#64: Boston Taiwan Music Festival (Sept 9)

Interview with Alice and Tsung-Hao about the first annual Boston Taiwan Music Festival 波音旺來, happening this weekend on Sept 9!

Free outdoor concert with Taiwanese vibes

Sep 9th, 2023 3:30 — 7:00PM

90 Lincoln St., Newton, MA

3:30 pm DJ Justin

DJ Justin, the Taiwanese American young artist, is going to bring his remix of nostalgic Mando Pop and groovy beat.

4:00 pm Boston You & Me

"Boston You & Me," a celebrated Taiwanese band that has been active in the Greater Boston area for years, will electrify the audience with their rendition of catchy Mandarin pop tunes.

4:50 pm Jenny Fan

The festival's lineup is further enriched by the talents of Jenny Fan, a young artist recognized for her distinctive electronic rhythm and blues style. With an exceptional array of original compositions and adaptations of American pop hits, Jenny Fan's performance promises to be a highlight of the event.

5:30 pm JC Alula

A crescendo of genres awaits as JC Alula, a versatile musician hailing from Taipei, Taiwan, and Berklee College of Music alumna, takes to the stage. From jazz to Mandarin pop, rock, soul, Latin, and R&B, JC Alula's dynamic range will offer the audience a musical journey like no other. Her belief that "Music is a language to connect souls" underscores her commitment to forging connections through her performance.

6:20 pm Jay Chou Tribute

The festival's grand finale promises to be a resounding crescendo as musicians from the Berklee College of Music come together to present "Fantasy Wave (范特西浪潮)," Jay Chou (周杰倫) has been a phenomenon in Asia for decades. Performing a masterful series of adaptations of Jay Chou's classics will provide the Boston Taiwanese community with an unforgettable dose of cherished Mandarin hits.

https://www.bostontaiwanmusicfestival.org/

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#63: 2023 Taiwan Film Festival of Boston

This year is the Fifth Annual Taiwan Film Festival of Boston!

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2023 Theme: Faces of Life

09/23

10:30 AM   Opening Remarks & Day Off《本日公休》

12:40 PM  Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director 傅天余 Tien-Yu Fu

01:40 PM   Coo-Coo 043《一家子兒咕咕叫》

Restricted ▍輔導級 未滿 12歲孩童不得觀賞

04:15 PM   Can You Hear Me?《講話沒有在聽》

05:30 PM  Reception (separate ticket)

09/24

10:00 AM   The Lucky Woman《逃跑的人》

11:30 AM   Q&A and Panel Discussion  w/ Director  曾文珍 Wen-Chen Tseng 

12:30 PM City of Lost Things《廢棄之城》

02:20 PM   Blue Gate Crossing《藍色大門》

03:45 PM   Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director  易智言 Chih-Yen Yee

04:45 PM Closing Ceremony

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Tickets and details:

https://taiwanfilmfest.org/

https://www.instagram.com/tffboston/

https://www.facebook.com/TFFBoston/

#62: 2023 波士頓台灣影展

今年是波士頓台灣影展 的第五週年！

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(00:47) 介紹波士頓台灣影展的原始故事

(2:28) 介紹今年的主題： 臉譜

(4:02) 電影： 藍色大門

(4:21) 電影： 廢棄之城

(4:37) 電影： 講話沒有在聽

(4:57) 電影： 一家子男咕咕叫

(5:13) 電影： 逃跑的人

(5:37) 電影： 本日公休

(6:22) 導演介紹： 傅天余 導演

(7:30) 導演介紹： 曾文珍 導演

(8:03) 導演介紹： 易智言 導演

(11:15) 第五週年招待晚夜

(12:28) 孫邊來波士頓玩能看到的景點

(13:21) 介紹座談會的組織人

(14:48) 策展團最期待的電影

(19:21) 支持影展的方法

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2023 Theme： Faces of Life 臉譜

09/23

10:30 AM   Opening Remarks & Day Off《本日公休》

12:40 PM  Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director 傅天余 Tien-Yu Fu

