Exhibits

• Saturday, July 18, 2009
  7-9pm
  FIGHT NO FLIGHT
  Women, Community & Power:
• Recent Projects by Jenifer K. Woffford and Diana Diroy + Aisha Heredia
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  Spoken Word Invitational featuring Aisha Heredia
  
  
  Photo credit: Diana Diroy
  

• Saturday, July 11, 2009
  4-6pm
  AMERICA'S SECOND CLASS VETERANS
  Book Launch with Rick Rocamora
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  Rick Rocamora will sign books, show slides and talk about his varied experiences as a documentary photographer and an advocate for the struggle of Filipino WWII veterans.
  
  Rick Rocamora took pictures of Filipino WWII veterans for 18 years as they waited to be recognized as equal to US veterans.
  
  Click Here to download full Press Release

• Saturday, June 13, 2009
  4-6pm
  FIGHT NO FLIGHT
  Women, Community & Power:
• Recent Projects by Jenifer K. Woffford and Diana Diroy + Aisha Heredia
• Exhibit Opening Reception + Documentary Piece about Women Community Leaders
  
  Photo credit: Jenifer K. Wofford
  
  Fight, No Flight is a part of MHF's 2009 theme, Manilatown and Beyond: Contributions of Filipinos and Filipino Americans. It is also co-sponsored by Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and funded in by California Arts Council.
  
  

Workshops/Presentations:

• Wednesdays 3PM SENIOR COMPUTER LAB
  Learn how to use Social Online Networks, Photo Imaging Stations, and the basics of computer technology. Don't waste money on Phone Cards; talk to your loved ones through email, instant messenger, or social online networks. Now offered in Tagalog! Contact isaac-o@manilatown.org for an appointment
  
  

Community Events/Services:

• Friday, October 2, 2009 6:00PM - 10:00PM
  Manilatown Heritage Foundation's
  3RD ANNUAL DINNER, DANCE & SILENT AUCTION

  Intercontinental Hotel Grand Ballroom 888 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Tickets: $100 3rd Annnual Dinner Sponsorship Opportunities (.pdf) 3rd Annual Dinner Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities (.pdf)

  
  Upcoming Projects using Web 2.0 Technology
  Check out manilatownarchives.blogspot.com! Its a website that provides on-line visibility to Manilatown's digital archives. Research historical photos and documents from Al Robles, Chris Fujimoto and Estella Habal Collections. Look out for more collections, oral histories on podcast and streaming videos of archival material in the near future. We currently have volunteer and internship positions open for young people who have skills or interest in web 2.0 technology (blogger, flickr, podcasts), digital media and Filipino-American cultural preservation. Please contact the Archival Coordinator at ellenrae@manilatown.org for more information.
  

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  DVD Available now!
  A Serving of Love: The Passion of Bill Sorro
  Documentary by RJ Lozada
  
  This film presents Bill's passion, humor, and humility which inspired people of all ages, ethnicities, and walks of life.
  
  Available now! $20. Please call 415.777.1130 or e-mail mhf@manilatown.org.
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  billsorro.manilatown.org

  
  ONLINE EXHIBIT A Serving of Love: The Passion of Bill Sorro, based on the gallery show and documentary produced by Manilatown Heritage Foundation for the 30th anniversary of the eviction of the International Hotel.
  Robynn Takayama, Producer, Director, Video Editor. RJ Lozada, Videographer.
  
  
  
  
  A Serving of Love is funded in part by
  California Council for the Humanities
  
  
  ONLINE: Inspiration of Al Robles

  alrobles.manilatown.org

  ONLINE EXHIBIT Inspiration of Al Robles Born and raised in San Francisco’s Fillmore district, Al Robles brings generations of Filipinos together through poetry and “talk story” oral history presentations. Known affectionately as the poet laureate of the Filipino community, Al has frequently read with Janice Mirikitani, Genny Lim, Jack Hirschman and other great poets. Learn more about the Inspiration of Al Robles. Robynn Takayama, Producer, Director, Video Editor.

• FADF/Bayanihan Community Center
• Bindlestiff Studio
• San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
  

Manilatown Heritage Foundation art programs are supported in part by the following funders:

 




San Francisco Arts Commission