Oakland Asian Cultural Center

The space has an auditorium with a stage, conference rooms, dance studio, lobby, and kitchen that serve as ongoing and one-time resources for local nonprofit organizations, schools, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and individuals.

[5] In the past, the OACC hosted events featuring traditional and contemporary Asian arts, music, and dance with family-friendly activities and vendors such as the Harvest Moon Festival Celebration and Elements of Rhythm: Drums of Asia.

It also hosted a Larry Itliong Day[8] in honor of the titular labor union leader, as well as an anniversary public screening of the first Asian American film, The Curse of Quon Gwon.

The cultural center’s past exhibitions include Reflections: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Vietnamese Americans,[10] Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project,[11] Calligraphies in Conversation,[12] Asians 4 Black Lives, Epekto Arts, and Drums of Asia.

[15] Past artists-in-residence include Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Philip Huang, Nitya Venkateswaran, Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL), Karmacy, Word & Violin, the Shaolin Buddhist Temple & Education Foundation, Vidya, Kyoungil Ong, Rina Mehta, Jay Loyola, and Judith Kajiwara.