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October 2014
TAP-SF presents TAPpy Halloween Party
TAP-SF welcomes all you lovelies back for the 2014-15 term with our first official event brought to you by our social team – a TAPpy Halloween! Get dressed up in your favorite costume and come join us for a great time mixing with the new board as well as other TAP members! Event will run from 9pm to 11pm (we have our own exclusive section in the Venue) but many of the board officers will be present until 1am. This…
Find out more »November 2014
Tongues of Heaven Screening in San Jose, CA
Taiwanese American filmmaker Anita Chang's most recent documentary film, Tongues of Heaven, revolves around the issue of language loss and asks the essential question: “what do you lose when you lose your native language?” Her film explores the challenges of young indigenous peoples of Taiwan and Hawaii in learning the heritage languages of their ancestors — languages that are endangered or facing extinction. TaiwaneseAmerican.org is proud to support this limited theatrical engagement of Tongues of Heaven. Other co-presenters include CAAM…
Find out more »Hiking with TAP in SF
Taiwanese American Professionals - San Francisco (TAP-SF) Health & Wellness branch welcomes you all to join for a short but beautiful hike in the Marin country, get in touch with nature and enjoy the breath-taking waterfall and view, followed by a great dinner with your new hiking buddies! We will be hiking the Cataract Falls, and we will meet at the trail head. The length is 2.8 miles, less than 2 hours. Restaurant for dinner will be in San Francisco (exact location TBD),…
Find out more »Watch Film “Meeting Dr. Sun” with TAP in SD
Taiwanese American Professionals - San Diego (TAP-SD) has limited discounted tickets available for the film Meeting Dr. Sun at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Come join us in watching Meeting Dr. Sun this year! It has been awarded the best screenplay at the Taipei Film Festival. STORY: http://festival.sdaff.org/2014/films/meeting-dr-sun/ Lefty, seeing himself as the poorest high-school student in Taipei, plots a way to earn more money. He decides to steal the Dr. Sun Yat-sen statue abandoned at his school and sell it…
Find out more »TAPpy Hour in LA
Come join Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles (TAP-LA) and friends at our monthly TAPpy Happy Hour in Pasadena! T. Boyle's Tavern offers a great selection of draft beers. EXTENDED HAPPY HOUR for TAP-members include: • $1 off beer on tap and $1 off of pitchers • Half-priced wings • $1 tacos T Boyles has generously agreed to donate 5% of proceeds of purchases to TAP. In order for your food and drink purchase to go towards TAP, you will…
Find out more »Discussion Meeting with FAPA in San Jose
Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution has drawn comparisons to Taiwan's Sunflower Movement. After being all the rage in Western media, the news seems to be dying down. But is the movement over? What are the long term ramifications? Come discuss with members of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) and others! Dinner: $5, FREE for students This is also our board elections meeting. If you are interested in joining FAPA, please message FAPA.
Find out more »Thanksgiving Potluck with TAP in Seattle
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, let’s celebrate the togetherness of family and friends! Taiwanese American Professionals in Seattle (TAP-Seattle) is happy to invite everyone to our Thanksgiving potluck! We’re going to cook a delicious turkey, but we need your help to make this potluck a success! Pricing: – Pay online, bring a dish to share, includes 2 drinks (beer or wine), $6 – Pay online, Not Bringing Food, includes 2 drinks (beer or wine), $15 – At the door, $15, includes 1…
Find out more »25th Anniversary Celebration of “Mei Mei” Film in Oregon
MediaRites presents a 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Peabody-winning film Mei Mei, A Daughter’s Song Doors open 7:30pm with live music by the Orchid and Bamboo Ensemble and a beautiful art installation by artist Willow Zheng who created Chinese watercolors for the film! The screening starts at 8pm. “A cross-cultural tale of a mother and daughter separated by language and culture, yet bound together for life.” With the 1989 Peabody-winning audio documentary as the soundtrack, Dmae Roberts has created a…
Find out more »5th Anniversary of TAP in San Diego
Taiwanese American Professionals - San Diego (TAP-SD) turned 5 on November 9th and the TAP-SD board is planning on celebrating in Gaslamp this Friday! We would love to see you all come out and join us. We will be at The Tipsy Crow starting at 8pm. Cover is normally $5, but you can get in for free if you sign up for the VIP guest list and arrive before 10:30pm. Please sign up as soon as possible to ensure your…
Find out more »Donate with Miss Taiwanese American in LA
2014 Miss Taiwanese American presents: The Greater Good Exchange! Give back to the community and encourage the concept of: "REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!" Donate any items you have lying around the house by 11/8, and then come back on 11/22 to peruse the marketplace created for the community, by the community! Together we can all reduce, reuse, and recycle! All proceeds from sales at the market place will go to the Taiwanese Youth Arts Foundation (More info found at: http://tyafdc.org/) Donation…
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