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TACC Address & Tel:
  7838 Wilkerson Court
  San Diego, CA 92111
  Tel: (858)560-8884
  Fax: (858)560-9276
   
TACC Hour:
  Mon: Closed
  Tue - Thu: 10am - 9pm
  Fri: 10am - 10pm
  Sat: 10am - 6pm
  Sun: 12pm - 6pm
   
   
   
 
   
 
 
Below are the activities that are held in TACC regularly. Everyone is welcome to join! For more information please see YAM.
 
Karaoke Club
Senior Group Hiking Club Hawaii Dance Club
Computer Club Book Club Folk Dance Club
Line Dance Club Special Seminar
Music & Movie Club Gardening Club
Culture & History Lecture Series Health Seminar
Life Experience Seminar Ping Pong Club
Women and Friends Club Soft Exercise Club
Understanding Science Seminar Series Home Economic Club
TAHW Series Food Fair TAHW Series Sculpture Exhibition
TAHW Series Movie TAHW Series Opening Ceremony
 
Home Economic Club
Date / Time: TBA
Contact Person: Hui J. Chiu 619-472-1629

See Chinese(big-5) page

 
Gardening Club
Date / Time: Wednesdays 11:00 pm
Organizer: Gina Pei
Contact Person: Jerry Tsung, Tsan-Tang Hung, Jin-Shone Leo

See Chinese(big-5) page

 
Music & Movie Club
Date / Time:

4th Saturday of every month 1:30 pm

Speakers: Mun-Shar Tsai, Christina Li, Shin-Ta Liu
Contact Person: Jerry Tsung, Jau H. Yang, Shin-Ta Liu

See Chinese(big-5) page

 
Computer Club
Date / Time: 2nd Saturday of every month. 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Contact Person: Taiwan Center

Gather once a month to share tips and tricks of using computers and learn popular software applications, eg, Picassa, Movie Maker..

Bring your own laptop to practice on the seminar. Donation aceepted. The proceeds will be used on purchasing software and computer equipments.

This event will be presented in Chinese. Please see Chinese page for schedule and topic.

Date: 4/10/10, Saturday, 12pm - 1:30pm
Topic: If you know how to email, you already know how to blog: blogging to post@posterous.com
Speaker: Prof. Ruby Liao

 
Karaoke Club
Date / Time: Every Tuesdays 1:30pm - 6:00pm
Contact Person: Taiwan Center (858) 560-8884

Everybody is welcome. Large selections of Taiwanese, Mandarin, English songs.

 
Soft Exercise Club
Date / Time: Every Friday. 1:30 PM -2:30 PM
Contact Person: Ching-Chih Chen

Come join us for interesting and beautiful dance.

 
Hawaii Dance Club
Date / Time: Every Friday. 12:00pm
Contact Person: Lucia Yiao (858) 793-3672

Come join us for interesting and beautiful dance.

 
Photo Club
Date / Time: Every Wednesday 3:30pm
Contact Person: Gene Houng
Please bring your memory cards or pictures to share.
 
Senior Group
Date / Time: Every Wednesday 10:30am - 3:00pm
Contact Person: Mayfen Lai (760) 268-0865
Wednesday Activities: Tai Chi / Chi Gong, Sign Language, Lunch, Choir, Line Dance, Ballroom Dancing, Chat.
Annual Activities: Picnic, Outings.
Life Time Membership Fee: $10 / per person
 
Women and Friends Club
Date / Time: Every Friday 2:30pm
Contact Person: Mary Chen (858)560-8884
 
 
Bridge Club
Date / Time: Every Tuesdays 3:00pm
Every Wednesdays 1:00pm
Contact Person: C. S. Chen (858)454-8429

Train your logic, analysis, thinking. Welcome to everybody. Beginners too!

 
Ping Pong Club
Date / Time:

Wednesday 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Fridays 3:30pm-7:00pm
Saturday 3:00pm-6:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm-6:00pm

Contact Person: Michael Li 860-904-3844
Luke Hsiao 858-350-7661

Everybody is welcome.

