Past Events 2022
December 2022
Hosted by: ACE NextGen (Socal)
Description: ACE NextGen Socal Presents: an exclusive conversation with the leaders of the brands behind the most quintessential product of Asian identity - Boba Milk Tea! We will be diving deep into each brand's stories, journeys, struggles, challenges, and learning lessons that have brought them to the forefront of this highly competitive landscape.
We invite you to join the conversation over a fun evening in the ballroom which includes a Boba tasting, Hor d'oeuvres reception, panel discussion with founders of each boba company, and networking mixer. Together, we’ll spill the tea!
PANELIST:
7 Leaves, Ha Nguyen, Founder
Sunright Tea Studio, Michael Lin, Founder
Milk and T, Stacey Kwong, Founder
Loose Leaf Boba Company, Thomas Liu, Founder
Cha Bei Bei Teahouse, Tonie Huang, Founder
ACE NextGen Spill The Tea On The Boba Business
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: ‘Tis the season to be holly and jolly! TAP-OC cordially invites you to join an end of the year celebration for our five-year anniversary, while giving thanks to our wonderful team and volunteer leaders in the OC community!
Enjoy the winter festivities with an extravagant masquerade , a delicious evening feast, and connect with old and new friends as we celebrate TAP-OC's journey and more fun times ahead!
Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/tapoc22masq
Each ticket includes a three-course meal and one cocktail. Cash/Credit Card purchase available on further alcoholic beverages. Bring your mask, dress to impress, and get ready for a majestic night.
TAP-OC Masquerade 2022
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: It’s been a year since we held our first Taiwan trivia night! When it comes to our knowledge for Taiwan, our fun facts are sure to trip you up. Think you know about Taiwan’s culture, food, hot gossip, and more? Come show what you've got at Trivia Night Round 2!
Enjoy some bites ‘n brews, and prepare for round after round of fun and laughter! There will be prizes awarded to the top teams, and your lovable game show host will return!
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/B1m6UvH31EyPZy2A6
TAP-OC Taiwan Trivia Night Round 2
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: It's the holidays and the time to give! Help shelter animals believe in love and hope again by helping us make supplies for them. We also encourage you to dress up for this event in holiday clothing (such as Santa's elves, Santa, etc...). We want to make it as fun as possible!
At this DIY session, we will be making:
- No-sew fleece blankets
- Cat kennel curtains (for people with sewing machine experience)
- Crocheted cat toys
- Crocheted nests
for the Irvine Animal Care Center.
Tickets for the event are $10 per person. All proceeds will be used to purchase supplies for the DIY projects!!
TAP-OC DIY Toys for Shelter Animals
November 2022
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Come join us at a night of laughs at the Irvine Improv featuring Taiwanese stand-up comedian Jason Cheny! Check out his bio here: https://www.jasoncheny.com
"Born and raised in Taiwan, re-raised in America. With a cross-cultural perspective, and a goofy personality. Jason points out social absurdities within his family, upbringing, and the society he constantly tries to find his belonging in. Expressing his frustration and confusion on stage every night, in a way that feels the most truthful to him in that moment."
Doors open at 7PM. Show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at: https://tinyurl.com/2p92hh5e.
Once you buy tickets on Irvine Improv, please RSVP with TAP-OC so we can share additional information and group up https://forms.gle/EqgRA7G7mbf5tu9w6
TAP-OC Stand Up Comedy Night feat. Jason Cheny
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Join TAP-OC for indoor climbing! Top roping/bouldering options available. We will be at the gym from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. For first-time climbers, Sender One offers a 1-hour intro to climbing class on top roping!
To sign up for this class, please register here:
https://www.senderoneclimbing.com/.../intro-to-climbing/
Choose the November 13 (Sunday) 2pm class - spaces are limited to 6 people. If this option is full, you can still boulder and then take the 3pm class.
If this is your first time climbing at this facility, you will need to fill out the following waiver:
https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/60774ccfab025/web/
Remember to also RSVP with TAP-OC here:
Rock Climb with TAP-OC
October 2022
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Join the TAP OC Team on the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Irvine! We are looking forward to seeing everyone there to fundraise and raise awareness for the Alzheimer's Association. The more we can raise, the more we are contributing to the end of Alzheimer's! Use the link below to sign up for the TAP OC Team!
