Join Chicago Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP- Chicago) for a professional networking fundraiser for Nepal in conjunction with Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month hosted by our friends at MillerCoors and Chinese Mutual Aid Association.
The fundraiser will raise money for Nepal relief & rebuilding efforts after two earthquakes claimed over 8,500 lives, displaced thousands of Nepalese people & destroyed Nepal’s infrastructure including schools & hospitals.
In addition to raising money for Nepal, the event will also be a professional networking opportunity in conjunction with Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month at MillerCoors’ downtown Chicago corporate office. We hope you can join us for MillerCoors products, hors d’oeuvres and amazing Chicago city views.
Due to limited capacity and so we can provide your name to building security, you must RSVP in advance here. Attendees must be 21 or older to attend.
Twenty dollars ($20) is the requested minimum donation to attend the fundraiser and online donations are being collected through the American Red Cross’ Crowdrise page https://www.crowdrise.com/helpcmaahelpnepal/fundraiser/cmaa
Please select the last option for Nepal earthquake relief where 100% of your donation goes directly to the American Red Cross for their work in Nepal.
CMAA, a 501(c)(3) pan-Asian social services non-profit with Nepali employees, serves local Chicagoland Nepalese people as well as people from all ethnic backgrounds & generations through CMAA’s various agency services. As this tragedy has personally touched the CMAA family, we hope you can join us and make a donation whether or not you can attend the Thursday, May 28th event.
Any questions? Please contact:
Hauwei Lien at hauwei at tapchicago dot org or 302-559-5948
Michelle Lura White at michellew at chinesemutualaid dot org or 773-784-2900
More about the Red Cross’ relief efforts in Nepal:
More about CMAA
Join us for the launch event of the TAP-Chicago Mentoring Program! Thanks to those who have already expressed interest in becoming either a mentor or a mentee. The purpose of the TAP-Chicago Mentoring Program is to connect Asian American early and mid-career professionals with one another and with undergraduate students mentees from UChicago, Depaul and Northwestern.
More details and program requirements will be provided at the mixer event. This mixer event will primarily allow mentees and mentors to network with one another. Formal pairings of mentees with mentors will take place in the fall for the new academic semester.
The venue will be Vora, 1028 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60610. Great food and drinks will be available!
Space is limited and the event is invite-only. Request a space by filling out the RSVP form:
Questions? Contact
Dana Yu 734.846.8917 | dana@tapchicago.org
Betty Hsieh 312.912.4274 | betty@tapchicago.org
Join TAP-Chicago as we head to Asian American Comedy Festival on Saturday, May 30th, at 8 pm!
Put on by AScene Chicago, the goal of this festival is to unify the Chicago Asian American community, and all proceeds will be going to a organization of our choice!!
On Saturday night, we will be seeing performances from Jenny Yang, Comic/Writer from Disoriented Comedy and Stir Friday Night!!
JENNY YANG (http://jennyyang.tv/):
Jenny Yang is a Taiwanese American writer and comic living in Los Angeles, California. She has been seen alongside comedy legends in Joan Rivers’ Showtime documentary, “Why We Laugh: Funny Women”(2013) and in a viral Buzzfeed videos “Ask An Asian,” “If Asians Said the Stuff White People Say” and “If Adults Threw Tantrums Like Toddlers.” Jenny is also the co-host of the twice-monthly ISAtv web show “Angry Asian America,” alongside AngryAsianMan.com’s Phil Yu. Jenny’s live performances feature her signature mix of brutal sarcasm, sunny enthusiasm, and unflinching disregard for microphone volume.
Here are a couple of her videos:
“Jenny’s Story:”
“If Asians Said the Stuff White People Say:”
“Ask an Asian:”
STIR FRIDAY NIGHT
Stir Friday Night is a 20-year-old Asian-American theater company. We perform improv and sketch comedy. Our alumni include Danny Pudi from Community, and Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead.
