Archive for March, 2008

Here's Jay Jao's photos of our hapihour.org afterparty for Michael Kang's West 32nd movie on March 16 at Yoshi's San Francisco. The movie was the centerpiece presentation of the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The party...

A symposium entitled “The Legacy of Japanese Women: Past, Present and Future” will be held on Saturday, March 22, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Hotel Kabuki Imperial Ballroom, 1625 Post St. in San Francisco’s Japantown. Admission is free. The...

Forwarded to me from Choppy Oshiro: Manilatown Heritage Foundation is now seeking proposals for its next exhibition at the International Hotel Manilatown Center on the theme of Globalization. The exhibition will focus on "Western Ideas/ Colonial...

Union Bank of California today presented the San Francisco Japantown Foundation with a $10,000 donation to support the organization's mission. George Tanaka, Union Bank of California vice president and diverse market's administration manager, presented...

The Asian Business League will hold a leaderhip program on Tuesday, March 25, from 6-8 p.m. at the PG&E Building on 245 Market St.in San Francisco. Program speaker Dr. Prasad Kaipa will discuss how to better access the "genius within us." In his 18...

My friend Don Chareunsy, the editor-in-chief of a new Asian American magazine called The Big A, invited me to the publication's Bay Area mixer last night at MR. The Big A will be a national Asian American monthly glossy with supplemental online content...

I'm doing a 24-hour raffle to raise money for the Center for Asian American Media and hapihour.org. Virtual raffle tickets are $2 each and can be purchased in multiple quantities. The winner, selected at random, will receive: Two (2) tickets to see the...

An update to a previous post: The San Jose Mercury News published an article about Zhang Jiahuan, also known as "Sunny," on Sunday, March 9. On May 10, 8 p.m., the Star Valley's Children Choir will hold a concert in honor of "Sunny" at the First United...

Come and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Monthby joining the Asian American Journalists Association for an elegant night of food and wine at the historic Ferry Building. The San Francisco chapter of AAJA will be bringing together some of the...

Join SFIAAFF for a night of celebration at the San Jose Museum of Art on Friday, March 21, at 9:30 p.m. Explore one of the most innovative museums in the Bay Area alongside good company and free-flowing food and beverage. Located in the heart of downtown...

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