Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May 2014

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood Behind-the-scenes moments, concert footage and interviews with musicians

Friday, May 9, at 10pm on KQED 9 KQED The Silk Road This inspiring documentary provides a Ensemble with front-row seat to a milestone performance Public Yo-Yo Ma: Live from by the Silk Road Ensemble and delves Tanglewood into the rich history of this “mobile musical Television think tank” formed by renowned cellist Friday, May 9, 10pm Yo-Yo Ma. In the summer of 2012, the Highlights on KQED 9 group celebrated 15 years together with a concert at Tanglewood, in western Massachusetts. The concert footage, In May, KQED proudly interviews and magical offstage moments celebrates the diversity of our are interwoven into one spectacular hour. community with special Asian Pacific American Heritage Month programming on KQED 9 and KQED Plus (+), The Last Emperor This compelling biography of Pu Yi, as well as on KQED Life and the last emperor of China, won the KQED World. Saturday, May 3, 8pm Oscar for Best Picture in 1987. Pu Yi’s on KQED 9 remarkable story is told through a series of chronological flashbacks beginning View or download the with his early life and upbringing in the schedule of Asian Pacific Forbidden City. American Heritage programs. kqed.org/heritage

Watch all of KQED’s Journey of the Witness the creation of the Asian Pacific American Bonesetter’s Opera’s celebrated production of The Heritage Month videos. Daughter Bonesetter’s Daughter, composed by kqed.org/pressroom/apa14 Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Sunday, May 4, 6pm Tan, based on her best-selling book on KQED 9 of the same name. KQED 9 is available over the air on DT9.1, 54.2 and 25.1; via most cable systems on Channel 9; on XFINITY cable Channel 709; and via satellite on DirecTV (local and HD Channel 9) and This is a tale of two Indias. In one, Ruhi DISH network (local Channel 8226 in POV: The World Singh is a small-town girl competing in SD only). Before Her Bombay to win the Miss India pageant. Tuesday, May 6, 11pm In the other, Prachi Trivedi is the young, KQED Plus is available over the air on on KQED 9 militant leader of a fundamentalist Hindu Channel 54, DT54.1, 9.2 and 25.2. It is camp for girls. on XFINITY cable Channel 10 and in HD on 710 and on DirecTV (Channel 54, SD and HD) and DISH (Channel 54 or 8234) satellite systems. Experience the intimate portrait of an

Jake Shimabukuro: Chinmayee McCarthy/San Francisco Opera; 14-year-old Chen Shi-Zheng, courtesy Terence stage director Amy Tan, librettist Wallace, composer Steward Daughter, Lepka; The Bonesetter’s Life on Four Strings inspiring and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the

Saturday, May 10, 6pm Magdalena on KQED 9 instrument’s potential.

Extraordinary There are many stories of extraordinary Women: women who overcame adversities to Indira Gandhi emerge as triumphant, inspirational icons of the 20th century. One of them is that of Friday, May 16, 9pm Indira Gandhi (1917–1984). Prime minister on KQED 9 of India for three consecutive terms, she was assassinated during her fourth. Photos: (cover) © Magdalena Lepka (top to bottom) Jake Shimabukuro visits with children in his old neighborhood Hawaii, courtesy Jim Choi: Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India 1974, STF/AFP/Getty Images. visits with children Storyline Entertainment; Jake Shimabukuro camp graduation ceremony, poses with a rifle at the durga Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2014 KQED.org Dr. Masako Miura, internee Dr. About 2,500 years ago, a new religion was was years ago, a new religion About 2,500 born in northern generated India. It was man, the the ideas of a single from who mysterious Indian sage Buddha, a he enlightenment while famously gained shapely fig tree. sat under a large, In a world dominated by men, a tiny In a world dominated Keiko Fukuda is the named 99-year-old in judo history. highest-ranking woman documents her This inspirational film lifelong journey and her decision to defy tradition, choose her thousands of years of a living legend. own path and become