 
Hiking
Date / Time: Hiking on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of a month.
Contact Person: Geoffery Peng
Yi-Shiou Huang
Kun-Cheng Lin

Time: 4/17//2010 Saturday
Place: Lake Hodges
Gathering place: Sunset Dr. Parking lot
Gathering time: 4/17/2010 9:00 AM

How to get to the gathering place:
Take I-15, exit at Via Rancho Parkway
Ttravel east on Via Rancho Parkway
Turn right onto Sunset Dr. ( Next to the Hodges Golf Course)
At the end of Sunset Dr. is the Sunset Dr.Parking lot

 
Understanding Science Seminar Series (XI)
Date / Time: TBA
Place: TACC Auditorium
Chair: Edward Cheng
 
 
Book Club
Date / Time: See Below
Place: See Below
Contact Person: See Below
04/25/10
(Sun)
2PM

Speaker: Wu Jau-Fang
Book Title: Taiwan Disaster - Win Over Taiwan Without a Battle in 2010
Author: Yuan Hongbing

Mr. Yuan, a famous Chinese writer in exile, was born in Inner Mongolia in 1952. As a teen-ager during the Cultural Revolution that began in 1966, he witnessed tragedy experienced by his people as a result of Chinese Communist persecution. Mr.Yuan consequently vowed to write about what the Mongolians had suffered and thus began his journey on the difficult path of an underground writer.

After completing his graduate study at Beijing University’s Law School, Mr. Yuan was invited to teach at the school, and then appointed to lead the research office of Procedural Law. To promote democracy and criticize extreme leftist thought, he established organizations and published books and magazines. Eventually, for his dissident views and activities, he was arrested by the Chinese government and banished to Guizhou in 1994. In 2003, he established the Law School of the Guizhou Normal University and was appointed its Dean. In 2004 taking advantage of the opportunity of heading a delegation visiting Australia, he applied to the Australian government for political asylum and has since remained in exile. He has published more than ten books in literature and in law.

Taiwan Disaster was published in November, 2009. It was based on three documents of action programs that came out of an expanded politburo meeting in June 2008. These documents provide strategic guidelines to all of China’s government departments on the way to annex Taiwan without a war by 2012. With the book, Yuan strives to warn Taiwan of Beijing’s strategy and detailed tactics for taking over Taiwan. In addition, he has offered Taiwan suggestions to counter Beijing’s measures.

 
 
Special Seminar
Date / Time: 08/08/2010 (Sun) 3:00PM
Speaker: Eric Chang & Dog G
Topic: The Current Issues Taiwan is Facing
Place: TACC Auditorium

Eric Chang is an inspiring 2nd generation Taiwanese American born in the US (or an "ABT" - America-Born Taiwanese) who has traveled to Taiwan more than 10 years ago in search of his root while pursuing his PhD in Taiwan. He can be spotted in countless democratic movement demonstrations. He was one of the leaders for the Wild Strawberries in Taiwan. His dedication for standing up and speaking out for the social injustice and corruption in Taiwan as an "ABT" has garnered him a large following on the island nation. In an interview with FTV, he said, "...Young people in Taiwan have to stand up and fight for your rights. Taiwan is now a relatively democratic country, but have 'YOU' thought about why it is so democratic? And how much sacrifice was made?" His willingness to speak up and fight for the rights of Taiwanese people and Taiwan can be witnessed by one of his many famous demonstration of PRC officials who refuse to recognize Taiwan's independence and continues to set foot in Taiwan.

Although Eric is just one of many Taiwanese Americans in Taiwan presently, his action and his unwavering pursuit of equality, justice, liberty and full democracy in Taiwan will continue to inspire and garner support from young Taiwanese in Taiwan and many more who care about the future of this island nation.

