WHERE YOU STAND: CHINATOWN 1880 TO 1939 (你所處的位置: 唐人街 1880 年至 1939 年) Waiting Room Gallery Visit the new exhibit in Union Station. CHSSC provided support for this project. Union Station stands at the site of Los Angeles’ original Chinatown. This once vibrant community of families, businesses, and associations with roots going back to the […]
Curtis Chin’s memoir about coming of age and coming out traces the author's journey through 1980's Detroit as he navigated rising xenophobia, the AIDS epidemic, and the Reagan Revolution to find his voice as a writer and activist — all set against the backdrop of his family's popular Chinese restaurant. Admission to the talk is […]
Our speaker will discuss the exhibition of educational manuals filled with colorful prints of paintings and texts on the history and methods of brush art.
The Chinese American Museum proudly announces: The 27th Annual Historymakers Awards Gala “Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who Led the Way” “高瞻遠矚，繼往開來” Thursday, November 9, 2023 The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites – 404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA The gala’s theme, “Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who Led the Way,” honors the fearless […]
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.
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