TICKET DETAILS
Online Presale:
$25 for General Admission
$35 for VIP
At the Door:
$40 for General Admission
$50 for VIP
But, WAIT! Use the promo code “TAP-Chicago” for an extra $5 dollars off!
VIP tickets include the following:
Complimentary food, nonalcoholic beverages, preferred seating and a Dave and Busters Powercard.
Tickets available at www.asiancomedyfest.com
QUESTIONS? Contact us.
Kelly Chen | 408.480.6408 | kelly@tapchicago.org
Hauwei Lien | 302.559.5948 | hauwei@tapchicago.org
Please join the TAP-Chicago volunteer team and lend a helping hand/paw to man’s best friends as we walk dogs from the Chicago Canine Rescue! The shelter is a 5 minute walk from the Forest Glen Woods preserve, so this is a great opportunity to get exercise and fresh air while giving back to the community.
Chicago Canine Rescue was founded in 2001 to help find permanent homes for dogs considered too young, old, ill, or have special needs that would otherwise be euthanized at local shelters. There are currently 80 or so dogs at the Rescue that would love to your attention and care!
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Photo ID is required!
2. Please fill out Chicago Canine Rescue’s volunteer waiver form
3. All volunteers MUST arrive on time at 11:00am for mandatory orientation and dog handling instructions
4. You MUST register via Eventbrite link below to secure your spot as SPACE IS LIMITED:
Join TAP-Chicago as we support Northwestern TASC and PAPhi as they present their annual Spring Speaker: the Fung Bros!
Andrew and David Fung are comedians who create YouTube video blogs and music videos. With over 800,000 subscribers and more than 80 million views, the Seattle-born duo are well-known for cracking jokes about young, Asian American identity.
The event will be on the Northwestern University Evanston campus in Fisk 217 on Friday, April 24th from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Admission is free and open to the public. Parking in most campus lots is also free!
Parking Details
The closest parking is the South Campus parking structure, across the street from Fisk. Following Sheridan Road north, there will be a fork in the road that directs toward the arts circle, i.e. the Segal Visitors Center. Taking that fork and driving just past the Segal, there will be two parking structures on the right. The Fisk building is across Campus Drive from the parking structures.
Questions? Contact
Austen Bhayani austenbhayani2016@u.northwestern.edu or (914) 262-5143
Join TAP-Chicago & KACC for a very special real estate and first time home buyer seminar/workshop. Learn the tips of the trade from our panel of distinguished and proven successful representatives of the industry from all 3 phases: real estate agent, mortgage/lender, and closing attorney. There will be a brief overview from each sector followed by Q&A.
Panelists:
Amy Duong – Jameson Sotheby International Realty
Dean Vlamis – Guaranteed Rate (mortgage)
Alex Pappas – Axia Law
Space is limited, so please rsvp via the Eventbrite link to guarantee your seat!
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If you need more information regarding this event please contact: Grant Wu – grant@tapchicago.org
Special thanks to Axia Law for hosting the event in their conference space which is on the 17th floor.
To learn more about TAP-Chicago visit http://tapchicago.org/
rsvp here: https://
to learn more about KACC visit http://kac-chicago.org/
Join TAP-Chicago next weekend for a screening of Good Men, Good Women 好男好女 directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien 侯孝賢. We are also offering tickets at a discounted $7.
TICKETS
Discounted rate of $7. Just mention the promo code “TAIPEI” person at the box office when purchasing tickets.
ABOUT THE FILM
Exploring a recurrent theme, Hou shifts between the past and present in his contemplation of the individual’s place in history. Liang Ching, an actress preparing for a period-film role in which she plays an anti-Japanese guerrilla, is stalked by a man who has stolen her diary. As film rehearsals progress, Liang Ching’s thoughts on the role merge with the recollection of her own recent past as a bar girl and consort of a local gangster. The sequences in the Forties, richly but starkly filmed in black-and-white, contrast sharply with the colorful crassness of those in the present. In Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, and Japanese with English subtitles.
