightful place in our national saga. Q&A and a book signing to follow.
Gordon is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities and Professor of History at Stanford University, where he also serves as director of the Center for East Asian Studies and codirector of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project. Chang is the author of Fateful Ties and editor of four other books. He lives in Stanford, California.
From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would suffer a different kind of death—a historical one, as they were pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory.
Pre-talk lecture by Chef David Soohoo from 1 – 2 PM
“The Diet of The Chinese Railroad Builders”
Learn about the culinary findings of the early Chinese pioneers who built the Transcontinental railroad and the birth of present day Chinese American culture. Chef David SooHoo was born in San Francisco to Cantonese immigrants who owned Chinese-American restaurants in Sacramento. With more than 50 years behind the wok, SooHoo was the first chef from Sacramento invited to the Beard House, and most recent personal chef to Barron Hilton at his Venice Island Duck Club located in the reclaimed swampland of the San Joaquin Delta by the Chinese after the gold rush.
This program is co-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley.

CAAMFest: Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories
2019-05-18 18:00 - 19:30 | CA
Self Evident is a new podcast taking on what it means to be American by telling Asian America’s stories. With host Cathy Erway, the show will tackle today’s tough questions about identity, cultural change and nationhood by presenting reported narratives, community conversations, and personal stories. The team of award-winning producers, filmmakers, and journalists — from recognized public radio institutions like Latino USA, Gimlet Creative, The Moth, and Snap Judgment — hopes to establish a new lineage of Asian American storytellers who are creating deeper representation of Asian American perspectives and experiences through audio.
To kick off Season 1, the Self Evident team is bringing these stories to the stage! Join us for an evening of live storytelling, engaging discussion and celebration presented in partnership with CAAM.
Co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Center for Asian American Media.

Mining Gold: Finding the Treasures in Family Stories
2019-05-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Whether or not your family members are gone, you’ve heard the stories at the kitchen table while at a family reunion or even as a side comment when unexpected. How do you find out more? How do you piece these tidbits together? Where do you go to fill in the gaps? This panel presentation will include some interactive dialogue with the audience and between audience members. Come mine gold in your family!
With Nancy Wang & Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo of Eth-Noh-Tec and Eugenie Chan of Eugenie Chan Theater Projects.
This program is co-presented with Oakland Asian Cultural Center and San Francisco International Arts Festival.
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Future Culture Summit
2019-05-11 12:30 - 16:30 | CA
Join us for the inaugural Future Culture Summit! Using the frame of Method Sampling—the borrowing of other rationales and reframing them within one’s own system thereby rendering a brand-new system which are not just sum of the parts it’s sourcing from—we showcase extraordinary people who are leaders in their fields locally, nationally, and internationally. In short, we will present people who are creating a Future Culture that replaces old ideas and stories that no longer work in the modern world. During this groundbreaking event we will explore three themes: “What can we believe in?”, “What do we consume?”, “What do we create?”
Presented by, Visit Oakland, and Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Sponsored by Orton
Website: https://www.visitoakland.com/future-culture-summit/
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-culture-summit-tickets-58342057665

Carlos Zialcita and the Silindro Pilipino Project
2019-05-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States

Panel Discussion Featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen and Other Refugee Writers
2019-05-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen called on 17 fellow refugee writers from across the globe to shed light on their experiences, and the result is The Displaced, a powerful dispatch from the individual lives behind current headlines, with proceeds to support the International Rescue Committee. Join authors Viet Thanh Nguyen, Joseph Azam, and Somdeng Danny Thongsee for a reading and panel discussion. Hosted by Michael Tran.
Today the world faces an enormous refugee crisis: 68.5 million people fleeing persecution and conflict from Myanmar to South Sudan and Syria. As this crisis mounts, present U.S. anti-immigrant policies have also gravely impacted refugees from Southeast Asian, Muslim, Latin American countries. Threats of U.S. deportations have risen. At least 1,500 people in the U.S. are facing final deportation orders to Cambodia, 4,200 to Laos, and 8,400 to Vietnam: a total of at least 14,000 Southeast Asian Americans living day-to-day not knowing if or when they would be deported.
This program is co-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Eastwind Books Multicultural Services, Asian Health Services, Asian Prisoners Support Committee, and Southeast Asian Resource and Action Center
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Gongster's Paradise
2019-05-04 16:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States

Bonnie Kwong Workshop: ZINE Making
2019-05-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Bonnie Kwong Workshop: ZINE Making
May 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Free

What makes a place a home? Ask yourself this question and create a small stapled magazine, otherwise known as a zine, with artist, writer and performer Bonnie Kwong. Participants in this workshop experiment with pen & ink drawing, watercolor, cut and paste techniques, collage and markers, to reflect, make art, write, and learn. Collection of the final projects will be published on OACC website in a digital format.

Bonnie Kwong’s Intersectional Theater Project Table Read
2019-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Enjoy and participate in the creative process of the intersectional theater project. The table read will offer community members and story circle participants a glimpse into the creative process of playwrights Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong and Cleavon Smith, as well as an opportunity to provide feedback as the two playwrights read parts of the first draft of the collaborative script on the theme: What Makes Oakland Home?
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Our Bojagi: Bojagi Artworks from Claire Lilienthal School
2019-04-29 - 2019-06-02 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Our Bojagi: Bojagi Artworks from Claire Lilienthal School
Bojagi is a general term for all wrapping cloths in Korea. By sewing together small, leftover cloths of various shapes and skillfully juxtaposing vibrant colors, the unknown makers of traditional bojagi created exciting, strikingly contemporary designs. Students in the Korean immersion program at Claire Lilienthal School create bojagi as one of their cultural activities working with local textile artist Youngmin Lee. Some students have been making bojagi for several years, preserving and transferring their teacher’s knowledge of the traditional techniques and familiar forms as shown in this exhibition.