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/volunteering/14d69e95-3c46-4d9c-b264-bfdbcbe37aea?fbclid=IwAR0f-uNSwfgS8-WfYerIgLdLXDq_1f-lpJqVgd4-Ae03EkqDpCYG2_mpOJ4
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TAP-OC Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Come say hello to TAP-OC at the Irvine Global Village Festival! Get a little taste of Taiwanese culture by enjoying different activities and photo ops with your friends and family We will be tabling at booth #6.
Parking info:
Lot 2 costs $10 and is closest to the festival plaza.
Free parking is located in Lots 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Extra free parking located at Wild Rivers with free shuttle bus service to Lot 2 available throughout the day.
Official event website: https://www.cityofirvine.org/irvine-global-village-festival
TAP-OC at Irvine Global Village Festival
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Summer season may be over, but more festivities are ahead! 🎉 Come join TAP-OC for our Fall Taiwan Music Festival, in collaboration with the Culture Center of TECO-LA in Santa Ana, and enjoy an evening of classic Taiwanese music and Mandarin pop with friends and family! Special performance by Gossip, a band consisting of a group of Taiwanese students from the renowned Musicians Institute located in Hollywood 🎶
Light refreshments will be provided!
Free parking & free entry - please be sure to RSVP below!
tinyurl.com/falltaiwanmusicfestival
TAP-OC Fall Taiwan Music Festival
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: Looking for a new and fun activity to celebrate the Double Ten Holiday? Join TAP-OC for the weekend to learn how to make dumplings and indulge in your favorite Taiwanese-American cuisine!
The dumpling filling will be prepared prior to the event and you will learn how to fold the dumplings so that you can make your own at home Each attendee will get to make 20 dumplings, which you can eat right away or bring them home. Friends and family are welcomed! We will also be serving boba milk tea for dessert!
RSVP below by October 7th to enjoy the early bird pricing!
https://tinyurl.com/TAPOCDUMPLINGS
TAP-OC Boba x Dumpling Making Par-tea
16 Oct (Sun)
10:30am - 12:30pm
CCTECO in Santa Ana
2901 W MacArthur Blvd, #115, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Tickets
September 2022
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: It's mid-autumn season! 🍂 Mid-autumn festival is one of Taiwan's most celebrated holidays. It is a fun tradition among families and friends to have a BBQ celebration, while watching the brilliant full moon ✨ This year, TAP-OC invites you to celebrate with us as we picnic under the evening sky and enjoy a view of the fullest moon of the year 🌕
Food & beverages will be provided!
Tickets are $18 per person.
Limited spots are available - please register by Friday, September 2 to secure your spot! 🔥
https://tinyurl.com/TAPOCmoonfestival
Facebook event page
TAP-OC Moon Festival BBQ
Hosted by: TAP-OC
Description: It's California Coastal Cleanup Day!! 🐚 We are excited to invite you to join us at Huntington City Beach to help us keep our beaches clean. We can't wait to see you all there!! Meetup location will be posted before the meeting time.
Make sure to bring your own bucket or reusable bag, gloves, and filled reusable water bottle! Don't forget sun protection and weather-appropriate clothing. We will be lending out our trash pickers!
To make it even more accessible, you will receive free parking with the mention of this event!!
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TAP-OC California Coastal Cleanup
17 Sept (Sat)
9:00am - 12:00pm
Huntington Beach
21579 Pacific Coast Hwy, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
RSVP
Description: T社交傳媒的騙術層出不窮, 而且天天在加劇中, 如果您不願做被宰割的肥羊, 請來學學如何出圈自保!
頭灣警察局對警官 (Jordan Liu) 將為您說明:
-最新的行騙手法,
-了解是否受騙與個人的學歷及
POLICE
智商毫無關聯,
詐騙背後有個極大的商業鏈在支持 指導您如何提高防詐的靈敏嗅覺, 識破騙局,免於被宰割的危機!
OCCACC Seminar
Hosted by: OCCACC, Irvine Evergreen Chinese Senior Association
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description: TAP is BACK in West LA!
🥢Come out and chill with us at Iron Teapot Dim Sum & Bar in Culver City! Discover their elevated authentic dim sum or try out their quirky cocktails, boba, beer, wine, sake and martinis 🍶 Come solo or bring a crew, we hope you meet someone new!
