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DESCRIPTION:"Back in San Jose, Lola and I started drawing and painting together. I’d 
 read somewhere that art was a form of therapy with seniors, so we gave it a 
 try. Lola made watercolor paintings, and when they dried I drew her 
 memories on top of them. We called ourselves The Lola x Kenneth 
 Collaboration. When Lola passed in 2016, she left me with the rest of her 
 paintings, and in doing so, she left me with a purpose. I would finish 
 everything she started. I promised."\n\nWhen Kenneth Tan started this oral 
 history project for his Asian American Studies class at UC Berkeley, he had 
 no idea he would ultimately create a memoir and art book with his 
 grandmother, Crescenciana Tan. In Crescenciana, Kenneth weaves together 
 their artwork, conversations, and memoirs to tell his grandmother’s life 
 story. With heart and humor, he recounts Crescenciana’s childhood antics 
 in the Philippines, her fall on black ice outside of a church in Canada, 
 and her show-stopping civics test performance that earned her citizenship 
 in the United States. At the same time, he revisits her memories as a 
 survivor of World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, 
 and he reflects on his own continuing grief since her passing. Crescenciana 
 is an art book and memoir about carrying and commemorating your family’s 
 stories. It’s a book about moving forward without leaving your loved ones 
 behind.\n\nJoin us for this event celebrating intergenerational connection 
 and ancestral narratives with author Kenneth Tan, an author Q&A moderated 
 by East Wind Books’ Harvey Dong, and a musical performance from fellow 
 author Conrad J. Benedicto and his Kulintang band, Kulintang Dialect. This 
 event is brought to you in partnership with Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 
 Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and 
 Asian Pacific American Student Development Office at UC Berkeley.\n\nAuthor 
 Bios:\nKenneth Tan is a second-generation Filipino American living in his 
 hometown of San Jose. He has shared stories about his grandmother, 
 Crescenciana Tan, on NPR and StoryCorps, and he is a recipient of the Leigh 
 Weimers Emerging Artists Award. Kenneth enjoys boba, board games, and 
 three-item lists. Crescenciana is his first book.\n\nConrad J. Benedicto a 
 teacher, author, and kulintang musician who was born in the Philippines and 
 immigrated to the United States at age thirteen. He studied with kulintang 
 master artist Danongan Kalanduyan from 1997 until his passing in 2016, 
 including as his apprentice through the Alliance for California Traditional 
 Arts’ apprenticeship program in 2007 and again in 2013. In 2018, Conrad 
 received an individual artist grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission 
 to compose original kulintang music for his project, “Kulintang 
 Dialect.” He teaches social studies, environmental education, and 
 kulintang music at Balboa High School in San Francisco. Musalaya’s Gift, 
 Conrad’s first novel, was published by KulArts in 2021. Kulintang Dialect 
 is a traditional five instrument kulintang band that performs the 
 traditional kulintang music passed down by the late Master Danongan 
 Kalanduyan with fidelity, while also exploring with joy and courage how 
 this music can express itself through new ways that are nourished by our 
 own specific context on this American soil.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/11/22/18853089.php
SUMMARY:Crescenciana Book Talk: Connecting with our Ancestors’ Narratives
LOCATION:388 9th St STE 290, Oakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/11/22/18853089.php
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