profiles remarkable individuals who’ve made This is Us profiles

The KQED series Watch the special place it is while influencing the world beyond. our area Lily Zhang andthe stories of these and other amazing individuals: Team; Tennis members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Table Timothy Wang, chef Charles Phan and world-renowned and physician at Manzanar Relocation Camp. kqed.org/pressroom/apa14 The Buddha May 23, 9pm Friday, on KQED 9 Japanese American Japanese American Lives: Judo:Mrs. BeBe Strong, Gentle, Be Beautiful May 28, 11pm Wednesday, on KQED 9 Royce C. Lin, M.D. is a physician specialist with the San Francisco Department of Urban Health Waddell Public Health, serving low-income and at-risk clients at Tom Wellness Hospital, and the Asian and Pacific Islander San Francisco General Center, delivery to vulnerable Lin focuses on HIV care In his clinical work, Dr. Center. by homelessness and/or multiply affected populations, particularly patients who are due to sexual housing, mental illness, addiction and social marginalization marginal race, socioeconomic status, immigration status and orientation, gender identity, other social factors. and co-founder of Asian Nancy L. Chang, RN, M.S. is the executive director culturally sensitive and Hospice, which provides Network Pacific Home Care Bay Area. and home health to the Asian community in the greater end-of-life care Nancy recognized as an adult nurse practitioner, A graduate of UCSF with a master’s the Through within the Asian community. access to health care need for a great and Hospice vision of Nancy and her co-founders, Asian Network Pacific Home Care last two decades. to have served thousands of patients over the is proud

Honor the richness and diversity of the greater by by Area Bay Francisco San of the greater diversity the richness and Honor Bank. Union KQED and Month with Heritage American celebrating Asian Pacific

Lily Zhang, Lily Dr. KQED; courtesy courtesy KQED; no credit. no KQED; courtesy Lin, Royce

; Productions Carp Flying © Tettoni; Luca courtesy Thailand, Buddha, the of Head botom) to (top Photos: KQED Asian Pacific American KQED in the Heritage Month Celebrations Community Wednesday, May 21 KQED is proud to celebrate Asian 6-8:30pm Pacific American Heritage Month with an KQED evening honoring Local Heroes who are 2601 Mariposa St. doing exceptional work in the community. San Francisco The celebration will also include youth performances and a screening of the PBS Free film Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words, Please RSVP at about the first Chinese American movie Eventbrite.com star — both an architect and a victim of her times.

Photos: (top to bottom) Thursday, May 29 Grab a drink and some snacks and Anna May Wong in a still from 6:30-8pm Song (1928), a silent film directed join KQED and Asian Americans for by Richard Eichberg; Rep. Anh The Blackbird Tavern Community Involvement for an evening “Joseph” Cao campaigning for 200 S. First St. of film and conversation. Discuss the his re-election in Uptown New San Jose Orleans, 2010, courtesy Bao rise of Asian Americans in Silicon Valley Nguyen; courtesy StoryCorps; politics and watch clips from the films Thuy Vu, courtesy Kevin Berne; Free Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority and courtesy Alice Arts. Please RSVP at Mr. Cao Goes to Washington. Eventbrite.com

A Day of Listening with KQED and StoryCorps

Saturday, May 31 KQED and Story Corps are proud to 11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm, celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage 3pm & 4pm Month by offering a special day to record San Francisco Public Library stories at the San Francisco Public 100 Larkin St. Library. A trained facilitator guides the two participants through the interview Free process. At the end of each 40-minute Sign up for an interview time: recording session, participants receive a [email protected] CD copy of their interview.

Thuy Vu Recognized for Community Work

As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Saratoga City Council is recognizing KQED Newsroom host Thuy Vu for her contributions to the community. Thuy will be honored with a proclamation at the City Council meeting on May 7.

KQED Invisible Americans: Stories from the Public Radio New Immigrants Wednesday, May 28, 8pm, The 20-plus stories told in Invisible KQED Public Radio is available and Saturday, May 31, 2pm Americans were culled from more than on frequencies 88.5 FM in 400 oral histories collected over a six- San Francisco, 89.3 FM in year period by children of immigrants in Sacramento (KQEI), 88.3 FM Oakland, CA., from interviews with family Program commentator Reverend members. The stories cover the globe — in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM Deborah Lee, project director of the in Martinez. It is also available Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant from Yemen to Guatemala, from China to on XFINITY digital cable 960 Rights, part of Clergy and Laity United East Texas, from Cambodia to the Gold and live online at kqed.org. for Economic Justice, California. Coast of Africa.

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