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Presenting “Voice & Vision” Annual Gala 2010
Honoring the spirit, fortitude, and enduring legacy of Chinese Americans, CHSA presents Voice & Vision 2010 GALA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010 6 pm Reception & Silent Auction 7 pm Dinner FOUR SEASONS HOTEL 757 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 HONORING Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) & Angel Island Immigration Station Historical Advisory Committee (AIISHAC) MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bevan Dufty, SF Board of Supervisors FEATURING The Paintings of Jake Lee & Special Exhibit: "Detained at Liberty’s Door" Black Tie Optional Tickets are $225 for the general public, $200 for CHSA Members. To RSVP, please contact Lisa Wong at (415) 665-1150 or email lisa@wongway.net. For sponsorship opportunities, please [...]
Preview of Voice & Vision Gala Auction Items!
A sampling of Silent Auction prizes to be featured at the Voice & Vision Gala on September 11th, include: LUXURY OVERNIGHT & VACATIONS STAYS at Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, Omni Hotel San Francisco, Hawaiian condo in Oahu, Sorensen's Resort in the High Sierras; 3-month EXECUTIVE CLUB MEMBERSHIP to the San Francisco Tennis Club; TICKETS to Beach Blanket Babylon & San Francisco Symphony; BOTTLES of Chateau Mouton Rothschild & other high-end wine; LUNCHES with Supervisor David Chiu, Supervisor Carmen Chu, Police Chief George Gascon, and Assessor Recorder Phil Ting! ....& much, much more to come!
Shanghai’s Newest Skyscraper: China’s Tallest & Greenest Giant Presentation
The USF Center for the Pacific Rim presentation by STEVE WEINDEL, A Principle at Gensler Architect entitled SHANGHAI'S NEWEST SKYSCRAPER: CHINA'S TALLEST & GREENEST GIANT is co-sponsored by CHSA on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 5:45 pm at the University of San Francisco Main Campus, Fromm Hall (Enter on Parker Street between Golden Gate & Fulton). The architectural footprint of the San Francisco firm Gensler can be found from Seoul to Shanghai to Singapore, but China has the crown jewel in what locals call the Shanghai Dragon, Gensler's 21st century environmental masterpiece. Truly a vertical city, the building will contain eight separate neighborhoods each 14 stories tall stacked on top of the other as the building soars skyward above the Pudong skyline. At the outer [...]
“Passages: For Lee Ping To,” A Dance and Multi-Media Performance by Lenora Lee
In association with Asian Improv aRts, CHSA is proud to co-sponsor Lenora Lee's interdisciplinary work "Passages: For Lee Ping To" on September 24-26, 2010 at Dance Mission Theater, 3316--24th St (at Mission St), San Francisco, CA 94110. “Passages,” is an interdisciplinary collaborative work between choreographer/dancer Lenora Lee, media designer Olivia Ting, composer/sound designer Francis Wong, lighting designer Patty-Ann Farrell, and dancers Marina Fukushima and Kevin Ho. It is in homage to Lee’s grandmother on her mother’s side, Lee Ping To, who immigrated through the Angel Island Immigration Station in 1940, the year that the Station was closed. 2010 is the Centennial of the opening of Angel Island Immigration Station. In service between 1910 and 1940, the Station [...]
SF Jazz Festival Presents Jon Jang’s “Angel Voices: Rhapsody on Angel Island Poetry”
As part of the SF Jazz Festival, CHSA is proud to sponsor Jon Jang's performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 3 pm Over his brilliant career, Bay Area based pianist-composer Jon Jang has performed many stimulating and thought-provoking works which often document key points in Chinese history, including The Chinese American Symphony; Island: The Immigrant Suite No. 2; and Tiananmen! This performance is the World Premiere of Angel Voices: Rhapsody On Angel Island Poetry, based upon poems written by Chinese, Japanese and Russian Jewish immigrants who were detained on Angel Island from 1910-40. The work features poet Genny Lim and a chamber jazz ensemble comprised of pipa (Chinese lute), woodwinds and a rhythm section. Min Xiao-Fen, the pipa [...]