Claire Lilienthal K-8 Alternative School inspires each student to achieve their maximum potential in an academically, culturally, and socially inclusive environment. The school hosts Northern California’s only public school Korean language immersion program. Welcoming both native Korean speaking students as well as English speakers, the Korean Immersion Program (KIP) seeks to achieve full bilingualism and biliteracy in Korean and English. KIP teachers, all bilingual, provide KIP students with the same academic content instruction as that provided General Education students, but do so in both languages consistent with the proven dual-path language immersion model. KIP is a K-5 Korean/English Two-Way Immersion educational program designed to help students develop the ability to speak, read and write in two languages at the same time. Along with proven academic and cognitive benefits, developing bilingual skills enriches a child’s lived experience by exposing them to different cultures early in life.

Co-presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Claire Lilienthal School.

Defend & Defy: A Community Panel Discussion
2019-04-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Key community representatives will come together to discuss urgent immigration issues that are threatening our most vulnerable communities. Drawing on diverse backgrounds, the panelists will share their expertise and perspectives on a range of issue-areasaffected by recent anti-immigration policies. Learn how each of us can effectively defend our communities and defy anti-immigration policies and attitudes. Confirmed panelists include Catherine Tactaquin, (Executive Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights), Martha Ockenfels-Martinez (Human Impact Partners), and Lara Kiswani (Executive Director, Arab Resource & Organizing Center). Moderated by Eddie Yuen.
Co-presented by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center and San Francisco Poster Syndicate.

CHOPIN & CHINA Concert with Pianist Eileen Huang
2019-03-17 16:00 - 18:30 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
March 17, 2019, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Tickets: $15 (student), $25 (adult), $35 VIP (Admission & Reception)
Enjoy a delightful evening of classical music featuring Chopin and traditional Chinese music with acclaimed pianist Eileen Huang. VIP ticket holders are invited to a reception after the performance.
Pianist Eileen Huang (黄爱莲), is the founder and director of International Chamber Music Camp and Festival (ICMC) in Positano, Italy, Shanghai and France since 1998.
Eileen was born in Chongqing, China, and began her piano studies at age 6. At the age of eleven, she won the National Young Musicians Performance Competition and was admitted to the Central Conservatory in Beijing from where she graduated in 1966. Like many other Chinese musicians, her career was put on hold for 7 years during the Cultural Revolution.
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Resistance at Tule Lake
2019-03-10 02:00 - 16:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
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 packed into the newly designated Tule Lake Segregation Center. Co-sponsored by Oakland Public Library.
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Immigration Emergency: In Defense & Defiance
2019-03-09 - 2019-04-21 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
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 a broad range of issues
Video by Luis Barajas on “Immigration Emergency: In Defense & Defiance,” an exhibition of political graphics and photography.

We Are Sanctuary, Art Hazelwood, screenprint, 2017

Patrick Piazza, Separation = Torture Abolish I.C.E., screenprint, 2018

Joanna Ruckman, Create Sanctuary- Immigration is as American as Apple Pie, screenprint, 2018

The Trump Agenda, Art Hazelwood, screenprint, 2017

Patrick Piazza, Defend DACA!, screenprint, 2018

Joanna Ruckman, Solidarity, screenprint, 2017

“Hidden Legacy” with Shirley Muramoto
2019-02-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
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 (aka Nakamura Gankyo–the first Kabuki actor from outside of Japan to be accepted into the Kabuki world. We are very honored that he will join us for this event!) Q&A and discussion to follow.

More information about Shirley Muramoto

Family Reading Celebration
2019-02-10 11:00 - 15:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
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 for participating children (select from nearly 30 titles about Asian culture or Lunar New Year curated by Eastwind Books of Berkeley, which will have books for all ages available for sale as well).
Supported by the Oakland Literacy Coalition.

OACC Annual Lunar New Year Celebration
2019-02-10 11:00 - 15:00 | CA
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 Hlaing Entertainment, poetry by OACC Artist-in-Residence Bonnie Kwong, Maya at Cal (Classical Indian fusion), tai chi demo, and more.
Workshops in qi gong (presented by US Meimen Culture Foundation) and Tui Na, an ancient Chinese therapeutic massage (presented by Wudang West Cultural Heritage Center).
Create arts and crafts to take home (paper lanterns & dragon puppets, good luck banner), and play games from Asia (Ddakji tournament, tangrams, more TBA).
Especially for young kids: Storytime and book give-away (first 75 to participate in story time will receive a new book–select 1 from nearly 30 titles of children’s books about Lunar New Year or Asian culture, presented in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley with support from the Oakland Literacy Coalition). Plus music and shadow puppet making and show with Kids Go Mandarin music class. More info. http://oacc.cc/event/family-reading-celebration/
Near 12th St. BART and attached garage.
Want to VOLUNTEER? Please sign up at:
https://goo.gl/forms/EEQOoTVTJChwUoVq2
If you are interested in participating (as a PERFORMER, VISUAL ARTIST, or TABLING as vendor or providing community info.) please email VolunteerPrograms@oacc.cc or message us directly via FB.
Gung hay fat choy! Gong xi fa cai!

"442" Booktalk with Authors
2019-02-09 14:00 - 16:00 | CA
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 free copies of 442 will be given out on a first come, first served basis.
The program co-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Berkeley Japanese American Citizens League, and partially funded by California Civil Liberties Program.
