StoryCorps: Exploring Filipino Arts in SoMa
“I think the visibility of Filipio Americans is now coming to the forefront because we’re finally realizing, we have really arrived.” – Alleluia Panis, Kularts
San Francisco
StoryCorps: Exploring Filipino Arts in SoMa through Bindlestiff Studios
Bindlestiff was a second home to many Filipinos and had become a multi-generational cultural hub, a beloved and important space within the community.
Filipino Americans Make a New Name for Their San Francisco Neighborhood
San Francisco’s South of Market area is known for swank tech-company offices, gleaming luxury apartments, a baseball park with breathtaking views of the bay. Few know that it was also home to one of the country’s earliest Filipino communities.
StoryCorps: Carlos Carvajal and Four Generations of Filipinos in the Arts
“Finally, I decided, I am not a doctor. I am going into my profession, which was dance.”
Broadway Actress Lena Hall Discusses Upcoming “Hedwig” Tour and Her Filipino Heritage
“I wasn’t faced with a lot of obstacles in being in the arts. It was always something that was very supported by my parents.”
CAAM and StoryCorps partner on SoMa Filipino American Stories
CAAM is partnering with StoryCorps to collect oral history stories that highlight the voices of Filipino Americans in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco.
“Home is a Hotel” Top 5 in PBS Online Film Festival
A rare glimpse for most into family life living in an 80 sq ft SRO in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
“Home is a Hotel” Doc Highlights SRO Living in SF Chinatown
The filmmakers behind PBS Online Film Festival’s “Home is a Hotel” highlights a low-income family living in one of the country’s most expensive cities.
PBS ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS JULY 11-29, 2016
CAAM’s entry Home is a Hotel, about a mother and daughter living in one of San Francisco Chinatown’s single room occupancy hotels, which won the Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary at CAAMFest 2016.
‘Take This Hammer:’ Action Through Art + Art Through Action at the YBCA
You will not see any carefully guarded still life paintings or sculptures that demand protection by velvet ropes at Take This Hammer.
Chef Brandon Jew of “Mister Jiu’s” shares his inspirations and creative process
Tucked in an alleyway named Waverly Place will soon be San Francisco Chinatown’s newest restaurant, Mister Jiu’s. Months before opening, it had already garnered…
CAAMFest In The Mission!
Here is our guide to experience, contribute to, and, above all, respect the Mission during CAAMFest 2016.
