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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

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• Call for Family Photos Dear Friends, We are seeking photo submissions for Filipinos in San Francisco (Winter 2010, Arcadia Press). Authors will be an editorial collective from the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Pin@y Educational Partnerships/San Francisco State University, and the Filipino American National Historical Society. Please open your photo albums and your digital archives for this project! We want to include many different segments of our community, and a wide diversity of individuals, generations, families, businesses and organizations, from every decade, from the Gold Rush to the present as possible for this book. Every kind of photograph is needed: important civic and community events and celebrations, professional and work history (every kind of profession and work!), organizations, and businesses. We also need photos of individuals, families and family reunions, cultural celebrations, weddings, baptisms, debuts, balls/dances, parties, artists, murals, block parties, bands, performances, concerts, poetry readings, protests, rallies, marches, demonstrations, parades, neighborhood scenes, and everyday life out and about in San Francisco. How to submit: Option 1: Please send us a CD-ROM of your photos. 1. Include a separate document with as much as you know about each picture, such as captions identifying the people in the photo, the date when the photograph was taken (if known), and the name of the location where the photograph is taken. 2. Include all contact info (Name, email, phone, address). SCANNING SPECS Resolution: 300 dpi (600 recommended) Cropping: crop all unnecessary borders Output or Print size: 8 inches WIDE Color: Grayscale (8-bit) File Format: TIFF Postmarked by Feb. 26, 2010 Mail to: Prof. Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales Dept. of Asian American Studies 1600 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132 Option 2: Please bring your photos to our scanning day on 2/21 in SF We can scan your photos, return your originals immediately, and sit with you to identify each person and event in each photo accurately. 11am-2pm, Sunday, February 21 Filipino Community Center 4681 Mission St. SF, Ca 94112 415.333.6267 Light refreshments will be served.   Remember that your history, and your family and organization’s history, is San Francisco's Filipino American history! Looking forward to seeing you and hearing from you soon. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for sharing your family's or organization's pictures.

  Manilatown Heritage Foundation Presents CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (Part of Manilatown's Rhymes & Rhythms Series) Hosted by NANCY HOM & AVOTCJA with GENNY LIM, MYRNA ZIALCITA, NANCY HOM, AVOTCJA, MEKLIT HADERO, NELLIE WONG, TUREEDA MIKELL, MAMACOATL, ARLENE BIALA, and PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM SATURDAY MARCH 6th 2PM – 5PM (Doors open @ 1:30 PM) THE I-HOTEL MANILATOWN CENTER 868 Kearny Street @ Jackson San Francisco, CA 94108 A benefit for Manilatown Heritage Foundation $5 to $10 Sliding Scale (No one turned away for lack of funds.) (415) 399-9580 www.Manilatown.org

  Manilatown Heritage Foundation Co-Presents Manilatown is in the Heart at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Asian America suffered a great loss in 2009 when Al Robles passed away. He spent a lifetime caring for the manongs (Filipino bachelors who immigrated to the U.S. as workers in the early 1900s) and connecting the generations. Armed with a tape recorder and his own affability, Al “talked story” with manongs in cramped bedrooms, Manilatown pool halls, and the fields of the Central Valley, transforming their tales of forgotten landscapes and steamy fish-head soup into lyrical poems. Click Here for More Info and to Buy Tickets The 28th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), which showcases the best Asian and Asian American films from around the globe takes place March 11-21, 2010 in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Festival’s presenting organization the Center for Asian America Media (CAAM). SFIAAFF is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting approximately 120 works featuring thrilling films from the United States, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, China, and more. SFIAAFF will again feature a dynamic and forward-looking selection of the best in new Asian and Asian American cinema. From comedic love stories to award-winning documentaries, the Festival’s program is the largest showcase of its kind in the world. At the heart of the Festival are its two Competitions, for Asian American Narrative and Documentary Features, as well as diverse selections of films from around the world, both short and feature-length. Film screenings, filmmaker tributes, and panel discussions take place at the Castro Theatre, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Clay Theatre, and VIZ Cinema in San Francisco, Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, and the Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose. Tickets go on sale beginning February 11 for CAAM members and February 15 for the general public. For more information or tickets please visit http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/2010

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.

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.

• 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.

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  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