We hope your summer has been good! Summer is hot over here, lots of exciting Chinese Whispers goings on, and we’ve brought you some of the highlights here:
Story Sharing at Root Division re:Told
Chinese Whispers participated in
re:Told, Root Division’s unique, multi-faceted exhibition, with an interactive storytelling performance by Rene Yung on July 27
th. Reading from
Chinese Whispers: Golden GateSM, Yung based her excerpts on stories from Chinese Whispers StoryCookies
TM selected by audience members. We are delighted to connect with
Root Division as part of the community building that is at the heart of Chinese Whispers, and look forward to continuing bridging communities through creative culture.
One Week Left to Register for StoryTourTM of Locke
Sign up by August 30
th to grab your spot on the September 9
Chinese Whispers StoryTourTM of Locke in the Sacramento Delta. The all day tour will be led by Chinese Whispers story contributor and third generation Locke native Jeff Lee, with photographer and Locke resident, James Motlow. Don’t miss this chance to get an insider’s look into the backstory of this atmospheric town, the only American town built by the Chinese for the Chinese and the last surviving rural Chinese town in America. Space is limited, register
online today. See
flyer for details.
City Beneath The City exhibition
On view through Sept. 16 at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: “
City Beneath The City: Market Street Chinatown San Jose,” the art installation by
Chinese WhispersSM Artistic and Project Director Rene Yung weaves together cultural history and archaeology in a mesmerizing spatial design featuring over 60 artifacts from the site of the 19
th century Market Street Chinatown in San Jose. Read about the exhibition in the
San Jose Mercury News,
Stanford Report and in
KQED, and see it on
ABC 7 News with Don Sanchez and
TVB (in Cantonese, see dates: 7/12 & 7/13). We want to thank everyone at the
ICA and the Stanford Archaeology Center, Chinese Historical and Cultural Project, and History San Jose for making this remarkable exhibition possible.
Rene will join historian Connie Yu, and ICA Curator Susan O'Malley on the sold out
Talking Art: Historical Walking Tour in downtown San Jose's original Market Street Chinatown Site on August 30
th. Read about it in
Metroactive.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
—
Chinese Whispers Team
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