Our Voices Now: A Black and Asian Dialogue to Action - AARP Event
2023-05-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Broadcast
AARP convenes our Asian American and Pacific Islander and Black communities to address the double pandemic of COVID and systemic racism. In this free online event, we explore our overlooked history of working together for positive change and open up the conversation on empathy, healing and our shared vision of tomorrow.
Where do we go from here, and how might we build bridges for multi-generational Asian and Black solidarity? By bringing our communities together, we can move towards our collective physical, mental and financial well-being.
Join author and journalist Paula Madison, the first non-Asian Black K-pop star Alex Reid, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in this candid examination of how we got here and how we can uplift Black and Asian communities. Moderated by MSNBC’s Richard Lui.
How to Join
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Asian Influence on Pasadena's Craftsman & Mid-Century Modern Homes
2023-06-04 10:00 - 12:30 | Bus Tour
Kansha Pasadena and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California will be co-sponsoring a two-and-a-half-hour bus tour on “Asian Architectural Influence on Pasadena’s Craftsman and Mid Century Modern Homes” on Sunday, June 4.
Pasadena has one of the best, and most extensive, collections of Asian influenced architecture in the United States. There are significant Asian architectural influences on four different residential building styles in Pasadena: “High style” Arts and Crafts by Greene and Greene and the Heineman Brothers, vernacular Craftsman bungalows, Mid Century Modern by Buff and Hensman and other Pasadena modernist architects, and even in California Ranch Style Homes.
The tour will be narrated by Dave Nufer, a presenter, docent, and program developer with Pasadena Heritage and the LA Conservancy.
The co-sponsoring organization, Kansha Pasadena, is a leading Pasadena cultural organization celebrating and highlighting Asian American and Japanese American culture and history.
This tour explores these, sometimes subtle, Chinese and Japanese architectural influences on thousands of Pasadena area homes, influences that have helped to shape our cityscape. This bus tour will be passing by and stopping at numerous examples of Greene and Greene, vernacular bungalow, and Mid Century Modern, the Pacific Asia Museum and other Asian inflected architectural styles.
The two-and-a-half-hour bus tour begins at Parking Lot I (Brookside Aquatics Center) at 10 AM.
Rose Bowl Stadium-Lot I
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, California 91103
Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour, if not sold out.
Price: $25.

Podcast: Iron Horse Road: A Tale from Gold Mountain
2023-07-19 | Podcast
Premiers on Wednesday, July 19th, 2023

Iron Horse Road recounts one of the great neglected epics of American history. 20,000 Chinese laborers tunneled through granite mountains, dangled over cliffs, and dragged entire trains over alpine summits where other Americans feared to tread. The prosperity of the oncoming gilded age was founded on their blood, sweat and grit, but their story has long been minimized and forgotten.
Equal parts history and travelogue, Iron Horse Road uses binaural 3D audio to transport the listener to deep canyons, echoing caverns and windswept peaks–a world where adventure is always around the corner, and the past is carved in blood and stone.
Stay tuned for the Wednesday July 19th, 2023 release on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Overcast, RSS Feed. You can also listen here at https://blood-on-gold-mountain.captivate.fm/.

CHSSC Summer Picnic
2023-08-12 11:00 - 14:00 | CHSSC, 411-415 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Facing Challenges and Limitations, Where do Organized Chinese Associations Get Respect?
2023-09-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Have questions about tongs or associations? Please email advance questions by September 7, 2023, to bacgg.gail@gmail.com or bacgg.jeannie@gmail.com.
George Chin (founder of Chinatown History & Culture Association) will provide a personal overview of SF’s Organized Associations and will discuss the roles of associations in the Community & Social Services.
Additionally, Ding Lee, director of Lee’s Family Association, Ning Yung, Bing Kong Tong, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinatown History & Culture Association will share his experience about associations and help answer questions.
Chinese Tongs, or organized associations, have served five generations of Chinese Americans for over 175 years. They have earned respect for their contributions to the Chinese American community, but they also face multiple challenges and limitations. Learn about Chinese Family Tongs/Associations and how they impacted your ancestors and may impact you today:

Preservation of History, Culture & Education
Genealogy Research: Tongs have maintained membership and payment records for many years. This information can be valuable for people who are conducting genealogy research.
Challenges and Limitations of Tongs
Where do Tongs get their respect?

