Chinese Historical Society of America
965 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: (415) 391-1188
Fax: (415) 391-1150
http://www.chsa.org/
The Chinese Historical Society of America is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to the study, documentation and dissemination of Chinese American history.
Please visit their website for exhibits, lectures, tours and other events.
Tuesday - Friday
Saturday
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12 - 5 pm
11 am - 4 pm
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Closed all major holidays:
New Year's Day, Veteran's Day, July 4th, Christmas and Lunar New Year's Day.
Museum Admission
Adults: $3
College Students (with ID) and Seniors: $2
Children 6-17: $1
Free for CHSA members and children 5 and under
Free to the public on the first Thursday of every month
Transportation
By Bus: Eastbound 1 California buses stop at Clay and Powell Streets. Westbound 1 California buses stop at Sacramento and Powell Streets. Both Northbound and Southbound 30 Stockton buses stop on Stockton between Sacramento and Clay Streets.
By Cable Car : Stop at the intersection of Clay and Powell Streets.
By Car: Parking is available at Portsmouth Square, on Kearny Street between Clay and Washington Streets, and St. Mary's Square at Grant and California Streets.
Mapquest
For a map & driving directions: click here to view on Mapquest.
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MUSINGS OF A POP CULTURE ICON
A TALK WITH BEN FONG-TORRES
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 1 pm
Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
965 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Join Author & Rock Icon Ben Fong-Torres as he speaks about his illustrious history with the rise of rock n' roll. Please call (415)391-1188 x101 or email info@chsa.org to RSVP.
Ben Fong-Torres was born in Alameda, California, in 1945, and raised in Oakland's Chinatown, where his parents owned a restaurant. He attended San Francisco State College from 1962 through 1966, majored in Radio-TV-Film and served as a reporter and editor of the campus daily.
Fong-Torres began writing for Rolling Stone magazine in 1968, in its eighth issue. Prior to that, he had a full-time job at another publication: Pacific Telephone's employee magazine and by night, he was a volunteer editor at East West, a bilingual Chinatown newspaper. In May, 1969, Ben joined Rolling Stone as news editor. His interview subjects included Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Grateful Dead, and Ike & Tina Turner.
He was the host of KQED-FM's live, weekly arts show, Fog City Radio, and has co-anchored KTVU-TV's coverage of the Chinese New Year Parades since 1997. He and co-anchor Julie Haener have won three Emmys. Ben left Rolling Stone in 1981 and has since written for dozens of magazines, including Esquire, GQ, Parade, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Travel & Leisure, American Film, TV Guide, and Harper's Bazaar.
In 1983, Fong-Torres joined the San Francisco Chronicle, where he was a feature writer and radio columnist and where he continues to write the Radio Waves column on Sunday. He is also a prolific published author, including his memoirs The Rice Room: From Number Two Son to Rock and Roll (1994), Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll (1999), which was followed by a second collection, Becoming Almost Famous, in 2006. He wrote The Doors by the Doors (2007), Grateful Dead Scrapbook (2009), and Eagles: Taking It to the Limit (2011). He contributes articles to AsianConnections.com and writes a regular music blog at Wolfgang's Vault's site. He is a real-life character in Almost Famous, the 2000 film by Cameron Crowe. |
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Telling History Through Art: A Retrospective
EXHIBIT OPENING
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 1 pm
Chinese Historical Society of America Museum
965 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
The adjacency of history & art is thoroughly explored in CHSA's latest exhibit. This art showing is a retrospective of the diverse range of artists featured throughout the last decade. With the latest exhibit Finding Jake Lee: The Paintings at Kan's as a starting point, past artists such as Visual Storyteller Flo Oy Wong, Ceramicist Jade Snow Wong, and Designer Amy Lam will have their work reviewed in the context of using art to "tell" history. |
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