Jake Shimabukuro at the SF Jazz Festival
Hawaiian-born ukulele maestro Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at the SF Jazz Fest on Wednesday October 21 7:30PM at Davies Symphony Hall.
CAAM Events
MATCHA: Thai River Festival
Join MATCHA at the Asian Art Museum on October 29 for a Loi Krathong celebration–Thailand’s annual river festival of lights!
Still Lives: Unseen China and the Films of Jia Zhangke at USF
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke (Still Life, 24 City, Unknown Pleasures) is perhaps the most significant artist working in China today. In this session, Chi-hui Yang, Director of SFIAAFF, will discuss and show clips from Jia’s films, and illustrate how his works reveal the invisible side of China’s modernization.
Searching for Mr. Hyphen ‘09!
Hyphen and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) present the fourth annual Mr. Hyphen competition on November 14, 2009, celebrating the men of the Asian American community.
KAYA’s First Birthday Celebration
Come and celebrate KAYA’s first birthday and kick-off another eventful year. Join us for a keynote from our evening’s honoree Congressman Mike Honda. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris will also be attending.
APAture Film Night
Kearny Street Workshop (KSW), the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American (APA) multidisciplinary arts organization, will present its 11th annual festival of emerging APA artists, APAture, September 17 – 26, 2009.
Celebrating 20 Years: Asian American Women Artists Association
Celebrate the AAWA’s 20th year of supporting and documenting Asian American women’s art. Featuring Three Exhibitions
Made in AAWAA , A Place of Her Own and Cheers to Muses .
SF Cinematheque and CAAM present: Measurement in the Impermanence at SFMOMA
In tandem with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art visual arts exhibits The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography and Photography Now: China, Japan, Korea, Measurement in the Impermanence consists of contemporary Japanese experimental works that display an interest in the frame as a unit of time.
YELLOW FACE, A Biting Backstage Comedy at Theatre Works
This ferociously funny, utterly unreliable memoir chronicles David Henry Hwang’s struggle to define racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America.
CAAM presents an outdoor screening of KAMIKAZE GIRLS
Marking this double occasion, The Center for Asian American Media and the Japantown Merchants Association will host a free outdoor screening of the wacky, fun film, Kamikaze Girls, on Friday, August 14, at 8:15 pm.
KAMIKAZE GIRLS Fashion Show and Contest
Calling all Lolitas and Yankis! Rock your best Lolita or Yanki threads to the outdoor screening of KAMIKAZE GIRLS on Friday, August 14th for the KAMIKAZE GIRLS FASHION SHOW! Best Lolita and Yanki fashion wins a surPrize, compliments of CAAM, Japantown Merchants Association and VIZ Pictures!
MATCHA: Way of the Sword at the Asian Art Museum
MATCHA, the Asian Art Museum’s exhilarating evening mixer, returns on Thursday, August 27. View an Iaido demonstration with Esaka Sensei, participate in a Dojo movement workshop, and more.