Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

The Chicago Public Library is Celebrating Diversity during Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, May 2013. This celebration was established to recognize Asians and Pacific Islanders and their contributions to the United States. The Chicago Public Library is offering a variety of programs throughout the month that highlight Asian/Pacific American cultures.

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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Calendar of Events

Thomas Hughes Children’s Library

First Voice Narrative of Life in Japanese American Internment Camps with Jean Mishima
Monday, May 6, 1:00 p.m.
Sulzer Regional Library

First Voice Narrative of Life in Japanese American Internment Camps with Jean Mishima
Tuesday, May 7, 10:15 a.m.
Budlong Woods

Art of Origami with the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Tuesday, May 7, 3:30 p.m.
Sulzer Regional Library

Film Screening: In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
Tuesday, May 7, 6:00 p.m.
Lincoln Belmont

Film Screening: The Learning
Tuesday, May 7, 6:00 p.m.
West Town

Samurai Origami Ornament with Naomi Negi
Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Brighton Park

Memories & Milestones: The Story of Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Illinois in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Northtown

Adult Book Discussion: Lucky Girl
Wednesday, May 8, 1:30 p.m.
Beverly
A discussion of Lucky Girl by Mei Ling Hopgood.

Origami Workshop with Joshua Koppel
Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 p.m.
Clearing

Film Screening: The Learning
Wednesday, May 8, 7:00 p.m.
Sulzer Regional Library

Korean Language Book Discussion: Koryonghwa kajok
Saturday, May 11, 11:00 a.m.
Budlong Woods
A discussion of Koryonghwa kajok by Myong-gwan Ch’on.

Make a Marvelous Shadow Puppet with Lea Atiq
Saturday, May 11, 11:00 a.m.
Rogers Park

Korean Traditional Games with Won Buddhism of Chicago
Saturday, May 11, 11:30 a.m.
McKinley Park

North Indian Classical Dance with the Anila Sinha Foundation
Saturday, May 11, 11:30 a.m.
Merlo

Dance of Cambodia with Thep Nimit Dance
Saturday, May 11, 1:00 p.m.
Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport

Bilingual Book Discussion
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Bezazian
A discussion of All She Was Worth by Miyuki Miyabe. This discussion will be in English and Korean.

Film Screening: Wo Ai Ni Mommy
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Bucktown-Wicker Park

2013 Culture of Asia
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Budlong Woods

Film Screening: The Learning
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt

Asian Masks & Puppet Making Workshop with Sharon Hyson
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
Northtown

Film Screening: My Reincarnation
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 p.m.
West Belmont

Music & Meditation with Sahaja Meditation
Saturday, May 11, 3:00 p.m.
Archer Heights

Pre-Teen Book Club: Extra Credit
Saturday, May 11, 3:00 p.m.
Harold Washington Library Center 
Thomas Hughes Children’s Library
A discussion of Extra Credit by Andrew Clements.

Art of Chinese Calligraphy with Virginia Lai
Saturday, May 11, 3:00 p.m.
Mount Greenwood

China in a Suitcase with Ling-Ling Hu
Monday, May 13, 4:30 p.m.
Garfield Ridge

Origami Workshop with Joshua Koppel
Monday, May 13, 6:00 p.m.
Blackstone

Adult Book Discussion: Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Monday, May 13, 6:30 p.m.
Clearing
A discussion of Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

Lon Po Po Storytime
Tuesday, May 14, 11:00 a.m. 
West Englewood

Samurai Origami Ornament with Naomi Negi
Tuesday, May 14, 3:30 p.m.
Manning

Mandarin Language Class with Multilingual Chicago
Tuesday, May 14, 6:00 p.m.
Logan Square

Origami Workshop with Joshua Koppel
Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 p.m.
West Belmont

Calligraphy Class with the Chinese American Service League
Wednesday, May 15, 10:30 a.m.
Gage Park

Art of Origami with the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
Wednesday, May 15, 12:30 p.m.
Dunning

China in a Suitcase with Ling-Ling Hu
Wednesday, May 15, 3:00 p.m.
Woodson Regional Library

Film Screening: Last Train Home
Wednesday, May 15, 5:30 p.m.
Avalon

Origami Workshop with Joshua Koppel
Wednesday, May 15, 6:00 p.m.
Humboldt Park

Adult Book Discussion: The Devil’s Whisper
Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. 
North Austin
A discussion of The Devil’s Whisper by Miyuki Miyabe.

Music & Meditation with Sahaja Meditation
Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.
West Pullman

Arabic Language Class with Multilingual Chicago
Wednesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.
Mayfair

Samurai Origami Ornament with Naomi Negi
Thursday, May 16, 4:00 p.m.
Vodak-East Side

Film Screening: Monkey Dance
Thursday, May 16, 4:00 p.m.
West Pullman

Film Screening: Wo Ai Ni Mommy
Thursday, May 16, 6:00 p.m.
West Town

Uptown
A discussion of Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara.

Dance of Cambodia with Thep Nimit Dance
Saturday, May 18, 2:00 p.m.
Austin-Irving

Music & Meditation with Sahaja Meditation
Saturday, May 18, 3:00 p.m.
West Town

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