Big G, aka Dog G, is the first TIME Magazine documented Taiwanese hip-hop artist. Taking an excerpt from the page of TIME , March 15, 2004 issue, it stated, "The issue of Taiwan's identity has even infused the island's pop culture. In a studio-cum-hip-hop clothing store in the southern city of Tainan, Tseng Kuan-jung, alias Dog G, 25, writes and records pro-Taiwan rap....Dog G was a struggling musician until he penned "Taiwan Song" in which he raps not in Mandarin but in Taiwanese: 'Those without the fear of losing, they are the true spirit of Taiwan; those who don't agree, get out!' Dog G, whose best selling single told listeners to 'act Taiwanese, speak Taiwanese, and to stand up and proclaim they are Taiwanese!' says he wrote that song because he wanted people 'to stop being ashamed of being Taiwanese.'

Under the new pro-China regime, Dog G has continued to write and rap against social injustice, government corruption, and the dangerous games that current Taiwanese government is playing with China, i.e. ECFA. His music and his pro-Taiwan style has inspired many other Taiwanese hip-hop and rap performers in Taiwan writing and singing about this beautiful island nation called Taiwan.
Eric Chang is an inspiring 2nd generation Taiwanese American born in the US (or an "ABT" - America-Born Taiwanese) who has traveled to Taiwan more than 10 years ago in search of his root while pursuing his PhD in Taiwan. He can be spotted in countless democratic movement demonstrations. He was one of the leaders for the Wild Strawberries in Taiwan. His dedication for standing up and speaking out for the social injustice and corruption in Taiwan as an "ABT" has garnered him a large following on the island nation. In an interview with FTV, he said, "...Young people in Taiwan have to stand up and fight for your rights. Taiwan is now a relatively democratic country, but have 'YOU' thought about why it is so democratic? And how much sacrifice was made?" His willingness to speak up and fight for the rights of Taiwanese people and Taiwan can be witnessed by one of his many famous demonstration of PRC officials who refuses to recognize Taiwan's independence and continues to set foot in Taiwan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORLmzkloOgk

Although Eric is just one of many Taiwanese Americans in Taiwan presently, his action and his unwavering pursuit of equality, justice, liberty and full democracy in Taiwan will continue to to inspire and garner support from young Taiwanese in Taiwan and many more who care about the future of this island nation.

Big G, aka Dog G, is the first TIME Magazine documented Taiwanese hip-hop artist. Taking an excerpt from the page of TIME , March 15, 2004 issue, it states, "The issue of Taiwan's identity has even infused the island's pop culture. In a studio-cum-hip-hop clothing store in the southern city of Tainan, Tseng Kuan-jung, alias Dog G, 25, writes and records pro-Taiwan rap....Dog G was a struggling musician until he penned "Taiwan Song" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O41OJ0KPyHo ) in which he raps not in Mandarin but in Taiwanese: 'Those without the fear of losing, they are the true spirit of Taiwan; those who don't agree, get out!' Dog G, whose best selling single tells listeners to 'act Taiwanese, speak Taiwanese, and to stand up and proclaim they are Taiwanese!' says he wrote that song because he wanted people 'to stop being ashamed of being Taiwanese.'

Under the new pro-China regime, Dog G has continued to write and rap against social injustice, government corruption, and the dangerous games that current Taiwanese government is playing with China, i.e. ECFA. His music and his pro-Taiwan style has inspired many other Taiwanese hip-hop and rap performers in Taiwan writing and singing about this beautiful island nation called Taiwan.

 

 
Line Dance Club
Date / Time:

Thursdays
5:00pm - Beginning

6:00pm - Intermediate

Contact Person: Vivian Chiang (858)481-9130

Teaching Line Dance.

 
Folk Dance Club
Date / Time:

Every Tuesday, 2:30pm-4:30pm

Contact Person: Yi-Shiou Huang

If you are interested in dancing, come join us!

 
Life Experience Seminar
Date / Time: See Below
Contact Person: See Below

 

See Chinese(big-5) page


 
Concert
Date / Time: TBA
Performer:  
Place: TACC Auditorium

 
Health Seminar
Date / Time: See Below
Place: TACC Auditorium

TBA

 
Culture and History Lecture Series
Date / Time: See Below
Place: TACC Auditorium

TBA

 
TAHW Series - Taiwanese Food Fair (Bazaar)
Date / Time: 5/15/10 Saturday 12:00PM
Place: TACC Parking Lot

The Taiwanese Culture Association presents “Taiwanese Culture & Food Fair”. The fair features selections from traditional Taiwanese cuisines, music and live entertainment; including the performance of our famous Taiwan Center Naruwan Taiko Group.
 
