TAPpy Hour in Mountain View, CA

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Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Xanh Restaurant Address: 110 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/242769915852361/ Come join us at South Bay's first TAPpy hour for this year at XANH Restaurant, a hip sake tasting lounge in Mountain View, right off the Caltrain! The event is free as always for our TAPpy Hours, so come mingle with new and old TAP friends! If you missed our Committee Scavenger Hunt in the city,…

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Skate Night with TASA at U of M, Ann Arbor

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Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012 Time: 10:00pm - 11:50pm Location: Yost Ice Arena Address: 1116 S.State, Ann Arbor, MI Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/359083877517573/ The Taiwanese American Students Association (TASA) at U of M presents one of their largest, best, events of the year: Skate Night! Students: Get geared up for 2hrs of none stop ice skating at the newly renovated Yost Ice Arena for FREE with only $3 on skate rental. Word of advice: come early since skates…

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Jeremy Lin: The Musical (a Journey to LinSanity)

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Dates: October 26-27, 2012 Time: 8 pm Location: Phoenix Theatre Annex Address: 414 Mason St, San Francisco, CA Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/286725 $15 @ the door! It's an original musical celebrating our very own basketball hero's extraordinary journey. Jeremy Lin: The Musical is a broad bio mockumentary/musical parody, loosely based on the "true story" of Jeremy Lin's journey to the NBA, through the cutthroat world of Ivy League academia and professional sports. Featuring:…

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FAPA NorCal Annual Meeting feat. Roselyn Hsueh

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Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012 Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Taiwanese American Center Address: 4405 Fortran Ct, San Jose, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/401675226572256/ Decision 2012! Not only for the US but also for the Formosan Association for Public Affairs Young Professionals Group (FAPA-YPG) San Francisco / Bay area. Elections for the new board will be held and we'll be featuring guest speaker Roselyn Hsueh, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple…

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Hey Lianne! How about that Video Interview?

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TaiwaneseAmerican.org's Ho Chie Tsai interviews internet celebrity, model, and former host of NMA.tv, Lianne Lin. Together, they swat at flying insects, while she talks about her background in the arts and evolving career path in the media. With over 1.7 million followers on Google+, there's no doubt that her wry yet witty sense of humor, her gorgeous looks, and her time spent as an NMA host has drawn a huge fan base worldwide. Her latest project is the development of her own YouTube…

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Taiwan Film Days in San Francisco

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Dates: October 12-14, 2012 Location: New People Cinema Address: 1746 Post Street, San Francisco, CA (between Webster and Buchanan) Taiwan Film Days website & Buy Tickets: http://sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-Film-Society-Cinema/Taiwan-Film-Days This exciting series focuses on the best of contemporary Taiwanese cinema and provides Bay Area audiences with unique opportunities to view bold new Taiwanese films and engage with visionary filmmakers. Now in its fourth year, Taiwan Film Days is an essential…

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Berkeley Area Show: Go!Ohana Means Family

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Date: Friday, October 5, 2012 Time: 7:30pm Location: La Pena Cultural Center Address: 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA Cost: $10 at the door/$8 online Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/228613470598286/ TaiwaneseAmerican.org is proud to be an ongoing sponsor of the Go!Ohana performance series. Come on out and celebrate the moon festival and the coming of fall with the Bay Area's best talent in music, dance, poetry, and comedy. Hosted by Ryan Takemiya and Terry Park, the Go!Ohana…

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On Two Decades of Blacklava and Celebrating the “Other”: A Taiwanese American Perspective

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I recently attended the 20th anniversary celebration of Blacklava, an online store for “all things Asian American,” which was founded by Japanese American Ryan Suda. I had heard about this event at least a month prior, and even though it was taking place in Los Angeles, I was compelled to fly down from the San Francisco Bay area, where I live, in order to celebrate this occasion. “But it’s just a T-shirt company,” you may say. “And it’s not even a Taiwanese American thing…” I’m…

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