TAPpy Hour in San Diego

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Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: O'Brien's Pub Address: 4646 Convoy St., San Diego, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132805220115040 Taiwanese American Professionals – San Diego (TAP-SD) is hosting their first TAPpy hour of the year! Check O'Brien's out, relax, grab a beer, and hang out with other TAP members. Situated next to Tofu House, Tapioca Express and Yogurt World on Convoy, this interesting little pub is rated one of the…

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TAP Professional Series in SF/Bay Area: Effective Goal Setting – the Keys to Success!

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Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Location: Taiwanese American Center of Northern California Address: 4413 Fortran Court, San Jose, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117989564939357 Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) is hosting this next seminar as part of its TAP Professional Series. Come join for a lively, interactive presentation about how to set effective goals and take the steps needed to both meet and exceed them.…

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Taiwanese American Jennifer K. Chung – Winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest

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Congrats to Taiwanese American writer Jennifer K. Chung who is the grand prize winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest! In addition to being a writer, she is a pianist and software engineer. She grew up in Southern California and studied computer science at MIT in Cambridge, MA. In her spare time, Jennifer plays keyboard in a goth metal band and studies the Japanese martial art of Naginata. She lives near Seattle. The 3-Day Novel Contest demands that writers all over the world produce an entire novel…

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Jay Chou Fans! Watch the Green Hornet with TAP-SF!

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Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011 Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm (Screening time is 4:15pm) Location: AMC Cupertino 16 Address: 10123 N Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121686561232887 Hosted by Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) Purchase your TAP discounted ticket at: http://tap-sf.tacl.org/pay/greenhornet.php ** Upon purchase, please email jennifer.wu@tacl.org to confirm you are attending, so that you can receive final details…

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TAP 4th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet + After Party in NYC

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Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 Time: 8:00pm Location: Jing Fong Restaurant Address: 20 Elizabeth St, New York, NY Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181421955215539 Taiwanese American Professionals - New York (TAP - NY) is hosting their annual lunar new year party -- a 10-course Dinner includes Peking Duck, Sautéed Lobster, Duck, Fish, Chicken + more. Each table will also have one bottle of TOP Shelf alcohol to celebrate! As in years past, we will have amazing raffle…

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World City at the Music Center featuring Chen Kuai Le Puppet Theater – LA

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Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 Time: 11:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall, W.M. Keck Foundation Children’s Amphitheatre Address: 111 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, California 90012 FREE Directed by Taiwan's leading female puppeteer, Shi-Mei Chiang, Chen Kuai Le Puppet Theater has devoted itself to the preservation of traditional arts and to the training of new generations of performers. The company, which includes Chiang's son and grandson, is accompanied…

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Taiwanese American Community Lunar New Year Celebration in SF/Bay Area

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Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011 Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm Location: Dynasty Seafood Restaurant, Rooms V2 and V3 Address: 10123 North Wolfe Road #1688, Cupertino, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192036770809754 1st Generation Invite Page: http://www.tafnc.org/sbta/newWeb/doc/2011/tafnc2011annualparty.html Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with Taiwanese American Citizens League - Leading Youth Forward (TACL-LYF)! Tackle the new year with gusto, games, free food,…

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My Mom is a Fob Book Signing in SF

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Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Book Passage Address: 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA Facebook event age: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182485031778846 Through their hit blog "My Mom Is a Fob," Teresa and Serena Wu have seized ownership of this formerly derogatory term, applying it instead to the heartfelt, hilarious, and thoroughly unique ways that Asian mothers adapt to American culture, from the perspective of those who love them most: their…

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Taiwanese American Youths Voice Taiwan’s Right to Self-Determination During Hu Jintao’s Visit

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Five Demands to President Hu and Nationwide Outreach Effort to American Public WASHINGTON (Jan. 18, 2011) – Activist group Formosan Association for Public Affairs Young Professionals Group is scheduled to hold demonstration and outreach events in major U.S. cities including Washington, Boston, New York and San Francisco to voice support for Taiwan in light of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. See below for a complete list of times, locations and contact information.…

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