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Singer to Perform Songs about Mindanao

Singer-songwriter Barclay Martin

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Barclay Martin is coming to the Filipino Community Center (FilCom) on Saturday, May 18 at 2:00pm to share a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of “Rise and Dream,” an award-winning documentary film shot in the Philippines and produced by the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging.

Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

Fil-Am Jazz headlines SF Asian heritage street fest

Jazz group Retromeca

This city’s annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held on Sunday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It’s a huge block party featuring food booths, arts and crafts, community and health information, dances and live entertainment.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

SIPA kicks off another year of service with benefit gala

A longtime Filipino American community service organization will mark its 41st anniversary with a gala awards and benefit dinner on Saturday, May 18. Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) will hold its “Panibagong Simula!” (A New Beginning!) gala at the CBS Studio Center in Studio City.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

Parade to highlight Vallejo PH Independence fiesta

Vallejo Pista sa Nayon committee chair Councilman Hermie Sunga, Philippine Cultural Committee Quality Control Director Mike Biddle, and PCC Chair,\ Greg Torres, at the press conference announcing the first-ever Kasaysayan ng Lahi (Story of our Race) historical-cultural parade as a highlight of the Philippine Independence Day celebration on June 1 in Vallejo. (Photo by Richard Ariz Lao)

The Filipino-American community will hold its 27th “Pista Sa Nayon” Philippine Independence Day festival at the Vallejo Waterfront on Saturday, June 1, 2013, featuring a parade sponsored by the Seafood City Supermarket chain.

Posted: May 8th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

DC Fil-Ams to honor rights advocate Vargas

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Jose Antonio Vargas, the 31-year-old award-winning Filipino American journalist who stunned the whole nation when he boldly disclosed his undocumented immigrant status since arriving from the Philippines as a 12-year-old boy, will address the Filipino American community on Saturday, June 15, at JW Marriott Hotel here.

Posted: April 27th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

PH Independence fest will be in SF’s historic Union Square

A big bash marking 115th Anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine Independence will take over this city’s historic Union Square, ironically, right in the shadow of the monument to Admiral Dewey’s “Victory in Manila Bay.”

Posted: April 24th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

Hawaii Filipino Center Sets Weeklong Fiesta

For the first time since its inception 21 years ago, The Filipino Community (FilCom) Center is expanding its annual Filipino Fiesta into a weeklong Flores De Mayo (Flowers of May) celebration from May 5 through May 11 at various locations across Oahu.

Posted: April 23rd, 2013 in Events | Read More »

Skyline College Students to stage “Pilipino Cultural Night”

Filipino-American students will celebrate Filipino heritage and the Fil-Am experience by staging Skyline College Kababayan Program’s 8th annual Pilipino Cultural Night.

Posted: April 19th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

LA Consulate preps for Independence Day

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The Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles (PCGLA), together with partner community organizations, launched preparations for the 2013 celebration of the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Independence.

Posted: April 17th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

FilAm authors’ night set at LA Times book festival

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California – Filipino American Authors’ Night, hosted annually by Philippine Expressions Bookshop, will present eight authors and their new works on Friday, April 19 from 5:30–9:00 p.m. at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) Community Hall on 1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.   The APALC building is on the corner of Lucas Street and [...]

Posted: April 16th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

FilAm authors’ night set at LA Times book festival

Filipino American Authors’ Night, hosted annually by Philippine Expressions Bookshop, will present eight authors and their new works on Friday, April 19 from 5:30–9:00 p.m. at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) Community Hall on 1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Posted: April 16th, 2013 in Events | Read More »

Award-Winning “Harana” Wows SF Bay Area Viewers

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There’s a reason the film “Harana” won the Audience Award at the Center for Asian American Media Film Festival in this city. The audience simply loved the poignant documentary on a vanishing Philippine musical tradition.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Events,Headlines | Read More »

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