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From Memories to Memoir: Essential Elements of Memoir Writing

I Street Conferencing Center – I (Eye) St 615 I Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Speakers: Veronica Li is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including a memoir about her mother. Sverrir Sigurdsson is a retired architect who recently published his memoir, coauthored with his wife Veronica. Sabrina Hsu is head of Collections Services Section of the Asian Division, Library of Congress. The authors will talk about the elements for […]

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Spotlight on Design: Neri&Hu

National Building Museum 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

How does design embody collective longing, constructing and revealing relationships between places, cultural history, and public memory? Neri&Hu’s interdisciplinary design practice exemplifies architecture’s potential for cultural preservation and poetic place-making.

In the Eyes of a Deaf Child

Kennedy Center REACH, Studio K 2700 F St., NW, Washington, DC, United States

In the Eyes of a Deaf Child by Stella Marie Antonio, directed by Monique Holt, tells a story of a large hearing family with a deaf child experiencing language deprivations but with the care of her caretaker, the deaf child is able to endure. She finally finds her language, her community, and ability to love.

Chinatown futures: cultivating urban, cultural landscapes

American Society of Landscape Architects 636 Eye St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join us at ASLA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. for conversation at the intersections of community, identity, and stewardship of cultural landscapes with three creative leaders committed to place-based interventions, programs, and leadership across Chicago, New York City, Calgary, and Boston Chinatowns. Ernie Wong, Yin Kong, and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong will discuss their layered and intersectional […]

Public Policy and Cultural Centers – Stories from DC and Philadelphia Chinatowns

Gewirz Student Center 120 F Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

You are invited to join us the evening of Monday, April 17 for a panel conversation on the DC and Philadelphia Chinatowns through the years, and the impact of public policy on cultural centers. The 1882 Foundation is collaborating with the Georgetown University Law Center and community organizations to highlight this important conversation. Please join […]

1882@MLK: Bad Axe Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join 1882 Foundation, OCA-DC, MLK Library, Georgetown University's Vietnamese Student Association, & Bad Axe director, David Siev for a screening of "Bad Axe: Our American Dreams," a film documenting one family's story to build a livelihood in America, followed by a community conversation about our common struggle to ensure a future for ourselves and the […]

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