New York City: Sunday, May 3rd - CAPA Festival
Beginning in 1979 with 25 organizations participating, the Festival has grown to over a hundred booths featuring Asian foods, exhibits and information. The more than 20 stage performances scheduled throughout the day have in the past included traditional Korean, Chinese, Indian, and Filipino dancing, taiko (Japanese drumming), Vietnamese and Polynesian music and dance, modern dance, and jazz, folk, classical and rock music.
In recent years, the Festival has honored the achievements of Asian Pacific Americans in specific fields of endeavor, including music, literature, film and sports.
The Coalition has successfully held Festivals both at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park and at Union Square Park.
Los Angeles: Wednesday, May 27th - Here and Now: With a Look to the Future, A Workshop and Conference for Nonprofit Organizations in the Asian and Pacific Islander American Community
Click here or email info@iwgroupinc.com for more details.
San Francisco: May 1 - August 23, 2009 - Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character
In the hands of 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S., San Francisco's Chinatown becomes a laboratory of diverse ideas about contemporary Chinese culture in a new exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center
SAN FRANCISCO — Thirty-one contemporary artists from the Bay Area and beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese culture in the Chinese Culture Center's (CCC) Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character exhibition. Presented in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) and guest curated by Kevin B. Chen, program director for Intersection for the Arts, the exhibition features a wide array of media including photography, video, painting, animation, sculpture and installation art displayed at both the Center's downtown San Francisco gallery and in a number of satellite storefront windows throughout Chinatown. The exhibition, which is free to the public, is on view May 1 - August 23, 2009 and opens with a reception on Saturday May 2, 2009 at 1 pm.
Young Professionals' Gala for Hope
photos by Patrick Lew
Gala for Hope Committee Chair, Edward Ip
On February 5, 2009. the American Cancer Society, Eastern Division, Asian Initiatives held its first "Young Professionals' Gala for Hope" fundraiser. The event was attended by nearly 200 young professionals of Asian-American heritage. Among those in attendance were Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, and Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart. The purpose of the event is to engage young Asian-Americans in the work of the American Cancer Society, as well as to educate them of the importance of cancer prevention and detection.
Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart, designer Zang Toi, friend, Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza
For more information, please visit: http://main.acsevents.org/MS_AsianInitiatives or contact Ms. Arlene Alegre at Arlene.Alegre@Cancer.org
We are Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on October 19.
An Evening with Star Chef Martin Yan, Ambassador of Chinese Food and Culture
Asia Society and New Asian Cuisine co-presented the Asian Food Series "An Evening with Star Chef Martin Yan, Ambassador of Chinese Food and Culture" on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. at the Asia Society and Museum in New York City. World renowned Chef Martin Yan joined in conversation with New York Times reporter and author of "The Fortune Cookies Chronicles," Jennifer 8 Lee. The event is sponsored by Tsingtao Beer.
Chef Martin Yan in conversation with reporter and author Jennifer 8 Lee
Chef Martin Yan is a celebrated host of over 3,000 cooking shows broadcasted worldwide. The Yan Can Cook show is based on a food-lovers travelogue featuring culinary hotspots throughout Asia. Dedicated to dispelling the mysteries of Asian cooking, he is the author of over 30 cookbooks and the Founder and Chairman of Martin Yan's Culinary Arts Center, a unique international culinary academy for professional chefs in Shenzhen, China. Chef Yan launched his center to promote the Chinese culinary arts in response to the world's fascination with Chinese heritage and cuisine. He performed a live food demonstration at the event.
For more information contact:
Julie Sellew, Niwa Public Relations
(646) 644-5799
julie@niwapr.com
5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards
Master Chef Martin Yan received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence from Chinese Restaurant News at the 5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show. Bob Ansara, Director Emeritus of National Restaurant Association presented Chef Yan with the award.
From left to right: Betty Xie, Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Restaurant News, Master Chef Martin Yan, Bob Ansara, Director Emeritus, National Restaurant Association, and Theresa Lin.
photo by Lia Chang
Award winning food sculptor Jimmy Zhang with his Chinese Zodiac food carving display at the 5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show.
photo by Lia Chang
Top 10 Overall Excellence winners with Master Chef Martin Yan (center) at the 5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show in Las Vegas on January 5th, 2009.
This year's Top 10 Overall Excellence winners were:
photo by Lia Chang
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund 2008 Gala
Photo by Jason Green
From left: Neil Horikoshi (President and Executive Director, APIASF), Wai-Ling Eng (Chair, APIASF Board of Directors), J. Alexander M. (Sandy) Douglas, Jr. (President, Coca-Cola North America), Don Thompson (President, McDonald's USA), Bill Imada (Chairman and CEO, IW Group, Inc.), and Tariq Khan (Chair, APIASF Gala Committee).
Both J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr. and Don Thompson received 2008 APIASF Excellence in Education Award and Bill Imada was awarded 2008 APIASF Inspiring Dream Award.