01:40 PM   Coo-Coo 043《一家子兒咕咕叫》

Restricted ▍輔導級 未滿 12歲孩童不得觀賞

04:15 PM   Can You Hear Me?《講話沒有在聽》

05:30 PM  Reception (separate ticket)

09/24

10:00 AM   The Lucky Woman《逃跑的人》

11:30 AM   Q&A and Panel Discussion  w/ Director  曾文珍 Wen-Chen Tseng 

12:30 PM City of Lost Things《廢棄之城》

02:20 PM   Blue Gate Crossing《藍色大門》

03:45 PM   Q&A and Panel Discussion w/ Director  易智言 Chih-Yen Yee

04:45 PM Closing Ceremony

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購票 Tickets and details:

https://taiwanfilmfest.org/

https://www.instagram.com/tffboston/

https://www.facebook.com/TFFBoston/

#61 - Restauranteur João Winck on starting Bao's Taiwanese Burger in Porto, Portugal

在走聖地牙哥朝聖之路中，到了葡萄牙的波爾圖城市，吃到台灣刈包！

Video of interview on YouTube (includes English and Traditional Chinese subtitles) https://youtu.be/gicKUodFbes

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[Episode is in English]

I’m thrilled Leona (from TaiwaneseAmerian.org) connected me with Shin Yu Pai for this Community Interview Features. We discussed Shin Yu's work as an artist, writer, and podcast host. And as two podcasters, Shin Yu and I naturally gravitated to talking live after the initial Q&A, which spawned this soul-enriching conversation that folks who are consciously on a healing journey may appreciate! Check out her work and her podcast (links below). Enjoy this episode!

Read our conversation at:

https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2023/05/cynthia-lin-tw-diaspora-shin-yu-pai/

Shin Yu Pai (白 欣玉) is a Taiwanese American poet, essayist, editor, photographer, podcast host, and visual artist. She is currently Seattle’s poet laureate (Civic Poet) and host of NPR/KUOW’s “Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life.” You can follow and support her work at https://shinyupai.com.

Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) is excited to have kicked off 2023 with a sold-out spring event co-organized with ArtsEmerson, Emerson College’s professional presenting and producing organization, at the Emerson Paramount Theater in downtown Boston. We were honored to collaborate with Susan Chinsen, the creative producer and founder of the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), which is a professional and international team, to jointly promote “A Letter to A’ma,” a documentary of young people in Taiwan searching for their roots and learning about Taiwan’s history from the perspective of their older family members who are ordinary citizens.

2023 年波士頓台灣影展 (TFFB)的春季活動是與隸屬於 Emerson College 的專業製作團隊 ArtsEmerson 共同合辦 ，地點位於波頓市中心的 Emerson Paramount Theater。Susan Chinsen 是創意製作人，也是波士頓亞美電影節的創辦人。我們很榮幸能夠與非常專業且國際級 的團隊合作，並且結合波士頓亞美電影節 (BAAFF, Boston Asian American Film Festival) 共同推 廣這部帶領台灣人尋根、從庶民視角認識台灣歷史的紀錄片【給阿媽的一封信】

A Letter to A’ma toured in more than 18 cities in North America, including Washington DC, Atlanta, North Carolina, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Northern California, San Diego, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, and Boston. We were one of the stops in this relay race. Hosting this film screen challenged us to work as high performing team. All 170 tickets were sold out while more people continue to request tickets. Some even asked for standing spots.

活動當週，170 張電影票全部售罄，且仍有許多觀眾不斷聯絡我們希望可以再拿到更多的 票或者站著觀賞陳慧靈導演的作品。【給阿媽的一封信】是一場北美巡迴的活動，北美超過 18 個城市參與，其中包含華盛頓 DC、亞特蘭大、 北卡、 休士頓、 洛杉磯、 西雅圖,、北加州、 聖 地牙哥、密西根、 俄亥俄州、明尼蘇達州、威斯康星州、匹茲堡、 芝加哥、新澤西、紐約...等。 波士頓是這個接力賽中的其中一站，主辦這個活動是挑戰團隊合作與協調事務的能力。

After the event, Director Chen praised the Taiwan Film Festival of Boston team, saying: "I have never seen any team works so well. The members are young yet mature, and more importantly, every volunteer has an incomparable sense of mission and honor.” Over the years, she had only seen two teams perform at this level. One is TFFB and the other is the Golden Horse Film Festival. She was incredibly touched and encouraged by her trip to Boston.”

