Are you excited, passionate or curious about the culture that is from over 10,000 km away, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean? Wait no more! Welcome to the biggest Taiwanese American cultural celebration in the West Coast. This year marks the 27th year of the annual event! The Taiwanese American Cultural Festival (#TACF) has attracted over tens of thousands of local and international guests to come and enjoy this Taiwanese cultural immersion, featuring traditional Taiwanese music, dance, food…
TAIWAN PHILHARMONIC
SHAO-CHIA LÜ, conductor
YU-CHIEN TSENG, violin GORDON CHIN: ‘Dancing Song’ from Three Aboriginal Songs for Orchestra
SAMUEL BARBER: Violin Concerto, Op.14
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No.2, Op.73 The Taiwan Philharmonic visits San Francisco as part of their 2018 North American tour after a highly-acclaimed 2016 US debut. Music Director Shao-Chia Lü conducts. “From Formosa” refers to a historic republic on the island of Taiwan. This performance traces Taiwan’s…
DESCRIPTION KSW Presents is curated by Michelle Lin and Kazumi Chin. KSW Presents “Mourn You Better: Feelings from the Queer Taiwanese & Chinese Diaspora”, a reading featuring Kristin Chang, Chen Chen, Yujane Chen, and Muriel Leung as they share poetry tracing queer immigrant landscapes of longing, loss, histories, futures, and desire. The title of this event comes Muriel Leung’s collection Bone Confetti. AND, check out KSW's latest Office Gallery exhibition "Kokoro" by Maya…
TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to support the premier Asian American Film Festival in the San Francisco/Bay Area. CAAM Fest, the Center for Asian American Media’s annual festival features not only amazing works in film, TV, and digital media, but now also includes showcases in music and food. This year, their events and screenings are scheduled all throughout May to coincide with Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. We proudly co-present both a feature film about groundbreaking Taiwanese…
Each year, TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to support the premier Asian American Film Festival in the San Francisco/Bay Area. CAAM Fest, the Center for Asian American Media’s annual festival features not only amazing works in film, TV, and digital media, but also includes showcases in music and food. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the festival--a treasure trove of great Asian American works from established as well as emerging talent. This year, we are proud to co-present the centerpiece…
Each year, TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to support the premier Asian American Film Festival in the San Francisco/Bay Area. CAAM Fest, the Center for Asian American Media’s annual festival features not only amazing works in film, TV, and digital media, but now also includes showcases in music and food. This festival is a treasure trove of great Asian American works from established as well as emerging talent. This year, we proudly co-present one of the Taiwan films during this 10 day festival.…
This year's edition of Taiwan Film Days, sponsored by the San Francisco Film Society, features a very special spotlight on master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, celebrating his remarkable influence on international art cinema for the last three decades. Director Hou, who received the Best Director prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, is expected to attend the series kickoff event. Taiwan Film Days takes place from October 12-13, 2015. Visit the San Francisco Film Society website and to purchase…
Taiwanese American Professionals - San Francisco (TAP-SF) community service branch welcomes all of you to come and celebrate National Trails Days with a morning of plant restoration work to maintain and improve the habitat for wildlife and preserve the rich biodiversity of the area! Pre-registration is mandatory via the following link and will close when Sutro Stewards deems appropriate - first come, first serve: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-trails-day-on-mount-sutro-tickets-16476576885 Mount…
The Taiwanese American Cultural Festival is hosted annually in San Francisco's Union Square. This year, several of the large booth walls will feature full-sized photo banners that showcase the theme "Taiwan Soul." Here's an opportunity for you to see your beautiful photo printed larger than life for tens of thousands of festival-goers to see! What does "Taiwan Soul" mean to you? HOW TO ENTER:
Post your own photo on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1563649320563254/
Winners…
Taiwanese American Professionals - San Francisco (TAP-SF) community service branch welcomes all of you to come out and flex your strength for a good cause with TAP-SF! We're planning an exciting day of home building with Habitat for Humanity at their largest development in the greater San Francisco area, Habitat Terrace. We will be assisting in the construction of 28 single-family, GreenPoint-rated homes at One Capitol Avenue in the Oceanview neighborhood of SF. Eighty-five percent of the construction…
