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SUMMARY:Tea & Tiles: A Sunday Social With 13 Orphans
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 26\, 2026\n1-5 pm\n$22\n\nJoin 13 Orphans for a laid-back Sunday of tea\, tiles\, and good company at OACC. Tea & Tiles is a casual mahjong social for all\, from seasoned players to curious beginners. Sip on signature teatails\, enjoy bites\, and settle into the rhythm of the game.  Mahjong coaches will be available to teach\, guide\, and jump into games\, so you can play with confidence. \nAttendees can also visit a curated mini market of local artisans. Come with your friends\, auntie or come solo. Tables are open\, energy is warm\, and there’s always a seat waiting. \n\nRegister for Tickets\n \nABOUT 13 ORPHANS \n13 Orphans is a mahjong den and speakeasy built on community\, culture\, and connection with thoughtfully crafted cocktails & mocktails inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine elements and tea culture.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/tea-tiles/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Strong Like Bamboo
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 3\, 2026\n1-3 pm\n\nStrong Like Bamboo brings together seven American storytellers of multiple ethnic and cultural origins. Their stories of racism\, courage and wisdom will inspire\, bring together and humanize audiences as we learn from each other and know that we are not alone. As allies\, we know that we can rely on each other to get us through difficult times. \nThis program is presented by Eth-noh-tec and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, and is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts\, the G&G Education Fund\, and private donors. \nRegister for tickets (suggested donation $20) at the link below. All proceeds will support both OACC and Eth-noh-tec. \n\nRegister for Tickets\n \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJohnny Moses is a Tualip Native American master storyteller\, oral historian\, author\, healer and spiritual leader. He is a living link with Pacific Northwest ancestral philosophy and cultural practices. He has regaled thousands and thousands with his stories and is fluent in 8 native languages and the traditional sign language\, having learned stories since he was a child from his grandparents and tribal elders. \nTureeda Mikell is an Oakland native\, Poet in Residence at MoAd\, original Black Panther alum\, Story Medicine Woman\, Poet\, Author and Educator. She has published 73 at-risk student anthologies from 5 Bay Area counties. She is an activist for holism and hell-bent on asserting life. She is Berkeley Poetry Festival’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. \nOlga Loya is a nationally known Latina storyteller\, performance artist\, keynote speaker and author. She is known for dramatically mixing Spanish and English in her telling. Her repertoire reveals the diversity and richness for collective culture in its commonality and individuality. \nAsma Ghanem is a Syrian-born Palestinian awarded artist best known for her short documentary film “Wall Piano” (2020). She was raised in a refugee camp with her family\, able to attend the International Academy of Art Palestine and received her Master of Fine Arts from Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse in France. \nLaura Sims\, born Jewish in NYC\, is an internationally acclaimed storyteller\, writer and educator who advocates that engaged storytelling is compassionate action for personal and community transformation. She is a wizard with words that inspire and evoke inner musings that help to heal and understand who we are as complex human beings trying to make sense of our worlds. \nArchy Jamun is a Chicago-based storyteller\, writer\, and curator of ‘Outspoken LGBT Stories’. He is a 2-time Moth Grand Slam winner known for performances that are both humorous and biting\, deep\, revealing and touching. He lets his audiences become part of his many adventures within his Thai family and in his outside world. \nEth-Noh-Tec\, a kinetic Asian American storytelling non-profit\, was founded in 1981 by Nancy Wang\, actor\, dancer and choreographer\, and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo\, actor\, musician and composer. Our mission is to build cultural bridges that celebrate diversity and create compassionate communities through the art of storytelling. ENT is an award winning non-profit and has performed around the world to standing ovations with their unique form of movement storytelling laced with gesture and musicality\, including performances for the Clinton and Obama Inaugural Celebrations in DC. With both ancient Asian folktales and inspiring contemporary Asian American stories\, Eth-Noh-Tec’s artists are also authors and are presently archiving over 200 performance pieces.
URL:https://oacc.cc/event/strong-bamboo-26/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St. #290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Featured,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Stories from the Edge of Sea: A Book Launch With Andrew Lam
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 17\, 2026\n2-4 pm\nFREE\n \nJoin 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.  \n  \nThis 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. \n  \nPraise for Stories from the Edge of the Sea \n  \n“Universal and personal.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\, author of The Woman Warrior \n  \n“Maps the moveable feast of the Vietnamese diaspora.”—Scott Lankford\, author of Tahoe Beneath the Surface \n  \n“Taste the desires of comedians\, soldiers\, tomboys\, friends\, queers\, mothers\, and refugees.”—Long Bui\, author of Returns of War: South Vietnam \n					\n									Register for Free Tickets\n					 \nAbout Andrew Lam \n  \nAndrew 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.  \n  \nAbout Dr. Kiều-Linh Caroline Valverde \n  \nDr. 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.
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