陳導演頻 頻讚美波士頓台灣影展說: 「從來沒有見過任何團隊做事這麼有方法，成員這麼年輕且成熟，更重 要的是每一位志工都有無比的使命感與榮譽感。多年以來，她只見過兩個團隊成員有如此的榮譽 感，一個是 TFFB, 另一個是金馬影展。她感覺波士頓之行帶給她無以言喻的感動與激勵。」

After presenting the film, the event featured a post-screening discussion hosted by Julie Wu, a second-generation American-Taiwanese with a literature degree from Harvard University and a medical degree from Columbia University, and the author of "Third Son.” During the discussion, the director spoke about the issue of identity as a Taiwanese. At the end of the discussion, the director recited a poem from the French poet Hugo in French. She expressed that identity is not a single-choice question but a multiple-choice question. Identity is not necessarily the place of birth or where you have lived the longest. Identity is not a noun but a verb; Taiwanese can be a collective achievement formed through the actions of each individual, and it is about what each of us decides to do. After the talk, many Taiwanese and non-Taiwanese audiences shared their thoughts with the director: Taiwan's story made them see the similar situation and common problems faced by their own country.

活動除了播放紀錄片還有映後座談，與談人 Julie Wu 是美台人二代，《三郎》是她的第 一本著作。她在哈佛大學獲得文學學位後，轉於哥倫比亞大學攻讀醫學，行醫幾年後專心在她的 寫作事業與育兒生活。映後座談，導演及與談人帶領大家討論身為台灣人「身分認同」的議題。 會後有許多非台灣的觀眾來找導演分享，他們說台灣的故事讓他們看見自己國家類似的處境以及 所共同面臨的問題。座談最後，導演用法文朗誦法國詩人雨果的詩，表達身份認同不是一個單選 題可以是複選題，身分認同不一定是出身地或身處最久的地方，身分認同不是一個名詞是一個動 詞;台灣人可以是透過每個個體的做為所形成的集體成就，是關乎我們每個人決定怎麼做。

Speakers (in order of appearance):

Emcee: Sherry Lin, TFFB

Moderator: Dr. Julie Wu

Director: CHEN Hui-Ling

Closing Remarks: Susan Chinsen (Creative Producer at ArtsEmerson & Director of the Boston Asian American Film Festival)

In partnership with:

https://taiwanfilmfest.org/

https://baaff.org/

https://artsemerson.org/

#58: Director CHEN Hui-Ling | 給自己足夠的時間

The Taiwan Film Festival of Boston (TFFB) was honored to host the Boston stop (15th stop of 20) of Director CHEN Hui-Ling's US Tour screening her documentary 《給阿媽的一封信》 "A Letter to A'Ma." The film screening was held on April 15 and cohosted by TFFB in partnership with Arts Emerson and the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) -- please check out their programming! The recording of the post-screening Director's Forum (bilingual in Mandarin and English) will be posted next month.

Several people from different cities reached out after they saw the film asking if I would interview the Director... and I'm happy to be able to say YES! This interview was conducted in Mandarin Chinese by TFFB's 2023 co-presidents Tina and Cynthia prior to the screening (and we ran late to the show!).

導演 陳慧齡 Director Chen had lots of encouraging advice to career changers, especially those wanting to switch to the arts and storytelling.

Biggest takeaway for me： 給自己足夠的時間從一個階段過渡到另一個階段

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#57 with Iris: 我正在創造一份很棒的新工作 ! ｜ I'm in the process of building something great!

這集是用國語聊。This episode is in Chinese.

