Chinese Historical Society of Southern California

The March Fong Eu Story
2026-01-25 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Shadow Park Clubhouse, 12800 South St, Cerritos, CA, 90703, United States
RSVP event coordinator Gordon Hom (562) 397-3148 if you would like to attend.

February 2026 Program
2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
“Little Manila in DTLA, and Carlos Bulosan’s Los Angeles”
Speaker Biography:
Gerald G, Gubatan is co-editor of the anthology, “Filipinotown: Voices From Los Angeles,” a collection of stories by and about people connected to Historic Filipinotown. Gerald is an Urban Planner who has served elected officials at L. A. City Hall and Sacramento’s State Capitol. He is the founding board president of Fil-Am Arts, Inc. A proud graduate of Belmont High School in Los Angeles, Gerald attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from UCLA and completed graduate studies in urban planning at California Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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Sierra Madre Playhouse
2026-02-21 09:00 - 13:00 | Sierra Madre Playhhouse, 87 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA, 91024, United States

Golden Dragon Parade 2026
2026-02-21 13:00 - 16:00

March 2026 Webinars
2026-03-11 19:00 - 2026-03-25 20:30 | Eventbrite
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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April 2026 Program
2026-04-08 17:30 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Our April program is in-person at the Golden Dragon Restaurant in Los Angeles Chinatown jointly sponsored by The China Society of Southern California.
Purchase your dinner tickets, $40/person, by selecting the number of tickets you would like to purchase and click on the Get Tickets button. The cost of the ticket includes a 3% transaction fee.

Speaker Bio:
Randel Urbauer is a photographer videographer with a BFA from Art Center College of Design. For over 30 years, he ran his advertising photography studio in the Brewery Arts Complex in Los Angeles. His clients range from Cadillac to Cartier which took him to several international locations and dozens of cities within the US and Canada. In the early days of digital capture, he won the digital image competition held by the Advertising Photographers of America. He always enjoys sharing knowledge and collaborating within the arts community. In 2013 he created a short film documentary based on the Los Angeles artist Lynn Foulkes which screened at the Hammer Museum’s Bing Theater.

May 2026 Program
2026-05-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
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Speaker: David Chan
David R. Chan is a charter member of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (officially member #8). As a member of the Society’s Board of Directors, he also represented CHSSC with speaking and media appearances on Chinese American historical topics. After a decade long hiatus for his career as a tax attorney and familial responsibilities, he re-emerged as a writer and observer on Chinese food in the United States, weaving in aspects of our Chinese-American history into today’s Chinese foodie world.

July 2026 Program
2026-07-09 17:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Our July program, jointly sponsored by The China Society of Southern California, is an in-person book talk with best-selling author Lisa See and her newest book, Daughters of the Sun and Moon, followed by a banquet at the Golden Dragon Restaurant in Los Angeles Chinatown.
Purchase your tickets, $45/person. Select the number of tickets you would like to purchase and click on the Get Tickets button. The cost of the ticket includes a 3% transaction fee.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Beloved New York Times best-selling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds.
In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles, Dove, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal, the big-footed daughter of peasants, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation, Petal’s father sells her to buy money for rice seed and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain – America – where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated, speaks fluent English, and has been endowed with a face of great beauty, yet her failed foot-binding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many.
Each woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved. Petal desires freedom, and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined. Brought together by hardship and heartbreak, they must use their bravery, endurance, and ability to “eat bitterness” to discover their voices, find freedom, and connect through solace and friendship. Together they are daughters of the sun and moon.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lisa See is the New York Times best-selling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, The Island of Sea Women, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, China Dolls, and Dreams of Joy, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.
