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Photo: Liz Iversen

• March 8th to May 3rd Globalization: Response & Responsibility
  
  A WOMAN'S PLIGHT / A WOMAN'S RIGHT
  
  ARTWORK: Carla Catalina, Nancy Hom, Liz Iversen, Lian Ladia, Choppy Oshiro, Cynthia Tom, Jenifer Wofford & Mail Order Brides
  
  For information about this and other Women's History Month/SWAN Day events go to www.womenarts.org/swan
  
  
  
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  May 10th to July 19th Western Ideas/Colonial Mentality
  
  BEHIND CLOSED DOLLARS
  
  Display of a variety of mediums from oil paintings to photo collages by Carl Angel, Lucien Kubo, Doug Minkler, Johanna Poethig, and Shizue Seigel.
  Saturday May 10, 4-6 pm Opening Reception

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  Saturday May 10, 4-6PM Opening reception
  Western Ideas/Colonial Mentality BEHIND CLOSED DOLLARS. International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco
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  Wednesday June 4 6:30PM COLONIAL MENTALITY panel discussion on based upon Felicia Perez's MA project Ancestral Healing: Biracial Identity Confusion Among Filipino-Anglo Americans. Speakers Felicia Perez, Leny Mendoza Strobel & others. International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco
  
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  Friday June 13 7PM FREEDOM FIGHTERS film screening presented by the director Johnny Cabaddu and producer Wayie Ly, and a scheduled appearance by Yuri Kochiyama. $5 - $10 sliding. International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco
  

• Workshops/Presentations:
  
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  Wednesdays 3PM SENIOR COMPUTER LAB
  Learn how to use Social Online Networks, Photo Imaging Stations, and the basics of computer technology. Don't waste money on Phone Cards; talk to your loved ones through email, instant messenger, or social online networks. Now offered in Tagalog! Contact isaac-o@manilatown.org for an appointment
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  I-HOTEL MURAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS: The International Hotel invites your input on artwork for the face of the I-Hotel
  
  Saturday May 3rd 2-4 PM Community Groups/Neighborhood Groups
  
  The International Hotel was the focus of a 28-year struggle to preserve senior housing and Manilatown. The artwork will be a celebration of the community's tenacity and resilience. Contact Tan Chow for more info, 415-984-1498
  
  We are having our last focus group for Artwork on the International Hotel (I-Hotel) building. Because this is public art for the benefit of the community, it is important to get your input about what should be illustrated and what messages should be conveyed. The artwork will be displayed on the face of the I-Hotel. So feel free to come by the I-Hotel to check it out and contribute your ideas to this creative project brought to you by Chinatown Community Development Center, International Hotel Senior Housing Inc., Manilatown Heritage Foundation and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Use the following link to fill out the survey:
  I-Hotel Mural Survey
  
  The mural will occupy a 20 x 20 foot section of the Hotel facing Kearny Street. After the surveys are completed, we will review the comments and ideas gathered and offer them to interested artists to develop concepts and proposals for the exterior artwork. A final artist will be chosen in Fall 2008. View the surface that will hold the art
  
  In cooperation with Chinatown Community Development Center; IHSHI International Hotel Senior Housing Inc. Supported by the SF Arts Commission
  
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  Film Screenings:
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  Tuesday, May 20th 4-6pm
  Chinese language movie FREE
  Mudan Ting [The Peony Pavilion]
  An edited version of Chinese dramatist Tang Xianzu's 16th century epic, Peony Pavilion tells the story of a star-crossed couple whose love is challenged by such diverse factors as parental opposition, stupidly clumsy servants, and the invasion of Mongols. (English/Chinese subtitles)
  
  
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  Tuesday, May 27th 4-6pm
  Filipino language movie FREE
  Paraiso: Tatlong Kwento Ng Pag-Asa
  Three uplifting stories of faith, compassion and courage provide the framework for this inspirational film. Jocelyn (Maricel Soriano), a mudslide victim, finds strength in the face of tragedy; a family's adoption of a neglected boy brings healing; and in the final chapter, widower Rudy Abad (Cesar Montano) decides to build a village in the Philippines in memory of his wife, who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. (English subtitles)
  
