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• PBS Great Performances: Yellow Face (thru June 30)

  • Start
    May 16, 2025
  •  
    9:00 PM
  • End
    June 30, 2025
  •  
    8:59 PM
  • Location
    Online

  

  The 2024 Broadway production of David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face began premiering on PBS stations nationwide May 16 (check local listings) and is available for streaming on PBS.org. The play was filmed in the final weeks of its run at the Todd Haimes Theatre, part of the Roundabout Theatre Company's season. 

  Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang’s comedy stars Daniel Dae Kim (“Lost,” “Hawaii Five-0”) as an Asian American playwright who protests yellowface casting in the blockbuster musical “Miss Saigon,” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. The repercussions resonate in this farce about the complexities of race. Filmed in November 2024 and directed by Leigh Silverman (“Violet,” “Suffs”), Yellow Face is an “is-he-or-isn’t-he” comedy of identity, show business and autobiography.

  In 2025, for performances in Yellow Face, Daniel Dae Kim became the first Asian American actor to be nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play" and Francis Jue won the Tony Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play."

  Yellow Face is streaming free on PBS through June 30 8:59 pm PDT (11:59 pm EDT).
  

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• CATS Artistic Challenge: Dr. Jerry Hiura Inspiration Award (thru Sept 8)

  • Start
    June 01, 2025
  • End
    September 08, 2025
  • Location
    Online

  

  Established in 2021 by the Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS), the Dr. Jerry Hiura Inspiration Award is presented to emerging AAPI artists who best reflect Dr. Jerry Hiura's passion for the arts.

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  NOTE: In 2022, members of CHCP's Student Docent Cultural Ambassador Program (SDCAP) were awarded the Dr. Jerry Hiura Inspiration Award for their film "Uncovering Asian Experiences." READ MORE.

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• CAH Museum Open (during Dia de Portugal Festival)

  • When
    June 14, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Chinese American Historical Museum, 635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112

  

  The Chinese American Historical Museum (CAHM) is housed in the Ng Shing Gung building, which is part of History Park, located in Kelley Park, San Jose.

  The Museum will be open Saturday June 14th from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm during the Dia de Portugal Festival. The Dia de Portugal Festival is from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

  Enjoy a day of entertainment, savor a variety of Portuguese foods and watch a traditional Portuguese parade – there’s enjoyment for the entire family. It all takes place at History Park, location of both the  Portuguese Historical Museum  and the Chinese American Historical Museum.

  Admission: Free

  For Dia de Portugal Festival information: HSJ Programs & Events

  For CAHM information (including parking, directions, slideshow, and virtual tour): visit our Museum page.

   

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• SDCHM Presentation: "Not your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong"

  • When
    June 21, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Online (via Zoom)

  

  For the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum (SDCHM)'s June 2025 edition of The Chinese American Experience & Beyond (TCAE&B), Katie Gee Salisbury, author of Not Your China Doll, will speak on the relevance of Asian American actress, Anna May Wong.  Lobby card collector, Dwight Cleveland, will join as discussant.

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• CAH Museum Open

  • When
    June 21, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Chinese American Historical Museum, 635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112

  The Chinese American Historical Museum (CAHM) is housed in the Ng Shing Gung building, which is part of History Park, located in Kelley Park, San Jose.

  Admission: Free

  For more information (including parking, directions, slideshow, and virtual tour): visit our Museum page.

  
  

   

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• Seminar: My China Roots Tools and the Chinese American Experience (thru June 24)

  • When
    June 24, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Various Bay Area Libraries

  

  Various Bay Area libraries will be hosting a FREE seminar on the subject: My China Roots Tools and the Chinese American Experience. All sessions are in-person.

  Location/Date/Time

  • Burlingame Library, 480 Primrose Rd, Burlingame, April 27, 2 – 4 pm
  • Foster City Library, 1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, May 1, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
  • Brisbane Library, 163 Visitacion Ave, Brisbane, May 4, 2 – 4 pm
  • Half Moon Bay Library, 620 Correas St, Half Moon Bay, May 8, 5 – 7 pm
  • Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Ln, Atherton, May 16, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
  • Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave, Millbrae, June 24, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

  What you will learn

  • Research tools and resources to discover your China roots
  • Oral histories of a Chinese American family’s struggles
  • How 150 generations of family genealogy was found 
  • ChiAm checklist of online, live and local genealogy groups
  • Interviews from Angel Island Immigration National Archives 
  • Experience a visit to a Chinese ancestral village

  Abstract  

  This multimedia session offers key resources to help you find and explore your China roots and access Chinese American research tools. Showcased are the struggles and assimilation of a Chinese American immigrant family through oral histories of hardship, poverty, segregation, discrimination, and a city’s formal apology—80 years in the making—came to life. Unsure of where your ancestral village is in China and how to find your jiapu (ancestral lineage book)? Learn how 150 generations of family genealogy was documented in China. You’ll receive a checklist of research resources – where to ask live and virtual questions, and details on attending a paid three-day Chinese American Genealogy Conference or joining the free Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group. Can’t read Chinese? No problem using a Chinese-to-English translation tool. Discover how the National Archives in San Bruno can help uncover your Chinese ancestors’ interviews at the Angel Island Immigration Station, where 175,000 Chinese immigrants entered the U.S. between 1910 and 1940.

