TAP Professional Series in Los Angeles: Tax Seminar

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Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Garvey Community Center (Frank Tripeppi Room) Address: 9108 Garvey Avenue, Rosemead, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181601465215555 Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles' (TAP-LA) Professional Series kicks off this year with our 2011 Tax Seminar presented by Dennis Jao, CPA, MBA. This seminar is for everyone, whether it’s your first time filing, or if you own a business. This is an excellent…

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Conference at UC Berkeley – Mobile Horizons: Interactions Across the Taiwan Strait

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Date/Time: Friday, March 4, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and Saturday, March 5, 9 am to 4 pm Location: Heyns Room, The Faculty Club, UC Berkeley Featured Speakers Dr. Su Chi, Advisor to President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan Dr. Yan Xuetong, a leading and influential political scientist at Tsinghua University, Beijing Dr. Tien Hung-mao, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan Dr. Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Professor of History at Georgetown University and at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,…

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Fascinoma Releases “Emergency Songs; Before, During, & After”

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Singer-songwriter Alanna Lin, aka Fascinoma, recently finished a new album with her friend, Monk Turner. It's actually a really cool concept album covering the theme of "The Big One" and the songs address normal life, disaster, and onward to new beginnings. You can check out the whole album at http://fascinoma.bandcamp.com/album/emergency-songs If you'd like to become what Alanna calls "an Emergency Patron," you can donate $10 for the download. I'm not sure if she's serious about this…

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A Video Recap: “My Taiwan Travelogues”

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Join Ho Chie Tsai, the creator of TaiwaneseAmerican.org, as he wanders Taipei, Taiwan with a video camera in hand during a one week journey and exploration of the city and surrounding area. You'll discover Taiwan through the eyes of a 2nd generation Taiwanese American who is a relative newcomer to this amazing vibrant city filled with delicious food, beautiful culture, and real urban life. This travelogue is presented in a series of eight videos. Enjoy! Part 1: Jetting to & Settling in Taipei Part…

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Creative Arts with TAPS in Seattle

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Date: Sunday, February 27, 2011 Time: 3:30pm - 6:00pm Location: Creatively Yours Store (Place II) inside of the Crossroads Mall Address: 15600 NE 8th, Bellevue, WA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155676277820556 WANT TO PAINT? Join TAPS Taiwanese American Professionals Society of Seattle (TAPS) to create something unique for you or your special one. Choose from a large selection of unfinished ceramics then create your own art with brushes, stencils, sponges, stamps,…

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Remember 228

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My heart feels heavy this time of year. Thoughts race through my mind as to how best to tackle the topic of “228” – short for February 28, 1947, the date which marked the massacre of an estimated 20,000 Taiwanese and the imprisonment of approximately 140,000 more who were suspected of opposing the newly established Nationalist KMT’s Republic of China government. It would also mark the beginning of the “White Terror” martial law era and foreshadow the mass migration of 2 million people…

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TAO Lantern Festival & Night Market at UC Irvine

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Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011 Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm Location: UCI Student Center- Pacific Ballroom C & D Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184850891546534 **For more information, please visit: http://taouci.com/lanternfestival/ Taiwanese American Organization @ UC Irvine proudly presents to you the 2011 Lantern Festival and Night Market in celebration of Chinese New Year! Come celebrate the year of the rabbit at the second annual Lantern Festival & Night…

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228 Peace Memorial Concert in the SF/Bay Area

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Date: February 26, 2011 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Formosan United Methodist Church Address: 788 Lewelling Blvd., San Leandro, CA 94579 Admission: $20/Adult; $10/Student The Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California hosts its annual 228 commemoration concert. The history behind February 28, 1947 otherwise known as "228" On February 27, 1947, Chinese agents confiscated the merchandise and life savings of a Taiwanese cigarette vendor because she was being pushed to the edge and…

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TaiwaneseAmerican.org at BANANA 2 Conference in LA

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A most wanted list of Asian Pacific Islander American bloggers from across the country will participate in BANANA 2 on February 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the back lot of CBS Studios in Studio City, California. Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011 Time: 8:00am - 6:00pm Location: CBS Studio Center Address: 4024 Radford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180721625288318 TaiwaneseAmerican.org is proud to support this historic in-person…

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TO THE TOP: An Evening with the Bay Area’s Taiwanese American All-Stars

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Date: Friday, February 25, 2011 Time: 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm Location: Glas Kat Address: 520 4th Street, San Francisco, CA Facebook event page (TAP-SF): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194531967241190 Facebook event page (RAMA): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198717113475787 General Admission $15; TAP members $10 TaiwaneseAmerican.org and TAP-SF present... TO THE TOP: An Evening with the Bay Area's Taiwanese American All-Stars powered by RAMA ***Portion…

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