  
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  Friday June 13 7PM
  Film screening presented by the director Johnny Cabaddu and producer Wayie Ly Freedom Fighters and a scheduled appearance by Yuri Kochiyama. $5 - $10 sliding. International Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, San Francisco
  

Location of all events and exhibits:

Manilatown Center
868 Kearny Street @ Jackson Street
San Francisco CA 94108

415-777-1130 Office | 415-399-9580 Gallery
Gallery hours: 1PM - 6PM, Tuesday - Saturday
Events are FREE unless otherwise indicated (donations are always welcome)

• Neighborhood Arts Festival
  poster by Favianna Rodriguez

• April 21 - May 3, 2008
  NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS FESTIVAL Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts
  Two weeks of events that spotlight community arts in San Francisco's neighborhoods.
  
  Friday, May 2; 7-10 pm POETRY POTLUCK: A reading by Neighborhood Arts poets, San Francisco's Poet Laureates, and today's poet activists. Curated by Janice Mirikitani and Roberto Vargas, and featuring readings by Carolyn Caldwell, Diane di Prima, Jack Hirschman, Leticia Hernandez, Al Robles, Janice Mirikitani, devorah majors, Alejandro Murguia, Anh-Hoa Nguyen, Nina Serrano, and Roberto Vargas. Light refreshments provided by Benkyodo and Mission Pie.
  Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco
  
  Saturday, May 3; 1-5 pm 40TH ANNIVERSARY BASH:A half-day celebration featuring the 40th anniversary reunion with founding members of the program, a fair of arts organizations, one-on-one Doctor Sessions, plus a Speed Dating session matching up artists with neighborhood organizations. Welcome by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. Light refreshments provided by the Women's Collective at La Raza Centro Legal. Also includes interviews with Neighborhood Arts Program veterans, an audio/visual archive viewing station, performances by Danza Xitlalli de San Francisco, Troublemakers Union, youth performers from the African American Art & Culture Complex, and more. SomArts Cultural Center.

  1 - 4pm ARTS FAIR: The Neighborhood Arts Festival Arts Fair
  1 - 3pm DOCTOR SESSIONS: These 20-minute sessions provide you an opportunity to meet one-on-one with the following arts funder or arts mentor
  3 - 4pm SPEED DATING: twist on a job fair matches up organizations seeking artists with artists seeking employment. Please RSVP to (415) 252-2554 or email Robynn.Takayama@sfgov.org.

  All Neighborhood Arts Festival events are FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit the Arts Commission website: www.sfartscommission.org/CAE/NAP. SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco
  
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  May 1st to 25th 70/30: Seventy Years of Living, Thirty Years of Art
  EXHIBITION
  A mid-career retrospective of Bay Area artist Flo Oy Wong. Celebrating her upcoming 70th birthday and three decades of artwork. Curated by Nancy Hom. Part of APICC's 11th Annual United States of Asian America Festival. For more information, telephone (415) 864-4126.
  

  Thursday May 1st 5-8:30 PM OPENING RECEPTION 70/30. SomArts Cultural Center. FREE
  Saturday May 17th 4-6 PM CONVERSATION with Flo Oy Wong, moderated by Moira Roth, Trefethen Professor of Art History at Mills College. SomArts Cultural Center. FREE
  Thursday May 22nd 6-8 PM BOOK LAUNCH and signing for the 70/30: Seventy Years of Living, Thirty Years of Art catalog. SomArts Cultural Center. FREE.
  
