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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
CHANGING REALITY: VOICES OF ASIAN AMERICAN TV STARS
IN CELEBRATION OF RAMS’ 35TH ANNIVERSARY AND APA HERITAGE MONTH
5:30pm – 9:30pm
Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/aFLkqV
Web = http://ramsinc.org/events

Featuring:
Winner of Bravo’s Project Runway, Season 2 – Fashion Designer Chloe Dao
Winner of Bravo’s Top Chef, Season 3 – Executive Chef Hung Huynh
Winners of CBS’s Amazing Race, Season 14 – Attorneys Tammy and Victor Jih
Cast Member of MTV’s The Real World, San Francisco, Season 3 – Physician Pamela Ling

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Saturday/Sunday, May 15-16, 2010
FILIPINO FLAVORS: TRADITION + INNOVATION
Asian Culinary Forum’s 2010 Symposium
The International Culinary School at
The Art Institute of California-San Francisco
1170 Market Street, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/aNuK5L
Web = http://www.asianculinaryforum.org

Join the Asian Culinary Forum and acclaimed chefs, scholars, writers, winemakers and musicians in the heart of San Francisco for a weekend-long celebration of the foods of the Philippines.

Featured speakers include Amy Besa (Memories of Philippines Kitchens), Margarita Araneta Fores (Cafe Bola and Cibo restaurants in Metro Manila), Reggie Narito (Master Sommelier), Chef Kelly Degala and Chef Tim Luym, plus many many more authors, culinary experts and special guests.

Select from a fabulous buffet of choices or join in the entire feast.
Online registration closes May 12, or earlier if sold out.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010
MYX MASH WITH T-PAIN, BROWN EYED GIRLS AND BRUNO MARS
6:00pm – 11:00pm
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/c9JGqR
Web = http://www.myx.tv

MYX, the only Asian-American music entertainment network, is bringing the biggest party to the San Francisco Bay Area! This is MYX Mash – one of the most anticipated concert events of the summer. This one of a kind concert brings the mainstream and Asian pop scene together for the first time, headlined by Hip-Hop superstar T-Pain, hot Korean export Brown Eyed Girls and chart topping singer/ song writing sensation Bruno Mars!

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Thursday, May 6, 2010
ASIAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION SPONSORED BY MACY’S
Sponsored by NAAAP-SF
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Macy’s in Union Square, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/co65bo
Web = http://bit.ly/cy7Twa

Thursday, May 6, 2010
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION AND
6TH ANNUAL ASIAN HERITAGE STREET CELEBRATION KICK OFF
Sponsored by AsianWeek Foundation, CBS5 and the CW44/Cable 12
CBS5 Studios
Facebook = http://bit.ly/a3pCqI
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Friday, May 7, 2010
BOOK LAUNCH OF KAREN TEI YAMASHITA’S ‘I HOTEL’
Sponsored by Coffee House Press, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation and APICC
6:00pm – 9:00pm
I-Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny St, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/cBgVtc

Friday, May 7, 2010
FBANC’S 30TH ANNUAL INSTALLATION DINNER
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Four Seas Restaurant, 731 Grant Ave., San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/dzo8Jb

Saturday, May 8, 2010
THE OFFICIAL ASIAN HERITAGE STREET CELEBRATION LAUNCH PARTY
10:00pm – 2:00am
Sutra Lounge, 443 Broadway, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/bsJmrX

Sunday, May 9, 2010 – Saturday, June 5, 2010
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN (APA) HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2010
Sponsored by the Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Oakland, Calif.
Facebook = http://bit.ly/aa1HYz

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
CELEBRATING SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN THE LAW
Sponsored by the South Asian Bar Association of Northern Calif.
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Morrison & Foerster LLP, 425 Market Street, 34th Floor, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/axv3E2

Friday, May 14, 2010
INSIDE & OUT: HYPHEN MAGAZINE ISSUE #20 RELEASE PARTY
9:00pm – 2:00am
SOM Bar, 2925 16th Street, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/cgSK3F

Saturday, May 15, 2010
6TH ANNUAL ASIAN HERITAGE STREET CELEBRATION
11:00am – 6:00pm
Civic Center/Little Saigon
Larkin Street between Grove and Ellis Streets, San Francisco
Facebook = http://bit.ly/9KBV9g

Thursday, May 27, 2010
SAKE SAN JOSE
5:00pm – 8:30pm
Japantown San Jose
Facebook = http://bit.ly/cn0bOK

Thursday, May 27, 2010
LGBT APIA LITERARY NIGHT
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 Ninth Street, Oakland
Facebook = http://bit.ly/ca6WWi

Saturday, May 29, 2010
ASIAN ROCK FEST 2010
9:15pm – 12:00am
RockIt Room, 406 Clement Street, San Francisco
Facebook =  http://bit.ly/9H4cWg

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