Join Us May 1: AAPI Community Festival
Highlights from the 2022 AAPI Community Festival
Join Friends of Lincoln Square Park and Cut Fruit Collaborative to host the first-ever AAPI Community festival at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland Chinatown. Join us as we celebrate intergenerational AAPI storytelling, art, crafts, performances and more in Oakland Chinatown at Lincoln Square Park.
You will also have an opportunity to see the latest designs for our new recreation center and hear about the latest project updates. All ages are welcome!
Meet and Greet: Domee Shi and Rona Liu of Pixar's Turning Red
12 - 1 PM Meet the creators of Pixar's Turning Red director Domee Shi and production designer Rona Liu. Join us at the Friends of Lincoln Square Park booth. Enter to receive a free print and win prizes including signed copies of The Art of Turning Red.
Lincoln Square Park Stories Exhibit by Chinatown Pretty x the Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project
This exhibit showcases Oakland Chinatown elders sharing memories of Lincoln Square Park in Chinatown Pretty's signature sartorial portraits and storytelling.
Chinatown Pretty Book Signing
11 AM - 12 PM The authors of Chinatown Pretty will sign books sold by East Wind Books.
Chinatown Pretty Portrait Day
11 AM - 4 PM Bring your elders and family to get your very own portraits taken by the Chinatown Pretty team in time for Mother's Day! Be sure to wear your Chinatown Pretty best!
AAPI Makers
Radical Family Farms, East Wind Books, Oakland Fortune Cookie Factory, Lunaria Flower Farm, Two Roots Shop, Handmade by Pmaccay, Shawna Chan, RealSoul (formerly This Asian American Life), Teaphile, Baba's House, Annie's T Cakes, Thom Candles, Club Chazu, and many more!