🧑💻 RSVP is required at: https://tapla.org/event-4966876
Registration is $5 / Free for Members
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TAP-LA September West LA TAPpy Hour
August 2022
Hosted by: TUF, TAP-LA
Description:
This is a free event, but registration is required: https://forms.gle/oeJeYDe1v9tmE6Sm8
🔪😱 Ed Lin’s mystery-thriller, Death Doesn’t Forget, will skewer you right in the funny-bone as things heat up for Jing-nan, our protagonist, a popular food vendor at Taipei’s night market. Come join us for a reading by Lin himself, as you sip Taiwan Oolong tea! 🫖 Critics have reviewed Lin’s book as “funny, yet profound,” and Lin spills the tea that’s steeped in “Taiwanese tradition and culture.” 📔 You can get a copy, read the reviews, or a read synopsis here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../death-doesnt.../
📚 Purchase your copy of Death Doesn't Forget online and bring it with you for Lin to sign. TUF will be giving away a few copies of the book and Taiwan Oolong tea sets! ✍️🫖
☝️This is a free event, but registration is required: https://forms.gle/oeJeYDe1v9tmE6Sm8
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TUF x TAP-LA Book Signing ft. Ed Lin
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description:
Fresh, artistic, exquisite! Join TAP-LA for a step-by-step flower design workshop. You'll bring home a beautiful, Japanese crescent arrangement. Showcase it at home or gift it! Ms. Lo, a master of Ikebana - a traditional Japanese art- will be teaching us.
This hands-on experience includes flowers and floral containers.
Please bring your own pair of scissors to class.
Registration required by 8/8/22 at
https://tap-la.org/event-4915053
Fee: Member $30 ; Non-member: $35
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TAP-LA Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop
13 August (Sat)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Alhambra Chamber of Commerce (2nd Floor Board Room)
104 S 1st St, Alhambra, CA 91801
Tickets
Hosted by:
- 台灣青年美國職涯發展協會 Career Taiwan USA
- 洛杉磯台美商會青商部 TJCCLA
- 台美菁英協會洛杉磯分會 Taiwanese -American Professionals-LA
- 台美菁英協會橙縣分會 Taiwanese American Professionals-OC
- 政大校友會
- 台大校友會青年團
Description:
Career transition has been a hot topic this year! This career panel will showcase different career paths from several industry professionals. If you are curious about different career choices and how others shifted to different industries, this is the prime opportunity to network, ask questions, and prepare for changes.
“Change and Transition” is organized by six Taiwanese American organizations in Southern California. In addition to the career panel, there will be a professional panel of resources for Taiwanese American community such as insurance, immigration, tax planning, etc. Invite friends, register in advance, meet new people, and enjoy refreshments.
Program will be in English
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Resources for Taiwanese American Community – Change & Transition
20 August (Sat)
12:30pm - 5:00pm
Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
3001 Walnut Grove Ave, Rosemead, CA, 91770
Open to public
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description:
🎬 As the Taiwan’s Ghost Month is ending, join us at TAP-LA’s Movie Night! We are featuring an animated Taiwanese family “ghost story.” 👻 This film classic Grandma and Her Ghosts (1998) highlights Taiwanese family culture and tradition. The movie will have original audio Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles.
👦🏻👵🏼 A young boy discovers that his grandma is a supernatural expert who regularly contends with ghosts. This animation is family friendly with some thrills and chills too. It’s 7.5/10 IMDb rating, 96% Google rating. 🎞
🍔🍜 Blossom Market Hall has 13 food vendors to choose your dinner from. No outside food is allowed in the building.
