Leadership & Identity Development Camp Returns to SoCal!

After a few year hiatus, the Taiwanese American Citizens League's Leadership & Identity Development Camp for young 2nd generation Taiwanese Americans is back! With a whole new design and excellent new crew, it promises to be tons of fun! This year's camp will take place from August 5-9 at Pine Springs Ranch in Mountain Center, CA. The 480-acre ranch is nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains at an elevation of 5,200 ft 25 miles east of Hemet, California. 64 spaces only, ages 13-18 $225 special price registrants before July 15th, $275 afterwards Visit the LID Camp website for more info or to register: http://lidcamp.org Join the TACL-LID Camp Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49943304051

Taiwanese American Professionals - LA Dinner Group

Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Hotstuff Cafe, 315 S. San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89323788073 Taiwanese American Professionals Social returns this month for a Dinner/Mixer at Hot Stuff Cafe in San Gabriel! Come out to eat, drink, mingle, and meet new friends! Known for its seasonally updated fusion menu and French cafe experience, Hot Stuff Cafe is a hidden gem in the San Gabriel Valley. Chef and owner Jimmy Wang, with his French culinary roots and experience from working at the Ritz Carlton, combines a sophisticated menu with a simple, yet elegant dinning experience. COST Members: $25* Non-Members: $30* Space is limited, so please RSVP with your choice as soon as possible! Prepay for this event here: http://taphotstuff2009.eventbrite.com Link your friends to this Evite or by accessing http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/UYBJMLDQWIPXBIHYBYHB/hotstuffcafe Questions? E-mail Social Projects Chair, Pai Hung, pai.hung@tacl.org or Vice President, Yvonne Hsu, yvonne.hsu@tacl.org. TAP focuses on Leadership, Identity, Networking, and Community. TAP provides resources and programs that inspire and empower; develop and support professionals to become community-oriented leaders. TAP is an affiliate of TACL.

TAP-SF & TaiwaneseAmerican.org Picnic at SF's Crissy Field

Just one more BBQ after the July 4th weekend... Taiwanese-style. Hosted by: Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) and TaiwaneseAmerican.org Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm Location: West end of Crissy Field, near Warming Hut, Presidio Building 983, Marine Dr., San Francisco, CA PLEASE RSVP IN ADVANCE! Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95755651622 You are invited to join your fellow Taiwanese Americans in the San Francisco Bay area at the First Annual Taiwanese American Professionals-SF (TAP-SF) Summer Membership Recruitment BBQ, co-sponsored by TaiwaneseAmerican.org! This will be an awesome opportunity to make some new friends and meet up with others you've met previously! We'll also introduce the many other Taiwanese American organizations and leaders in the Bay area, as well as announce upcoming events and projects! Come find out what TAP-SF is all about and network with other Taiwanese Americans while enjoying a delicious BBQ featuring a distinctive Taiwanese twist sure to make your mouth water (think BBQ fish/meat balls, squid, tea eggs, etc)! This event is open to all individuals interested in learning more about the Taiwanese American community. Feel free to invite friends and family! Cost: $13 per person at the event or $10 per person in advance. Thanks for your understanding! PAY BY CLICKING HERE by PayPal or credit card (operated by TaiwaneseAmerican.org)

Singer-songwriter Diana Li Performs with Christine Ofrecio

Enjoy some coffee and beautiful music by the talented Taiwanese American singer-songwriter Diana Li. Date: Friday, July 3, 2009 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: The Lost Bean, 13011 Newport Ave. #104, Tustin, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=90281939483 Check out Diana Li at: http://youtube.com/shiowchi http://myspace.com/dianali

Comedian Jenny Yang Performing in LA

"because Jenny Yang's got jokes..." Date: Monday, June 29, 2009 Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Haha Comedy Club, 5010 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=86573998660 Come out to the Haha Comedy Club in North Hollywood to watch Chinese Taiwanese American comedian Jenny Yang. This is a great intimate and chill comedy club. It's a nite of all female comedy! $5 before 8pm, $10 after. 2 drink minimum. Check out Jenny Yang on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jennyyangjokes

Summer BBQ/Pool Party hosted by TAP-San Diego

Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Paul Chen's House, 6705 Rancho Lakes Court, Rancho Santa Fe, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111559936096 Taiwanese American Professionals -San Diego member, Paul Chen, has graciously donated the use of his pool at his Rancho Santa Fe house for the inaugural A4P SoCal (Asian American Alumni Association of Southern California) event that is being co-sponsored by TAP-SD. This is a gated community. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP via Facebook by responding "yes, I will attend" by June 24. See details on the event page. This is an event for the whole family, so bring your significant other and/or children. To defray food costs, the event will be $5 per person or $10 per family.

