BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Cook Memorial Public Library District X-WR-CALNAME:Cook Memorial Public Library District BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64ebb574-4028-4c8d-9615-eec46b29082e SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260811T214024Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241010T200000 SUMMARY:A Bite of San Francisco's Chinatown History LOCATION:Aspen Drive Library\, Vernon Hills\nAspen Drive Library\, Vernon Hills X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Aspen Drive Library\, Vern on Hills;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Aspen Drive Library\, Vernon Hills:geo: 42.2390978,-87.9690858 GEO:42.2390978;-87.9690858 DESCRIPTION:Educator Yvonne Wolf shares the history of San Francisco's Chi natown including how Chinese immigrants were impelled to leave their home country\, and their contributions to American cultural history..\nhttps:// cooklib.libnet.info/event/11074519 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The history of any Chinatown in the US is rich with immigration legal difficulties\, Chinese food history\, illicit opium and gambling activities\, and unconventional family ties. The histor y of San Francisco Chinatown embodies all these dramatic elements and more . Educator Yvonne Wolf will give a brief history of San Francisco Chinatow n starting with how Chinese immigrants were impelled to leave China in mid -1800s\, how they skirted around The Chinese Exclusion Act after 1882\, an d what they contributed to the greater American cultural history. Join Yvo nne in taking a journey back in time to Old Gold Mountain. \;

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