Asian Heritage Street Celebration Archive

  • San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joins elected officials and community leaders at the Asian Heritage Street Celebration on May 19, 2012 to celebrate the nation's first National Hepatitis Testing Day. Free hepatitis B and C testing were available for all fairgoers. Photo by Calvin Jeng. For more photos from the event visit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150964746290469.478068.135897735468&type=3

    West Coast Helps Launch National Hepatitis Testing Day

    U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights Hep B Free and Hep C Task Force for Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of nearly 100 testing events across U.S. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2012 – Fresh on the heels...

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  • ALC staff member draws blood to screen for Hep B

    Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion

    The Healthy Living Pavilion at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration taking place at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May 19th, will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials.  Located on Larkin Street between...

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  • Jeremy Lin

    Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!

    What, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball...

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  • 2012 AHSC Map

    SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center

    SAN FRANCISCO – The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center. The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a...

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  • Vietnamese Ao Dai

    Cultural Procession Highlights Faces of Asia

    Colorful Asian ethnic attire will be paraded through the Asian Heritage Street Celebration as part of the Faces of Asia cultural procession at 11 a.m. “The cultural procession is an opportunity for people from different ethnic groups to come together to wear their cultural attire...

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  • Martin Yan

    Martin Yan and Local Chefs Demonstrate Asian Cooking

    Martin Yan and Local Chefs Demonstrate Asian Cooking For the first time ever, the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration is offering the public a chance to learn how to cook delicious Asian dishes at the festival’s cooking demonstration booth located at Ellis and Larkin...

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  • MOSAIC Artist Preview Show

    MOSAIC: AHSC Artist Preview Show Set for April 20th

    The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration is proud to bring back its Artist Preview Show to showcase a diverse group of Asian American talent. Held on Friday, April 20 at the illustrious 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, from 6-9PM, MOSAIC promises to be...

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  • 2011 AHSC School Awards Ceremony inside the Asian Art Museum. Photo by Frank Jang.

    Open Call for School Awards Nominations

    Do you know someone or a school who is committed to promoting cross cultural diversity? Think the community should be aware of their accomplishments while encouraging others to follow in their lead? We are currently looking for nominees for the Asian Heritage Street Celebration School...

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    Origami Flowers Blossom As AHSC Poster Contest Winner

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 19,2012) – This year’s winning Asian Heritage Street Celebration poster design of vibrant origami flowers subtly shaped as an “8″ against a concrete city wall, captures the essence of the fair – a commemoration of traditional and contemporary Asian American culture....

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  • Co-presenting sponsor Subaru of America amid a crowd of thousands at the 2011 street fair. Photo by Arnold Freidling.

    Eighth Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration Set for May 19 in SF’s Little Saigon

    SAN FRANCISCO (January 19, 2012) – The largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation is back and bigger than ever, this year showcasing the return of the Asian Arts & Crafts Alley, an extravaganza of special and unique hand-made products and artworks. The fair...

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