The Soonest Performs in SF

Date: October 21, 2011 Time: 8:30pm Location: The Hotel Utah Saloon Address: 500 4th St, San Francisco, CA 21+, $8 at the door Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252634548113877 The Soonest, an up and coming indie band fronted by Taiwanese American Young Lee, performs with other great bands in downtown SF. The Soonest - facebook.com/lionridinghorses Case In Theory - facebook.com/caseintheorymusic Silver Snakes - facebook.com/yearofthesnakes The Dandelion War…

TAPS Lim Jiu (Happy Hour) in Bellevue, WA

Date: Friday, October 21, 2011 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Sky Ultra Lounge Address: 550 106th Ave Ne Ste 300, Bellevue, WA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291698370841348 Taiwanese American Professionals Society of Seattle (TAPS) invites you to join them for an autumn happy hour. TAPS has negotiated with Sky Lounge to EXTEND the Happy Hour from 3pm to 9pm (normally ends at 7pm). So bring your friends and business cards, come and join in on the fun. You will…

Bertha Bay-Sa Pan’s Almost Perfect Opens 12th San Diego Asian Film Festival

Look back at our April 2010 interview with Taiwanese American filmmaker Bertha Bay-Sa Pan by guest contributor and fellow filmmaker Timothy Tau. Written and directed by Bay-Sa Pan, her feature film “Almost Perfect” stars Kelly Hu, Edison Chen, Ivan Shaw, Christine Chang, Tina Chen and Roger Rees, and will be screening at the 12th San Diego Asian Film Festival as its opening film! Then, check out the rest of the line-up for the 12th San Diego Asian Film Festival including a free screening of…

Celebrate Oktoberfest with TAP-SF

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Zen Lounge Address: 251 Castro St., Mountain View, California Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112882205487587 Come join Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) at Zen Lounge in Mountain View, CA, to make friends, meet other young professionals, and get to know other TAP members. TAP-SF has lots of events planned throughout this year that have different focuses such as cultural enrichment,…

Watch Pinoy Sunday at SF’s Taiwan Film Days

Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011 Time: 3:30pm - 6:30pm Location: SF Film Society | New People Cinema Address: 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan), San Francisco, CA Facebook event pages: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=280278418658298 (TAP-SF) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271676699523177 (FAPA-YPG) Join Taiwanese American Professionals - SF / Bay area (TAP-SF) and the Formosan Association for Public Affairs - Young Professional Group (FAPA-YPG) at the movie screening for the…

Meet David Chiu at “Asian American Leaders in Government” Panel in SF

David Chiu, the current president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, is a candidate in the SF Mayoral race. Although TaiwaneseAmerican.org takes no official stance in the race, we are interested in the fact that David Chiu is of Taiwanese heritage! Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Carnelian By The Bay Address: 1 Ferry Plaza, San Francisco, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=282291308455532 The community we live in is a vital…

TAPpy Hour at The Foundry in San Diego

Date: Monday, October 10, 2011 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: The Foundry (North Park) Address: 2859 University Avenue, San Diego, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228117227242019 Come join Taiwanese American Professionals – San Diego (TAP-SD) for a TAPpy Hour at The Foundry in North Park. Under new management, this restaurant/bar now sells over 40+ bottled beers, along with pizza, subs and appetizers... all perfect things for a TAPpy hour. Hang out, catch…

Banquet Honoring Rev. Milo Thornberry & Judith Thomas in Irvine, CA

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011 Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: The Atrium Hotel at Orange County Airport Address: 18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, California Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155625294522932 Formosan Association for Public Affairs - Young Professional Group LA/OC Chapter hosts this unique event. On January 2nd, 1970, while Professor Peng Ming‐Min was under house arrest by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime of Chiang Kai‐shek (蔣介石),…

High School JTASA FUNdraiser in San Gabriel, CA

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011 Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm Location: A Ri Rang Tofu House Address: 529 E Valley Blvd Ste 128, San Gabriel, CA Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253790814658247 Calling out to high school students: Come support the Junior Taiwanese American Student Association (JTASA) and meet new friends, dine with old ones, or just to try out this fairly new restaurant! There will be people from schools such as Temple City, Cerritos, Diamond Bar, Wilson,…