Asian American and Pacific Islander Issues, People and Events
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 was co-hosted by MANJA, APA|FIVE and Empty Kingdom.
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 primary goal of the symposium will be to encourage understanding, dialogue and person-to person [...]
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 Mentality” as it relates to the Filipino experience. You do not have to be Filipino to submit artwork, but [...]