  Thursday - Saturday May 22nd-24th 8 PM
  Sunday May 25th 2 PM & 7 PM PERFORMANCE. danceNAGANUMA presents Noodle Women inspired by Flo Oy Wong's 30-year retrospective. SomArts Cultural Center. Tickets: $20; students/seniors and advance: $18

  SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 2:00pm - 7:00pm; Saturday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
  
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  AUTONOMOUS REGION PERFORMS "I-HOTEL" SONG
  Friday May 2nd 8:30PM PERFORMANCE Hard rock 2-for-1 with Autonomous & Say Bok Gwai. Rockit Room, 406 Clement, San Francisco.
  Wednesday, May 7th 12:00 noon PICNIC. Autonomous performs a high energy set at CSM’s Spring Fling. College of San Mateo, 1700 West Hillsdale, Upper Pond Area in San Mateo.
  Saturday, May 31st 9:30pm MULTIMEDIA EVENT. Autonomous teams up with soulful rock bands HOE & The Fainting Goats and screens their 2008 Locus Arts Do-It-Yourself Video award-winning music video I-Hotel. Starry Plough Pub & Nightclub, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkley.
  The Autonomous Region, featured at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, will screen its 2008’s DIY-winning I-Hotel, along with live performances. All May 2008 appearances are co-sponsored by The Manilatown Heritage Foundation and Locus Arts. For more information, please visit The Autonomous Region’s websites at: www.theautonomousregion.com and www.myspace.com/theautonomousregion.
  

• Filipinos in Stockton
  by Dawn B. Mabalon, PhD;
  Rico Reyes

  
  Saturday May 3rd from 4-6pm
  IMAGES OF AMERICA: FILIPINOS IN STOCKTON
  Book Signing
  by Professor Dawn Mabalon, San Francisco State University
  Presented by the San Francisco Public Library and Arcadia Publishing
  
  Main Library, Latino B, Lower Level, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco.
  Cosponsored by the Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library. For more information please visit the Filipino American Center webpage or call 415-557-4277
  
  
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  Wednesday May 14th SF GIANTS: FILIPINO HERITAGE NIGHT Filipino families and businesses are recognized and welcomed for the 1st annual Filipino Heritage Night at AT&T Park
  
  
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  FILIPINOS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CELEBRATING 35 YEARS
  Saturday May 17th 6PM
  Balikan sa Pinagmulan: Returning to Our Roots
  Honoring Bill Tamayo, Regional Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), San Francisco District. Also Recognizing Milestones, musical performances, dancing. Tickets available online www.filipinos4action.org $65. For sponsorship/ad info contact FAA (510) 465-9876
  Hilton Garden Inn, Emeryville CA.
  

•Women’s Issues: Labor, domestic workers, sex trafficking: Mar 8-May 3
• Western Ideas/Colonial Mentality: May 12-July 19
• I-Hotel Commemoration: July 26-Sept 6
• Cultural Appropriation & Assimilation: Sept 13-Nov 15
• Solo Exhibition: Nov 22-Dec 31

If you are interested in submitting your work for consideration for the 2008 exhibition, please contact us at mhf@manilatown.org. Proposals should be received two months before the opening date. The committee meets monthly to review.
Call for Artist/Submit Entries form & instructions

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  DVD Available now!
  A Serving of Love: The Passion of Bill Sorro
  Documentary by RJ Lozada
  
  This film presents Bill's passion, humor, and humility which inspired people of all ages, ethnicities, and walks of life.
  
  Available now! $20. Please call 415.777.1130 or e-mail mhf@manilatown.org.
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  billsorro.manilatown.org

  
  ONLINE EXHIBIT A Serving of Love: The Passion of Bill Sorro, based on the gallery show and documentary produced by Manilatown Heritage Foundation for the 30th anniversary of the eviction of the International Hotel.
  Robynn Takayama, Producer, Director, Video Editor. RJ Lozada, Videographer.
  
  
  
  
  A Serving of Love is funded in part by
  California Council for the Humanities
  

We had a very successful 1st Annual Banquet Dinner. We would like to thank our guests and sponsors for sharing this special celebration with us! Remarks of William R. Tamayo, Keynote Speaker, October 6, 2007

• FADF/Bayanihan Community Center
• Bindlestiff Studio
• San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
  

Manilatown Heritage Foundation art programs are supported in part by the following funders:

 




San Francisco Arts Commission