Events

U.S. Department of Agriculture - June 18, 2013

BATAAN LEGACY - Rediscovering the Role of the Filipinos during World War II through Literature and Theatre

Bataan Legacy at 7th Annual Chevron Fiesta

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bataan Legacy - Rediscovering the Role of the Filipinos during World War II through Literature and Theatre

Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2PM (Doors Open at 1:30PM)
Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA
Presented by the San Francisco Public Library and Artis Mundi with support from the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

CLICK to Watch the May 5 Bataan Legacy:

Watch Scenes from In Her Mother's Image:
CLICK to watch "The Ice Cream Man" with Karla Acosta-Ormond as 8-year-old Chiquita and Art Desuyo as Yoshi (aka Captain Tanaka).
CLICK to watch"Back from Bataan" with Jed Parsario as Pepito and Earlena Somera-Ramsey as his sister, Angelina.

Read it: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/67707/fil-ams-to-depict-real-story-of-bataan-and-filipinos-in-wwii

May 1, 2013:
http://www.asianjournal.com/fil-am-news/3-filamnews/20298-filipino-soldiers-heroism-remembered-in-the-bataan-legacy-project.html

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society 29th National Reunion - April 12-13, 2013 in Tacoma, Washington

Read all about it: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/04/13/2556043/philippine-scouts-and-descendants.html?storylink=fb

Reading of Stage Adaptation of In Her Mother's Image

Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 2PM
Berkeley Central Library Community Meeting Room
2090 Kittredge St., 3rd Fl., Berkeley, CA

See a preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNyntOWtFw&list=FLQRaC15f9xczTkOXEN2jwZg&index=14

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - The Bataan Legacy Presented by the University of San Francisco's Asian Studies and Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program & Artis Mundi

Article on the Foghorn:
http://foghorn.usfca.edu/2012/10/filipino-veterans-share-experiences-from-bataan-death-march/
See it on You Tube:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3L370EQN28&list=FLQRaC15f9xczTkOXEN2jwZg&index=6
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVdawk7qjc4
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olHDOzlZV4M

Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 2:30PM - San Francisco Theater Festival - Cadillac Hotel Lobby, 380 Eddy St. (Leavenworth), San Francisco (Free Admission)

Artis Mundi Presents Scenes from In Her Mother's Image
Story of World War II in the Philippines and its emotional toll on a family. Starring Karla Acosta-Ormond as Chiquita (eight-year-old daughter), Earlene Somera as Consuelo,the matriarch, Art Desuyo as Yoshi and Captain Tanaka, Jed Parsario as Pepito (the son and Bataan soldier) and Mallory Somera as Angelina, the eldest daughter.

See it on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=wMNyntOWtFw&list=FLQRaC15f9xczTkOXEN2jwZg&index=1&feature=plpp_video

September 21, 2012 at 6PM - The Legacy of Bataan
I-Hotel Manilatown Center, 868 Kearny St.,San Francisco, CA

Photo by Kilusan Bautista

Multi-Media program featuring first performance of "Breach of Faith - The Men of Bataan" by Cecilia Gaerlan and performed by SF and NYC actor Kilusan Bautista, scene from "In Her Mother's Image" (also by Cecilia) with Jed Parsario and Earlene Somera and special guest appearances by Bataan veterans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy3iQQ3cPLw&feature=plcp

Breach of Faith by Cecilia Gaerlan and performed by Kilusan Bautista:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNtf3QIopBE

July 14, 2012 - Filipino Voices - National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA

One of the panelists for Pre 1965 Filipino and Filipino American writers and their
impact on Filipino American culture and history

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - Rio Grande FANHS
14th Biennial Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Left to Right: Bill Overmier, Pete Gonzales, Cecilia, Maria Luisa Penaranda, Kilusan Bautista

Bataan Legacy - With Dr. Ted Jojola and Bataan veterans Atilano David (33rd Infantry, Philippine Scouts), Pete Gonzales (200th Coastal Artillery, Army Air Corp) and William (Bill) Overmier (19th Bomb Group,Army Air Corp)

FANHS Conference, June 28, 2012 with Bataan Veteran Atilano David

FANHS Conference, June 28, 2012 with Co-Presenter Professor Ted Jojola.

