Posted on July 2, 2009
Chinese Heritage Walk
The Chinese Culture Center offers docent-led walks through Chinatown emphasizing the various cultural achievements, social progress and history of the Chinese community in America. The walk begins with a brief introduction at the Center and may include places of interest such as the Chinese Historical Society of America, Chinese temple, herb store, teashop, food market, churches, schools, community organizations, and many architectural and historical points of interest.
Tours are available by 24-hour advance reservation, with a minimum of 4 participants per tour.
See what people are saying after taking the tour!
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Posted on June 4, 2009
“Gold Mountain Wives”
Book Preview & Signing
- Offered in Chinese & English
Date: June 6th, 2009 Saturday
Time: 1:00-3:00PM
Location: Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (Inside the Hilton Hotel)
舊金山中華文化中心三樓會議廳 （花園角廣場對面，希爾頓酒店內）
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: （415） 986-1822
Refreshment will be provided 作者現場簽售，免費茶點供應
The book is available for purchase at the Chinese Culture Center Bookstore. Read more »
Posted on April 6, 2009
Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character 現在時雙年展
Presented by Chinese Culture Center in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop
May 1, 2009 6:30 PM - VIP (CCC members & Donors) & Invited Guest Special Preview
Free to public on view from May 2nd - August 23rd
Special website: www.presenttense.us
In the hands of 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S., San Francisco’s Chinatown becomes a laboratory of diverse ideas about contemporary Chinese culture in a new exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center.
“Convey Your Truth”, The California Report, aired on NPR
“Vibrant, political, poetic, and challenging…Go see this show!!!” - Marisa Nakasone, SF Art Examiner
“A fine exhibition all the way around… Definite go see.”, ArtBusiness.com
“a perfect embodiment of a transitional moment in American racial politics” - Claire Light, KQED Arts
“I’m also delighted to see that it hasn’t been curated along predictable lines of authenticity and/or ethnicity. ” — Jenifer K Wofford
“I’m looking forward to seeing Sean Marc Lee’s paternal portraits, Fang Lu’s answer to hyphy, Thomas Chang’s American twist on Jia Zhangke’s 2004 The World, Litang Liang’s revisions of calligraphy, and a video piece by sometime Guardian contributor Sergio de la Torre.(Huston)” San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Top pick!” - Examiner
San Francisco Weekly
“it’s going to be a really cool, fasinating exhibition,” Angry Asian Man
“is going to be kick-ass,” wiqaable.com Read more »
Posted on April 6, 2009
Date & Time: 04/18/2009 [Saturday] 1 pm
Location: Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny Street, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA, 94108,
Chinese Culture Center is proud to sponsor “Uncle Toisan.”
“Uncle Toisan” features the unique experience of a Chinese American immigrant to the United States. His eyewitness account bridges the historical relevance of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the modern post-civil rights movement, and the emergence of present-day Asian American consciousness.
Uncle Toisan enters the country as a 17 year old “paper son” (immigrants who purchased legal immigration status as a “paper son” of an American citizen), then perseveres through a two-month detention at Angel Island Immigration Station on the eve of its closing in 1939. Read more »
Posted on April 6, 2009
“Arts in the Alley” (San Francisco Chinatown)
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time: 11am to 5pm
Location: Waverly Place (between Clay and Washington Streets)
Chinese Culture Center is proud to sponsor the first bi-annual “Arts in the Alley” event, presented by Chinatown Community Development Center on April 18, 2009 in Waverly Place, a beautiful alleyway with deep roots in Chinatown’s history. “Arts in the Alley” is a celebration of past and present achievements of our community to preserve neighborhood character, while giving visitors an
authentic experience of Chinese life and culture. This event will stimulate economic development for local merchants and provide a culturally enriching experience for residents and visitors. This event
will also showcase our alleyways as vibrant and functional open space for public venues.
Community Sponsors: Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project, Chinese Culture Center, and Chinese Historical Society of America, and Lee On Dong Benevolent Association
Additional Events in Chinatown on April 18th:
11am-12:30pm Chinatown Alleyway Tour
Portsmouth Square Park- Upper level by elevators
1pm-2:30pm History Alive! “Uncle Toisan” Theater Performance
All Day “Afterlife” Art Exhibit, 220 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