Iris said hi after a talk I gave (in Chinese!) back in October about my journey with podcasting. We finally met up earlier this month. After a two-hour long lunch, Iris and I recorded this conversation about her personal growth journey over the past few years, and the remarkable changes she's seen in herself before and after arriving to Boston (pre-pandemic). We had so much fun, as you'll be able to tell with all the laughs.
Her mantra of telling herself: "我正在創造一份很棒的新工作 !" (I'm in the process of building something great!). I'm adopting it for my morning routine.

Enjoy!

Topics:

從認識自己 ｜ getting to know oneself again

從新建裡自我價值觀 ｜ re-establishing personal values

從建立自己跟自己的信念 ｜rebuilding oneself and one's belief system

我想要當什麼樣的人？我的動機是什麼？我為什麼要對這件事情抓的真麼緊？｜ Who do I want to be? What is my motivation? What's behind the motivation that's causing me to hang on so tightly?

當平靜喜悅的人 ｜to become a calm and joyful person

對待自己的方式讓自己進步｜ how you treat yourself to improve and grow (shame / self-criticism vs encouragement / self-confidence / self-compassion)

用好的精神做每天要做的五件事情｜know when you have your best energy so you can apply it to the five things you set out to do each day

用冥想來消化情緒｜ daily meditation practice to process emotions

用於加來認識身體 ｜ daily yoga to connect with one's body, to see how its feeling and what it's telling you

從讀書裡面找到答案 ｜ read daily -- can learn so much from what other people have gone through

寫感恩日記 ｜ write daily gratitude journal

付出分享 ｜ output

Follow Iris on FB at 日常。瑜珈

Recommended Books:

1) 原子習慣 ｜ Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

2) 子彈思考整理術 ｜ The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll

3) 創造生命的奇蹟 ｜ You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

4) ｜ Trust Life: Love Yourself Every Day with Wisdom by Louise Hay

5) 自我疼惜的五十一個練習 ｜ The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive Letting Go by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff

6) 一個人的獲利模式：用這張圖，探索你未來要走的路 ｜ Business Model You: The One-Page Way to Reinvent Your Work at Any Life Stage by Bruce Hazen, Timothy Clark, Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith

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Recommended Meditation App:

Insight Timer - featuring Kristen Neff | Kristen's Self-Compassion Meditation

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#56: 中華民國 112 年升旗典禮   2023 Taiwan R.O.C. Flag Raising Ceremony in Rockville, Maryland

Happy New Year!

Field recording from today's Flag Raising Ceremony on 1/1/23. （sorry about the wind)

(3:15) Taiwan R.O.C. Anthem 唱國歌  

(6:25) Remarks by 華府台灣同鄉聯誼會

(8:46) Remarks by 華府榮光聯誼會 

(12:00) Remarks by 黃埔同學會

(15:34) Remarks by Ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao 蕭 大使 美琴 （pictured）

(20:55) sing Ode to the Republic of China  唱中華名國頌（愛國歌）

(24:08) sing 唱梅花

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歡迎大家來參加今年十月一日跟二日的波士頓台灣影展 (Taiwan Film Festival of Boston, TFFB)!

今天很高興歡迎到兩位 TFFB 的共同會長 Annie 跟 Yu-Jou!

<< 買票 link to buy tickets >>

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(00:10) 介紹波士頓台灣影展 

(3:25) 今年的主題：「裂縫與光」Crack & Light

(4:25) 長片一: Grandma and Her Ghosts 魔法阿嬤

(7:55) 長片二: Eagle Hand 老鷹之手

(9:15) 長片三: Me and My Condemned Son 我的兒子是死刑犯

(11:00) 長片四: Enigma: The Chinese Crested Tern 尋找神話之鳥

(12:30) 長片五: Let the Wind Carry Me 乘著光影旅行

(13:45) 長片六: Listen Before You Sing 聽見歌 再唱

(15:30) 短片一 : The Passage  通道

(17:55) 短片二: Faces of a Taiwanese Opera Actress  苦伶的臉譜

(19:10) 分享學到的經歷

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TFFB is a nonprofit organization run fully by volunteers. Reach out to the team if you're interested in joining the team next year.

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