  About The Speaker: Ron Chan

  Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation best practices, captivating audiences worldwide at genealogy workshops and libraries across the San Francisco Bay Area. As a published genealogy author, he has a passion for storytelling and teaches innovative technologies to bring ancestral tales to life. Ron is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, dedicated to preserving ancestral stories. He is also a Co-Founder of the Chinese American GI Project, ensuring that veterans’ legacies are not lost, forgotten, or ignored. As a CHCP Advisory Board Member, Ron is a contributor to CHCP's Oral History Project. Ron shares with you how to capture and share family struggles of the past so future generations can embrace, remember, and learn from those who came before.

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• C100 Conversations: “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” Featuring Gordon Chang

  • When
    June 26, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
  • Location
    Online

  

  Join the second Committee of 100 (C100) Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” event. This program features interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts, heroic achievements, or recollections of important events.

  The second Committee of 100 Conversations event will feature Gordon Chang, Professor of History at Stanford University, who will talk about “The History of Asian American Contributions to America” and his own personal journey as a scholar in his field.

  Chang will provide a crucial historical perspective on the urgent issues facing Asian Americans in a time of rising international tensions and anti-Asian sentiments at home. In addition, he will reflect on his scholarly trajectory and his journey into Asian American studies as a field of study. Chang will comment on his latest book, War, Race and Culture – Journeys in Trans-Pacific and Asian American Histories, a career-spanning anthology of significant essays that prompt conversations across his broad-ranging research interests and personal history, from trans-Pacific history and Asian American history to art history.

  Peter Young, Chair of the Initiative and a Committee of 100 Member, will be the moderator. There is no fee for the webcast. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website.

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• CAH Museum Open (during Cachin' the Bay)

  • When
    June 28, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Chinese American Historical Museum, 635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112

  

  The Chinese American Historical Museum (CAHM) is housed in the Ng Shing Gung building, which is part of History Park, located in Kelley Park, San Jose.

  The Museum will be open Saturday June 28th from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm during the Cachin' the Bay event. The Cachin' the Bay event is from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

  The Geocachers of the Bay Area welcomes you to Silicon Valley to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Geocaching. They are excited to invite geocachers from around the world to join them for a day of geocaching fun at History Park, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

  Admission: Free

  For information about Cachin' the Bay: HSJ Programs & Events

  For Museum information (including parking, directions, slideshow, and virtual tour): visit our Museum page.

   

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• Seminar: Writing Family History with Artificial Intelligence (thru Sept 14)

  • Start
    June 28, 2025
  •  
    2:45 PM
  • End
    September 14, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Various Bay Area Libraries

  

  Various Bay Area libraries will be hosting a FREE seminar on the subject of Writing Family History with Artificial Intelligence. All sessions are in-person.

  Location/Date/Time

  • Santa Clara Library, 2635 Homestead Rd, Santa Clara, Feb 1, 1 - 3 pm
  • Cupertino Library, 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, Mar 1, 11 am - 1 pm
  • El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Ave, El Cerrito, Mar 8, 11 am - 1 pm
  • San Leandro Library, 300 Estudillo Ave, San Leandro, Mar 22, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
  • Atherton, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Ln, Atherton, Apr 9, 11 am - 1 pm
  • San Carlos, 610 Elm St, San Carlos, Apr 16, 11 am - 1 pm
  • Cupertino Library, 10800 Torre Ave, Room 201, Cupertino, May 6, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
  • Redwood City Library, 1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, June 28, 2:45 - 4:45 pm
  • Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley, Sept 14, 2 - 4 pm

  Summary

  • Hands-on Writing Family History with AI Workshop
  • Blend of theory, demonstration, and practical application
  • Explore storytelling fundamentals and AI-generated narratives
  • Learn to use AI as a writing coach and create personalized stories
  • Share family anecdotes and insights with fellow participants 
  • Discover where to publish family stories online – FREE

  Explore the fusion of storytelling and artificial intelligence at this Writing Family History with AI Workshop. This interactive session merges theory, demonstrations, and sharing for a dynamic learning experience. Learn storytelling fundamentals, from traditional tales to AI-generated narratives. Discover how AI can enhance your writing process and create captivating stories. Dive into movie-making techniques and unleash your storytelling prowess through personalized videos. Bring your creativity and laptop, and craft your own AI-assisted family stories. Share and connect with fellow participants, exchanging family anecdotes and insights. No prior experience necessary, just bring your creativity and curiosity, plus an internet-ready laptop with a word processor.

