Tag: AAPI
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World premiere of “Meet Me for Noche Buena”
World Premiere of “Meet Me for Noche Buena” (Music by Saunder Choi / Lyrics by Aileen Cassinetto) Pacific Chorale’s Carols by Candlelight Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.2046 Mar Vista Dr, Newport Beach, CA From Broadway World: “The Grammy-winning Pacific Chorale, one of the nation’s leading choirs, launches…
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Farewell note

Dear community partners and friends, As my laureateship ends today, I wish to thank everyone for the incredible support over the last three and a half years. With your help, I was able to accomplish what I initially set out to do which was to make poetry more accessible and amplify its role in the…
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AAPI at Filoli
May 2022Display of winning haiku poems and celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Filoli
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San Mateo County Equity Through Arts
March 31, 2022, 6pm Equity through Art Webinar: Filipinx Kwentuhan When: March 31st 6pm – 7pm Filipinx Kwentuhan Description: Every culture has a storytelling tradition. In the Filipinx diaspora, kwentuhan (storytelling) is a way of remembering and honoring ancestors, preserving histories, and reconnecting with kapwa. It has also provided a path to resisting invisibility. From…
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Daly City Arts & Culture
March 8, 2022, 7pmDaly City Arts & Culture CommissionInternational Women’s Day with Aileen Cassinetto
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Filipino Americans
“TAYO: Filipino Americans of San Mateo County,” Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco (October 15, 2021) “Fil-Ams Among The Remarkable And Famous,” Positively Filipino (September 30, 2020)
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Breaking the Cycle Against Hate
“Breaking the Cycle Against Hate,” Midpen Media (May 2021) May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — a month-long period for celebrating the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. This year, we recognize the heightened significance of this celebration.…
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Poet Laureate Opening of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting
From Supervisor Warren Slocum: Today’s poetry reading by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto at our Board meeting was so on point. It was on this day in 1776 that General George Washington read the Declaration of Independence to his troops in New York City. And that message and this poem, entitled “There are…