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Annual Open House and Hawaiian BBQ 
Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm 415 Bernard Street Los Angeles Chinatown Please join us for a fun Hawaiian BBQ in the backyard of our Heritage Center. There are exhibitions of Chinese American trailblazers in sports, paintings of Los Angeles Chinatown by Santa Monica College students, and Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s. Come and browse our reference library and book store. Some 30 art galleries in Chinatown will be open the same day from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There is no admission to the open house. Limited complimentary parking available in the lot next door. There are many exciting community events around Los Angeles. Here are a few examples. FAMILY STORIES: Sharing a Community's Legacy, an exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of History, will be on display through January 10, 2010. One of the featured family is Eugene and Virginia Lowe whose family history in California can be traced back to the late 19th century. Funk Rumble Block Party on July 11 from 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm in Los Angeles Chinatown Central Plaza. $5 admission until 4:00 pm and $8 after 4:00 pm.. For other community events go to Community Calendar |
Sunday, 3 May 2009 34th Annual Gala Dinner Click on the image to see a larger view of the picture of the honorees with the MC, the President of CHSSC and the Mayor of Monterey Park. 
Front Row L to R, Tiffany Chin, Annie Yee, Cameron Inouye, Thomas Wing (representing his late brother Bob Chow), Carol Jue, Kim Ng. Back Row L to R, George Cheung (MC), Mitchell Ing (Mayor of Monterey Park), Michael Chang, Lawrence Hom, Kevin Wong, Jon SooHoo, Sherwood Lee, Jing Wang, Cheng-ou Chang, Ken Chan (President of CHSSC) Photo courtesy of Tom Eng. Los Angeles Chinatown Remembered Project has launched its website at www.chinatownremembered.com. On the website are a series of videos of interviews with residents of Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s. This project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities as part of the Council?s statewide California Stories Initiative. The Council is an independent non-profit organization and a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative, visit www.californiastories.org. |