Filipino American National Historical Society Delano Chapter

DELORES - Icon becomes an opera
2025-08-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-02 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | West Edge Opera, 1700 Shattuck Avenue #312, Berkeley, CA, 94709, United States
Music by Nicolás Lell Benavides
Libretto by Marella Martin Koch

**Languages:** English and Spanish (with English and Spanish subtitles)

Performance Dates:
– August 2, 2 PM
– August 10, 2 PM
– August 16, 8 PM
**Show Run Time:** 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission.
**Ticket Prices (including fees):** $22.00 – $172.00
About Dolores Huerta:
Dolores Huerta is an iconic labor leader and activist known for her role in the civil rights movement during the 1960s Delano Grape Strike. Alongside Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong, Huerta tirelessly fought for workers’ rights, bringing their cause to the White House. Her resilience in the face of adversity and her significant impact on social justice in America have changed history. Huerta’s legacy reminds us that the fight for justice is ongoing and that one person’s courage can ignite a movement. Delano Grape Strike. With Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong, Huerta’s tireless fight for workers’ rights led to the White House. Her resilience in the face of adversity and her profound impact on social justice in America changed history, reminding us that the fight for justice is ongoing and that one person’s courage can ignite a movement.

FANHS-Delano Monthly Zoom Meeting
2025-07-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Via Zoom, CA, United States

Pioneer Dinner & Fundraiser
2025-06-28 16:00 - 23:30 | Agbayani Village/Forty Acres, 10701 Mettler Ave., Delano, CA, 93215, United States
1. Mrs. Benilda Pader, 2. Mrs. Lucena Barney, 3. Mrs. Atanasia Escalona, 4. Mrs. Patricia Luisin, 5. Mrs. Feling Mostajo, 6. Mrs. Lily Dulay, 7. Mrs. Felisa Goze, 8 Mrs. Jovita Jose, 9. ? , 10. Mrs. Lorenza Bonita, 11. Mrs. Filomena Fernandez, 12. Mrs. Teling Cabanas, 13. ? 14. ? 15. Mrs. Lucina Bernido, 16. ? 17. ? 18. ? 19. Mrs. Ruperta Tomate, 20. Theresa Tomate, 21. ? 22. ? 23. Mrs. Emeteria Baltazar, 24. ? 25. Melodi Eastman (Elsa Oria’s Daughter), 26. Elsa Oria “Singing Sweetheart of the Philippines”, 27. Diana Fernandez, 28. Mrs. Rosalia Dahilig, 29. Morie Dahilig, 30. Mrs. Andresa Dulay, 31. Tessy Dulay, 32. Melvin Agbayani, 34. ? 35. ? 36. ? 37.? 38. Rosie Dahilig Munoz, 39. ? 40. ? 41. Raymond Barney, 42. Ted Fernandez, 43. John Barney, 44. ? 45. Joe Dahilig, 46. ? 47. ? 48. ? 49. ?
The FANHS-Delano Pioneer Family Dinner and Fundraiser is open to all Filipino American families and their descendants who immigrated to the Delano area before 1965. Join us in rekindling old alliances from Richgrove, Earlimart, & Delano’s Westside – Dover Street, Fremont School. Gathering together to honor our immigrant parents and raise funds helps FANHS keep our culture and history alive within our community and for younger generations. If you’re from the “old neighborhood” reserve your seat now and be prepared to share your stories. For more details, contact Elina Barney Simon at (661) 606-9554, or email NewsEvents@fanhsdelano.org.

Seating is limited and by invitation. Invitations with details and payment instructions will be mailed between February and April. To request an invitation, contact Elina Barney Simon as listed above.

Price is $50.00 per person. Children under the age of six are free.
Tables with seating for up to eight persons can be purchased in advance & paid in full for the discounted rate of $350.00 per table.

More details will be published here as they become available, so check back often.

Kern County Oceania Culture & Arts Festival
2025-05-03 12:00 - 18:00 | California State University Bakersfield, 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA, 93311, United States

Larry the Musical Album Release Event
2025-04-05 14:00 - 17:00 | Children’s Creativity Museum, 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
EVENT DETAILS

Saturday, April 5, 2025
Children’s Creativity Museum, Creativity Theater
221 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
2:00 PM – Program starts
3:00 PM – Q & A
3:c0 PM – Signing and vinyl album sales
RSVP details to follow

AFTER-PARTY

Victory Hall & Parlor
360 Ritch Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
No-host bar
Album sales and signing continue

Presales for the digital download of the concept album for Larry the Musical: An American Journey begin Friday, March 7 on Bandcamp!
Upon purchasing the digital album, buyers will receive one free song to download immediately. Presale purchasers will receive the full album on its official release date, April 5, 2025.
Pre-orders for the vinyl album will launch on March 17, marking one year since the start of the musical’s theatrical premiere in 2024.
Both the digital and vinyl albums will be officially released on April 5, 2025, coinciding with the album release event at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco at 2:00 PM.
Thank you for your support and belief in the vision of Larry the Musical. Together, we are turning this groundbreaking musical into an opportunity for community movement, healing, and celebration.