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Family History Month Open House
2023-10-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Sahyun Library, 316 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, United States
The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sahyun Library by hosting a Family History Month Open House on Sunday, October 1, 1-4 pm.
CHSSC hosted a table last year and we plan on being there this year. Please join us!

Standing L to R: Anita Lee, Gordon Hom, Susan Dickson, Grace Leo, Ricky Leo
Seated L to R: Linda Bentz, Susan Sing, Cindy Fong
Not pictured: Eugene Moy

An Evening with Lisa See
2023-10-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Joint October program sponsored by China Society of Southern California and Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. The $40.00 price includes dinner and program.

Join us for dinner at Golden Dragon Restaurant and a book discussion with bestselling author Lisa See on her newest book, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, a captivating journey into the world of the Ming Dynasty. Her historical novel was inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China and is a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who would still be considered remarkable today.
Copies of Lisa’s book will be available for purchase.
Date and time: Wednesday, October 4 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Chinatown
For more information about the book: https://lisasee.com/step-inside/lady-tans-circle-of-women/
Reserve your spot in advance by purchasing tickets by Monday, October 2.
The $40.00 ticket price includes dinner and program.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and if unused, will be a donation to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

Locating Kinship Across Space and Time
2023-10-05 - 2023-10-07
The 1882 Foundation invites you to register for the second Chinese American Women in History conference, to be held in Washington DC this fall. Themed, “Locating Kinship Across Space and Time,” the conference aims to explore how Chinese American women, both as historical subjects and contemporary practitioners of history, have forged interpersonal connections, fostered care, and facilitated community.
We will welcome scholars, filmmakers, creatives, and community members alike to share their work exploring the multifaceted and complex experiences of Chinese American women. Topics include the figures of Soo Yong and Anna May Wong, Chinese Americans in 1900’s mass entertainment, Chinese American Hawai’i-based labor organizer Ah Quon McElrath, and the legacies of Chinese American women filmmakers, with many more subjects still to come.
Set at cultural institutions across Washington DC, the conference utilizes the breadth and depth of the 1882 Foundation’s partnerships with institutions, organizations, and individuals alike pursuing Asian American public history in the District and nationally.

Day One (October 5th) at the Chinese American Museum DC & the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Day Two (October 6th) at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Day Three (October 7th) at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

All conference sessions will be recorded and made available to attendees and the general public after the conference.
Register Here to Attend: bit.ly/cawh2023

2023 Yosemite Pilgrimage
2023-10-06 - 2023-10-07 | Yosemite National Park, CA, United States
CHSSC has been conducting a pilgrimage to Yosemite National Park since 2012 in order to discover and highlight the contributions of the Chinese in the development of the park. Our 2023 pilgrimage will be held on October 6th, 7th (arrive evening of Oct 5th, depart Oct 8th).
While the planning team finalizes the itinerary, make your lodging plans now. Eugene Moy has reserved 2 large rental homes in the Redwoods in Yosemite complex in Wawona, with room for 20-22 people, but we are also encouraging people to gather groups of friends and make their own reservations. Contact Eugene at ewmoy49@gmail.com to coordinate.
Learn about our 10th Annual Yosemite Sing Peak Pilgrimage in 2022 on our website: https://chssc.org/

Chinatown Neighborhood Night Market
2023-10-07 17:00 - 21:00 | Los Angeles Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Join Chinatown Community for Equitable Development’s (CCED) second annual Chinatown Neighborhood Night Market on October 7, 5-9 pm, and support legacy small businesses of Chinatown.

Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939
2023-10-23 - 2024-10-25 | Los Angeles Union Staton, 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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 middle of the 19th century was a place where the Chinese community and Chinatown persisted, grew rapidly, and thrived. Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939 invites participants into the center of the vibrant community of families, businesses, and associations through a multi-dimensional experience of the Chinese immigrant community of early Los Angeles.
View historic photographs, listen to oral history recordings, and use augmented reality to see artifact materials superimposed onto other locations around Union Station.

