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Event
Diaspora Tale #2: 1969
The Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) in collaboration with Asian Improv aRts presents the premiere of Francis Wongs Diaspora Tale #2: 1969 this October at OACC!
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009
Doors open at 7:30 pm
Time: 8 pm - 10 pm
Tickets:
This is a fundraiser to support OACCs cultural arts programs that are free or at low-cost to the 25,000 30,000 community members we serve each year.
Please note that though there will not be assigned seating, seats will be assigned a section based on the purchased ticket price.
Physical tickets will not be issued. Instead, all ticket holders will be added to the will call list. Please check in at the lobby.
General Admission:
Sliding scale rate of $10 - $50. At the $100 donation level, VIP seating at the event will be provided as well as an invitation to the donor reception.
Student / Senior: $10
Contact Jennifer Chu, development coordinator at (510) 637 - 0455 to purchase a ticket at a rate other than those listed in the ticket section (i.e. $20, $25, $30...etc). Or you can pay at the door.
Tickets will be available at the door for the prices listed above if not sold not.
Program Overview
OACC is proud to announce that we recently received a challenge grant of $5,000 from the East Bay Community Foundations East Bay Fund for Artists, to commission Francis Wong to complete and present Diaspora Tale #2: 1969 at OACC this October.
Diaspora Tale #2: 1969 is an interdisciplinary work featuring jazz music by the Francis Wong Unit with spoken word artist A.K. Black and dancer/choreographer Lenora Lee. 1969 will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the UC Berkeley Third World Strike. 1969 centers on the experiences of Francis Wong's brother Thomas, who entered UC Berkeley in 1969 during the Third World Strike. Thomas became politicized and active in both the martial arts community of the East Bay and the SF Chinatown community. Wong was only 12 years old at the time, he became aware through Thomas experience of Asian American cultural identity in the context of the turbulent late 60s early 70s Bay Area community. The piece ends in 1982 with the passing of Thomas from a drug overdose and Francis himself pursuing an activist path.
In addition to the performance there will be a short panel discussion about the legacy of the Strike and an exhibit featuring photos documenting the Strike. The Asian Improv aRts, whose mission is to produce, present and document artistic works that represent the Asian American experience, will serve as co-presenter of the work.
To view excerpts from Francis Wong's work in progress of this piece visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZ7Q8fULLs
Thanks to those of you who have already contributed, we have reached our goal to meet the East Bay Community Foundation's challenge grant of $5,000. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the concert.
If you have not yet donated, there is still time to contribute. In fact, the challenge grant is part of our larger goal to raise $20,000 through a combination of sponsorships, donations and event ticket sales.
Your contributions will help OACC in the following ways:
1. Support the creation and presentation of a musical work that documents an extraordinary historical moment that shaped the diverse Asian American experience.
2. Provide Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) and non-APIA audiences with an artistic and educational experience that explores the roots of contemporary cultural identity in the increasingly transnational reality.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please contact us for more information or visit
http://www.oacc.cc/support-us/donations/francis-wong.html
If you would like more information about sponsorship opportunities, the program itself and/or other ways to contribute, please call contact Mona Shah, Interim Executive Director or Jennifer Chu, Development Coordinator at (510) 637-0455.
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LocationOakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290
Oakland, CA 94607
United States
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