Judy Yung's Images of America: San Franciscos Chinatown Book Launches at SF's Chinese Historical Society of America

The Chinese Historical Society of America and author/historian Judy Yung launched Images of America: San Franciscos Chinatown (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) at a standing room only book signing event on August 12. The new pictorial book featuring more than 200 photographs spans more than 150 years of history of this vibrant community.

Drawing from private collections and public archives, the images and accompanying text and captions tell the historical and cultural story of the oldest and most famous Chinatown in the world. Photos illustrate how Chinatown existed simultaneously as a segregated ghetto, tourist attraction, cultural mecca, and a neighborhood where people live, work, shop and socialize. The book also features a street map listing key sites that are mentioned in the book, for a self-guided historic walking tour of Chinatown.

Dr. Judy Yung was commissioned by the Chinese Historical Society of America to write the pictorial history of San Francisco Chinatown. Dr. Yung is Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In addition to her new book San Francisco's Chinatown, she is the author of Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco .

San Francisco Chinatown is part of Arcadia Publishings

Rocky Chin, Mako and Nicky Paraiso to be honored at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Gala

Playwright David Henry Hwang and Chris Chan Esq. are the co-emcees for Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Company's 30th Anniversary Gala Award Dinner at the Copacabana in New York on Monday, March 5th, 2007. The evening's festivites include a tribute to Mako with the Theatre Legacy Award, presented by Tina Chen and John Weidman and accepted by his sister, Momo Yashima. This tribute to his legacy features film clips and the opening number from PACIFIC OVERTURES, Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea , performed by Ernest Abuba, Arthur Acuna, Alan Ariano, John Baray and Orville Mendoza.

Rocky Chin, champion activist in the community and formerly with the NYC Commission for Human Rights, will receive the Community Service Award presented by Jay Mazur.

The annual Red Socks Award will be presented by John FitzGibbon and Lucia Hwong Gordon to Nicky Paraiso. Other performers include: Marcus Ho and Ken Park in RASHOMON; Lydia Gaston in CAMBODIA AGONISTES and Eileen Rivera, Leanne Cabrera, and Jessica Wu in SHANGHAI LILS.

The Black Tie & Festive Dress
Copacabana
560 W. 34th St. at 11th Ave
New York City

6:30 cocktails in the Miranda Room with photomontage