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Bel Canto Books Presents: Jeff Chang + Dr. Bernard Remollino in Conversation
Long Beach, CA 90807 United States
Celebrating Bruce Lee’s 85th Birthday with Special Guest + Limited Edition Exclusive in Long Beach!
Bruce Lee vaulted to stardom after his performance at the 1964 International Karate Championships held at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. It was also where Bruce entered into a deep friendship with Filipino American martial artist Dan Inosanto and an extended engagement with the Filipino fighting arts.
Come celebrate Bruce’s 85th birthday and the beginning of a powerful relationship where it all began!
Bel Canto Books is delighted to celebrate WATER MIRROR ECHO: BRUCE LEE AND THE MAKING OF ASIAN AMERICA by Jeff Chang, in conversation with Dr. Bernard Remollino (PANCHO VILLA: WORLD CHAMPION 1923).
This event will be held outdoors at AMBITIOUS ALES (4019 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA). Ambitious Ales is a family- and dog-friendly brewpub.
In honor of this occasion, we are offering both books for sale.
Each copy of Water Mirror Echo from Bel Canto Books you order from now through November will also include a signed bookplate and an exclusive, limited-edition, signed and hand-numbered art card while supplies last!
Come have your Water Mirror Echo and Pancho Villa books signed with Jeff and Dr. Remollino.
The event is free.
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Bernard James Remollino (He/They/Siya) is a 1.5-generation formerly undocumented immigrant from Makati, Philippines. They are an Associate Professor of Asian American & Pacific American History at San Joaquin Delta College on the unceded ancestral land of the Yokuts, Plains Mi-Wuk, Patwin, and Nisenan (Stockton, CA). Their research focuses on Filipino American popular culture, labor, and migration during the early twentieth century. They write on Filipino American histories, Asian American popular cultures, and transpacific cultural imaginaries in the Philippine diaspora. Dr. Remollino is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and also trains with the Bayanihan Boxing program on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land (San Francisco, CA), where they collaborate with community organizers committed to global liberation through organizing, advocacy, and the praxis of kuwentuhan.
ABOUT BEL CANTO BOOKS
Founded by Jhoanna Belfer, a Filipina-American poet and former hospitality executive, Bel Canto Books offers a curated selection of fiction, nonfiction and children’s books, organized around a theme of the month, in particular celebrating books by women and people of color. Learn more at belcantobooks.net.
ABOUT AMBITIOUS ALES
Ambitious Ales is a microbrewery that aims to build community by providing unique beer that brings people together and a tasting room that is a hub of community engagement.