TAP-Chicago cordially invites you to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year with us at 2Fun Chinese on Thursday, February 23rd! Located within Chicago’s bustling West Loop neighborhood, 2Fun Chinese pairs New Asian fare with Midwestern hospitality for an award-winning concept. 2Fun was recently featured on Chicago Eater Magazine as one of Chicago hottest new restaurants not only because of its scene reputation or stylish guests, but because it has amazing food as well! Don’t miss this chance to mix, mingle and network with new/old friends with us this month!
We are pleased to announce that at this month’s happy hour, we will be teaming up with Chicago’s largest Asian American Fundraiser, Lunar Ball, to raffle off two FREE tickets. Be there to have a chance to attend Lunar Ball on March 25th.
There will be drink specials as well as delicious complementary BBQ Pork Buns and Pickled Cucumbers appetizers passed during the happy hour.
Make sure to register as soon as possible! Early Bird ends Monday February 20th. $5 GA and at the door.
For more information contact:
Yuange Yang | Yang@tapchicago.org
Andrew Huang | Andrew@tapchicago.org
TAP-Chicago’s Leadership & Professional Development Committee presents, “The Road Less Traveled” on the evening of March 2, a panel program featuring prominent Chicagoland Asian Americans in the fields of performing arts, law enforcement, politics, and the culinary arts. The program will focus on the individual and personal stories of each of the speakers through a vibrant discussion and Q&A session where audience members will have the opportunity to further engage with guest speakers.
Moderated by 1871’s own Vanessa Yeh (Manager, Brand Experience), panelists of this program include:
Stephen Chung – Commander, 9th District, Chicago Police Department
Theresa Mah – Illinois State Representative, 2nd District, Illinois House of Representatives
William Song – Chef/Restaurateur, bopNgrill
Norman Yap – Actor, Chimerica
Cynthia Yeh – Percussionist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
This event is sponsored by 1871, Clarity Partners, and Mr. Pak’s.
REGISTER BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW:
http://theroadlesstraveled.
EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS ON FEBRUARY 24TH! GET YOUR TICKET TODAY!
Questions?
Email them to Connie Yip at connie@tapchicago.org.
SPONSOR WEBSITES:
1871
https://1871.com/
Mr. Pak’s
http://www.wisepakfoods.com/
Clarity Partners
http://www.claritypartners.
Join TAP-Chicago to learn the history and significance of the Chinese dumpling and how to prepare the dumplings at Lao Beijing Restaurant in Chinatown! The best part? You get to eat what you make! After which all guests will be served a full meal may including the following:
• Beijing Shredded Pork (with Pancakes)
• Cumin Lamb Satay Beijing Style
• Moo Shu Chicken
• Hot Plate Beef with Black Pepper Sauce
• Fried Rice Noodles
• Sauteed String Beans with Garlic
• Mapo Tofu
All materials will be prepared, so all you need to do is to show up and have fun! Cost per person will be around $15 (tax and tips included). Make sure you RSVP by Sunday March 5th!
RSVP Link:
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For more information contact:
Ada He | ada@tapchicago.org
TAP-Chicago in collaboration with Lunar Ball cordially invites you to Lunar Ball 2017!
The 5th Annual Lunar Ball is Chicago’s largest charitable fundraiser for Asian American young professionals and friends. This year, we expect a crowd of 800+ of Chicago’s most accomplished and involved young professionals to fill the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall for an evening of fun, food, and networking.
The event will include tastings from Chicago’s top restaurants, open bar, adult beverages all night, performances, multiple DJs, raffle, and silent auction.
TAP-Chicago have a limited amount of discounted tickets! Apply the discount code:
TAP-CHICAGO
Please go to Eventbrite to buy your tickets today!
All proceeds from Lunar Ball 2017 will benefit our community beneficiaries and charities.
For more information, please contact:
patrick@tapchicago.org
Come celebrate A-Squared Theatre’s 10th birthday with Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project, saxophonist Jeff Chan, and Korean percussionist Suwan Choi in this fundraiser for A-Squared’s 2017 programming.
A-Squared Theatre’s mission is to tell Asian American stories with many local Asian American artists to counter under-representation on Chicago stages and beyond.
