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Sunday, March 15, 1:30 to 3:30 PM Chinese Community Church, 500 I (eye) Street, NW Chinatown, Washington DC   Chinese Americans in Vaudeville 1920’s - 1930’s  & Alexandria’s Immigrant Oral History Project Krystyn Moon, Director of American Studies at the University of Mary Washington, examines the topic of Chinese Americans on the Vaudeville stage and the ways in which they broke stereotypes through their singing ability, comedic patter, use of dialect, and dancing. We will also hear about the oral history project underway at the City of Alexandria about immigrants since the 1970s…

Sunday, January 18, 5:00 to 7:00 PM Chinatown Community Cultural Center 616 H Street NW, Suite 201, Washington DC 20001   LION DANCE: Its History in DC, or Finding the Inner Lion As the Chinese New Year comes, so do the lions! The cymbals! The drums! The acrobatics! Oh my! But, how do you know a good lion dance from a mediocre lion dance? What is its history in DC? And, what does it mean to the inner lion (meaning the guy or gal within the beast)? Join us for a…

Where: Chinese Community Church, 500 I (Eye) Street NW, Washington, D.C. When: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 1:00-3:00pm Please join us for the November Talk Story event featuring Dr. Mae Ngai, a Professor of History at Columbia University, as she discusses her book, The Lucky Ones. Her research explores the story of the Tape family, led by Joseph and Mary Tape, during the post-Gold Rush era in San Francisco. They lived and prospered between the Chinese immigrant population and the emerging Chinese American middle class. Their daughter…