https://yelp.to/TYLmEWKLzsb
📲RSVP required: https://tapla.org/event-4929713
Free for TAPLA and TUF members
$5 for non members
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TAP-LA Tappy Movie Nite: Grandma and her Ghosts
31 August (Wed)
6:30pm
Blossom Market Hall
264 S. Mission Dr., San Gabriel, CA, United States, 91776
Open to public
July 2022
Description: 「僑見未來」嘉年華園遊會由橙縣8大僑團及僑校籌辦，參展，各攤位除展示僑團、僑校服務內容外，還將搭配推廣與各僑團及僑校屬性相關的僑委會重點業務。同時，活動也會穿插專題演講、藝文表演及抽獎。
在嘉年華式歡樂氣氛中，除歡慶僑委會成立90周年，更讓參加僑民認識、體驗僑委會結合僑團推動的僑民服務，以及未來發展。
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OCAC Bridging Futures Festival
31 July (Sun)
10:30am - 3:00pm
South Coast Chinese Cultural Center
9 Truman St, Irvine, CA 92620
FREE to public
Hosted by: OCAC
Hosted by: TAP-LA, TAP--OC
Description: ⛱ Get ready for TAP-LA and TAP-OC Beachella 2022!🌞 We’re so excited to bring back Beachella this summer and Sea everybody again! 🐚 If you’re tired of staying at home, come out of your Shell and meet Otter members from OC and LA chapters. 🦦 If you miss out, you will definitely experience Foam-o. 🫧 Enjoy mingling, food, drinks, a beautiful sunset, and a bonfire 🔥 with s'More s'mores than your heart can ever desire! 🍫You'll definitely have a Ball! 🏐
🎟 Registration and Prices
📲 Must register and buy tickets in advance at
https://tap-la.org/event-4876519
WALK-INs WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! 🙅
$20 Early Bird Price (through July 10th)
$25 Regular Price (through July 23rd)
All Sails are final! ⛵️
🌊 So sWave some money and buy tickets asap!
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TAP LA x TAP OC Beachella 2022
June 2022
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description:
Have you ever wanted to explore the best that Taiwan has to offer? Whether you visit Taiwan for family, friends, or business, come learn how to make the most of your trip! You'll get the inside scoop on the most popular destinations on the island. 🧋🛵
☕️ 🍪 Enjoy the afternoon learning about the history and secrets of top attractions with refreshments! A Taiwanese history and tourist expert will give you essential advice on visiting Taiwan's hottest tourist spots. 🚅🌆 Get ready to take notes, enjoy stories, gain insights, ask questions, and make some new friends! 🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♂️
📲 Registration is required to attend
https://tapla.org/event-4831005
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Taiwan's Top Attractions & the Secrets Behind Them
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description:
TAPLA is getting a private showing of the international Bonhams Auction House Asian Fine Art Collection. Asian art specialist Rachel Du and Hannah Thompson, the head of Asian Art Dept., will lead us on a tour of Bonhams. We will be able to see their large collection of Fine Asian Works of Art that will be up for auction on June 21. The two experts will discuss appreciation, valuation, and collection of fine art with us. Do you have family heirlooms and are curious about their historical and monetary value? Now is an opportune time to find out! So are you ready to dive into the world of fine art and collecting? We are! Come with us to TAP INTO ART's latest event!
📲 RSVP required https://tapla.org/event-4858549?fs=e&s=cl
☕️ Drinks and food are nearby for hanging out afterwards.
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TAP-LA Learning to Appreciate Asian Fine Art: Private Viewing at Bonhams Auction House
Hosted by: TJCCLA, TAP-LA, Formosan
Description:
Whether you are from Taiwan or not~ If you love drinking BOBA! Don't miss this event where you can paint and drink BOBA! We specially selected a picture of a cute Taiwanese Formosan Black Bear drinking BOBA! A professional painting teacher will lead you to complete the painting together!
Must complete this form & submit your payment to complete the registration!
https://forms.gle/Cwt3sbWg6erXqDL8A
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TJCCLA x TAPLA x Formosan
Paint & BOBA Event
May 2022
Hosted by: ACE Nextgen, Act to Change, APEX, Ascend OC, NAAAP-OC/LA, TAP-LA/OC, TJCCLA, Formosan Dance Crew
Description: Hey everyone! Let’s come together to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with an introduction of APA nonprofit organizations in LA/OC at a TAPpy Hour!
Come mingle with ACE Nextgen, Act to Change, APEX, Ascend OC, NAAAP-OC/LA, TAP-LA/OC, TJCCLA, and Formosan Dance Crew members. Meet the leaders of these nonprofits and connect with other members in the community!
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AAPI Heritage Month - Inter Org DTLA TAPpy Hour
Jan 2022
Hosted by: TAP-LA
Description:
🥾Let's kick off the new year by getting a jump start on our health and fitness goals! Join us for our New Year's Hike at Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. We will be trekking the "Claremont Loop," a scenic 5 mile hike along the base of the San Gabriel Mountains . You'll be surrounded by a sea of green hills and be rewarded with dramatic views stretching to Downtown L.A., Catalina Island, and the Inland Empire basin. 🛤️🌤️🌳
RSVP required at https://tapla.org/event-4606503/Registration
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