Oakland Asian Cultural Center

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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

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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.

Story Circle with Bonnie Kwong
2019-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
What makes Oakland home? Whose voices are heard? Come and share your story if you are a current or former Oakland resident, worker, or community activist of any background! Attendees are encouraged to bring photos of the interior and exterior of their homes and personal items as props or to add to the set, such as a stool, dishes, a lamp, an umbrella, or even a pet!
Dates:
Wednesday, Feb 6, 6:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, Feb 24, 12:30-2:30 pm
Monday, March 11, 6:00-8:00 pm

Book Launch: ‘Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution’
2019-01-27 04:30 - 18:30 | CA
Eastwind Books of Berkeley and
Oakland Asian Cultural Center welcome
Helen Zia
‘Last Boat Out of Shanghai:The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution’ Book Launch
Sunday, JANUARY 27, 2019 4:30pm

LAST BOAT OUT OF SHANGHAI is based on the dramatic, real- life stories of generation caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China’s 1949 Communist revolution—a heartrending precursor to the struggles faced by migrants today.

Zia weaves together the stories of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled with the decision to abandon everything for an uncertain life as refugees in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S.

Helen Zia is the author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, a finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize,. Zia is the co-author, with Wen Ho Lee, of My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy. She is also a former executive editor of Ms. magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, she holds an honorary doctor of laws degree from the City University of New York School of Law and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Documentary Film 'My Odyssey – Between Two Worlds'
2019-01-20 14:00 - 17:00 | CA
East Wind Book Presents

Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Raymond Douglas Chong’s journey in search of his family roots in Kaiping, Guangdong, China leads to his ancestral village where he interviews villagers and uncovers its peasant history. With remarkable footprints, Chong traces his family’s five generation migrations to America. Following great-great-great and great-great grandfathers who worked as laborers in gold fields during the California Gold Rush and the Far West’s Transcontinental Railroad.

Then during the restrictive Chinese Exclusion Act which banned migrating workers and women, Chong’s grandfather joined a credit partnership, opening a foodway of Chop Suey (cuisine) houses. Raymond Douglas Chong’s family story is a unique personal view spanning the full spectrum of Chinese in America.
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Desserts donated by:
Wa Sung Community Service Club and Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Music of the Americas
2019-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 | CA
Sunday, January 20, 2019, at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra on a journey south to explore the music of Latin America when Quinteto Latino shares the stage with SFCO. This performance is sure to get you on your feet when you hear the vibrant colors and vigorous rhythms of Latin America.
More info here

The Art of Sho - Calligraphy Workshop
2019-01-15 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Click here to register or for more info: www.calligraphies.org/workshop

Imagine Talks 2019
2019-01-12 09:00 - 18:00 | CA
Tickets go on sale Nov. 1! Reserve your tickets ASAP!
VIP ADMISSION (2tix) – $100 ends Dec. 31
EARLY BIRD – $75 ends Dec. 31
GENERAL ADMISSION – $100 ends Jan. 12
Order Your Tickets Here
For more information: https://www.imaginetalks.org/
The 5th Annual Imagine Talks will treat attendees to meet with martial arts action movie star and choreographer, James Lew, who won an Emmy award for his 2017 work on Marvel’s Luke Cage series. Renowned venture capitalist, Ernestine Fu, who appeared on Forbes August 2011 cover, will also be making an appearance on stage as well.
In addition, the event will feature talks from Jack McCauley, creator of Guitar Hero and Co-founder of Oculus Rift and Rana Gujral, founder of TiZE and columnist for TechCrunch and Forbes who will share views on innovation and social impact. Presentations from Uchka Jimsee, 2018 Miss Asian Global and Sophia Ng, 2018 Miss Asian America will feature a closer look into the journey of immigrants and their place in America today.
We are proud of our 33nd Class of Miss Asian Global and Miss Asian America titleholders who are our new generation of leaders. Along with Edge Interns and pageant delegates, expect another break-through experience.
We especially want to express our appreciation for all of our friends, family, and colleagues, for spreading the mission of the Asian America Foundation to provide leadership development, promote community service and support empower women empowerment. Our non-profit is growing steadily through your invaluable support.

