ByEmilyAvera
In
aspecialreceptionpri-marilyformembers,thenewlyrenovatedfacilitiesoftheChineseCultureCenter
(CCC)
wereun-veiledinasneakpreview.Therenovationfeaturedarefurbishedgalleryspaceandshopaswellasofficeswhichwereentirelymade-overwithafreshinteriordesigncoordinatedbyCalvinLau.Aftergettingachancetolookatthefacilitiesandenjoysomerefresh-ments,theapproximately100guestscongregatedintheGrandballroom.
CCC
ExecutiveDirector,GloriaTai,welcomedguests.Then,Tzu-ChenLee,PresidentoftheBoardofDi-rectorsfor2006,spokeaboutherhopesfortheChineseCultureFoun-dationandCenterduringherpresi-dentialterm.ShethenintroducedVivianChiangwhotalkedaboutthehallmarkprogramfortheyear,theChineseOperaHeritageProject.FollowingMs.Chiang'spreviewonthisexcitingproject,Dr.ColinWongannouncedthepubliclaunchoftheFoundation's
CampaignforANewBeginning.
Dr.Wong,whoservesasCampaignCo-ChairpersonwithBoardMemberDr.RollandLowe,outlinedimportantinforma-tionabouttheCampaignwhichcapitalizesonthismajorturningpointinthehistoryoftheCenter.Dr.WongpointedoutthatthisisanewbeginningfortheFoundationandtheCenter,notonlyintermsofthemakeoverofitsfacilitiesbutalsoinitshopestosustain,renew,andintroducebothpreviousandnever-before-seenprogrammingthroughanenhancedendowment.DonorswillhaveanopportunitytocontributetotheCampaignthroughgifts,pledges,andstocks.TheCampaignalsofeaturesthe
NamingOpportunities,
whereadonationwouldprovidenamingrightstoroomsintherenovatedfacilities,includingthegalleryspaceandtheauditorium.Donationsof$1,000.00ormorewillbenotedonadonorrecognitionwallthatwillsoonbeanadditiontotheCenter.CCC'sGrandRe-openingforthegeneralpublicwillbeheldonApril23,2006.FormoreinformationontheCen-ter'sRe-openingandtheCampaignforANewBeginningpleasevisitourwebsite:www.c-c-c.org.
April22tt;lIune24SprinrFAdultM!:1-ndatinLanguageClassll'1tertrlediate,AdvanceBeginner;and
sa
BeginnerCOut$~,'Tuitign:$120members,$132nonmem-bers'IBDChildrenLearn.&PlayMandarinTuition:$132J:nembers,$142non-membersApril23tillSept.9Exhibition:
Duk
DukChaang:Clamoran,dGlaIl}outofChineseOpera.FreeAdtirissionOnGoingClasses:Tuesdays.andThursdaysTraditionalChenTaijiquan5::30pm.to6:30pm$55per-monthrnembefs$65per.m6nthnon-members2334,567WelcomeHomePresident'sMessageChineseOperaExec.Dir.MessageChineseTranslationRootsPresentationRecentPrograms
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ChineseAmericanVoices
BookSigning
.
ChineseCultureFoundationofSanFrancisco,ChineseHistoricalSocietyofAmerica,andUniversityofCali-forniaPressareco-sponsoringabooksigningpartytocelebratethepublica-tionof
ChineseAmericanVoices:FromtheGoldRushtothePresent,
byJudyYung,GordonH.Chang,andHimMarkLai.TheeventwillbeheldatCCConApril2at1pm-4pm.
CCCBrushPainting
&
CalligraphyClass
BrushPaintingandCalligraphyClasswillstartonSaturday,April29th,fordetailedinformationpleasecall(415)986-1822orvisitourwebsitewww.c-c-c.org.
Signupforemaileventupdate:pleasesendanemailtoXiaomei@c-c-c.org.
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Editor
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Layout:JuliePhuongContributors:EmilyAvera,MattHarrison,Jennie
A.
Hom,Tzu-ChenLee,Xiaomei
Li,
GloriaTai,andNatalieWattersPrintingby:AxonPrintingCCCUpdates
MessagefromBoardPresident,Tzu-ChenLee
OnbehalfoftheBoardofDirectorsandstaffoftheCenter,Iwouldliketowelcomeeveryoneback.Sincetherenovation,we'vemovedtoatemporarylocationforthepast6months,andwehavefinallyre-turned.IwouldliketocommendourpastPresidentJonasMiller,andour2005BoardofDirectorsfortheirhardworkanddedication.Thesuccessesofthepastyearwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthem.Iwanttobuildonthosesuccesses.AsIbeginmyterm,IhavemanygoalsfortheCenterthatIwouldliketoseeaccomplished.Wehavejustlaunchedourmulti-year
Cam-paignforANewBeginning,
amajorfundraisingeffortthatcoincideswithourmovetorefurbishedfacili-ties.TheCampaignembodiesourhopesfortheCenter'sfuture,notonlybecauseofourrenovatedspace,butalsobecauseitwillen-ableustoseetheimplementationofanumberofexcitingnewinitiatives.First,throughthemoneyraisedinthe
CampaignforANewBeginning
wewouldliketoenhancetheexist-ingendowmenttoensurethecon-tinuanceandimprovementofourongoingprograms,likeourpopu-larMandarinlanguageclassesandourhighlyacclaimed
InSearchofRoots
program.Wealsoplantousethosefundstointroducenewprogramsandrevivesomeoldfa-vorites.Theseprogramsarecon-sistentwithourmissiontoengageouryouthandsocietyintheirun-derstandingandappreciationofChineseartandculture.Oneofthemosttalked-aboutpro-gramswearelaunchinginAprilofthisyearistheNewChineseOperaHeritageProject.
