Talk Story Review: Foraging for Life, Love and The Perfect Meal

Foraging for Life, Love and The Perfect Meal Author and Urban Forager Ava Chin will discuss her recent publication Eating Wildly.  The book is a kit on foraging for food in New York, but it is much more.  An excerpt from the book reveals, it to be a memoir of family and self searching in a space where food intersects with cultures: ...I often tagged along with my grandparents down the aisles of Chinese supermarkets. ...Grandpa knew the secrets of the dried, reserved goods and…

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Talk Story — Made in the USA : Chinese Food in America

 Made in the USA: Chinese Food in America Cedric Yeh and Noriko Sanefuji, curators of Smithsonian's' Sweet Sour Exhibit, explore the history of Chinese Food in America. They point out that there are over 41,000 Chinese restaurants in the United States.  Understanding how Chinese food developed from an immigrant-only taste to become as ubiquitous as the fast food hamburger and hard shell taco tells much about the history of migrant communities and the American society that took them in at times and discriminated against them…

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Excerpts about Talk Story from Writing Like an Asian

Writing like an Asian:  Thoughts on writing, composition, and issues of identity   by Jee Yoon Lee (from her November 29, 2013 blog) (Q1) How did you become involved with the 1882 Foundation and the Talk Story Events? The 1882 Foundation is a continuation of the 1882 Project. The Project was a collaboration of organizations and individuals who believed it was time for Congress to apologize for the Chinese Exclusion Laws. These laws were first enacted in 1882. They were not repealed until 1943 and then it was for…

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Lives of Color: 1850-1900 – A Panel Discussion with the National Park Service

“Lives of Color:  1850-1900” - A Panel Discussion with the National Park Service by Roberta L. Chew The second event held on September 29, 2015 of our series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Immigration & Nationality Act and the Civil Rights Movement featured participants from the National Park Service.  The masthead on our 1882 Foundation website and 1882 Symposium Facebook page features two Chinese men who fought in the American Civil War, Joseph Pierce (left) and an elderly Edward Day Cohota (center).  The…

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Talk Story Event: Lion Dance in DC

1882 Foundation will be hosting its Talk Story Event on Lion Dance in DC at the Chinese Community Cultural Center on Sunday, January 17th, 2016. Come learn about the cultural and historic significance of lion dancing in DC! At this Talk Story Event, Raymond Wong, long-time Chinatown community leader and founder of the Kung Fu Association in DC and the Wong People Lion Team will demonstrate lion dancing techniques and the history of lion dancing in DC. Date: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 Time: 5PM - 7PM Location: Chinatown Community Cutural…

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Talk Story: Ricki’s Promise: A Film Screening, Nov 29

Talk Story Events Ricki’s Promise: A Film Screening And Meeting with Producer/Writer Changfu Chang Sunday, November 29, 2015, 1:30 to 4:00 pm   Chinese Community Church 500 I (Eye) Street NW, Chinatown, Washington DC When internationally adopted American teenager Ricki Mudd returns to China to live with her long-lost birth family for a summer, she pieces together fragments of her mysterious past, exploring culture, tradition, politics and past choices that shaped her life. “Ricki’s Promise stands out as a more complex work...with many moments of unexpected sweetness and authenticity” says the…

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