EVENTS
MAY 10, 2008. TWO DISTINGUISHED AWARDS RECEIVED BY BOARD MEMBERS
CAMOC is proud to announce two distinguished awards received by board members Grace Chun and President, Dr. Kim K. Tee all on the same day, May 10, 2008.
Grace Chun was awarded the prestigious Luminary Award for the 2008 Senior Citizen Hall of Fame, sponsored by the City of Chicago. She was honored for her outstanding voluntary work with Rochelle Lee Fund to Make Reading a Part of Children’s Lives, Chicago Park District Advisory Councils-Lincoln Park and Margate Park, and the Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Dr. Kim K. Tee received the distinctive Hall of Fame Award in Medicine from the Asian American Hall of Fame. With his busy medical practice, Kim still found time to start the Malaysian Club of Chicago, serves as president in the Chicago Fukienese Association and was one of the founders and current president of the Chinese American Museum of Chicago. He has been selected to participate in the Beijing Olympics Sports Medicine Team for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Congratulations, Grace and Kim!
JUNE 21, 2008 Dragon Boat Festival
Spanning nearly 2300 years, the Dragon Boat Festival
transforms old traditions into an exciting cultural event.
Join us for cocktail and tasty Asian foods
Saturday June 21, 2008
6:00 till 10:00
238 West 23rd Street,
Chicago, IL 60616
$75.00 per person
To benefit the Chinese American Museum of Chicago
Raymond B. and Jean T. Lee Center
FOOD SPONSORS
Emperor's Choice Restaurant, Gourmet Restaurant,
Sakuma Restaurant and Dominick's Finer Foods
With good weather and a good group of volunteers, Chinatown Museum Foundation enjoyed another successful event this past Sunday, 7/20 at the Chinatown Summer Fest. As with all successful events, it takes a great deal of preparation, time, and hard work by everyone. We are thankful for a great team of dedicated volunteers.
Early in the morning, Howard & Grace, Ian & Sheila, and Ram & Soo Lon helped set up the booth for business at the great location of Wentworth & 23rd Street. Maria & Billy worked very hard at writing Chinese names in beautiful calligraphy for the visitors. We were lucky that Mr. Wong was able to help with that task too. We collected a total of $225 in donations.
Ram, Joe, and Telly helped with finding the correct Chinese characters for the names while Grace, Sheila and Ian passed out gift coupons for the Museum. Drinks, snacks, and goodies were provided by Grace, Malcolm and Soo Lon. Ruth Moy, Matt and Dr. Tee joined the group for a few hours of fun too. David dropped by to say hi. Around 5pm, the Chuns, Moys, Joe and Mal closed up shop and took everything back to the Museum and called it a day.
It was a fun but long and tiring day for everyone. But the important point is that we were able to get more publicity and exposure for CMF & CAMOC.
On Saturday, Grace organized the staff and two high school volunteers on to put CMF labels on fans, back scratchers and chop sticks as gifts when the visitors redeem the gift coupon they received from the CMF booth. We thank Ian for the idea of coupon redemption to increase traffic flow to the Museum. Big thanks goes to Telly for printing out over a thousand labels for us to put on the free gifts. Telly, sorry for the rush job and we're grateful that you always come through for us! Telly, Soo Lon, Grace and Andrea also worked on the coupons for distribution.
Kudos to all the volunteers and staff who helped make this event successful. On to the next fun event, Dragon Boat Race at Ping Tom Park, this Saturday, 7/26!!! Hope to see everyone there! Go, CMF Team, Go!
Soo Lon
JULY 20, 2008 Chinatown Summer Fair
Besides holding lectures and operating the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago, the Chinatown Museum Foundation sponsors various special events aimed at fundraising, publicity, and increasing public awareness of the history of Chinese-Americans in the United States. Future and recent non-lecture events include:
2008 Events
JULY 26, 2008 2008 Dragon Boat Racing
Date: July 26, 2008, Saturday
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Ping Tom Memorial Park, 300 W. 19th Street,
Chicago IL 60616
"Duan Wu Jie" or Dragon Boat Festival –
Duan Wu Jie (meaning Day of Right Mid-Day) or Dragon Boat Festival
is celebrated every May 5th in China. This festival dates back to early
China. A popular legend going back more than 2,000 years is of
Qu Yuan who was a patriotic court official from the State of Chu
during the Warring States. Qu tried to warm the emperor of an
increasingly corrupt government, but failed. In a last protest, he threw
himself into the river and drowned. Hearing of the poet's death, local
people raced out in boats searching for his body. People also jumped
into boats beating the water with their oars throwing rice dumplings
wrapped in reed leaves (zongzi) so that the fish would eat the zongzi
instead of the body. In many places today this festival is celebrated
with dragon boat races and the eating of glutinous rice cakes.
