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View from Afar: Angel Island Insight
Entering the San Francisco Art Institute’s deserted longtime home, a fortresslike, two-building campus perched atop Russian Hill with unobstructed views of Alcatraz Island and Coit Tower, is like wandering into…
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“It’s in the Blood” by Nellie Wong
Nellie Wong’s poem “It’s In the Blood” is a personal narrative about her family’s journey from China to Oakland’s Chinatown via Angel Island. Nellie read the poem for participants in…
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A Memento for Angel Island Oratorio
Angel Island Oratorio Plaque: Woodwork by Young Wong Young Wong enjoys working with wood, now that he has retired after 46 years of practicing architecture. He currently advises North East…
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Insights on Church Street
Photographer Christine Huhn and salon owner Rebecca Hihn work together to install a mini-exhibit of five photographs, sharing the natural beauty of Angel Island, at Poppy & Finch hair salon on Church Street.
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Language Archive
We are inviting people to contribute their readings to a growing language archive of the poems included in Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND 天使島 Oratorio for Voices and String Quartet. Listen…
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Angel Island Insight #8: Megan & Chris Wong
MEGAN and CHRIS WONG’s grandfathers were held in the Angel Island Immigration Station barracks. In 1929, Edmund Fong (Gung Gung) arrived in the belly of his mother Wun Shee Fong,…