Modern Jazz Artist Jen Shyu: Jade Tongue Solo Los Angeles CD Release

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009 Time: 8:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Cafe Metropol, 923 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106279377517 The ultra-hip space in Downtown LA, Cafe Metropol, got a special license to host this special concert! It's an intimate setting with a lovely grand piano and moon guitar in my hands. Prepurchase tickets here: http://www.inticketing.com/events/39356/Jen-Shyu (one tree planted per ticket bought!) A solo CD Release performance by New York City-based experimental vocalist/composer/pianist/dancer Jen Shyu, whose original music and dance paint the throbbing landscape of Chinese labor narratives from 19th century colonial Cuba and other stories in the form of ritual invocation and song in various tongues, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Mandarin. She will accompany her singing with piano and the rare, two-stringed moon lute, an authentic Taiwanese instrument she learned from elders in the village of Hengchun, Taiwan. Of her new CD, David Adler of Time Out NY writes: “...the music tests the formidable talents of players like altoist David Binney, trumpeter Shane Endsley and drummer Dan Weiss. Shyu matches their virtuosity and sings with palpable nerve, her enunciation of Chinese an outflow of unpredictable timbres... It’s a remarkable achievement, with rich theatrical implications for the concert setting.” Download of Jade Tongue now available: www.jenshyu.bandcamp.com Visit Jen Shyu's websites: www.jenshyu.com www.myspace.com/jenshyu Recent reviews: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/music/70844/jen-shyu http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32742

Serena Lin's A TRADITIONAL GIRL - A Play Reading in LA

Taiwanese American Playwright Serena Lin Presents a Radio Play set to Asian Jazz Fusion Once upon a time a group of friends got together at a bar to dish about fairy tales, closets, changing your gender, and true love... Date: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Time: 7 pm Location: East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo, 120 Judge John Aiso Street FREE EVENT *This event is a double billing. A Traditional Girl is second. For those who absolutely cannot make it by 7PM -- be there at 8:30PM sharp or doors close! Please, please try to come to both readings -- I promise you won't regret it! **Taiwanese American Jazz musician JEN SHYU (www.jenshyu.com) from New York is flying all the way over to perform for the lucky ducky audience! "a play reading is a kick-back preview of what lurks in the playwright's mind. They get to hear their work read OUT LOUD by professional actors. It's usually casual, fun, and an intimate way to smell the dust and sweat of THEATER!@!@!" - Serena

West Coast Premiere of "Ghosted" in SF

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009 Time: 9:15 PM Location: Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St, San Francisco, CA Go to the Frameline webpage for more info: http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1722&FID=45 Germany, 2009, 89 Minute Running Time Additional Countries: Taiwan Language: German, English & Mandarin English subtitles DIRECTOR: Monkia Treut In the Taiwanese tradition, women have the unique power to return to the living as ghosts and punish us for our transgressions. While this sounds like the making of a horror film, German indie maven Monika Treut (The Virgin Machine Frameline9, Gendernauts Frameline23) instead presents the situation in more delicate terms; treating the weight of mortality with the same intensity as the weight of romantic betrayal. This German/ Taiwanese co-production features Treut’s recent interest in Taiwanese culture, and her now-trademark exploration of gender and cultural identities. Hoping to seek out her biological father, the statuesque and genteel Ai-Ling convinces her mother to let her visit her uncle in Germany, where she falls for video-artist Sophie, a self-possessed professional. But, overcome by the artistic energy inspired by Ai-Ling, Sophie grows increasingly absorbed by her work and neglectful of her lover. Five months later, Ai-Ling has suddenly and mysteriously died, and Sophie’s video projects have reached Tai-Pei, where a pushy but beautiful journalist, Mei-li, convinces Sophie to tell her story.Infiltrating Sophie’s life, the journalist discovers the lesbian drama, and Sophie slowly falls for this replacement for her lost muse. As much a romance of cultures as an affair between women and memories, Ghosted is a sensual mindgame that asks questions in the sultriest way possible. Jetting between Taiwan and Germany, this movie may actually make you feel the changing atmospheres. — SARA SCHIERON

Taiwanese American Youth Leadership Camp in the SF Bay Area

Dates: June 18-21, 2009 Location: Headland Institute, Marin County Fee: $280 Taiwanese American Youth Leadership (TAYL) is an annual summer camp held in the Bay Area that focuses on developing and strengthening middle school and high school kids' leadership styles and their ties to the Taiwanese American community. TAYL is a 4-day 3-night camp of bonding, learning, and most of all, delving into what it means to be a Taiwanese American kid! Campers ranging from 6th to 12th grades participate in activities that are geared towards self-learning and growing up through the guidance of their peers and counselors. Our counselors and advisors consist of college students and young professionals, who know and understand the lifestyle of a 2nd generation Taiwanese American in today's schools. Because of this, our focus on leadership is a lot more discussion and activity based than more traditional leadership training. In other words, we understand the importance of "keeping it real" The week usually consists of 3 or 4 workshops, where we explore the different themes of what it means to be a Taiwanese American Leader such as: self identity, critical thinking, team building, decision making, and recognizing goals. We encourage our campers to examine what their definition of being Taiwanese American is, and the impacts that they could make on our communities. Come embark on our journey with us, while we explore our Taiwanese American Leadership skills in a fun-filled weekend! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Visit http://www.tayl.org to download the registration forms. *EDIT* Visit this Picasa Album for pictures from TAYL 2009! Click this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/conniethechung/TAYL2009YouReIt#

