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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…