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New from 2000s

• CALA Member Activity: Seeing Broadway Show "Mary Poppins", October 25th, 2009 

• New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Presentation by KaChuen Yuan and Sheau Yueh Chao, entitled "In Search of the Roots of President Yuan Shikai's Family: a granddaughter's genealogical research journey to China", March 7th, 2009

• Queens Public Library Flushing Branch - Chinese Music Concert and Jade Musical Instruments Exhibit, Nov. 24, 2008

• Queens Library Forest Hill Community Library - Photographic Memorial on Wang Luo Bin, with Choir by Uncle Yao, March 15, 2008

• "Facets of the Chinese Culture – Meet the Chinese-American Authors" - Location: Chatham Square Library of the New York Public Library in Chinatown, NY, June 2, 2007 (Saturday), 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

• "Breaking Down Barriers to Serve our Diverse Communities" 2007 Joint Mini Conference REFORMA Northeast, AILA, APALA, BCALA, and CALA.  Location: Chatham Square Library of the New York Public Library in Chinatown, NY. Date: May 18.2007 (Friday), 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

• "Let's Get Entertained" Program includes a Get-together lunch, an "Inside CNN" tour, and the Broadway show "Lion King".  December 10, 2006

• "Copyright in China" June 17, 2006 at Flushing Library's Rooms A & B

• "International Conference on Overseas Chinese Literature" Co-sponsored by the China Institute, Wen Xin Literary Association and the CALA/NE. October 29-30, 2005, Flushing Library's Auditorium

• "Serving Multilingual, Multicultural Populations in the Information Age" Co-sponsored by CALA/NE and Brooklyn Public Library. April 9th, 2005, Brooklyn Public Library

• "New York Chinese: The Unfinished Journey" Co-sponsored by CALA/NE and Queens Borough Public Library International Resource Center. November 13, 2004, Flushing Library

New from 1990s

• "A guided tour of the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden", Oct. 23, 1999

• "A Day in the Life of a Newsperson" by Kaity Tong, May 22, 1999

• "Queens Library in the New Millennium", February 20, 1999

• "Clearing a Way for China's Future" by  Dr. Jonathan D. Spence, May 2, 1998

• "The Stories on Our Faces: Appropriating Narrative in Everyday Life" by David Henry Hwang, Oct. 4, 1997