SF International Asian American Film Festival

This premiere Asian American Film Festival takes place throughout San Francisco and San Jose during the week of Mar 15-25. This year, a few of the programs include projects by or including Taiwanese and Taiwanese American directors and actors. Get tickets before the shows are sold out and see some up and coming stars within our community! Taiwanese American actor Kelvin Yu can also be seen in recurring rolls on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and other movies, and is currently in pre-production for a new NBC sitcom, Area 52. Do Over is a feature film produced in Taiwan. Join our small group for movie and dinner here in the San Jose area by RSVP'ing on the Evite! Taiwanese American director Arvin Chen is a fresh face on the scene and creates a wonderful short love story set in the Night Markets of Taipei. NOTE: I have a DVD copy of Arvin's film "Mei" that I will raffle off. Send an email to admin@taiwaneseamerican.org with Mei DVD in the title, and I will randomly pick an entry out of a hat on April 22 and send you the DVD, courtesy of TaiwaneseAmerican.org!

Taiwanese Concert In Memory of 228 near Orange County

Taiwanese Concert In Memory of Taiwan 228 Incident Free Admission Time: 2:30PM – 5:00PM Date: Sat, March 3, 2007 Location: Taiwanese Culture Center, 2901 W. Mac Arthur Blvd, Suite 115, Santa Ana, CA 92704 Sponsored by Taiwan Multicultural Association, Orange County Taiwanese Association, FAPA. Contact (949) 916-1200 Jim Yu

Michelle Krusiec in the cast of The Vagina Monologues, LA

Actress Tamlyn Tomita leads the first all Asian and Pacific Islander cast (that includes Taiwanese American actor Michelle Krusiec) in Los Angeles of the Obie award winning play about women empowerment through the reclaiming of their bodies, in particular, their vaginas. The Vagina Monologues has been performed for V-Day events in over 90 countries around the world with the intent of raising awareness and funds to end the violence against women and children. All proceeds from this performance shall go to the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF), which runs shelters and prevention programs in Los Angeles County for Asian and Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and to the 2007 V-Day spotlight of women in conflict zones throughout the world. When: Friday, March 2, 2007, at 8PM Where: Aratani Japan American Theatre, 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012 For more information, click HERE.

Seeking Research Participants near Irvine, CA

The UC Irvine Center for Diabetes Research and Treatment and the Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics invite you to participate in an exciting, collaborative study of diabetes and human variation. We are seeking ethnic Chinese/Taiwanese adults between the ages of 40-65, with or without a diagnosis of diabetes. Participation requires a 1 hour commitment that includes family and medical history, general physical exam, standard blood draw, and urine sample. In addition to your free clinical evaluation you will receive a monetary compensation of $10. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact Elaine Chen, research study coordinator, at 949-892-7645. This study is approved by the UCI Institutional Review Board.