Tucson Chinese Cultural Center

Performance Schedule for Tucson Chinese New Year Festival

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Note location change this year to Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Rd. For their Chinese New Year celebration, the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center invites Hawaiian, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese performers as well. Happy New Year of the Rooster. See www.tucsonchinese.org for more information.

Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce to host ABACUS luncheon in Tucson

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“Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce Announces Abacus”

“On November 1, 2016, the Asian American Chamber of Commerce will present Abacus, an economic survey identifying the growth of Asian American owned businesses and the impacts of the Asian American community in the US and in Arizona. Committed to supporting and enhancing relationships and collaborations, the Chamber appreciates the support of the community in this vital project.

Due to the high demand of requests, the presentation will be held from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, at the historical Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, located at 1288 W River Road, Tucson, AZ. Registration will begin at 11:00 am.

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration on May 7

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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (aka as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month). Celebrate with our diverse Asian and Pacific Islander communities. As an Asian American (of Japanese origin) born and raised in Hawaii (50th U.S. State), I share several cultures. My paternal grandparents the Sugiyamas, arrived from Hiroshima, Japan to the Kingdom of Hawaii in June, 1892 before it was overthrown by U.S. businessmen in 1893.

Join us in celebrating our many Asian and Pacific cultural heritages, and view the travelling Smithsonian exhibit “I Want the Wide American Earth” which is at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center till the end of May, 2016.

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Asian Pacific American Smithsonian exhibit: “I Want the Wide American Earth” coming to Tucson

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“I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story” was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The exhibition is supported by a grant from the W.K.Kellogg Foundation and is a set of large panels about Asian Pacific American history. It will be at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center through May 29, 2016.

Desert Leaf magazine (March 2016, pages 42-47)  had a good article about what Asian Pacific Americans have endured in America:  http://trendmag2.trendoffset.com/publication/?m=12024&l=1. As a former Legislative Aide to the late U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) I know this story well.

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