Taiwanese Language Class in Walnut Creek, CA

East Bay Taiwanese American Community Service Center Taiwanese Language Class Program Announcement A new program, Taiwanese (tai wan wei) class, will be starting on Sunday, 10/28, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the East Bay Formosan United Church / East Bay Taiwanese Community Center at 1755 Sunnyvale Ave., Walnut Creek, CA. This program promotes Taiwanese culture to the second generation. Please come and enjoy Taiwanese culture and have fun. For more details, please contact T.K. Chu at chu71546(at)gmail.com.

Dinner/Movie with TAP in LA

TAP Monthly Dinner Group continues in October in Hollywood, with a Dinner and a Movie! After dinner, a group will be going to watch Ang Lee's new movie "Lust, Caution" at the Arclight Theatre. TAP Dinner groups are regional events that range in areas from the South Bay, San Gabriel, West LA, OC, etc. where we try new restaurant hot spots with new TAP friends. Come meet new friends, hang out with other TAP members, and find out more about TAP in an intimate group setting. Hope to see you there! Dinner Location: Red Corner Asia, 5267 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 CLICK HERE FOR THE EVITE AND TO RSVP For more information, check out the TAP website, tap.tacl.org.

Justin Lin's "Finishing the Game"

Justin Lin, director of Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis, and The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, brings you his latest feature, an Official Sundance Film Festival Selection - Finishing the Game. Bruce Lee's shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is. See the Trailer on the Official Film Website: www.youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com OPENING DATES: October 19th San Francisco, CA / Landmark Embarcadero Center Berkeley, CA / Landmark Shattuck October 26th Los Angeles, CA / Landmark Nuart Theatre San Diego, CA / Landmark Ken Cinema Santa Ana, CA / Edwards South Coast Village

NATMA 2G Dinner Gathering in Sausalito, CA

Join NATMA 2G, the 2nd generation Taiwanese American Health Professionals organization, for our 4th Quarterly Dinner Gathering in Sausalito, Marin County! Paradise Bay Restaurant and Bar offers new American cuisine in a Sausalito Waterfront setting. New members welcome! Time: 6:30 PM Location: Paradise Bay Restaurant, 1200 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965 Invite friends, bring guests... and help us to expand our network of Taiwanese American health professionals! For more information about NATMA 2G, click HERE! Please RSVP by replying to this evite - click HERE - or contact dinner organizer Michael Tsao at mctsao@hotmail.com

Author Shawna Yang Ryan - Readings in CA

Shawna Yang Ryan is a hapa Taiwanese American who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and received a M.A. from the University of California, Davis. In 2002, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan, and in 2006 received the Maurice Prize for Fiction. Locke 1928 is Shawna's debut novel. Set in a Sacramento Delta Chinese farming community, Locke 1928 chronicles the effects of separation and betrayal, laws and immigration, on its citizens and what happens when a Chinese ghost myth becomes real. Her most current project is entitled The Running Dogs of March. A former Shanghai starlet, a scriptwriter and an underground filmmaker: partners in revolution, trying to figure out what it means to act on Eisenstein's proclamation of the "kino fist" in postcolonial, 1947 Taiwan. A small incident involving a black market cigarette vendor sparks an uprising that throws the country into upheaval and drives a rift between friends and lovers. Torn apart, each friend struggles individually for survival in a country where men are marked for execution as "rioters and rebels" and the women-wives, mothers and daughters-are forced to pick up the pieces. In its depiction of Taiwan's notorious 2-28 Incident, The Running Dogs of March takes on a history that has become myth. Upcoming Readings and Events: * Saturday, October 6, 2-4 pm, McClatchy Library, Sacramento, CA * Wednesday, October 10th, UC Davis Bookstore * Saturday, November 17th, 3-5 pm, Eastwind Books, Berkeley, CA * Saturday, March 1, 2008, 4-10 pm, Sixth Annual Authors on the Move at the Hyatt Hotel, downtown Sacramento, CA Check out her webpage at www.ShawnaYangRyan.com

TUF Salon Series: "Visual Arts & Film" in LA

Time: 1:00PM Location: Cerritos Library - Skyline Room, 18025 Bloomfield Avenue, Cerritos, CA 90703 RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND. PLEASE CLICK HERE. After a very successful debut event of the TUF Salon series presenting "Publishers & Writers" in July 2007, you are now invited to the 2nd TUF Salon series event presenting "Visual Arts & Film"; the event will be followed by a social mixer with light refreshments. Special guests for this event include: Warren Fu - Business & Economics Major from UC Berkeley Warren worked as an art director at Lucasfilm on films such as A.I., Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars. He has been working on directing short films and music videos. www.seeoutloud.com Robert Davidson - M.B.A. Harvard Business School &B.Arch./B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design Bob will speak on the advantage of an art education in an image-driven world of parallel universes and the unlimited opportunities. Two of his children are both Fine Art majors. Karen Lin - Master in Public Policy from UC Berkeley Karen is currently a filmmaker, music video producer and founder of ZuZu Films, a production company committed to producing film projects that are close to her heart. www.zuzufilms.com This event will be moderated by: Jim Liaw - Asian American Studies Major from UCLA Jim is the President and Co-Founder of Formula Drift Holdings, LLC. www.formulad.com TUF Salon is sponsored by www.tufusa.org aiming at networking Taiwanese Americans as well as friends of Taiwan in the Los Angeles vicinity through Arts & Culture.

Action Alert for Californians on AB 295 (Lieu)

California law currently requires the state collection of disaggregated data for some of the Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) ethnic groups. AB 295 (Lieu) would ensure that state-collected data in the areas of health, human services, employment, and civil rights are disaggregated into additional APIA ethnic groups, including Hmong, Tongan, Thai, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Malaysian, Indonesian, Taiwanese, and Fijian. This bill was authored by Taiwanese American Assembly member Ted Lieu. It is an important bill for Taiwanese Americans in California and is strongly supported for by the TACL, TAP, NATMA, and NATMA 2G among others. Take just 1 minute to send a (pre-written) letter of support directly to the Governor by clicking HERE!