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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m. Dr. John Jung CSULB Professor, Author & Historian Chinese Laundries: Tickets to Survival on Gold Mountain "The Historical Importance of Chinese Laundries" Castelar Elementary School 840 Yale Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Free parking Enter on College Avenue between Yale and College Streets Free and open to the public. MTA EVERGREEN CEMETERY UPDATE: Reinterment Site & Memorial Wall Dedication Monday, March 8, 2010 9:00am Because of the Pearl and David Louie Foundation's commitment to promote awareness of Chinese American history, there will be two $1,000 scholarship awards in 2010. The Scholarship application is available online. Click here to download instruction for applying. There are many exciting community events around Los Angeles. Here are a few examples. Jan. 31: Book signing & discussion with five Arcadia authors: Jenny Cho, "Chinatown in Los Angeles" Charles Fisher, "Highland Park" Carina Montoya, "Los Angeles's Historic Filipinotown" Eric Warren, "Eagle Rock" Mariann Gatto, "Los Angeles's Little Italy" Sunday, January 31, 2010 Arroyo Seco Library 6145 North Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90042 2:00-3:30pm 111th Annual Golden Dragon Parade Saturday, February 20, 2010 Along Broadway & Hill Streets 2:00-5:00 p.m. Los Angeles, CA 90012 LA Golden Dragon Parade Enduring Spirit: Celebrating the Chinese American experience through theater LONG STORY SHORT Film by Christine Choy Written by Jodi Long Nakano Theater Torrance Cultural Arts Center 7:00 p.m. 3330 Civic Center Drive Torrance, CA 90503 torrancelive.us 32nd Annual Firecracker 5/10K Run/Walk Kiddie Run/Bike Rides Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 Central Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90012 Firecracker 2010 Ching Ming Ceremony Join CHSSC for our annual Tomb Sweeping Day Celebration Saturday, April 3 11:00am LA County Crematorium Entrance on First Street, west of Lorena Street Light lunch provided Free and open to the public For details on the above program and other community events go to Community Calendar |
Paul Louie, 1918-2009  Reverend Paul Louie,
one of the three founders of CHSSC passed away peacefully in his sleep
October 18, 2009. His widow Emma wrote: "Visitation hours will take place this Saturday, October 24th, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Tiffany Chapel at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma. Colma is south of San Francisco; the Chapel address is 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014." A Memorial Service took place on Sunday, October 25th, 2009. "If you would like to tell the family how you remember Paul or how he touched your life, our family would love to hear about it through a note from you or by email to emwlouie@gmail.com." "Paul has requested no flowers, please. If desired, in lieu of flowers a donation to any charity of your choice would be welcome. Charities Paul has supported are the Louie Loy and Leong Shee Memorial Scholarship at San Francisco State University, the Chinese Historical Society of America, the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the Wing Luke Asian Museum." National Asian Pacific Islanders Historic Preservation Forum June 24-26, 2010 Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco Japantown "Defining preservation for America's diverse communities: empowering Asian Pacific Islanders cultural heritage for the 21st century." For further information, contact Bill Watanabe at bw@ltsc.org or Christine Tzeng at ctzeng@ltsc.org. Daiolou are multi-storied structures built to defend villages in Kaiping. They are now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Many early Chinese immigrants are from Kaiping, a city in Guangtong Province adjacent to Hong Kong. There are tours led by English speaking guides and assitance in ancestral home research. For more information, go to www.friendsofdiaolou.org. |