Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: The Taiwanese-American Foundation
Address: 7838 Wilkerson Ct, San Diego, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/319483208122822/

Come celebrate Taiwanese Heritage Week with one of the things we love most about Taiwan, the food! In the parking lot of the Taiwan Center, various Taiwanese community groups will be selling food and drinks. Taiwanese American Professionals – San Diego (TAP-SD) will be selling at a booth, so come out to support us! Better yet, help us prepare the food or help to sell it!

Items are purchased with tickets which can be bought on site or in advance at the Taiwan Center. Advance ticket sales are 11 tickets for $10. On site sales are 10 for $10. Note: some booths sneak in sales before 3pm and many sell out early, so don’t be late! Earlier is better!

Volunteers needed: See http://tap-sd.org/volunteers for volunteer needs. Please contact Sharon Wu (sharonwu@tap-sd.org) or Mike Chiu (mchiu@tap-sd.org) with any questions you may have.

Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Union Square, San Francisco
Address: 333 Post St., San Francisco, CA
Facebook event page #1: https://www.facebook.com/events/209117939199547/
Facebook event page #2: https://www.facebook.com/events/267380763358950/

Started in 1993, the Taiwanese American Cultural Festival has grown into an annual landmark event for the Bay Area community, drawing thousands of visitors from all over the world to experience Taiwan’s unique cultural heritage and to recognize the contributions of Taiwanese Americans today!

The festival enhances social interactions and cultural exchanges among communities with different ethnic backgrounds and strengthens relations between the United States and Taiwan – emphasized by this past year’s Why Taiwan Matters Congressional Hearings.

The exhibitions at the festival will include demonstrations using Taiwanese glove puppets, Taiwanese arts and crafts, games with prizes, visual displays to illustrate Taiwanese technology, as well as a marketplace with orchids from Taiwan. Craving for delicious Taiwanese food? There will be all sorts of specialty foods, including red bean cake, fried vermicelli, tea eggs, Hakka mochi, bean curd with peanuts!

Save the date! Immerse yourself into rich Taiwanese culture!

For more information, visit: http://sftafest.org/
Support Us: http://www.gofundme.com/​sf-tacf-2012

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Taiwan Center
Address: 7838 Wilkerson Court San Diego, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/279762072118772/

The Taiwanese American Professionals – San Diego (TAP-SD) board will be holding a delegation workshop at the Taiwan Center. This is a hands-on workshop that will cover basic meeting management and effective delegation. All TAP-SD board members will be present at this event.

As board member elections are approaching in June, we are also extending this invitation to those individuals interested in joining the board and our volunteers. So come out to this event if you’d like to be part of our leadership team and want to hone your delegation and management skills!

Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Lucky Strike San Francisco
Address: 200 King St, San Francisco, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/396277340404780/

Feeling Lucky? Join Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco (TAP-SF) for the funnest TAPpy Hour event of 2012! TAP-SF will have exclusive access to the Einstein Room at San Francisco’s hottest and newest venue in South Beach, Lucky Strike Lanes. Lucky Strike is a hip, fun, and cool restaurant/bar/bowling lanes where it’s crackin’! Get your bowling shoes ready or just come out to have drinks and food with your TAP-SF friends!

FYI, San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian “Fear The Beard” Wilson is one of the co-owners of Lucky Strike! (Can’t guarantee that he will make a special appearance for TAP-SF, though).

Also, find out about how you can get involved with TAP-SF. We are looking for people to participate in our Social, Professional, Cultural, and Community Service committees. TAP-SF is a great place to make friends, professional connections, and cultural enrichment! Contact Eli Kuo, Social Chair, at eli.kuo@tap-sf.org.

Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Time: 8pm
Location: Factory Tea Bar
Address: 323 S. Mission Dr, San Gabriel, CA

Check out YouTube cover artist Kevin Lien and talented newcomer Priska as they both perform during the Akufuncture-sponsored OSMOSIS SPOTLIGHT event in May. Both are Taiwanese Americans who have great voices and stage presence.

SUPPORT:
Priska – http://www.facebook.com/priskamusik
Kevin Lien – http://www.facebook.com/kevinlienmusic

Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Time: 6:00pm until 10:00pm
Location: UCSB Storke Plaza
Address: Goleta, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/399815306716999/

UC Santa Barbara’s Taiwanese American Student Association’s (TASA) biggest event of the year is here! Come out to Storke Plaza on Friday, May 4th, for legit Taiwanese food and drinks that include, but are not limited to: boba milk tea and various other flavors, baked corn, green onion pancakes, potstickers, etc, as well as games and performances!

Admission is free but in order to play games and to buy food/drinks, you will need to have raffle tickets. Hope to see you there!

Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Time: 9:00pm – 12:00am
Location: The Uptown Nite Club
Address: 1928 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/412680745416232/

Celebrate getting over the hump with a fun show with some great Bay Area bands including Taiwanese American Young Lee’s band, The Soonest! Visit The Soonest on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/​lionridinghorses.

This event is free and starts at 9pm, for ages 21+. Other bands include Alice Choe and Coast Jumper. Hope to see you there!

Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Time: 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Giedt 1003
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/116384851830093/

Wow it sure has been hot in Davis! Don’t you just want to munch on a bowl of Taiwanese shaved ice and chill with some cool people? The Davis Taiwanese American Organization (TAO) would like to invite you to our Shaved Ice Night Part II!

On Wednesday 5/2, we’ll be teaching and helping everyone make their own Shaved Ice. Toppings will be provided and you can pick different toppings for your preferences.

Cost: Each Bowl will be $2 for members and $3 for non members

Dates: Thursday, April 26, 2012 – Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Punchline Sacramento
Address: 2100 Arden Way #225, Sacramento, CA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/349848791739682/

Sheng Wang is back in the Bay Area and will be performing this weekend! Get your tickets now and spread the word! http://www.punchlinesac.com/index

Background:
Sheng Wang is a Taiwanese Texan who developed and honed his comedy in the thriving standup community of the San Francisco Bay Area. He performs jokes based on personal experiences and observations and addresses common non-sense with honesty and ill logic. His refreshingly affable stage presence combined with a healthy penchant for absurdity and self-deprecation make his act hilarious and universally accessible.

He has toured with the Comedians of Comedy and American Eagle’s ‘Campus Comedy Challenge.’ He has also appeared on Comedy Central’s ‘Live at Gotham’ and attended the ‘Just for Laughs’ comedy festival in Montreal. Wang’s half hour Comedy Central special aired in 2011. NBC also awarded him with a holding deal that same year. In March of 2012, Wang will tape for John Oliver’s Standup Show.

Performance times:
THURS 4/26 – 8pm
FRI 4/27 – 8pm and 10pm
SAT 4/28 – 8pm and 10pm
SUN 4/29 – 7pm

Follow Sheng Wang: http://shengwangtime.com/