Some popular dishes. All that and a Community Calendar of some big filipinoamerican events will be featured on our show today. I was in San Francisco the other night and i watched a street artist painting a legal graffiti mural, and he had a captive audience, and he has a captivating art form. With me now is a premier muralist known in the art world as sami see, who has grown up and aerosol art in 2011. Ating ms her unique style has been described as a mix of influences, including mural and graffiti culture, mindbody medicine, and mysticism. She has a popup event coming up on october 18 19th in San Francisco. Welcome to the show. Sami see thank you for having me, robert. Robert thats some interesting influences that you have there. Sami absolutely, thank you. Robert you know, i was watching some, as i was saying, it was very interesting as i was driving into an event. And i stopped to watch, and the crowd but give people an idea in terms of what theyre seeing when you say mural art. Wh
Musical legend, David Bustamante. We really had his band, dakila, on our show, a group big in the 70s but dramatically disbanded but has now reformed under the guidance of bustamante. It is a compelling story about life in a Popular Group and in the world of the bigtime music industry. All that on our show today. Robert well, there is a lot to japanese american history. It is rich in stories that say a lot about the immigrant and american experience. But as weve seen so many ways those can slowly fade away unless they are preserved and often restored. That is what internet archive does. As i mentioned earlier, it is a Nonprofit Library making all forms of books and media about japanese americans available, and now internet archive is working with the group densho to digitize 500 of the most important books from japanese american history. And leading the way is someone well qualified to do it. Wendy hanamura is an awardwinning journalist, a colleague ive worked with in various ways, who
And she will perform live in our studio. All that on our show today. A lot of cities would just love to have anything running, a river running through it. That would just be so great looking,thesouth b, it didnt really become part of the san jose civic greenway until fairly recently. But thats changing in a big way. Joining me now is jason su, the executive director of the Guadalupe River park conservancy. He is an urban designer overseeing the restoration and development of the 254acre, 3mile riverfront. Welcome to the show. Jason su thank you. Robert can we agree that maybe the Guadalupe River has been somewhat underutilized over the years . Jason completely. It is definitely one of the most underinvested assets that we have in the city of san jose, but also that means theres a lot of opportunity to really shape the public space to the community that is there now. Robert yeah, as an urban designer, i wouldto me, its almost like a blank canvas for you, right . Jason totally, its there
Returns to our show to talk about his latest creation. That and other big events coming up in the bay area all on our show today. Well, aaci, Asian Americans for community involvement, was the very first guest every on Asian Pacific america, and we didnt make that choice lightly. Aaci has been driving force the community for many, many years, and continues to offer a mindboggling number of services. Next week, september 7, aaci will celebrate its history and its annual gala. The theme, Better Together and i have the honor of being the emcee. Joining me now is a friend of the show, sarah marrguertin, the Development Manager for aaci overseeing programs that advocate and serve the marginalized and vulnerable ethnic communities in santa clara county. Welcome back to the show. Sarah marrguertin thank you very much, thank you for having me. Robert now, we know that aaci started around 1973, and i remember being at some of those early events. Give us sort of athe people a sense of the evolut
The largest fundraiser of the year for the jcccnc, the Japanese Cultural Community Center of Northern California. The event this saturday will feature Culinary Creations from the bay area, hawaii, and japan and will help the center continue to serve its 185,000 visitors every year. And we will end with a unique mission as a former child interned at the manzanar camp searches for his classmates. Well show you how he hopes to track them down. All that on our show today. Well, were big fans of books and the written word here; and thats not always an easy thing to promote in this digital age, but it is a Crucial Foundation in education and understanding your own culture and community. Joining me now is christina newhard, the publisher of sarisari storybooks. She was born in the philippines and moved to the us when she was 10, but has held onto her roots and is helping to pass it along to others. Sarisari storybooks are geared to english and many of the other languages associated with the p