ACE’s Virtual Asian Festival is coming up on July 29th, and we couldn’t be more excited. Visit our ACE pop-up and get K-tacos on July 14, 4 – 8 pm at the Salinas Sports complex; then on July 29, order Asian food samplers for take out, pick up at the Salinas Buddhist Temple 4 – 7 pm, and watch our online festival from 7 – 8 pm. Thanks to Basic Lee for the beautiful Festival logo design, Carissa Purnell for flyer design, and to the whole Virtual Festival Committee (Dominic Dursa, Jason Agpaoa, and Chrissy Lau) for their hard work on ACE’s first virtual festival!
Support ACE by purchasing a yummy tri-tip take-out dinner with meat from our local Star Market, cooked and served by members of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas! Besides its reputation for being delicious, the Tri-tip dinner serves 4 to 6 people, and comes with salad and rolls!
Supporting ACE helps us develop programs to preserve, promote, and enrich the history and multicultural identity of Salinas Chinatown—historically the home of the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities of Salinas. It gives us the tools to gather stories and photographs, interview Chinatown locals, and to implement our plans to improve Chinatown and create a cultural center and museum in the Republic Cafe.
Our chefs cooking up tri-tip on the grill at the Buddhist Temple.
Your $30 donation will you get a whole tri-tip, salad and rolls, enough to feed 4 to 6 people!
For Advance Ticket Sales, contact:Â
Larry Hirahara 408-968-4801, seedyguy@aol.com, or
Cathy Chavez Miller, meankitty132@gmail.com
Ace members bagging tri-tip meals for you to take out.
I visited the Salinas Obon Festival yesterday, organized by the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. The placed was packed with festival-goers, lines forming at the food vendor tents for scrumptious Japanese food (and in one case, Filipino lumpia!), and to view bonsai and ikebana demonstrations, and Asian crafts. The Salinas Kendo Club demonstration, Obon Odori dancing, and San Jose Taiko were exciting! It was a very successful event. I also met up with Binh Danh, the artist who is currently photographing the changes that Salinas Chinatown is undergoing. His process is unusual: he uses a daguerreotype camera, and processes his film right on the site. We look forward to seeing his work and exhibit when the project is finished. Some images from yesterday’s Obon Festival:
The familiar Temple Bell was decked out in colorful lanterns. Photo: Jean Vengua
The Buddhist Temple gym was packed! Photo by Henry Gong.
City Council member Gloria de la Rosa (L) and ACE Co-chair Cathy Chavez-Miller (R). Photo: Cathy Chavez-Miller.
Photographer & Daguerreotype artist, Binh Danh, chatting with ACE Board Member Henry Gong. Photo: Jean Vengua.
Kendo demonstration (Salinas Kendo Club)
ACE Board Members: Henry Gong, Co-chair Cathy Chavez-Miller, & Treasurer Larry Hirahara (also one of the organizers of the Obon Festival). Photo: Cathy Chavez-Miller.
San Jose Taiko performs, and the crowd gets into it, too. Photo: Henry Gong.
The Monument (above, left), and the plaque w/diagram and dedication (below). Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Photo: Jean Vengua.
Part of the busy Obon crew, behind the scenes. Photo: Cathy Chavez-Miller.
Rev. Orai Fujikawa, resident minister of Buddhist Temple of Salinas, has established a Nembutsu Meditation program for the people in Salinas. This practice has been gaining professional interest in many areas of medical application. Recent publication in the main stream Journal of American Medical Association underscores the seriousness of this interest, and helps to bring attention to meditation as a technique for dealing with the suffering and stress experienced in daily life. This program is open to anyone who has interest in meditation. Although it is held at the Buddhist Temple, anyone of any faith should feel welcome. The date is 9AM-10AM every Saturday, at 14 California St. Salinas, but please check their calendar to verify the date and time, or Tel 424 4105 for the latest information, as it may be cancelled on some Saturdays.
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