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TA7C7rYt1g
MORE INFO
Good Men, Good Women is being screened by the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as part of their “Six Films by Hou Hsiao-Hsien” series, including “Good Men, Good Women,” “The Puppetmaster,” “Flowers of Shanghai,” “Dust in the Wind,” “A Time to Live and a Time to Die.” More information about this event is available at http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/hou.
More information about TAP-Chicago is available at http://tapchicago.org/
Questions? Contact Kelly Chen at kelly@tapchicago.org | 408.480.6408
Join TAP-Chicago for our May Happy Hour/ Mixer. Spring is in full bloom, and as temperatures rise, so does the Chicago social scene. Come out and network with new folks, or get reacquainted with old friends at Vinyl Social Food and Drink. Located at the epicenter of Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Vinyl is the premier place to enjoy a comfortable and casual atmosphere, designed to please all of your senses. TAP will takeover the downstairs lounge space which features a full bar, pool tables, dart boards, & TV’s. Complimentary appetizers will be provided, as well as drink specials featuring $6 Tito Vodka cocktails and $5 Fireball shots
In addition to this month’s mixer, we will be running a school supply donation drive, and accepting brand new school supplies for The Franklin Fine Arts Center. Not all of the Chicago Public League Schools can afford programs which support the fine arts. The Franklin Fine Arts Center provides a foundation for progressing to higher levels of achievement by ensuring all students a rich Fine Arts education. They accomplish this goal by providing a challenging educational program: encouraging students to work collaboratively; focusing on individual learning styles; developing life and social skills; and promoting respectful behavior toward peers and adults.
Register now via Eventbrite
Early Bird = Early Bird rsvp + $5.00 worth of BRAND NEW school supplies (or $5 monetary donation)
GA (or day of walk in) = GA rsvp + $10.00 worth of BRAND NEW school supplies (or $10 monetary donation)
Even if you can’t attend, you can still make donations, and 100% of these proceeds will go the The Franklin Fine Arts Center.
Suggested list of acceptable school supply donations:
Crayola crayons
Crayola colored pencils
Crayola markers
Expo Vis-à-vis wet erase markers (assorted colors)
Sharpie flip chart markers (assorted colors)
Printing Paper (letter size)
Tempera paint (assorted colors)
Letter size clip boards
Glue stick/ liquid glue
Post it note pads (any size)
Construction paper
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To learn more about the Franklin Fine Arts Center – visit http://
TAP-Chicago has several exciting events coming up, including the dragon boat festival holiday, yacht party, BBQ/picnic, community service, and a dragon boat racing team! We are looking for enthusiastic committee members to help plan and execute these and other events.
If you have wanted to be more involved with TAP-Chicago or give back to the community, this is the perfect opportunity! See what goes on behind the scenes, meet some new friends, and work with a group of like-minded people.
Please note this is for people who have not previously attended an info session.
Food and drinks will be provided!
Please RSVP via Eventbrite
Questions? Contact
Hauwei Lien 302.559.5948 | hauwei@tapchicago.org
7pm sharp!
location: 111 W. Wacker – 28th floor Chicago, IL
Please tell doorman you are there for the TAP-Chicago meeting.
The “Ultimate Team Sport”, dragon boat racing is the world’s fastest growing water sport. Dragon boating with TAP-Chicago is great way to make new friends, get a workout, experience the thrill of competition, and thrive in a team environment. Come learn more about it on May 11th.
Paddling experience and athletic prowess is appreciated, but not required. Team members will learn the proper stroke techniques and learn to to paddle as a team in a synchronized fashion! Food & beverages will be provided.
Location: 111 W Wacker 28th Floor Party Room
Time: 8:00pm
Tell doorman you are there for the dragon boat meeting
Please RSVP via Eventbrite so we know how many people to expect
For more information about being part of the team or a sponsor please contact :
James Lim – james@tapchicago.org
Jonathan Amadei – jon@tapchicago.org
TAP-Chicago is an Illinois not-for-profit organization founded in 2008 to help strengthen and unite the Taiwanese American community in the greater Chicago area.