農曆五月五日是端午節，和春節, 中秋並列為最重要的三個節慶。 端午節時值夏季，正是疾病開始
流行的季節，因此端午節的由來，可追溯為驅邪避惡， 以求身心的平安，後來加入愛國詩人屈原的
傳說，更增添了端午節的重要。端午節最令人期盼的活動便是划龍舟，選手們隨著隆隆的鼓聲，
奮力向前划，在精彩激烈的賽程中，這傳統的習俗得以不斷的延續。
端午節最為人熟知的食品便是粽子，這個原本富有紀念意義的食品，在中國人的巧手製作下，
已成為具各種變化，且隨時都能嚐到的美食了.
first media showing of CAMOC's new exhibition space
a roundtable titled "Ethnic-Specific Museums" at the AAS meetings in Chicago
a one-day archaeological dig
Mid-Autumn Festival at Chinatown Square with two Mid-Autumn Poems.
SEPT 13, 2008 Kerry Leung and Kathy Hu Concert
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Chinese Moon Festival, is one of the most important traditional holidays for the Chinese. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvest. Chinese families and friends gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together. There are many versions of the story of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess, and her flight to the moon.
Come and celebrate the Moon Festival with us with beautiful music from traditional Chinese instruments such as pipa, erhu, guzheng, flutes, and hulusi. Kerry and Kathy will perform selections honoring the Moon, i.e., Moonlight Over the Spring River, Moon on the Han Dynasty and Moon Over the Calm West Lake as well as other selections.
TICKETS / 門券
Adult: $8, Child: $5 • 成人每位: $8, 小童: $5
Limited seating for this event, RSVP is required by Sept. 7, 2008
座位有限必須於九月七日前預約
For ticket and information 查詢
Call / 電話: (312) 949-1000 • Fax / 傳真: (312) 949-1001
Email / 電郵: office@ccamuseum.org
Website / 網址: www.ccamuseum.org
WHEN / 時間
September 13, 2008 (Saturday) 3:00 pm
九月十三日（星期六）下午三時
WHERE / 地點
Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center
2nd floor gallery, 238 West 23rd Street
Chicago IL 60616
芝加哥美洲華裔博物館 - 李秉樞中心
博物館二樓展覽廳舉行
Museum Rebuilding Fund Benefit Dinner
Date: November 1, 2008, Saturday
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Furama Seafood Restaurant,
3rd floor, 2828 S. Wentworth Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 225-6888
Individual tickets @$75.00
Tables (10 seats per table) @$750.00
(Ballroom dance with live band after dinner)
Enquiry: (312) 949-1000 • Fax: (312) 949-1001
Email: office@ccamuseum.org
Website: www.ccamuseum.org
Please join us for the evening and help us rebuild the museum! But if not, please consider buying a ticket for your friend or neighbor anyway, or make a donation to
“Chinatown Museum Foundation – Museum Rebuilding Fund” account at:
American Metro Bank in Chinatown Plaza. and
Harris Bank at Burr Ridge;
or just simply mail your check to:
"Chinatown Museum Foundation – Museum Rebuilding Fund"
P O Box 167298, Chicago IL 60616-7298
Thank you!
博物館重建基金籌款聚餐
日期: 11/1/08 (星期六)
時間: 下午六時
地點: 富麗華海鮮大酒樓三樓, 芝城華埠2828南永活街
餐券: 每張 $75.00, 每桌 (10人) $750.00
餐後餘興節目：樂隊伴奏社交舞
查閱: (312) 949-1000•傳真: (312) 949-1001
電郵: office@ccamuseum.org
網址: www.ccamuseum.org
希望你可以出席和介紹你的親朋購買餐券幫助我們重建博物館。
如未能出席, 你亦可以隨意捐助。
善款可直接存往下列銀行
“華埠博物館基金會 - 博物館重建基金” 戶口:
American Metro Bank (華埠廣場匯通銀行),
Harris Bank @Burr Ridge
支票抬頭 “Chinatown Museum Foundation – Museum Rebuilding Fund”
(華埠博物館基金會- 重建基金) 寄往:
Chinatown Museum Foundation
P O Box 167298, Chicago IL 60616-7298
Proposed post fire
Museum Building, 2009
重建後新廈外貌, 2009
Save the Date! October 29, 2008!
To help the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago – Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center to rebuild after the disastrous fire, the National Museum of Mexican Art will be hosting a fun-filled fundraiser to benefit for CAMOC.
Chinese & Mexican food and entertainment
Date: Wednesday, 10/29/08
Time: from 6pm-9pm
Address: National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 West 19th Street, Chicago IL 60608
RSVP: (312) 433-3909
$50 donation per person
預留10月29日這天!
為了協助 ”芝加哥美洲華裔博物館 - 李秉樞中心” 災後博物館重建籌款，National Museum of Mexican Art (全美墨西哥藝術博物館) 將主辦一個籌款活動.
日期：10月29日 (星期三)
時間：下午6時至九時
地點: 芝城1852西19街, 全美墨西哥藝術博物館
留座：(312) 433-3909
每位捐助50元
是晚敬備墨西哥及中國食物與節目酬賓
CMF Grand Re-opening - details to be announced
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinatown Summer Fair