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There will be food, drinks, and musicians featuring:
Tatsu Aoki’s Miyumi Project:
Tatsu Aoki – Bass
Mwata Bowden – Woodwinds
Ed Wilkerson – Woodwinds
Avreeayl Ra – Drums
Coco Elysses – Percussion
Jaime Kempkers – Cello
KIOTO – Taiko Drums
Saxophonist Jeff Chan collaborating with Suwan Choi, an international pungmul (traditional Korean drumming) artist.
Come on out and support Asian American Theatre! Get your tickets with the promotional code “TAP-Chicago” for $15 off regular ticket price. Offer only good until 1/18!
Purchase your ticket here:
https://goo.gl/RNUraD
Happy New Year! Was your New Year’s resolution to finally get involved in the community? Make new friends? Volunteer for a good cause? Help plan an awesome party? Get a jump start by coming to our Lunar Ball New Volunteer Info Session!
We are planning the 9th Annual Lunar Ball and are looking for enthusiastic committee members to help us plan and execute our biggest event ever. Lunar Ball is Chicago’s biggest Asian American cultural awareness, networking and fundraising event, and will be held in March at the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall. See what goes on behind the scenes, meet some new friends, and work with a group of like-minded people.
Food will be provided and everyone is welcome, no previous experience required!
You can check out last year’s website: http://lunarball.org/
If you are interested, please RSVP to Cassie Zhang at xuehuiz01@gmail.com so we can order enough food for everyone.
Happy New Year! We cordially invite you to our January happy hour at Untitled Supper Club. Untitled is a Michelin Chicago restaurant/lounge featuring creative American food & craft cocktails in space with a speakeasy vibe. Don’t miss this opportunity to catch up with TAP friends in the new year. Make sure you RSVP by Thursday January 19th with the FREE Early Bird ticket. General Admission $5 and General Admission at the door $10.
Please RSVP here.
Facebook invite here.
Any questions please contact:
Contact James Lee | James@tapchicago.org
Contact Samantha Chiang | Samantha@tapchicago.org
Please join us on December 22nd in helping the Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) host their annual After School Program Holiday Party. CMAA is a community-based social services agency that provides afterschool youth programs, English proficiency and financial literacy lessons, job skill training, as well as a plethora of other opportunities for the immigrant and low-income community.
For this upcoming event, CMAA will be throwing a holiday party for the children. To keep the youth engaged, they would like us to help set up and run 3-4 arts and crafts stations. We understand that since the event goes from 3PM – 6PM, it may conflict with work. However, Margaret from CMAA has given approval for volunteers to arrive late to their shifts, so please still sign up if you are interested in helping!
Sign up deadline is December 14th. We hope to see you there.
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tap-chicago-supporting-cmaas-after-school-program-holiday-party-tickets-30015359749
Ayenew Biru from Horizon Consulting will explain generally how public and private sector supplier diversity programs work, and the process of getting MBE/WBE (Minority and Women-owned Business) certification.
Horizon Consulting was founded in order to provide comprehensive MBE/WBE/DBE certification assistance to small and medium-sized businesses – from initial and re-certifications to expansions of commodity codes, annual reporting requirements and appeals of preliminary denials of applications.
Prior to founding Horizon Consulting, Ayenew Biru was a Certification/Compliance Officer with the City of Chicago Dept. of Procurement Services where he was responsible for reviewing certification applications, representing the City at various vendor outreach events and developing new processes and policies resulting in an increasingly efficient certification process.
Ayenew Biru studied Political Science and International Relations at Georgetown University and The Ohio State University and received his J.D. from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State. When not assisting companies with their certification requirements, Ayenew is active in multi-family real estate investor and a member of various organizations such as the U.S. Minority Contractor’s Association and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.
Please RSVP Here.
For more information, please visit Facebook.
Come join TAP-Chicago for our December Mixer @ the Godfrey Hotel on Dec 12th! This industrial-chic independent luxury hotel with a Cubist influenced facade is in the Near North district near the border with River North.
We are also pleased to announce that this will be running our 3rd annual toy drive with Breakthrough Ministries. You can make a difference and help bring smiles to the faces of under privileged children in Chicago. So start off the holiday season the right way with good friends and for a good cause.
COST: FREE with new, unwrapped toy ($10-$25 value) OR Early Bird = $5 donation to toy fund in advance before Dec 8th OR General Admission = $10 donation to toy fund at the door.
RSVP here.
More information on Facebook.