Crossing Boundaries - An Evening of Cuisine, Calligraphy and Ceramics
2018-11-30 18:30 | CA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2018
6:30- 9:30pm

Ticketed Event: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3821378

"Hapa Tales and Other Lies" at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
2018-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
In her first work of literary nonfiction, HAPA TALES AND OTHER LIES, Sharon H. Chang explores her Asian American and Mixed Race identity through the prism of returning to Hawaii as a tourist. But what begins as a journey to discover herself turns into much more as she learns the true history of the islands, Hawaii’s Indigenous children, and the Native Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement.
Please join author Sharon H. Chang for a special Oakland Chinatown event celebrating her new memoir, co-hosted by EastwindBooks Berkeley. The evening will include reading and discussion with Sharon and NoCal writers Asha Sudra, Wei Ming Dariotis, Nia McAllister and Fredrick D. Kakinami Cloyd.
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Oakland Asian Cultural Center Friendsgiving Potluck
2018-11-18 16:00 - 20:00 | CA
RSVP to cynthiaguevara@oacc.cc by November 15, 2018

Crossing Boundaries: Calligraphies In Conversation
2018-11-08 17:30 - 2019-01-16 21:00 | CA
Crossing Boundaries
Calligraphies
IN
Conversation
5TH Annual International Exhibition
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 8, 2018
5:30 – 9:00 PM
An Exhibition of Asian Multicultural Calligraphy, Ceramics & Cuisine
Exhibition Dates: November 8, 2018 – January 16, 2019

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Kusinang Pilipino Culinary Experience
2018-11-02 18:00 - 21:00 | CA
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Book Talk: America is Not the Heart
2018-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Women of World Dance Show
2018-10-14 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Sunday, October 14, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Free Kidney Disease Screening
2018-10-14 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
With KDSAP, Stanford Medicine, UCSF, Harvard
ADA Accessible

Silindro Pilipino Project
2018-10-13 19:00 - 22:00 | CA
The SILINDRO FILIPINO PROJECT with Carlos Zialcita and Friends makes its debut on Saturday October 13th at 7pm at the OAKLAND ASIAN CULTURAL CENTER located at 388 9th Street 2nd Floor in Oakland’s Chinatown. For more information, they can be reached at 510-647-0455
Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 7 PM – 10 PM
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The event will include a lecture and presentation as well as a mini-workshop on the different instruments used. Tickets are $15 for general Admission and $10 for Seniors and Students. We encourage everyone to attend especially during Filipino American History Month.
This event is supported by the Oakland City Council and funded by the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program. The Oakland Asian Cultural Center is a co-sponsor of this Project.
Silindro, which is the Tagalog word for harmonica, will be used by Zialcita to illustrate through performance of traditional and original compositions in a variety of settings, how a distinctly Filipino American esthetic can be achieved with the harmonica, a very popular instrument in American music, that covers the gamut of artistic, historical, and cultural influences available in today’s Filipino Diaspora.
Participating artists along with Zialcita, who is a recipient of a 2018 Oakland Individual Artist Grant, are Bo Razón, Chris Trinidad, Aireene Espiritu, Ron Quesada, Lydia Neff, Richard
Daquioag, and Raul Ramirez. The instruments used will include: kubing, harmonica, kulintang, agong, gandingan, dabakan, kutiyapi, gegelong, ukulele, guitar, bass, drums and piano.

The Hinabi Project: Weaving Peace and Dreams ~ Textile Arts of Mindanao
2018-10-05 18:00 | CA
EXHIBITION: October 5, 2018 through November 4, 2018 ~ Free and open to the public
OPENING RECEPTION & CURATOR TALK: Friday, October 5, 2018 ~ Free and open to the public
The Hinabi Project (THP) brings to the East Bay the unique textile art of the weaving communities of Mindanao Mandaya, Bagobo, Higaonon, T’boli, Blaan, Yakan, Tausug, Maranao and the Maguindanao. Traditional weaving was circumscribed by ritual and ceremonies of the life-cycle birth, marriage and death. The fabrics produced were meant to address these ceremonial needs. Weaving was a contemplative and peaceful endeavor for the women of these communities. Textiles also serve as peace offerings to resolve community conflicts and uneasy alliances. With the new demands of political determinism, new ideologies, and the consumer technologies — what typically would be a peaceful activity has been disrupted but the indigenous weavers continued their craft throughout the twist and turns of the country’s political fortunes. Weaving was and still has been for most, a means for additional income to an essentially peasant/farmer subsistence economy. Now, they also struggle between the tenets of traditional weaving customs and the demands of the local and tourist market while working in social conditions less conducive to weaving. With this disruption, the continuity of the indigenous weaving tradition, the passing on of its heritable designs and technique, and the self-pride and worth of work is a cause for grave concern. Through this exhibit, The Hinabi Project hopes to highlight the possibility of evolving newer concepts of design and work, thereby, encourage other designers, weaving artisans, and scholars to talk about their future direction.
Presented by Philippine American Writers and Artists’ (PAWA) The Hinabi Project in collaboration with National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) of the Philippines, Non-Timber Forest Products-Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) CustomMade Crafts Center, the Philippine Department of Tourism in San Francisco, and the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco.

