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Shows
We welcome you to join us for Strong Like Bamboo 2! This two-part event takes place on two separate days in May: 5/22 (Social Gathering) and 5/25 (Performance). These events are free to the public and feature different content, so please feel welcome to come to one or both showings.
It is time to come together to build community, celebrate our rich traditions, songs and stories and to share in conversation over a meal! Join us! Stay informed! Let’s create allyships across our communities and leave with renewed hope and joy - - so needed at this time!
Dates:
Thursday May 22nd
Time: 6-7:30pm PT
Where: in the Hispanic Room at the SF Main Library
Register to attend this Free live event
Sunday May 25th
Time: 2-4:30pm PT
Where: in the Koret Auditorium and Hispanic Room at the SF Main Library
Register to attend this Free live event
This event is sponsored by the California Arts Council.
Pan-Asian Tales, Myths and More!
Under the auspices of Eth-Noh-Tec these Asian American performers conjure the stories of the ancient Asian folk tales and myths into a delightful show of whimsy and wisdom. Such stories as “Cleverness” (India), "Nu Wa, Mends the Sky" (China), "Monkey Wind" (Philippines), "Oodles of Noodles" (Japan) are brought to life in the Eth-Noh-Tec style.
Asian OccAsian of Stories
Gems of Wisdom, Wit, and Whimsy!
Stories of Asia come alive through lyrical language, rhythmic dialogue, and synchronous bodies interweaving storytelling like no other. Master storytellers, Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, will cast a storytelling spell upon your eyes and ears.
The untold American tale of Chinese fishing village
Six Teenagers brave Pacific storms, a shipwreck, an earthquake… racist mobs… This is a story of survival in an era of anti-Chinese violence and legalized discrimination against Americans of Chinese ancestry.
If We Only Knew
Betrothed, Betrayed, Bewildered and Blessed...
The tale of two storytellers and their 40 year Journey. It is a Love Story that was so unlikely, a partnership with the odds stacked against them, yet when this "Boy met a Girl... and. Girl Met a Boy" sparks flew, the stage was set and these two soul mates created a alchemy of performance magic that took them around the world!
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Murder? Mystery?... and Chicago Chinatown History
The year was 1929. It was a stormy night in Chicago Chinatown. Chin Han Foin, a prominent Chinatown Businessman, deemed the Prince of Merchantdom was leaning into the elevator shaft to troubleshoot a mechanical flaw... Suddenly he plummeted to his death. Was it an accident? or was he murdered. Find out how... in this classic "Who-Dun-it!"