An Evening with Curtis Chin
2023-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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 free, ticket including a copy of the book is $32.85 (including tax) while supplies last, Friday, October 27, 6:00pm reception, 7:00pm program, The Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA

The History of Tsinoys Chinese in the Philippines
2023-10-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Albert O. Little Community Center, 18750 Clarkdale Ave, Artesia, CA, 90701, United States

Paintings In Print
2023-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Joint November program sponsored by China Society of Southern California and Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. The $40.00 price includes dinner and program.
We have added a no dinner option if you would like to attend the program but not have dinner. The program will start at 7:00 pm. If you choose this option, please email info@chssc.org and include your name and the names of your guests.

Join us for dinner at Golden Dragon Restaurant followed by a presentation by Michelle Bailey, Assistant Curator at the Huntington Library. She will talk about the current exhibit in the Studio for Lodging the Mind in the Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library.
In the 16th century, Chinese publishers began creating educational manuals filled with colorful prints of paintings and texts on the history and methods of brush arts. The manuals were unprecedented because they taught aspiring painters and collectors from the growing merchant class how to create and appreciate literati art—a combination of painting, calligraphy, and poetry long practiced by elite scholars. This exhibition at The Huntington, which runs from October 7 to May 27, explores the ways these manuals used innovative printing methods to introduce the techniques, history, and appreciation of painting to widening audiences in early modern China.
Date and time: Monday, November 6 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Chinatown
Reserve your spot in advance by purchasing tickets by Friday, November 3.
The $40.00 ticket price includes dinner and program.
If you are purchasing multiple tickets or you would like to be seated with someone coming to the event, please email info@chssc.org the names of your guests or the names of the person(s) you would like to be seated with. We will do the best to accommodate your request.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and if unused, will be a donation to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

27th Annual Historymakers Awards Gala
2023-11-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, 404 South Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, 90071, United States
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 leaders, who have dedicated their lives to pursuing the greater good and creating a better tomorrow for Chinese Americans.
To purchase tickets or to become a tiered sponsor, please visit this link to reserve your spot online! https://camla.org/historymakers-tables-and-tickets/
To pay by check, please visit us in person or call (213) 485-8484.

An Evening with Maxine Hong Kingston
2023-11-13 19:00 - 20:00 | USC Bovard Auditorium, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
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 the author of the novelTripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book and editor of the anthologyVeterans of War, Veterans of Peace, compiled from the work of participants in the therapeutic poetry workshops she has led for more than 500 veterans of war.
As part of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation Distinguished Speakers Series, Hong Kingston will read from her works and participate in a conversation with USC professor David Ulin and Q&A with the audience, followed by a book signing.
Bios:
Maxine Hong Kingston is the author of The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, and The Fifth Book of Peace, among other works. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award, and the Emerson-Thoreau Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received the National Humanities Medal from President Clinton, and the National Medal of Arts from President Obama. She is a Living Treasure of Hawai’i, a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, and lives in Oakland, California.
David Ulin is Professor of the Practice of English at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, and editor of the journal Air/Light. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including the novel Thirteen Question Method, and Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles, shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and Ucross Foundation. For Library of America, he has edited Didion: The 1960s and 70s and Didion: The 1980s and 90s.

Inscrutable: Anti-Asian Violence, Racial Confusions, and the Proximity of History
2023-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Rothenberg Hall at the Huntington Library, 1151 Oxnard Rd, San Marino, CA, 91108, United States
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 draws on from ongoing research into this troubling past. His work sheds light on the perplexing and sometimes bizarre misconceptions about race that have arisen from this historical examination.
This is the Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow Lecture.
Anton ReFregier, Beating the Chinese, 1948, Panel #19, Rincon Annex Post Office, San Francisco

