Ninth Annual Experience Asia Festival 2013
The Asian Coalition of Tallahassee (www.asiantlh.org |ACT), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, celebrated its ninth annual Asian Festival, Experience Asia Festival 2013 (EAF2013), on Saturday, October 12, 2013 between 10:00 AM and 5:30 PM at Bloxham and...
Moon Festival Tea Meditation
Basking under the bright glow of the full moon, hundreds of people gathered last month at Orlando’s Guang Ming Temple to celebrate the traditional Asian holiday of the Moon Festival, also called Mid-Autumn Festival. Amidst a crackling fire in...
Suncoast Association of Chinese Americans celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival
Photos Andrew Lin As fall has arrived, local Tampa Bay Chinese/ Taiwanese community celebrated the wonderful festival called “Mid Autumn (Moon) Festival” on September 21st, 2013. Each and every year, it attracts more than over 500 attendees to the Safety...
Korean Culture Summer Camp & Korean Food Festival keeps Korean culture alive
Korean American Association of Central Florida hosted the 2nd annual Korean Culture Camp at the Orlando Korean Presbyterian Church from July 15th to July 19th followed by the Korean Food Festival on July 19th at the Eastmonte Civic Center....
YESS first Health and Wellness EXPO provides valuable health-related information
The Youth Enrichment and Senior Services (YESS) 康延服務中心 held its first annual Health & Wellness EXPO on July 27 at Plantation Oak Senior Living. Hundreds attended to get the firsthand healthy tips and screenings. The event included...
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida new Asia Sister City— Hengchun, Taiwan, ROC
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida has a new Asia Sister City! After becoming sisters with Netanya, Isreal and Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Sunny Isles Beach Mayor Norman S. Edelcup on June 17, 2013 signed the official sister city agreement with Hengchun,...
Uncovering Hidden History in Mills 50
Real estate developer Jorge Boone and architect Wes Featherston of Process Architecture are renovating one of Mills 50’s most historic buildings – a nondescript property next to another landmark that many still know as the “Cruises Only” building. This building...
Andrea Eliscu—The Woman Behind Dragon Boating in Orlando
In 2010, my friend Nina Yon introduced me to Andrea Eliscu. Nina told me that Andrea wanted to reach out to the Asian Community for a new dragon boat initiative she was spearheading, and that we were a...
Asia Trend Magazine Asian Cultural EXPO rocks at Downtown Disney
Eleven performing groups representing China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, three audience participating workshops and eight exhibitors made up a 4-hour Asian Cultural EXPO on October 20th at Orlando Downtown Disney. This expo...
Mills 50 Main Street District achieves national accreditation
Mills 50 - the intersection of creativity + culture - is a non-profit entity made possible through the support and interests of the National Trust Main Street Center, the City of Orlando and the...