It
willfeatureacomprehensiveexhibitionofthehistoryofChineseOpera,thepre-miereofabrandnewEast!WestOperaentitled"TheGrandSeduc-ers:GiovanniMeetsXi-menQing",aswellasaninformativelectureseries.Duringmyserviceaspresident,wewillbroadenouroutreachtothelargercommunity.Amajorvehi-cleforthisisourmembership.Weareworkingonforgingstrongerrelationshipswithourcurrentmembersaswellasattractingnewmembers.ThisisamomentoustimefortheChineseCultureCenter,andwearegratefulforyourcontinuedsupport.Ihopeyouwilljoinusinourenthusiasmforayearfullofgreatprogramming,wonderfulex-hibits,andenrichingculturalevents.Sincerely,Tzu-ChenLeePresident
CCCEvents
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MessagefromtheExecutiveDirector
Almostsevenmonthsago,wemovedtheCenter'sentireoperationoutofour32yearsoldfacilitiesintoanearbyofficebuilding.Althoughweenjoyedtheluxuriesoftheof-fice-buildingenvironment,astimewentby,wegrewhomesick!Duringthatperiod,wecontinuedservingthecommunitythebestwecould,maintainingallourclassesandevenaddedabrownbaglunchMandarinclass.Thoughwedidnothaveagallerytodoexhibitions,wepresentedour
RusticSplendors:KilnTreasuresfromShiwan
exhibitatanearbyfacilityco-sponsoringwiththePacificHeritageMuseum.Over5,000visitorsincludingmanyschoolchildrenhaveenjoyedtheseexquisiteworksofartsincetheopeningonAugust25,2005.Myvisitshomebecamemorefre-quentasrenovatedprogressed.Manyskepticsadvisedmetoplanfortheworstsincerenovationsusu-allytakelongerthanplanned.Well,theywerewrong.Wemovedback
1
weekshyofsevenmonths!Allofusattheofficewereelatedtobehomeevenwhenwehadtoshareonechair.Soon,furniture,storedrecordsandmerchandisewereun-packed,andbeforeweknewit,wewerecompletingourfirstevent,ourWelcomeHomeReceptionforourmembers,followedbyourannualSpringFestival,InSearchofRootspresentationandaChineseinstru-mentconcert.Manyhoursofplanningwereputinduringthosefewmonths.Wehopethatwecancontinuetopreserveandrefineourpastprogramsaswellasintroducemoreyouthorientedpro-grams.WealsoplantodevelopmorelecturesandseminarsonChi-neseart,tradition,religion,history,music,performances,etc.
In
thenextfewmonthswehaveseveralpro-gramslinedupasweworkwiththemedia,performingartsgroupsandcommunityorganizations.Pleasecheckourcalendaronupcomingeventsandprograms.Welookfor-wardtoseeingyousoon.
CantoneseOperaHeritageProject
ByJennie
A.
Hom
"DukDukChaang:theClamorandGlamourofChineseTheater",anex-hibitiononChineseoperaandtheater,willopenatthesametimeastheChi-neseCultureCenter'sgalaopeningandreceptiononApril23,2006.TheHonorableSallyYuLeungandDr.WilliamC.Hu,anexpertinthefieldofChineseperformingartandoperaareco-curators.TheinfluenceofChinesetheaterintheChineseAmeri-cancommunitywillbepartofthisexhibitionofartifacts,costumes,mu-sicalinstruments,photographsandpuppets.Theproject'seducationalcomponentconsistsofalectureseriesandwork-shoppresentedbytheChinesePer-formingArtsFoundationinconjunc-tionwiththeChineseHistoricalSoci-etyandtheChineseCultureCenter.Friday,March24,2006,7-8pm:
ChineseMartialArtsandItsRela-tionshiptoCantoneseOpera,
free,attheChinesePerformingArtsFoun-dation,724CommercialStreet,SanFrancisco.Saturday,April8,2006,10:30amto2pm:
SymbolisminChineseLionDanceandItsRelationshiptoCan-toneseOpera,
$5registrationin-cludesanupcloseperformanceofliondance,asimplelunch,andatourofChinatown'sbackalleys,attheChineseCultureCenter,750KearnyStreet,SanFrancisco.Saturday,April15,2006,10amtonoon:
ChineseOperaandthe1906EarthquakeinSanFran-cisco,
free,attheChineseHistoricalSociety,965ClayStreet,SanFran-
CISCO.
Saturday,April29,2006,10amtonoon:
ChineseOpera-FromShamanisticRitualstoaDevel-opedTheater,
free,attheChineseCultureCenter,750KearnyStreet,SanFrancisco.Thursday,June22,2006,timeTBA:TheHonorableSallyYuLeung,Co-curatoroftheChineseOperaExhi-bitionwillleadaguidedgallerytourinEnglish.Saturday,June24,2006,timeTBA:TheHonorableSallyYuLeung,Co-curatoroftheChineseOperaExhi-bitionwillleadaguidedgallerytourinChinese.Fourperformancesofamodernop-eraentitled"TheGrandSeducers:GiovannimeetsXi-MenQing"willbeperformedonMay18(premiere),19,and20attheChineseCultureCenter.NotablessuchasGaoManHuawillsingtheprincipalroleofPanJinLin,andEugeneChanwillsingtheleadingman'srole,XiMenQing.Forinformationonticketsales,pleasecall(415)986-1822orwww.c-c-c.org.
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