Free Admission RSVP Called an “Asian-American literary pioneer, whose writing has paved the way for many immigrants’ stories” (The New Yorker), groundbreaking novelist, poet, and memoirist Maxine Hong Kingston is the author of award-winning and influential autobiographies The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts and China Men, which blurred the lines between nonfiction and fiction. She is also […]

Gordon Chang, professor of history at Stanford University and this year's Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, discuses the surge in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic and its roots in a long and often overlooked history. The issue of anti-Asian violence hits close to home for many, making it a topic of significant relevance. Gordon Chang […]

LA 1871 will focus on the history of the Chinese Massacre of 1871

Join us in ringing in the New Year as we reflect on the past, celebrating the Chinese immigrant ancestors who paved the way for our American journey.

Our own Susan Dickson and Eugene Moy are featured in this episode of Lost LA.

Join us for a special panel discussion with past members of the L.A. Chinese Drum & Bugle Corps.

Join Metro Art for a celebration of the exhibition "Where you Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939"

Join us in celebrating the Year of the Dragon. CHSSC will be leading the parade.

46th Firecracker Run/Walk, Bike and Dog Event

Celebrate Lunar New Year with an evening of Chinese folk songs and exuberant village dances.

Author Soo Yin Jue discusses her true story about a Chinese farming family in the San Fernando Valley as they navigate the storms of Chinese Exclusion and the inner landscape of changing identities brewing among its members, a combination that threatens to blow apart the family on two continents.