Taiwanese American Heritage Week in Monterey Park, CA

From 10AM to 4PM at Barnes Park, 350 S. McPherrin Ave., Monterey Park, CA 91755. Organizers expect well over a thousand attendees. There will be more than 30 booths at the park, as well as hour-long performances by the Taiwan-based Hung-Sheng Lion Dance Theater at 10 a.m. and 2:20 p.m.

Bay Area Taiwanese Cultural Festival

Save the date! Once again, the festival will take place in San Francisco's Union Square from 10 am to 7 pm! We expect over 1000 people attending throughout the day. Come watch Taiwanese performances and sample delicious Taiwanese cuisine.

Congressman Sherrod Brown To Speak on Defending Taiwan's Democracy

Co-sponsored by the North American Taiwanese Medical Association, Formosa Association of Public Affairs and the Taiwan Center Foundation of Southern California. Ohio Congressman Sherrod Brown will be speaking at the Taiwan Center in Los Angeles on May 15 at 7:00 p.m. The Taiwan Center is located at 3001 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Brown's speech is titled, "Defending Democracy — A Case for Taiwan." Brown (D-OH) is a co-founder of the Congressional Taiwan caucus and senior member of the International Relations Committee. He is a leading voice in Congress on issues important to Taiwan, including the effort to preserve Taiwan's democracy and secure observer status for Taiwan at the World Health Organization's annual summit. Brown has avidly denounced China's "Anti-Secession" law and recently introduced legislation that called for the lifting of any restrictions of high-level exchanges between Taiwanese and U.S. officials. He has also called for the United States to "actively assist Taiwan in exercising its universal right of self-determination by recognizing Taiwan's independent status and by pressing for its admission into various international organizations as a full participant." After spending 12 years in the House of Representatives, Brown is running for Senate seeking to become the first Democratic Senator from the state of Ohio since John Glenn retired in 1998. Brown is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH). With Ohio still an important battleground state, the race will be one of this year's most-watched campaigns.

Taiwanese American Heritage Week Events in San Diego

Location: Auditorium, Taiwanese American Community Center, 7170 Convoy Court, San Diego, CA 2:30 pm: Speaker: Yvonne Wu on “Reaching Home with Music: A young emigrant’s exploration of Taiwan’s political past” 5:00 pm: Taiwanese Culture & Food Fair 7:00 pm: Taiwanese American Heritage Week Opening Ceremony and Special Concert. Performer: Jen Shyu was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois, from immigrant parents of East Timor and Taiwan, Jen Shyu currently lives and works in New York City as a musician, dancer, composer, and band leader of her group called Origins. For more information, see the Taiwan Center website.

Hi-YAH! Book Tour with Taiwanese American authors

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, authors Justina Chen Headley, Grace Lin, and Janet S. Wong are taking their Hi-YAH! Book Tour through several locations on the West Coast: Saturday, May 13, 2006 in Kent, WA Kent Library, 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2006 in Bellevue, WA Barnes & Noble, 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 22, 2006 in San Francisco, CA Swirl Book Club, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2006 in Stanford, CA Stanford Bookstore, signing, 6:00 p.m.

Aftershocks: Experimental Films and Animation from Taiwan

When: Sunday, May 7 at 7:30pm Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA Info: 415.978.2787 As suggested by its title, the works in this program of recent Taiwanese experimental animation and film register the subtler cultural dislocations and more sudden political realignments that Taiwan has undergone in its recent history. Anita Chang, a Bay Area filmmaker who has worked as a resident artist and Fulbright lecturer in Taiwan tracing the reverberations of the island's rapid economic ascension and cultural discontents, is guest curator of tonight's series. Chen Chieh-Jen's Factory, Hou Chi-jan's Stardust 15749001, and Nana Wu's Farewell 1999 are included in tonight's program.

Taiwanese American Heritage Week Festivities in Seattle

TAPS is proud to co-sponsor this year's Taiwanese American Heritage Week. Multiple fun events are planned in the entire month of May. These events are great opportunities for learning about Taiwanese culture and enjoying artistic performances and delicious Taiwanese cuisines. Events include: Taiwanese Night Market 5/6 Saturday 5:30 pm, HUB Lawn, University of Washington Homage to Taiwan, By Taipei Folk Dance Theater 5/12 Friday 7 pm, Benaroya Recital Hall Art Exhibit by Monica Hsu Redmond Regional Library – May 13 Saturday, 2pm-5pm Bellevue Regional Library – May 14 Sunday, 1pm-5pm Fantasy Waltz by Tyzen Hsiao, Classical concert by various professional performers 5/21 Sunday 7:30 pm, Benaroya Recital Hall Work of Art at Seattle Taiwan Center Art of tea, Monica Hsu's Paintings, Floral art 5/20 & 21 U-District Street Fair Booth 108 5/20 10 am - 7 pm 5/21 10 am - 6 pm For ticket information for Homage to Taiwan and Fantasy Waltz events, please contact Isaiah Chuang at 206-356-3050 or icwchuang@yahoo.com. Tickets range from $15 to $60. Free admission to all other events!

Welly Yang's FINDING HOME - Canadian Premiere

FINDING HOME is the opening event for explorASIAN 2006! Tickets on sale NOW! May 5 - 8:00pm May 6 - 2:00pm & 8:00pm The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage 2750 Granville St., Vancouver, BC Join Broadway Performer/Playwright Welly Yang, Dina Morishita, and friends in a Night of Musical Theatre! In a musical journey about finding home, Yang explores three generations of family history: stories of leaving home and finding home, of love lost and love found, and of dreams deferred and dreams realized. The show artfully weaves together seventeen Broadway classics and contemporary songs by Elton John, Tim Rice, Dan Hill and Alan Menken among others. Although Welly Yang's deeply personal story "FINDING HOME" is the story of one family, it also parallels the stories of a generation of families who immigrated to America and struggled to make a home and future for themselves and their children.