By HowardDate: November 22, 2009Posted in: East CoastTags:
Title: Taiwanese American Health Professionals in NY for Dinner Location: Seoul Garden, 34 West 32nd Street, 2nd FL, New York, NY Link out: Click here Description: The North American Taiwanese Medical Association 2G is a community of health professionals interested in Taiwanese heritage and dedicated to cultural education, advocacy, and service. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2009-11-22 End Time: 21:00
By HowardDate: November 21, 2009Posted in: East CoastTags:
Title: The Hsu-nami Performs Live in Brooklyn Location: Don Pedro’s, 90 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Link out: Click here Description: Check out erhu rock band Hsu-nami fronted by Taiwanese American Jack Hsu. They’re performing with two other bands and guaranteed to have a good time! Hsu-nami plays at 11 pm. A dance party starts after the show with Taiwanese DJ Jay Szu as special guest.
Check out The Hsu-nami: http://www.myspace.com/hsunami
By GraceDate: November 20, 2009Posted in: East CoastTags:
Title: Spoken Word Performances by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Location: Northeast Link out: Click here Description: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who fights for cultural pride and survival through how she spits and how she lives. As a teenager, Kelly developed a passion for spoken word at the birthplace of the international poetry slam movement, the Uptown Poetry Slam in Chicago. She also appeared as a series regular on PBS’ “Sneak Previews” and wrote weekly for the Chicago Tribune as a teen movie critic.
Kelly has been featured in 350 performances worldwide at venues including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the House of Blues, the Apollo Theater, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and three seasons of the award-winning “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” The author of Inside Outside Outside Inside (2004) and Thought Crimes (2005) and the CD Infinity Breaks (2006), Tsai has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, and many more.
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., Philadelphia, PA
Cost: $5-$10 Sliding Scale
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Location: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
More details TBA
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Location: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
More details TBA
Visit Kelly’s website for more info and details: http://yellowgurl.com Start Date: 2009-11-30 End Date: 2009-12-05
By JessicaDate: November 19, 2009Posted in: MidwestTags:
Title: Happy Hour with TAP in Chicago Location: Vertigo Sky Lounge @ The Dana Hotel Rooftop, 660 N. State, Chicago, IL Link out: Click here Description: Join Taiwanese American Professionals in Chicago and meet up with old friends and network with new ones at our happy hour mixer! Start Date: 2009-11-19 Start Time: 18:00 End Date: 2009-12-19 End Time: 21:00
By GraceDate: November 14, 2009Posted in: SpotlightTags:
Join TaiwaneseAmerican.org’s Atlanta-based staff, Grace and Liz, as they visit with Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco / Bay area members during a bah-tzang (zong-zi) making workshop! Can these 2nd generation folks with little experience in this culinary art form be taught how to make one of our most popular and favorite Taiwanese foods? Watch the video and find out!
The bah-tzang is a delicious traditional Taiwanese (and Chinese) comfort food made with sticky rice and meat wrapped in bamboo leaves, which imparts a unique flavor as it is steamed to perfection! The process is as simple as “wrap, steam, serve!” A recipe is included in the video, too!
TaiwaneseAmerican.org bah-tzang/zong-zi t-shirts featured in the video are available online! Just click on the Store link above! Proceeds are used to support other fine cultural and educational projects.
By Ho ChieDate: November 7, 2009Posted in: Featured, SpotlightTags:
How many Taiwanese and Asian Americans do you know who took piano lessons? Too many to count? For sure! How many went on to pursue music full-time as a career? Perhaps not that many.
Well, meet young Taiwanese American composer, George Shaw, who studied composition and film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, taking part in its world-class Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Now, he’s an award-winning musician with Gold Medal recognitions from categories such as Artistic Excellence to Outstanding Achievement in Film Music.
George Shaw takes some time to share with us a little bit about his life path towards becoming a composer, orchestrator, and conductor. He has orchestrated on a number of films, including “Ghost Rider” (starring Nicolas Cage), “The Darwin Awards” (starring Winona Ryder, Joseph Fiennes), “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang” (starring Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr.), and “Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles”. He has also released a collection of his own inspired albums. With over 50 credits to his name and several Hollywood and independent films that he has scored, he will certainly be one to follow.
Win one of his CDs entitled “Legendary Warriors” featuring epic Asian movie-inspired themes – all original work by George Shaw! Send an email to admin@taiwaneseamerican.org with the subject line, “Legendary Warriors,” by November 15th, and we’ll select a few winners for these autographed CDs! You must have a domestic US mailing address.
*EDIT* Congratulations to Jason H. of Los Angeles, CA, Linda T. of Long Beach, CA, and Jean C. of Irvine, CA!
Ho Chie Tsai has no musical skill whatsoever. In fact, he remembers that one of his grade school music teachers moved away, but didn’t tell his mom, probably because he didn’t practice like he should have. He’s over that now, but still really appreciates and admires people who acknowledge and pursue their love for music and the arts.
