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Harmonious Pigs
Jessa Wu, dinner co-chairs Tim Wu, Philomina King, Lauren Lai-Bellings, Leslie Hu and Sharon Seto chaired the all-day affair that reigned at San Francisco Symphony’s annual Chinese New Year’s Celebration at Davies Symphony Hall, that was timed at 4 p.m. to catch families bringing their kids. The orchestra, conducted by Seattle Symphony’s Carolyn Kuan, was […]
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Birthdays to Give Moola, Run Marathon
As we close 2006, there were many celebrations with pictures chronicling the occasion. So with the thought in mind that “pictures are worth 1,000 words,” let’s begin 2007 with a scrapbook page of pictures of notable recent events.
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A Salute to Excellence
As the year comes to an end, I’d like to spotlight some organizations that work throughout the year serving the community in special ways.
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Around the World in 30 Days
There is a Chinese saying, "You should pick the flowers while they are blooming; don’t wait for the flowers to wilt to cut only the empty branches." I think this should be the mantra of seniors like myself — to travel and expand one’s horizons while they are still in view! That’s why this month […]
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Swinging Celebrations
Golfing in the Southland
The Chinese Golf Federation, consisting of Chinese golf clubs up and down the West Coast, is a wonderful network to meet many of its 2,000 members at tournaments throughout the year. Federation President Victor Wong at the popular Tucson tournament invited everyone to come to his Los Angeles Chinese Golf Club area […] -
Heroic Doughboy to Remember
Relishing the memory of their father, Sing Kee and his heroism fighting as a U.S. soldier in World War I, Herbert Kee, along with sister Margaret Marr, visited the exhibit in his honor placed in San Jose’s Ng Shing Gung Museum of Chinese American history recently. The Kee family had loaned the Chinese Historical and […]
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Festival of Trees
TIME TO BE MERRY
It felt a bit early, but Peninsula Children’s Auxiliary launched their annual Festival of Trees to catch the early birds to gift-shop at the benefit boutique and bid for the dozen beautifully decorated 8-foot -
Pioneers in History
Two San Francisco historians were honored At the 2005 Chinese American Studies Conference of A Changing Chinese America, sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America with the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco
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Fun at Fundraisers
SAN JOSE –– Chinese Historical and Cultural Project’s Ng Shing Gung Museum will be installing new exhibits on Chinese Opera and the Woolen Mills Chinatown of the 1900s to their historic altar display, thanks to the success of their recent “Timeless Legacy”
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Season of Celebrations
When 27 past presidents return to celebrate their organization’s 40h anniversary, you know that this is an important milestone. The Chi Am Circle came into existence in 1965 when 10 young Chinese American
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50 Years of Wedded Bliss SUMMER IN SILICON VALLEY
Congratulations was the buzzword for the gala Black Tie 50th anniversary party for San Joseans Frank and Pearl Lee as they greeted over 250 guests at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City. Grandson Daniel Allen produced a video
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Local Heroes
Congratulations to new mother Betty Lam with father Palmer welcoming new daughter Payton in Oakland. Another Miss Payton was welcomed by Daniel and Carolyn Tom who celebrated her birth with a Ming’s
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