Mountain Spirits MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE / FILM SCREENING / TRUNK SHOW
2018-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | CA
Sunday, September 30, 2018, 1-4 PM
Performances by Dayao musicians and dancers direct from the Kalinga and Ga’dang communities of the Cordillera and Subanon community of Mindanao. There will also be a screening of a special documentary by Living Asia featuring the weavers commissioned by The Hinabi Project for the 2018 textiles exhibit “Mountain Spirits: Ceremonial Textiles and Folk Arts of Cordilleras and Northern Luzon” (on view through December 2 at the Mills Building in San Francisco). The trunk show will feature textiles made by Philippine indigenous artisans.
Presented by Philippine American Writers and Artists’ (PAWA) The Hinabi Project in collaboration with National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) of the Philippines, Non-Timber Forest Products-Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) CustomMade Crafts Center, the Philippine Department of Tourism in San Francisco, and the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco.

2018 Chinatown Mayoral & District 2 Candidate’s Forum
2018-09-27 17:30 - 20:30 | CA

Peace Lantern Ceremony
2018-09-23 16:30 - 19:00 | CA
PROGRAM
4:30 – Welcome
4:40 – Intertribal Friendship House All Nations Drum & Youth Dancers
5:20 – Tacuma King and Sun Drummers of United Africa Ensemble (Bay Area Youth Arts)
6:00 – Emeryville Taiko – Japanese drumming
6:30 – Hālau ʻO Kawainuhi – Hula Kahiko
6:55 – Moment of Silence
7:05 – Calpulli Panquetzalitzli – Danza Azteca
7:25 – Closing
ACTIVITIES

4:30-7:30pm: Non-Partisan voter registration & information by FairVote California, League of Women Voters Oakland Area, and Women’s March Oakland.

4:30 – 7pm: Lantern-making & decorating (various types).
Bring your own picnic (no vendors on site). No glass, please.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please sign up to volunteer here.
Free and Open to the Public.

IN OAKLAND: “Fighting Dictators in the Philippines, Then & Now”
2018-09-23 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
“A Time to Rise: The Fight Against Dictatorship in the Philippines, Then and Now”
BOOK LAUNCH / PANEL DISCUSSION
The discussion will be moderated by Lillian Galedo, and will feature Cindy Domingo, Co-editor, “A Time to Rise;” Geline Avila, National Council, Akbayan Party-list; and Edwin Batongbacal, Friends of Akbayan, USA.Sunday, September 23, 2018, 3-5 pm
Free and open to the public, as part of the Filipino-American History & Heritage Series organized by The Oakland Asian Cultural Center, from September 9 to November 2, 2018.

Filipino-American History during the 1965-1970 Grape strikes - Book Reading / Film Screening / Photography Exhibition
2018-09-16 17:00 - 20:00 | CA
Book Reading / Film Screening / Photography Exhibition
Film: Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers
Discussion and Q & A with filmmaker Marissa Aroy, photographer X who chronicled the 1965-1970 grape strike and boycott for Time Magazine, and Patty Enrado who will read from her book A Village in the Fields.
Sunday, September 16, 5:00-8:00 PM

Opening Reception: The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons Presented and Curated by: Abraham Ignacio
2018-09-09 02:00 - 17:00 | CA
THE FORBIDDEN BOOK uses political cartoons from 1898 to 1906 to chronicle a little-known war between the United States and the Philippines that lasted over 15 years, in which 126,000 U.S. troops were deployed and hundreds of thousands of Filipinos were killed. Today, few Americans know about the brutal suppression of Philippine independence or the anti-war movement led by the likes of writer Mark Twain, peace activist Jane Addams, journalist Joseph Pulitzer, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, labor leader Samuel Gompers, and Moorfield Storey, first president of the NAACP. These cartoons glorify manifest destiny; portray Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Hawaiians, Chamorros, and other colonials as dark-skinned savages in need of civilization; and were used to justify a war at a time when three African Americans–on average–were lynched every week across the south, and when the Supreme Court approved the “separate but equal” doctrine.

First Fridays: Lincoln Summer Nights
2018-09-07 17:00 - 20:00 | CA
at Lincoln Square Park & Recreational Center 261 11th St, Oakland, CA 94607
Join us in the heart of Chinatown as we host family friendly activities.
Events are in collaboration with Friends of Lincoln Square, Asian Health Services, APEN, AYPAL, API Legal Outreach, OACC and other generous sponsors.

First Wednesdays Madison Park
2018-09-05 13:00 - 16:00 | CA
Corner of 8th and Jackson Street

Join us in the heart of Chinatown as we host family friendly activities.
Events are in collaboration with Friends of Lincoln Square, Asian Health Services, APEN, AYPAL, API Legal Outreach, OACC and other generous sponsors.

Oakland Chinatown StreetFest 2018
2018-08-25 - 2018-08-26 | CA
