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“American People” The Last Hoisan Poets & Friends Celebrate Faith Ringgold
The Last Hoisan Poets returned to the de Young Museum with “AMERICAN PEOPLE,” a poetic call & response, celebrating the life and art of the incomparable Faith Ringgold. Inspired by Ringgold’s iconic body of work, the poets spoke to their own lived experiences as women, artists, and contemporaries of Ringgold. The program included performances by…
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A Tribute to Hung Liu
American Born / Resident Alien is a poetry performance by The Last Hoisan Poets — Nellie Wong, Flo Oy Wong, and Genny Lim — exploring themes of migration, sisterhood, and spiritual transcendence. July 2, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Wilsey Court, de Young Museum Held in conversation with Hung Liu: Golden Gate (金門), this program is inspired by personal and…
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USAAF 2022 – Seh Kui: Community is in the Heart
“Seh Kui: Community is In the Heart” is a music and poetry performance by The Last Hoisan Poets and Del Sol String Quartet, celebrating community through intercultural and intergenerational artistic exchange.
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Angel Island – Oratorio for Voices and Strings
The Last Hoisan Poets take part in the premiere performances of Huang Ruo’s Angel Island – Oratorio for Voices and Strings, on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 8:00pm at the Presidio Theatre, and two performances at 11:30am and 1:40pm on Saturday, October 23rd on Angel Island. The poets read three poems that were carved into…
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SF Wednesdays: Angel Island Insight
The Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol Quartet perform in Union Square for Wednesdays Free Summer Performance Series. A free performance of Angel Island Insight with Del Sol Quartet and The Last Hoisan Poets in Union Square on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Two sets at 12PM & 1PM, related to the immigration history through Angel…
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Angel Island Insights with OLLI
Poet Nellie Wong joined the Del Sol Quartet for Angel Island Insights for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Class at SF State. The mini-course explored Angel Island history through stories, poetry, and music with an in-person outdoor event in the Presidio on Thursday, September 30, 2021; 1:00 pm-3:30 pm. Led by Angel Island descendant Andi Wong,…
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Angel Island Insight: The Last Hoisan Poets and Del Sol Quartet
Three descendants of Angel Island immigrants, The Last Hoisan Poets – Genny Lim, Flo Oy Wong and Nellie Wong – use poetry to speak their individual truths and creatively reclaim the Hoisan-wa language and culture, with performances by the Del Sol Quartet, and music by Asian-American composers. An online program, ANGEL ISLAND INSIGHT at the…
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Taste of History Spring 2021: Hope Takes Shape
De Anza College’s spring event, A Taste of History: Spring 2021: Hope Takes Shape, featured Asian American and Pacific Islander musicians, poets and artists – celebrating the power of the arts and humanities in sharing and preserving our diverse stories and languages, and giving us opportunities to hear one another. The program included a “Hoisan-Wa…
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Cupertino Poet Laureate Presents: A Hoisan-wa “Talk Story”
A Hoisan-Wa ‘Talk Story’ Poetry Performance with Poets Genny Lim, Nellie Wong, Flo Oy Wong, and the Del Sol String Quartet – 從台⼭到⾦⼭: Cupertino Poet Laureate Jing Jing Yang hosts a special event blending poetry and music on Saturday, October 24th at 11am on Zoom. Program Welcome & Introductions – JING JING YANG, Cupertino Poet…
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Lunar New Year 2020 at the Oakland Museum
For the 2020 Lunar New Year Celebration at the Oakland Museum, Flo and Nellie conducted a special poetry reading in English and Hoisan-wa to pay homage to their mother language on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 2:30pm. Nellie read three poems: Ngoi Leng Gah Thlim, My Two Hearts (1981) (04:04); Poem for My Grandniece, Eva…