Boba Labs with TAP in Austin

Taiwanese American Professionals - Austin (TAP-ATX) Boba Labs is back! Boba Labs is a night of mingling and mixing. We'll have a bar menu of different handcrafted boba cocktails. We'll also have an open dance floor, photobooth, and games such as Boba-Pong and BasketBOBAll. Don't miss out on getting a taste of boba cocktails in Austin! Admission is $20, which includes 2 drink tickets! TAP-ATX members will receive an additional drink ticket upon purchasing admission. You can purchase membership…

Taiwanese American Heritage Week Concert in Georgia

The Formosa Melody from Taiwan will delight you with traditional instruments to celebrate our Taiwanese American Heritage Week--Atlanta. The concert will be held on Wednesday, May 24th at 5pm at the Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, KSU (488 Prillaman Way, Kennesaw, GA 30144). We will begin with a dance parade along with an outdoor cultural exhibition, followed by folk songs and aboriginal bamboo dance performed by professional Taiwanese groups. Please join Atlanta Taiwanese Association…

Attend the Performing Arts Festival with TAP in Chicago

Do you have an interest in the performing arts? A-Squared, a Chicago based Asian American theater company, is presenting the Asian American Performing Arts Festival from Thursday, 10/20 to Sunday, 10/23. The festival includes nightly performances ranging from spoken word and plays, to music and dance. Please see the link for event details: http://www.a-stw.org/ You can purchase tickets at the above link. The rate is $20 for individual nights or $40 for a festival pass for the whole weekend plus…

End of Year Celebration Soiree with TAP in LA

Please join Taiwanese American Professionals - Los Angeles (TAP-LA) on Saturday, August 27th as we celebrate the end of another great TAP-LA year! Join the 2015-16 board for a fun filled evening as we look back on the culmination of all our great events (over 50!) this past year. Eat, drink, mingle, dance and meet even more new friends at our BIGGEST event of the year. EARLY BIRD TICKET PRICES (extended to 8/14): Paid Member: $65 Non-Paid Member: $70 Table (10 people): $600 Purchase tickets…

Taiwanese Night Market in Austin

The Taiwanese American Professionals - Austin (TAP-ATX) Night Market aims to unite and empower the greater Austin Asian community by recreating the bustle of Taiwanese night markets while showcasing local food vendors, businesses, and artists. Over the course of the evening, you will be able to sample a variety of food reminiscent of street snacks from Asian night markets such as Taiwanese Fried chicken and boba milk tea. The food and drinks will be accompanied by a market featuring handmade local…

Volunteer Event with TAP in NY

Join Taiwanese American Professionals - New York (TAP-NY) as we volunteer with Apex for Youth, a nonprofit that provides mentoring and educational programs to underserved Asian and immigrant youth from low-­income families in NYC. For this event, we will be working with kids and helping them with arts and crafts, and dance or yoga (subject to change), as part of their summer programming. For more information on Apex for Youth, please visit their website here. Feel free to email julie.shen@tap-ny.org…

Through the Glass Ceiling: A Contemporary Ballet Collaboration

As the founder of TaiwaneseAmerican.org, I often meet really talented people in our community doing awesome work in their respective fields and industries. When my friend, ballerina and choreographer Ivy Chow, contacted me one day asking if I knew any composers of Taiwanese heritage that might collaborate with her on a new performance project about "breaking glass ceilings," I immediately thought of another friend, composer George Shaw, known for his many compositions and scores for popular YouTube…

Dance Roulette with TAP in NY

Part five of Taiwanese American Professionals - New York (TAP-NY)’s dance roulette series is here and this time, we’re learning lyrical hip hop with rockstar TAP member, Stanley Huang! Stanley started dancing as a sophomore at Duke University, where he eventually co-captained fusion dance team, Defining Movement. These days, you find him at dance classes all around the city and on the dance floor at TAPpy hours. Please dress comfortably and be prepared to learn some seriously smooth (and…

2016 Passport to Taiwan Festival in NY

For the 15th year, the annual Passport to Taiwan Festival will kick off its celebration on Sunday, May 22nd in Union Square Park North from 12pm-5pm! Passport to Taiwan Festival is the largest outdoor event in the United States celebrating the Taiwanese American Heritage Week designated by the Congress in 1999. The festival features world famous Taiwanese night market foods, the flavorful tea selection, unique Taiwanese crafts and the Taiwanese aboriginal music and dance. On top of it all, it’s…

Lunar New Year Dinner with TAP in SD

The Lunar New Year is one of the most celebrated times of the year. For this year, the year of monkey, Taiwanese American Professionals - San Diego (TAP-SD) will be hosting a Lunar New Year Dinner. We will be bringing catered food from Golden City and performances (music / dance) throughout the night to kick off the new year! Come celebrate with us! We will be releasing more details when they are final. Prepay tickets valid up until Feb. 3 Who: Open to all When : February 6, 2016 5-8pm, doors…