Fil-Am weaves epic poetry in musical album ‘Sugilanon’
Jazz artist Caroline Julia Cabading tells the story of four generations of San Franciscans in her latest musical suite and CD release on March 22.
MANONG ‘BENNY’S ALTARS’ EXHIBIT BARES DIASPORA’S ROOTS
SAN FRANCISCO – Benny Gallo was a well-dressed gentleman who belonged to the manong (older brother or elder) generation. The manongs were the first wave of Filipino immigrants who came to the United States, starting in 1906 with the importation of Filipino farm laborers by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association. Those who came in the 1920s and 30s and worked as seasonal migrant workers in farms in the west coast and salmon canneries in Alaska.
I-HOTEL COMMEMORATES 37TH YEAR OF THE EVICTION OF ELDERS AND SHEDS LIGHT ON THE CURRENT SF HOUSING CRISIS
Advocates and tenants gathered at the I-Hotel on Kearny Street Monday, August 4 to commemorate the 37th anniversary of evictions of elder tenants at the I-Hotel in 1977.