LA 1871 Symposium
2023-12-09 10:30 - 2023-12-10 14:30 | Chinese American Museum Los Angeles, 425 N. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
“LA 1871” is a two-day symposium and special performance in conjunction with Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past that explores the history of race and racism in Chinatown and the greater Los Angeles area. LA 1871 will focus on the history of the Chinese Massacre of 1871—a tragic event that has been historically overlooked by the news media. Special guest speakers will explore the historical implications of the event and discuss the long-term impacts of the tragedy in parallel to our contemporary socio-political climate. A special musical performance by award-winning composer, Nathan Wang, invites audiences to experience the historical context of the tragedy and brings the program to a close.
Click on the link below to reserve your free ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-1871-two-day-symposium-on-the-chinese-massacre-1871-tickets-765049653107?aff=oddtdtcreator

CHSSC Open House
2023-12-09 13:00 - 19:00 | CHSSC, 411-415 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

January 2024 Program
2024-01-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
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. In this continuation of “Three Coins,” we delve into the tale of a young Chinese boy who, armed with a blank journal, a fortune teller’s scroll predicting his life’s path, and an ardent desire to embrace American identity, arrived in Oregon in 1877.
During the 1880s in the Pacific Northwest, Chinese communities faced expulsion from Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, and Oregon City. However, the story in the small town of Salem, Oregon, unfolded remarkably differently. In the midst of a social experiment, figures like Hop Lee and George Sun, alongside a handful of Chinese individuals, crafted a unique narrative.
Like our forebears, these young Chinese immigrants confronted a world marked by exclusion through anti-Chinese laws and attitudes. Responding with resilience, patience, and humor, they navigated these challenges, forming friendships and achieving financial success. To realize his dream of putting down roots and starting a family, Hop Lee must find the rarest of jewels—an American-born Chinese girl to form his own Willow Forest.
While the Chinese eventually departed Salem by the 1930s, the narrative of the Chinese and White communities in the city spanned four decades, characterized by mutual respect and affection. This tale merits exploration, particularly in light of today’s prevailing anti-Asian attitudes and rhetoric.
This book and presentation celebrate the immigrant spirit born from the diversity which is at the heart of our nation.
Co-sponsored by: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and The China Society of Southern California
Speaker Bio
Russell Low is a physician with a passion for discovery and storytelling. His discoveries in the medical field have changed the way that his colleagues worldwide practice medicine and image disease. Discovery of his own roots began 30 years ago through the stories of his parents and their siblings. Growing up in Central California, more American than Chinese, his connection to Chinese culture and history was limited and incomplete.
Russell frequently lectures on Chinese-American history, and his family’s story has been featured on the History Channel, National Public Radio, the Voice of America, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

Lost LA Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries
2024-01-23 07:30 - 20:00 | Televised
Hosted by public historian and writer Nathan Masters, the Emmy®-winning historical documentary series LOST LA explores a side of Southern California’s history that is not often told, or has been forgotten. Each half-hour episode examines documents, photos and other rare artifacts from California libraries and archives.
S6 E4 – “Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries” – Tues., Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. on PBS SoCal / Wed., Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. on KCET
Visit Forest Lawn, Evergreen and Hollywood Forever to see how LA reinvented the cemetery. In this episode, Nathan and UCLA’s Eric Avila visit the gravesites of the rich and famous while learning how racial segregation once divided the dead.
Our own Susan Dickson and Eugene Moy are featured in this episode of Lost LA.

L.A. Chinese Drum & Bugle Corps Panel Discussion
2024-02-07 19:00 | Eventbrite

Celebrating in Our Ancestors' Footsteps
2024-02-15 17:00 - 19:00 | Union Station Los Angeles, 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Join Metro Art on February 15, 2024 for a celebration of the exhibition, Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939. Kicking off with a dynamic performance of a traditional lion dance by local students of the East Wind Foundation, the event continues with an exhibition walk-through led by Metro Art. Join exhibition partners, Huntington-USC Institute of California and the West, the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and several descendants of the families connected to the exhibition to hear personal stories and insights.

125th Golden Dragon Parade
2024-02-17 | Los Angeles Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles presents the 125th Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, February 17, 2024, starting at 1:00pm.
CHSSC will be leading the parade with our banner and flags. If you plan on walking in the parade with us, you need to wear a red shirt and black pants.
Come cheer us on!

