COMMUNITY EVENTS

Asian Pacific Islander Family Resource Network
APAIF Day
Contact: M.F. Chester (415) 617-0061
www.apasfgh.org/apifrn

6:30 - 9:30PM
San Francisco Korean School
San Francisco Korean School Fundraiser Dinner at Miyako Hotel
$100/person
Contact: Kyong-I Yi (415) 710-2740

11:00AM - 7:00PM
Donaldina Cameron House
60th Annual Cameron Carnival
Contact: Mary Wong Leong (415) 781-0401x 120 mary@cameronhouse.org
http://www.cameronhouse.org

11:00AM - 4:00PM
Japanese Community Center of Northern California
Kristi Yamaguchi's Children Day Festival
Location: Japantown
Free and open to public
Contact: (415) 567-5505
http://www.jcccnc.org

2:00 - 4:00PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Koret Auditorium
Charlie Chin in "Uncle Toisan" Presentation
Telling of the unique experience of a Chinese American immigrant to the U.S.
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

2:00 - 2:45 PM
Asian Art Museum
APA Heritage Celebration
Location: 200 Larkin Street @ Samsung Hall
Contact: (415) 581-3500
http://www.asianart.org

2:30PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Childern Story Telling Room
Japanese Folk Tales with Mequmi!
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

5PM
Mayor Gavin Newsom's APA Heritage Month Proclamation Signing and Celebration
Location: War Memorial Building
APA Heritage Month Celebration Committee
http://apasf.org

3:30 - 5:30PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
Book Launch: Filipino American Faith in Action by Joaquin L. Gonzalez III
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

10:00AM - 4:00PM
Asian Art Museum
Land of the Thunder Dragon
Location: Asian Art Museum
Free admission
Contact: (415) 581-3500
http://www.asianart.org

6:00 - 7:45PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
Lights! Camera! Action! Celebrating GLBT APIs in Performance Art and Media
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

7:15PM
Japanese Community Center of Northern California
Japanese Heritage Night with the San Francisco Giants
Location: AT&T Ball Park Section 313, Rows 10-16
$21 for JCCNC members/$25 for non-members
Contact: (415) 567-5505
http://www.jcccnc.org

11:00AM - 6:00PM
Asian Heritage Street Foundation
5th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration
Location: In front of Asian Art Museum on Larkin Street near McAllister
Contact: Tamiko Wong (415) 321-5865 twong@awfoundation.com
Information: http://www.asianfairsf.com

1:00 - 2:00PM
Kearny Street Workshop
Voices Old and New at the Wooden House: Poetry Reading
Location: Angel Island, U.S. Immigration Station
Contact: (415) 503-0520
http://www.kearnystreet.org

1:30 - 3:00 PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Chinatown Branch Library
Gold Mountain Wives - Book talk with author Keping Wu on her fictional account of a Taiwanese woman's life in America
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

2:00 - 4:30PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Latino/Hispanic A Meeting Room
Book Launch: Filipino World War II Soldiers: America's Second-Class Veterans
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

2:00 - 4:30 PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Koret Auditorium
Filipino World War II Soliders: America's Second-Class Veterans
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

3:30 - 5:30PM
San Francisco Pubilc Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Latino/Hispanic B
Book Launch: Filipino American Faith in Action
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

1:00 - 3:30PM
Japanese Community Center of Northern California
Wagashi Workshop
Location: JCCCNC
$25 JCCCNC members/$30 non-members
Contact: (415) 567-5505
http://www.jcccnc.org

2:30 - 4:00PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Chinatown Branch Library
Chinatown Perspectives - reading and talk by Philip P. Choy, author of Architecture of San Francisco's Chinatown and Canton Footprints: Sacramento's Chinese Legacy
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

2:00 - 4:00PM
San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library -
Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room
I Love Beijing, Tiananmen - Video highlights of the 1989 student movement, by participants Valerie Samson. The 20th anniversary program features student footage of the demonstrations from April 27 to June 4, 1989. The program will be in English and Mandarin; the video is in Mandarin.
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us

11:00AM - 2:00PM
Kimochi Inc
The Kimochi Spirit Award: The Spirit of Giving Begins at Any Age
Location: 1840 Sutter Street
Free admission: limited seatings
RSVP by May 15, 2009 Sandy Mori (415) 931-2294
http://www.kimochi-inc.org

10:00AM - 5:00PM
Asian Women's Shelter
Fundraiser for AWS: A Day in My Shoes" Gallery Opening
Location: Westfield Nordstrom 865 Market Street, 5th Floor
Contact: (415) 751-7110
http://www.sfaws.org

3:30 - 5:00PM
Intercultural Institute of California
Minsok (Folk) Festival
Contact: Julie Kim (415) 441-1884

5:30 - 7:00PM Buffet Reception & Silent Auction
7 - 8PM Program
Asian Women's Shelter
Asian Women's Shelter 21st Annual Event:
"On the Road to Hope and Peace"
Location: St. Mary's Cathedral Conference Center
1111 Gough Street, San Francisco
Contact: (415) 751-7110
http://www.sfaws.org

San Francisco Public Library
Location: Main Branch Library - Chinese Center Third Floor
Envisioning Taiwan with Films and Photos-
Artists Tsai Wen-Hsyang and Ga Photo
Group capture the integration of technology in every aspect of island life, making the once agrarian society into a truly digitial nation, in this photo exhibition and film program that explores the social and technological evolution of contemporary Taiwan
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us