March 15: Center for Asian American Media’s 30th Anniversary Gala

Posted on 1st February 2010 in entertainment, events, film, fundraiser

Put this on your calendars! Join us for the Center for Asian American Media’s 30th Anniversary Gala (http://www.asianamericanmedia.org) and celebrate the organization’s 30 years of presenting the richness and diversity of Asian American stories.

Held during the heart of the SF International Asian American Film Festival, CAAM has partnered with the Asian Chefs Association to present signature dishes from some of the Bay Area’s finest chefs: Khai Duong (Ana Mandara), Lawrence Chu (Chef Chu’s), Dennis Wong (Le Soleil), Jackson Yu (Live Sushi Bar), Jeff Hubbard (Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion), Peter Chan (South Sea Seafood Village) and Hung Le (Three Seasons).

Guests will partake in a unique pan-Asian tasting event with Asian American film luminaries and community leaders.

Center for Asian American Media CAAM
30th Anniversary Gala
Monday, March 15, 2010
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Ana Mandara Restaurant
891 Beach Street (at Polk Street, Ghirardelli Square)
San Francisco, CA

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Funds will go towards supporting CAAM’s ongoing vision of bringing the best new films and filmmakers to our annual film festival, serving schools and libraries with high quality documentaries, and innovating in digital media.

For more information:
Debbie Ng
CAAM Development and Communications Director
415-863-0814 x104
dng@asianamericanmedia.org

Host Committee Members (list in progress):
Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco
Ken Ikeda & Catherine Huang
Bill Imada
David Lei & Linda Lei
Konrad Ng & Maya Soetoro-Ng
Susie Pak & Greg Pak
Ann Sung-Ruckstuhl & John Ruckstahl
Eddie Wong & Anna Whittington
Mona Lisa Yuchengco
Dien Yuen

Honorary Committee Members (list in progress):
Jeff Adachi
Mary Bitterman
Supervisor David Chiu
Representative Mike Honda
Mike Hsieh & Tom Hsieh
Keith Kamisugi
Michael Kang
Sung Kang
Spencer Nakasako & Laureen Chew
Amy Tan
Jay Xu & Jennifer Chen
Helen Zia & Lia Shigemura

Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the US Immigration Station, Angel Island on Jan. 21

Posted on 12th January 2010 in events, history

The United States Immigration Station on Angel Island opened its doors January 21, 1910. It replaced an overcrowded two-story shed at the Pacific Mail Steamship Company wharf in San Francisco.

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, in conjunction with the California State Parks and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will commemorate the opening of the immigration station with a program on January 21, 2010, from 10 a.m. to Noon at Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco.

The program will feature:

  • A naturalization ceremony for 100 new U.S. citizens, with the Oath of Allegiance to be administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas, himself an immigrant from Cuba
  • Congratulatory messages from federal, state and local officials
  • California State Parks Director Ruth Coleman
  • San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar
  • Past and present San Francisco poet laureates Diane DiPrima and Janice Mirikitani
  • Buck Gee, President of the Angel Island Immigration Station Board of Directors
  • Eddie Wong, Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station

If you plan to attend, RSVP to AIISF at 415-262-4433 or email info@aiisf.org.

This was originally posted at aiisf.org. Special thanks to Grant Din for bringing to my attention.