Larry the Musical Vinyl Pre-Orders Begin
2025-03-17 | CA
Presales for the digital download of the concept album for Larry the Musical: An American Journey begin Friday, March 7 on Bandcamp!
Upon purchasing the digital album, buyers will receive one free song to download immediately. Presale purchasers will receive the full album on its official release date, April 5, 2025.
Pre-orders for the vinyl album will launch on March 17, marking one year since the start of the musical’s theatrical premiere in 2024.
Both the digital and vinyl albums will be officially released on April 5, 2025, coinciding with the album release event at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco at 2:00 PM.
Thank you for your support and belief in the vision of Larry the Musical. Together, we are turning this groundbreaking musical into an opportunity for community movement, healing, and celebration.

Queens Museum New York To Feature Delano in "Makibaka" Exhibition
2025-03-16 - 2025-10-05 | Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, 11368, United States
The Queens Museum Makibaka Exhibition opened on Sunday, March 16, 2025, with a 2:15 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. FANHS National and the Metro NY Chapter were in attendance. For those unable to attend the opening, video and photo documentation is being arranged with the links provided once they are available. The exhibition will run from March 16 until October 5. Museum hours are Wed-Fri from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Sat-Sun from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Artist duo Abang-guard (Maureen Catbagan + Jevijoe Vitug) contends with visibility through the lens of immigration and labor in their multidisciplinary practice. For their first museum solo exhibition, Abang-guard reconfigures the iconic architecture of the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair’s Philippines and New York State Pavilions as a scaffold to structure their investigation into the layered significance of the year 1965 in Filipino American labor history. Abang-guard takes stock of how these narratives have been lived, remembered, erased, and fought for. Makibaka, roughly translated from Tagalog as “coming together for change,” is a rallying cry used by Filipino movements and communities in fighting against exploitative systems. The spirit of makibaka is woven into Abang-guard’s paintings, sculptures, performances, and videos that pay homage to significant Filipino American sites.
Abang-guard: Makibaka is organized by Sarah Cho, Assistant Curator.

Larry the Musical Digital Pre-Sale Begins
2025-03-07 | CA

Last Day to Visit Hope & Dignity: The Farmworker Movement Exhibition
2025-01-26 10:00 - 15:00 | CA
Today is the last day to visit a special exhibition Hope and Dignity: The Farmworker Movement at the Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice, 115 Paseo de La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The exhibition features over 400 images of the digital Farmworker Movement Collection by photographers Emmon Clarke and John Kouns, cartoons by Andy Zermeno, plus photos of El Teatro Campesino’s early performances.
Dr. Kent Kirkton, Martha Valier, and Joseph Silva are the curators. An exhibition catalog can be downloaded from the museum’s webpage. The catalog includes QR codes for the museum website on the Farmworker Movement and for the more than 6,000 photographs digitized with bilingual metadata at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) Library’s digital collection site.

Hope & Dignity: The Farmworker Movement Exhibition Ending Soon
2025-01-25 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-24 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-19 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-18 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-12 10:00 - 15:00 and 3 more dates | Museum of Social Justice, 115 Paseo de La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
There is still time for you to visit a special exhibition Hope and Dignity: The Farmworker Movement at the Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice, 115 Paseo de La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The exhibition runs through January 26, 2025, and features over 400 images of the digital Farmworker Movement Collection by photographers Emmon Clarke and John Kouns, cartoons by Andy Zermeno, plus photos of El Teatro Campesino’s early performances.
Dr. Kent Kirkton, Martha Valier, and Joseph Silva are the curators. An exhibition catalog can be downloaded from the museum’s webpage. The catalog includes QR codes for the museum website on the Farmworker Movement and for the more than 6,000 photographs digitized with bilingual metadata at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) Library’s digital collection site.

Kings County's Asian Experiences - Part 2
2024-12-01 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-30 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-29 13:00 - 17:00 | Carnegie Museum of Kings County, 109 E Eighth Street, Hanford, CA, 93230
Celebrating the contributions of the Filipino, Hmong, Chinese, and Japanese members of our community.
Open Fri, Sat, & Sun
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Admission:
$5 for adults
$2 Children under 12
$10 Family maximum
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