L.A. Firecracker Run
2024-02-24 - 2024-02-25 | Los Angeles Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Come visit our table at this year’s L.A. Chinatown Firecracker Run, celebrating its 46th year.
Photos from last year’s event:

LA Phil Lunar New Year
2024-02-27 20:00 | Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Yi-Wen Jiang’s string quartet arrangements of popular Chinese folk melodies set the stage for a celebration of the Year of the Wood Dragon—a symbol of nobility, honor, and success in Chinese culture. A feast of delightful dances evoking the exuberance of village festivities, Tan Dun’s Concerto for Six marries Eastern and Western musical traditions in a work that spotlights each player’s virtuosity. And Mendelssohn’s Second String Quintet finds the composer scaling new heights of drama and lyricism, from the opening gale-force winds of tremulous sound to a blazing finale that races to the finish line. Come early and enjoy a glass of wine on us to complete the perfect night out.
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https://my.laphil.com/en/syos2/performance/8519

March 2024 Program
2024-03-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
Asparagus Opera follows a Chinese farming family in the San Fernando Valley 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. The resilience of father and son immigrants in their decades battle to find a place for the family in American society is witnessed by Soo-Yin Jue whose grandfather arrived from Guangdong, China, in 1874, and whose father emigrated in 1918 at the age of thirteen. It is also a lyrical and moving portrait of the Valley as a hub of fine produce for Los Angeles’ export markets, especially during World War II. And it was made possible by the hard-working spirit of Chinese and Japanese farmers.
Speaker Bio:
Soo-Yin Jue is a second-generation Chinese American who grew up on a thriving asparagus ranch located in Van Nuys, California, on which workers came from multi-ethnic backgrounds. Growing up in this rich environment, she developed a keen interest in the history of Chinese in America, the transnational history of her own, and of other immigrant families. Now a retired Human Resources professional, Soo-Yin has been a guest lecturer at museums and at high schools sharing her family’s colorful history. This is her first published book.
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History of Asian Studies Program in Southern California
2024-03-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Dinner/program at the Golden Dragon Restaurant co-sponsored by the China Society of Southern California and CHSSC.
Tickets are $40 per person and includes dinner and program. Please purchase your tickets by clicking on the link below.

The founding of China Society in 1935 is an amazing story. Within three months of its inception its inaugural meeting was held with almost two hundred and fifty participants! It was formed by the efforts of three groups—the local Chinese Americans lead by Peter Soo Hoo, the Chinese government lead by Vice Council Kang, and intellectual group lead by members of the Asian Studies Department of USC.
This program focuses on the early history of the Asian Studies program in Southern California prior to WWII. It is a little know and overlooked chapter of local Asian American history that has similarities to the development of Asian American studies of the 1970’s and 80’s. This portion of the program is presented by Ken Klein, head librarian emeritus of the USC Asian Library. Ken has long ties with the local Chinatown community through his in laws who ran the Hung Far Chun restaurant on Spring Street for many years.
The second part of the program features the life and legacy of Theodore Chen and is presented by Li Ping Chen, a postdoctoral scholar at USC. Professor Chen was the first staff member of USC’s Asian department of Asian descent. He served as head of the department for over forty years. He also was President of China Society and aided the Society for many many years. He was active on both sides of the Pacific and built the foundation for USC’s excellent Asian Studies program.
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 6 pm (dinner), 7 pm (program)
Location: Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N Broadway, Los Angeles Chinatown
Reserve your spot in advance by clicking on the link below to purchase your tickets. Ticket includes dinner and program.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and if unused, will become a donation to CHSSC.

April 2024 Program
2024-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
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Ching Ming Observance
2024-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Evergreen Cemetery, 204 N Evergreen Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Date for our Ching Ming observance has changed due to the possibility of rain on Saturday, April 13.
The new date and time for our Ching Ming observance is Friday, April 12, 11am-12pm at the 19th Century Chinese Shrine at the east end of Evergreen Cemetery.
