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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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The Last Hoisan Poets @ CHSA
Genny Lim, Nellie Wong, and Flo Oy Wong return to CHSA! These three monumentally influential women artists and poets all trace their roots to China’s Toisan villages, home of the Hoisan-wa (a.k.a. Toisanese/Taishanese) Chinese dialect. They will do a special poetry reading in English and Hoisan-wa, to pay homage to their mother language which is…