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The Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol “Into View: Bernice Bing – A Celebration of Art + Life”
Thursday, April 20, 2023, 6:30pm to 7:30pm Samsung Hall, Asian Art Museum Celebrated Asian American poets and an innovative chamber music group join forces for one night to celebrate the legacy of Bernice Bing. The Last Hoisan Poets — Genny Lim, Flo Oy Wong, and Nellie Wong — and Del Sol Quartet will present a…
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In Union
The Last Hoisan Poets – Flo Oy Wong, Genny Lim & Nellie Wong – discuss what it means to them to be able to perform their poetry in their ancestral dialect
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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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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…