Tuesday, June 19 at 1:30PM - U.S. Department of Agriculture
620 Central Ave., Bldg.2A, Alameda, CA

The Legacy of Bataan - (Left to Right) Guillermo Garcia (USAFFE Air Corp), Alex Palang of USDA, Lee Torrijos, David Tejada (Phil. Scouts 12th Signal Co.), Romar Lamano, Ramon Regalado (Phil. Scouts 57th Combat Regiment), Earlene Somera and Norman (USDA)

CAL State East Bay

Theatre & Dance Department
Artis Mundi
Philippine American Student Alliance (PASA)
A Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the
Fall of Bataan
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 from 4PMto 6PM
CSUEB University Theatre

See it on You Tube:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPzjSGL6T8
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxjIrteIVc
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnJU8SaXD1U

South Bay Guitar Society Gala

Conversation with Cecilia I. Gaerlan
Author of Stage Play Brilliance within the Darkness
(The Life of blind Spanish Composer Joaquin Rodrigo)
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 6:30PM
Historic Hoover Theatre & Studio Gallery
1635 Park Ave.
San Jose, CA

Philippine Expressions Bookshop
Authors’ Night – Friday, April 20, 2012 at 6PM
Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Community Hall
1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90017

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Book Signing – Saturday, April 21, 2012 – 2PM to 4PM
University of Southern California
Philippine Expressions Bookshop Booth
Exposition Blvd and S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Tuesday, March 15, 2012
Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies
Department of Ethnic Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:30 PM

City College of San Francisco
Philippine Studies Program

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 11AM
Rosenberg Library, Room 304
50 Phelan Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112

You Tube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qnVkLN1srA&feature=share

The University of Hawaii at Manoa

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Filipino and Philippine Literature Program
Center for Philippine Studies & WomenCenter
Present
In Her Mother’s Image
A Novel by Cecilia I. Gaerlan
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 – 3:00 to 5:30PM
QueenLili’uokalaniCenter for Student Services
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822

The Philippine Cultural Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011
United Nations
New York, New York
Watch it on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsHgM6qXgo&list=FLQRaC15f9xczTkOXEN2jwZg&index=1&feature=plpp_video

October 1, 2011 at 2:15PM

Philippine-American Literary Festival
San Francisco Public Library
Watch it on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNCv-KdJYEY&list=FLQRaC15f9xczTkOXEN2jwZg&index=2&feature=plpp_video

Sunday, September 25, 2012 at 2PM

Union City Public Library
34007 Alvarado Niles Blvd.
Union City, CA 94587

Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 1PM

Oakland Public Library, Dimond Branch

3565 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland, CA 94602

Friday, September 23, 2011 at 5PM

University of San Francisco
Lone Mountain Main Bldg., Room 100
2800 Turk Blvd. (near Parker)
San Francisco, CA 94118

San Francisco Theater Festival - August 7, 2011 at Fort Mason Center

See it on You Tube:
Luisa and Earlene as Consuelo and Chiquita:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx1xAyb9foU

Cecilia reading from her book and part I of the stage play with the cast of Artis Mundi:
http://www.youtube.com/user/LampasoMultimediaPh?email=share_video_user

The cast of Artis Mundi-Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yijf_lWF8pE&feature=email

Cafe Royale, July 30, 2011, San Francisco, CA
SF Theater Festival Preview of In Her Mother's Image, the play.

Fade Out Theater, July 26, 2011
Mutiny Radio. Listen to link of interview:
http://pcrcollective.org/?tag=san-francisco

Hercules Public Library, June 4, 2011

May 5, 2011 - Dramatic Reading of In Her Mother's Image in Celebration of Mother's Day
Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post St., San Francisco, CA

April 9, 2011 - Reading of In Her Mother's Image in Commemoration of the Fall of Bataan
Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0mrxWL5J9s

February 19, 2011 - Reading of In Her Mother's Image
sponsored by Philippine American Writers and Artists and Arkipelago
Books

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7Ge4JuOJg&context=C3d481c8ADOEgsToPDskIJyEiY4T1LmQbefuTANtzG