by Frances Phillips | Jan 8, 2016 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
On Sunday, January 10, Gautam Tejas Ganeshan will perform new songs in the South Indian Carnatic tradition at the Starline Social Club in Oakland. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., the performance begins at 4 p.m., and tickets are available. Songwriter and performer Ganeshan...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 19, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
Featuring the sounds and sights of the San Francisco Bay–stretching from China Camp in Marin to Redwood City–Rene Yung’s Chinese Whispers: Bay Chronicles explores the region’s little-studied history of the 19th Century Chinese shrimp fishing...
by Frances Phillips | Dec 11, 2015 | 2013, News, Visual Arts
On Saturday, December 12, at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor’s Center in San Francisco, Calvin Fong, son of Richmond Shrimp Camp owner Fong Wan, and archaeologist Mike Taggart, who worked on the excavation of the former shrimp camp...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 3, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
On November 8, The Academy of Hawaiian Arts is performing at the conclusion of the Ia ‘Oe E Ka La Hula Festival and Competition held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. Five of the performers will be wearing pa’u hula made of...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 13, 2015 | 2013, News, Traditional Arts
A quilted kapa cloth piece by Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt, who has been collaborating with the Academy of Hawaiian Arts to create kapa cloth for five pa’u hula (skirts), was selected for an international fiber arts exhibit opening at the Sebastopol Center for...
