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PANEL DISCUSSION ON
GROWING UP IN HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN
Saturday, October 18, 2008
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Remy's Art Gallery
2126 West Temple Street near Alvarado
Los Angeles (Street parking only)
Free and Open to the public.
Due to limited space, RSVP is requested.
(310) 514-9139 or email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Remy's Gallery is the same venue of the traveling photo
exhibit, Singgalot: The Ties That Bind which is ongoing.
This Smithsonian-sponsored exhibit on Filipinos in
America ends on Sunday, October 26 and people who will
attend the panel discussions will also have a chance to
view the Exhibit.
Gerald Gubatan, an urban planner by training heads the
panel of four who will discuss their experiences growing
up at different periods of time in Temple Street area,
before it was declared Historic Filipinotown. Born and
raised in the Temple-Beverly area in the 1960s-1970s,
Gubatan attended Belmont High School in the 1970s and
later on went to UCLA. Currently a Senior Planner with
L.A.'s Community Redevelopment Agency, Gerald has
served as Chief Planner and Legislative Deputy for
various elected officials in Los Angeles City Hall and
Sacramento. He is founding Board President of
Fil-Am Arts; former Board President of SIPA, Inc.; and
a charter member of the Pilipino American Los Angeles
Democrats (PALAD).
Other members of the Panel include authors Noel Alumit,
Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier and Carina Monica Montoya also
known as Carina Forsythe who will autograph their books
during the event. The panelists will share their memories
of life in the area, their challenges growing up in an
enclave and their own visions of the future of Historic
Filipinotown. Also invited as resource persons are
stakeholders of Historic Filipinotown: Susan Dilkes
(FASGI), Joselyn Geaga Rosenthal (Remy's Art Gallery),
Joel Jacinto (SIPA) and Rose Ibañez (Filipino American
Library) and their representatives.
Noel Alumit is a Los Angeles Times Bestselling author.
His recent work, a gay-themed novel, "Talking to the
Moon" is set in Historic Filipinotown. His family
moved into the area in the 1970's and never left.
His first novel, "Letters to Montgomery Clift" won
the Stonewall Book Award and Violet Quill Award.
Alumit studied playwriting at the David Henry Hwang
Writers Institute at East West Players. His one-man
show, The Rice Room: Scenes from a Bar was voted
one of the best solo shows of the year by the San
Francisco Gay Guardian and played to sold-out houses
across the country. He's proud to be on this panel
exploring life in his childhood neighborhood.
Carlene Sobrino Bonnivier's family had lived in Temple
Street from 1941 to 1953. Her Filipino grandmother on her
mother side was from Baguio. While growing up, her best
friend was Rita Hernandez who became Pilar Surat, an
actress, then married a Director/Producer named Devlin.
Surat passed away years ago; her son is also a Director/
Producer in Hollywood. Bonnievier has a B.A. in English
Literature, an M.A. in Cross Cultural Education and had
attended a doctoral program in Theater and American
Literature. Her various experiences include serving as a
Peace Corps Volunteer in Malaysia and as a member of the
teaching staff at the University of San Francisco, the
University of Denver, John Hopkins University and more
recently, at UC-Irvine. She has led writing workshops for
members of the World Bank in Washington, DC. and had
taught language arts in Japan, Germany and Spain. Her
first book, "Autobiography of a Stranger" (Times
International, Singapore) was used as a text in a Women
Writers Course at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
Bonnivier’s second novel, "Seeking Thirst", will be
released in a few months and she is now on her third
novel, "Force Field Ancestors".
Carina Monica Montoya spent most of her growing years
in and around the corridor of Hoover/Temple/Parkview/
Union/Carondelet Streets. Her mother was active with
the old St. Columban Church, Filipino Community Center
(now FACLA), Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Association,
Philippine Womens Club, and the Caballeros De Dimasalang.
As a child, she attended all their events, including
being a candidate for their Miss Philippines contest in
1970. Her interest in local history is personal; her
father was one of the first young Filipino men to arrive
in Los Angeles and find work in Hollywood. She had
collected vintage images of early Filipinos and the
memoirs of Filipinos in Hollywood span more than 80 years,
dating back to early 1920s. She compiled and edited this
photographic history which is the the subject of her book,
"Filipinos in Hollywood". Her second book, "Historic
Filipinotown" in Los Angeles is forthcoming. She attended
CSU-Los Angeles, and is currently pursuing a Masters degree
in American History. When not doing historical research,
Montoya is a Judicial Assistant to a US federal judge in
downtown LA. She is also an active reservist in the US Navy,
having been recalled to active duty in 2001-2003 to support
the fight against terrorism in Operations Noble Eagle and '
Enduring Freedom.
Signed copies of their books are available by mail order, if
you are unable to attend the event. The Panel Discussion is
sponsored by Philippine Expressions Bookshop as part of their
ongoing outreach program, in collaboration with the Singgalot
Host Committee. For those interested in the schedule of the
Singgalot Exhibit, please call Remy's (213) 484-2884 for more
details.
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Filipino Americans in search of their roots.
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We blazed the trail in promoting Philippine
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year of service to the Filipino American
community. Thank you for your support.
Mabuhay !
Linda Nietes, a cultural activist, also owned
Casalinda, the first all-Filipiniana bookshop
in the Philippines, (Metro Manila,1972-1983)
and has provided a home for Philippine
writings on both sides of the Pacific.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go
instead where there is no path and leave a
trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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