TAHW Series - Tomi Yang Sculpture Exhibition Reception
Date / Time: 5/15/10 Saturday 2:00PM
Place: TACC Gallery
5/15/10 - 7/31/10
Tomi Yang was born in Ching-Shui, Taichung, Taiwan, graduated from National Taiwan University of Arts majored in Sculpture. He taught art for several years and worked in the studio of sculpture master Yang Ing-Feng for 10 years. Mr. Yang immigrated to US in 1979, engaged in construction business and studied Buddism in his spare time. Currently, he devoted his full time in making sculptures. Mr. Yang has exhibited his works in both US and Taiwan, and has won many awards.
 
TAHW Series - Movie Appreciation
Date / Time: 5/15/10 Saturday 3:00PM
Place: TACC Auditorium
Patenari
Yoichi Hatta (1886 - 1942) was a Japanese engineer, known for his contributions in hydraulic engineering in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. Hatta was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1910, he joined the Seat of Governor-General of Taiwan, served as a technician of the government. He was the designer of Chianan Canal and Usantou Reservoir.
 
TAHW Series - Opening Ceremony & “Bird and Water Dance Ensemble”
Date / Time: 5/16/10 Sunday 5:30PM
Place: TACC Auditorium

Will present 2010 TACC High School Scholarship, Mother’s Day Special Award, and Mao-Chun Memorial Scholarship.
“Bird and Water Dance Ensemble” was founded in 2003 and is the first dance ensemble formed by people with physical, visual and other disabilities in Taiwan. Combining the art of dancing and growth of the mind, they have explored the artistic potentials of the people with disabilities. They enhanced people’s mind, enriched the quality of daily lives, promoted the special arts and culture development, and further purified our general practice in the society. Through sharing and applying the special arts of dancing, the members have repeatedly overcome various difficulties, constantly encouraged each other, and have always displayed their creativities with a goal to bring happiness to all.
 
TAHW Series - TACC Karaoke Competition
Date / Time: 5/21/10 Friday 6:30PM
Place: TACC Auditorium

Come share your vocal talent, have fun and win prizes at TACC Karaoke Competition.
To sign up, please contact Taiwan Center at 858-560-8884.
 
TAHW Series - Traditional Taiwanese Concert "New Eternal"
Date / Time: 5/22/10 Saturday 6:00PM
Place: TACC Auditorium

"New Eternal Hope" will be performed by Soprano Hui-Ju Chen, Baritone Yi-Cherng Lin, Pianist Pin-Huey Wangand together with TACC senior club chorus.
Baritone Yi-Cherng Lin has earned his Doctor of Musical Art degree in Voice Performance with an opera concentration at University of Maryland, College Park in June 2006. In addition to the Taiwan sound concert series, he has created, directed and performed the Taiwanese Musical Eternal Hope and Bygone Years. Currently, Dr. Lin is the conductor of Greater Washington Taiwanese American Chorus.
Pianist Pin-Huey Wang received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the collaborative piano program at University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. Ms. Wang is an active collaborative pianist with a wide range of vocal and chamber repertoire. She is currently an adjunct piano faculty member at Montgomery College, Maryland.
Soprano Hui-Ju Chen earned her Doctor of Musical Art degree in Voice Performance at the University of Maryland in 2008. Dr. Chen's Career highlights include a 2007 performance of Taiwanese songs in the March for Taiwan event on Capitol Hill for an audience that included United States Senators. Actively engaged in music activities in the New York and Washington DC metropolitan areas, she has entertained audiences in her operatic roles in the Taiwanese musical Eternal Hope in 2006 and Bygone Years in 2007. She is currently the conductor of the Ya Yin and Hakka Tung-Fa Choruses of Washington D.C. and the Soprano soloist at St. Luke's Parish.