  About The Speaker: Ron Chan

  Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation principles, captivating audiences worldwide at Genealogy Workshops and libraries. As a published genealogy author, he has a passion for storytelling, teaching innovative methods to breathe life into ancestral tales. Ron is the Founder of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, dedicated to preserving ancestral stories. He is also Co-Founder of the Chinese American GI Project to honor veterans' legacies and a CHCP Advisory Board Member working on CHCP's Oral History Project.

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• Seminar: Digitize & Document Your Family History (thru Sept 20)

  • Start
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • End
    September 20, 2025
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Various Bay Area Libraries

  

  Various Bay Area libraries will be hosting a FREE seminar on the subject: Digitize & Document Your Family History. All sessions are in-person.

  Location/Date/Time

  • Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth St, Gilroy, Feb 15, 1 - 3 pm (Note Date Change)
  • San Leandro Library, 300 Estudillo Ave, San Leandro, Feb 22, 1:30 - 3:30 pm<
  • Atherton Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Ln, Atherton, Mar 12, 11 am – 1 pm
  • San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St, San Carlos, Mar 19, 11 am – 1 pm
  • Rockridge Library, 5366 College Ave, Oakland, Mar 29, 1 – 3 pm
  • Alameda Main Library, 1550 Oak St, Alameda, May 3, 1 - 3 pm
  • Palo Alto Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, May 10, 1 - 3 pm
  • San Mateo Library, 55 W 3rd Ave, San Mateo, Jul 12, 1 – 3 pm
  • Santa Clara Library, 2635 Homestead Rd, Santa Clara, Sept 20, 1 – 3 pm

  Summary

  • Utilize AI for oral history, scanning, photo restoration, and management
  • Explore case studies for weaving family sagas with multimedia
  • Discover free resources and best practices for legacy preservation
  • Learn tools for creating a digital family heritage library

  Dive into a realm where physical artifacts meet virtual storytelling. This session immerses you in the art of utilizing artificial intelligence for oral history creation, scanning, photo restoration, photo management, movie making and storytelling. Explore real-life case studies illustrating how to intricately weave your family’s saga using multimedia methodologies. Discover invaluable free resources and best practices to preserve your family’s legacy. By session end, you’ll learn about tools and techniques to create a digital family heritage library, that will be a timeless treasure for generations to come.

  About The Speaker: Ron Chan

  Ron is a seasoned lecturer on family history documentation principles, captivating audiences worldwide at Genealogy Workshops and libraries. As a published genealogy author, he has a passion for storytelling, teaching innovative methods to breathe life into ancestral tales. Ron is the Founder of the Bay Area Chinese Genealogy Group, dedicated to preserving ancestral stories. He is also Co-Founder of the Chinese American GI Project to honor veterans' legacies and a CHCP Advisory Board Member working on CHCP's Oral History Project.

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• CATS/CHCP Screening: "Block by Block: The Struggle to Bring a Community College to SF Chinatown"

  • When
    July 19, 2025
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    History Park, Empire Firehouse, 635 Phelan Ave, San Jose, CA

  

  Join Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS) and CHCP for the documentary screening of "Block By Block," a powerful documentary that captures the struggle to bring a community college to Chinatown. Through firsthand accounts, historical footage, and community activism, the film tells the inspiring story of resilience, advocacy, and the fight for accessible education in an underserved neighborhood.

  Following the screening, stay for an engaging Q&A session with Henry Der, Former Executive Director for Chinese for Affirmative Action and Joanne Low, Retired City College of San Francisco as the Acting Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Hear behind-the-scenes insights, discuss the impact of the college, and explore the ongoing fight for educational equity.

  Light refreshments will be served at the event.

  This special event is a FREE community screening. Limited seating. Order your tickets now to reserve your spot.

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• CHCP Public Archaeology Day & Merit Badge Workshop

  • When
    October 18, 2025
  • Location
    Chinese American Historical Museum, 635 Phelan Avenue, San Jose, CA 95112

  

  Join the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (CHCP), History San Jose, and Stanford University for the Public Archaeology Day & Merit Badge Workshop at History Park on October 18, 2025. The program is free and open to the public, but we are also offering Scouts an added opportunity to complete requirements for their Archaeology Merit Badge.

  Archaeology is the study of artifacts, or items left behind, that tell about past human activities and culture. Archaeologists excavate to find the things that people used in the past. For example, people in San Jose's ancient Market Street Chinatown threw their trash into deep pits. These pits were rediscovered in 1985 by archaeologists during construction of the former Fairmont Hotel (now the Signia by Hilton) in downtown San Jose.

  The Public Archaeology Day program allows the public to conduct hands-on demonstrations of excavations, screenings, artifact identifications, and artifact reconstructions. This family-friendly educational program offers children an opportunity to become junior archaeologists, learning about the incredible world of archaeology, while simultaneously developing an interest in our local history (recommended for grades 3 and above).

  Scout leaders and others are encouraged to sign our Interest Form to receive further information as it becomes available.

  Admission: Free

  For Parking and Directions: visit our Museum page.

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