Events and Announcements

What's being cultivated in Taiwan in the next couple of weeks? Lots going on....

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First, my friend Michael the Bushman and his Blue Sky band will be playing the Bitan Music Fest this Sunday between 15:00 and 17:00.

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Bill Allen alerted me to his new site, Streetbacon.com, which offers jobs, secondhand goods, yellow pages, and other good stuff about Taiwan.

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Friday there is a seminar on the internet, Chinese/Taiwanese identity in the diaspora, and Web 2.0, conducted by Jens Damm
Friday 20 March 2009, 2:30pm
Venue: Room B-202,
Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences,
Academia Sinica, Taipei
The seminar will be held in English. The session be chaired by Frank Muyard, director of CEFC Taipei Office and Luca Gabbiani, director of EFEO’s Taipei Office. It is open to scholars and students.

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Sanba Party is hosting another event:

March 28, 2009
Kaohsiung's first Live Music Ladies' Night - March of the Ladies
Ladies free before 11pm

March of the Ladies
Date: Saturday, March 28th
Place: ATT
83 B1 Jianguo 3rd Rd, San Min District, Kaohsiung City (07) 286-5380

Att is right across from the Kaohsiung Train Station (click her for a
map and directions to ATT)

Time: 9pm till whenever

SanBa is bringing Matzka & Dehot down from Taipei. They are fresh off
their win of a Taiwan Music Award!

The Full Lineup:

* Matzka & Dehot
* The Blue Truckers
* Magpie
* T-Bone & Yasu
*DJ Two Hands
For sound clips and videos go to www.sanbaparty.com

Directions to ATT:

ATT is just a three minute walk from the Kaohsiung Main Train
Station's front exit.

* Walk out the front doors of the station and turn right onto Jianguo Rd
* When you see a Family Mart and a 50 Tea Shop turn left onto the
side street and ATT
is below the 50 Tea shop
* Enter on the side of the building

For the complete event listing and a map to ATT check out: www.sanbaparty.com

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It's early, but in May the Jamestown foundation is hosting a forum:

China in Africa
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
13th Floor
Washington, DC

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Taiwan American Flag Football Association in Taipei is looking for players. The season started on the 7th but apparently they need people. They play on Saturdays in Taipei. To register, send name, contact info, height, weight, and favorite position to taffaregistration@yahoo.com. If you search "TAFFA-Taiwan American Flag Football Association" on Facebook there is a Facebook group.

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And don't forget the Dems Abroad Fundraiser, March 17, 7-10 pm at the Brass Monkey in Taipei! Bring $44 for President #44, Obama!

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