Calista Wu CD Release Party in LA

Live Acoustic Performance of The Prologue Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Time: 8:30pm - 2:00am Location: Bordello Bar, 901 E. 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA Admission: $10 at the door, $5 in by 9:00 pm WITH Facebook RSVP Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=87883178738 This event is 21 and over only. Calista Wu is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her sound is a unique urban blend of soul and spirit, and her songs capture the conflicting realities of the internal and external. You are cordially invited to attend Calista Wu's official CD RELEASE PARTY in celebration of her debut EP, THE PROLOGUE! Come join us as we celebrate her CD release! Calista will be performing a live acoustic set. Special Guest Performance by: Tatum Jones www.myspace.com/tatumjonesmusic, www.tatumjonesmusic.com DJ Performance by: Peter Rocks www.myspace.com/peterrocksmusic, www.myninjaclothing.com Visit Calista's website: www.calistawu.com Win an AUTOGRAPHED COPY of her new CD! TO ENTER THE RAFFLE, send an email to admin@taiwaneseamerican.org with the subject line "Calista" by June 28th, and we'll randomly select a winner! Mailing address must be a US domestic address.

Taiwanese American Citizens League 2009 Award Ceremony

Date: June 14, 2009 Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM Location: Double Tree Hotel Rosemead, 888 Montebello Blvd, Rosemead, CA 91770 Ticket: $50 regular, $100 VIP , $35 TAP and NATWA II PURCHASE TICKETS: http://2009taclbanquet.eventbrite.com OR RSVP with Hilda 626-272-7366 The Taiwanese American Citizens League Los Angeles Chapter (TACL-LA) cordially invites you to the 2009 Community Scholarship Award Banquet. Twenty one outstanding high school seniors will receive the Scholarship. TACL will present its four major programs: Summer Political Internship, Journalism Internship, Scholarship, and Summer Camp. At the banquet, Dr. TsuAnn Kuo, former TUF president, will be honored for her dedication to promote the Taiwanese American Community. She will speak on the topic of "T + A = TA." Wencheng Lin, Chair, Institute of Taiwan Study, presents the "Census 2010 and Taiwanese Americans." The mission of the Taiwanese Citizens League is to enhance the quality of life for Taiwanese Americans. Our work is largely devoted to: Leadership, Identity, Networking, Citizenship. Visit the TACL website at: http://tacl.org

Taiwanese American Professionals - LA: Speed Networking Fundraiser

Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009 Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Rush Street, 9546 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75950703077 Space is limited. Please RSVP to ensure a spot. Pre-pay and secure your seat: http://westsidespeednetworking.eventbrite.com Back By Popular Demand! TAP will host another Speed networking fundraiser. Come join your fellow TAP members and friends for an entertaining and structured opportunity to broaden your network base. We are hosting TAP's NETWORKING event on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Rush Street in Culver City! Proceeds will go to the benefit of TACL Summer Internship Program. The event will be structured with an organized rotation where participants engage in 3 minute multiple mini-meetings. However, instead of 1-on-1 conversations, participants will have up to 20 "2-on-2" conversations with other young professionals. Make sure you bring your business cards! TAP has prepared seed topics and questions in advance to help both spur conversations, and help attendees get to know each other better. Proceeds will benefit the Taiwanese American Citizens League Summer Political Internship. If you have any questions, contact Rick Chang, Treasurer at Rick.Chang@tacl.org or Yvonne Hsu, Vice President at yvonne.hsu@tacl.org Please invite your friends to this http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/YOUGVAOTAMRYDDJIJDPL/westsidespeednetworking

TAPS in Seattle: Late Night Social at Oceanaire

Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009 Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: The Oceanaire Seafood Room, 1700 7th Ave. Suite 100, Seattle, WA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208595930651 Please join Taiwanese American Professionals Society of Seattle for a late night networking event at The Oceanaire!! The Oceanaire is located in downtown Seattle at the corner of 7th Avenue and Olive Way of the famous detail core. The Oceanaire has kindly made special arrangement for TAPS to host a late night happy hour and dessert social on a Saturday night from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Please RSVP with TAPS on our website: http://tapsinseattle.org/blog/rsvp.php?id=161 TAPS is a 501(c) not-for-profit organization providing networking opportunities, engaging in community service, and fostering social interaction among young Taiwanese and Asian American professionals. Join the TAPS in Seattle Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10986804187