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Dream of the Red Chamber is an English-language opera in two acts composed by Chinese American composer Bright Sheng, with libretto by Sheng and David Henry Hwang.Based on the classic 18th-century Chinese novel of the same name by Cao Xueqin, the three-hour English-language opera had its world premiere on September 10, 2016, by the San Francisco Opera.
Omakase is a Japanese restaurant in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, California. The 14-seat restaurant, owned by Kash Feng and chef Jackson Yu, has earned a Michelin star. Description
Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda .
Grimes Poznikov (August 5, 1946 – October 27, 2005), known as "The Human Jukebox," was an American musician and entertainer, a fixture of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a street performer , who would wait in a decorated cardboard refrigerator box until a passerby offered him a donation and requested a song.
Shen Yun Performing Arts (Chinese: 神韻藝術團; lit. 'divine rhythm arts troupe') is a non-profit performing arts and entertainment company based in the United States which tours internationally, producing performances which include dance and symphonic music.
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Sound of Hope (SOH) is an international Chinese-language radio network. Along with New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times, it is part of a network of media organizations established by practitioners of the Falun Gong new religious movement.
Ah Toy (Chinese: 亞彩; Sidney Lau: Aa 3 Coi 2; [1] 18 May 1829 – 1 February 1928) [2] was a Chinese American [3] sex worker and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and the first Chinese sex worker in San Francisco. [4] Arriving from Hong Kong in 1848, [5] she became the best-known Asian woman in the American ...