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Free Live Performance by Charlie Chin in "Sun Yat-sen & the Three People's Principles"
Learn
the
unique
story
of
Dr.
Sun
Yat-sen's
life
in
America
before
returning
to
be
the
first
provisional
President
of
the
Republic
of
China
through
this
Chataquan
History
Alive!
museum presentation
of
"Sun
Yat-sen
&
the
Three
People's
Principles"
by
Chinese
Historical
Society
of
America
artist-in-residence
Charlie
Chin.
The
performance
aims
to
illuminate
the
linkages
between
the
modern
history
of
China,
the
history
of
Chinese
American
communities,
and
the
democratic
ideas
pursued
in
the
post-Civil
War
era.
This
event,
put
on
by
the
Chinese
Historical
Society
of
America,
is
free
to
the
public,
suitable
for
all
ages,
and
funded
through
the
California
Council
for
the
Humanities
Story
Fund.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 7:00pm
California
History
Center,
De
Anza
College
21250
Stevens
Creek
Blvd.,
Cupertino,
CA
408-864-8986
Cindy Cheung Debuts Solo Show SPEAK UP CONNIE, directed by BD Wong at Stage Left Studio, 1/17-25/12
Cindy Cheung in SPEAK UP CONNIE. Photo by Lia Chang
Cindy
Cheung
debuts
her
solo
show SPEAK
UP
CONNIE,
at
Stage
Left
Studio,
214
W.
30th
St.,
6th
Fl.
in
New
York
from
January
17
–
25,
2012.
In SPEAK
UP
CONNIE,
the
versatile
Cheung
writes,
performs,
and
provides
original
music
and
lyrics
in
a
comedy
about
getting
a
word
in
edgewise,
under
the
direction
of
BD
Wong.
Performances
are
Tuesday,
January
17th,
Wednesday,
January
18th,
Sunday,
January
22,
Tuesday,
January
24,
and
Wednesday,
January
25,
2012
at
7:30pm.
Tickets
are
$20.
($2
ticketing
surcharge
will
be
added).
Click here for
tickets.
*
limited
number
of
$9
tickets
available
through
TDF
Cindy
Cheung’s
theater
credits
include Middletown (The
Vineyard),The
Seagull,
(NAATCO), Goodbye
Cruel
World (Roundtable), Sides:
The
Fear
Is
Real… (Ma-Yi/Miyagi),Antigone(NAATCO), Masha
No
Home (E.S.T.),W;t (Florida
Studio
Theater), The
First
Picture
Show (A.C.T.), A
Christmas
Carol
(South
Coast
Rep),Sweeney
Todd and Into
The
Woods (East
West
Players).
Film
and
TV
credits
include: Children
of
Invention(Sundance
2009), Lady
In
The
Water, Robot
Stories,
“Bored
To
Death,”
“White
Collar,”
“Fringe,”
“Law
and
Order,”
“L&O:SVU,”
“L&O:
Criminal
Intent,”
“One
Life
To
Live”
and
“Sex
and
the
City”.
She
holds
an
MFA
from
A.C.T.
Asia Society Honors Chinglish Playwright David Henry Hwang and Former Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead at the Waldorf Astoria
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly), whose hilarious and sexy new comedy CHINGLISH is currently on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street) in New York, will receive the 2011 Cultural Achievement Award at the Asia Society New York Awards Dinner, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue in New York.
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang (center) is flanked by (l-r) his cultural advisurs Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, actors Johnny Wu, Christine Lin, Gary Wilmes, Angela Lin, Stephen Pucci, Jennifer Lim and Larry Lei Zhang after the 100th performance of Chinglish on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in New York on January 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
The
2011
Global
Vision
Award
will
be
presented
to
Daw
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi,
the
leading
pro-democracy
opposition
leader
in
Myanmar.
The
evening
is
also
a
celebration
of
the
90th
birthday
of
John
C.
Whitehead,
Former
Deputy
Secretary
of
State,
who
will
be
presented
with
the
Global
Vision
Award.
Comedian
and
actor,
Dan
Nainan
will
emcee
the
festivities,
which
will
feature
a
special
performance
by
members
of
the
Silk
Road
Ensemble.
Daw
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi
Global
Vision
Award
Dr. Bobby Fong, BD Wong and Honorable L. Tammy Duckworth to Receive Awards at National OCA Convention in New York on August 6
2011 OCA Pioneer Award Recipient BD Wong and the cast of Robert Lee and Leon Ko's Heading East at the Asia Society in New York n May 23, 2010. Photo by Lia Chang
Dr.
Bobby
Fong,
BD
Wong
and
Honorable
L.
Tammy
Duckworth
will
be
honored
at
the
2011
National
OCA
Convention
in
New
York
at
the
Grand
Hyatt
Hotel,
during
the
Gala
Awards
on
Saturday,
August
6,
2011.
President
of
Ursinus
College,
Dr.
Bobby
Fong
and
actor,
BD
Wong
will
receive
OCA
Pioneer
Awards.
Honorable
L.
Tammy
Duckworth,
will
be
receiving
the
OCA
Outstanding
Citizen
Achievement
Award.
OCA
will
also
recognize
the
achievements
of
its
own
members
with
the
Chapter
of
the
Year
Award
and
the
Unsung
Heroes
Awards.
OCA,
a
national
organization
dedicated
to
advancing
the
social,
political,
and
economic
well-being
of
Asian
Pacific
Americans
(APAs),
is
holding
their
2011
National
Convention,
Advocacy
Through
Compassion
–
A
New
York
State
of
Mind,
from
August
4-7,
2011
at
the
Grand
Hyatt
Hotel.
The
annual
OCA
National
Convention
draws
hundreds
of
APAs
from
around
the
country
and
features
three
days
of
workshops,
exhibits,
youth
and
college
programs,
film
screenings
and
notable
speakers.
For
more
information
and
to
register
for
this
year’s
National
Convention,
please
visit
our
the
website
at
www.ocanational.org.
2011
Pioneer
Awards
Honorees
Meet the authors of the Pocket Chinese Almanac, Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, Museworks, Ltd.
I caught up with musicologist Joanna C. Lee and veteran music journalist Ken Smith at the Longacre Theatre in New York, after the post-show talkback following the 100th performance of Chinglish, by Tony Award-winning and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright David Henry Hwang, which was recently named by TIME Magazine, Bloomberg Radio, NY1 and WNYC as one of the Top 10 Broadway shows of the year.
Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang (center) is flanked by (l-r) his cultural advisors Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith, actors Johnny Wu, Christine Lin, Gary Wilmes, Angela Lin, Stephen Pucci, Jennifer Lim and Larry Lei Zhang after the 100th performance of Chinglish on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in New York on January 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
Smith and Lee were tapped as cultural advisors by the playwright when Chinglish, his play about an American businessman looking to land a deal in provincial China, had its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Smith writes about their participation as resident Chinglish cultural advisors here.
Chinglish cultural advisors Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith at the opening night party of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish at Brasserie 8 ½ in New York on October 27, 2011. Photo by Lia Chang
The
husband
and
wife
team
are
co-authors
of
the Pocket
Chinese
Almanac
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