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.
Calling out all TAP basketball fans! TAP will be attending the Brooklyn Nets @ Chicago Bulls game on Wednesday, December 28th. We are buying the tickets in bulk so that is why we are getting such a steep discount! This is a must attend exclusive event to see Jeremy Lin in action against our Bulls team. Space is already filling up, so do register before the December 21st deadline! Keep your ticket stub and receive a free Big Mac from McDonalds if the Bulls score 100 points or more! You will be required to pay in advance via Eventbrite.
Join members of TAP-Chicago’s Cultural Committee for a special screening of The Assassin, the film that won acclaimed Taiwanese Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien the Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival in 2015. The Assassin also won the 2016 Asian Film Award for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress.
Described as “ravishingly beautiful” and “masterful” by critics, the film is an artistic interpretation of the historical martial arts film genre. Here’s your chance to see this visually stunning film on a big-screen.
The film is presented by Asian Pop-Up Cinema, a organization dedicated to bringing the best of contemporary Asian cinema to the general public. For more information and to see the trailer:
http://
TAP-Chicago will organize food and drinks afterwards for attendees.
Tickets are usually $13, but TAP-Chicago members can receive a special discount of $10.49 by purchasing a ticket here: https://
Any questions please contact Amanda Lao, amanda@tapchicago.org
This is part two of the Project Vision Basement Remodeling project. The TAP Community Service committee is looking for volunteers to place flooring for Project Vision’s rented basement, since the materials were not available for the first volunteering session. The space is roughly 75×20 and will be used for after-school or weekend activities for children in Bridgeport and Chinatown.
Directions for flooring a space will be provided day of the event at the site. We would really appreciate the time and commitment of anyone wants to help make this facility a better space for the children.
We will be taking a lunch break during the session.
Time: December 4th, 9am-2pm
Location: 236 W. 22nd Place in Chinatown, between Princeton and Wentworth Ave.
Parking: There is free street parking available. Residential streets that are not restricted are recommended, including parts of 23rd Place, 23rd St, and 24th St. There is also sometimes parking on Princeton. Be sure to check signs for permit parking, as not all street parking is open. Metered parking is on Wentworth and parts of some of the other side streets as well.
Apply Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-vision-basement-remodeling-part-2-tickets-29427963832
Join members of TAP-Chicago’s Cultural Committee for a special screening of The Assassin, the film that won acclaimed Taiwanese Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien the Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival in 2015. The Assassin also won the 2016 Asian Film Award for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress.
Described as “ravishingly beautiful” and “masterful” by critics, the film is an artistic interpretation of the historical martial arts film genre. Here’s your chance to see this visually stunning film on a big-screen.
The film is presented by Asian Pop-Up Cinema, a organization dedicated to bringing the best of contemporary Asian cinema to the general public. For more information and to see the trailer:
http://
TAP-Chicago will organize food and drinks afterwards for attendees.
Tickets are usually $13, but TAP-Chicago members can receive a special discount of $10.49 by purchasing a ticket here: https://
Any questions please contact Amanda Lao, amanda@tapchicago.org
Join TAP-Chicago & Breakthrough Ministries as we host another networking mixer at Chicago’s premiere party lounge and bar! Vertigo Sky Lounge has been on Conde Nast Traveler’s Hot List since 2009 and ranked in the top 3 Hotel Bars of the Year in 2012 by the Nightclub Bar Awards. Free appetizers and awesome drink specials! Don’t miss this chance to mingle and network with new/old friends and do some good for those in need!
This year, we will be partnering with Breakthrough Ministries for a canned food drive.
Cost: Free ticket in advance with 2 canned items and early registration or $5 early registration via Eventbrite by Wednesday, November 9th at 5 PM.
Otherwise, $5 ticket with 2 canned items or $10 at the door.
RSVP HERE.
Getting there: Grand or Chicago stop Red Line; and #22 Clark, #125 Water Tower Express, #36 Broadway CTA buses; Limited street parking.
Please visit Facebook or Eventbrite.
Questions? email:
andrew@tapchicago.org
kevin@tapchicago.org
