Tucson Chinese Cultural Center

07/03/2025

See you tomorrow! Event details also available at tucsonchinese.org/4thofjuly

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05/23/2025

What a great piece

05/07/2025

What to know before visiting the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center. Here’s some FAQ and general guidelines.

05/02/2025

Featuring TCCC’s Chinese gift shop, music, dance, and more performances.

RSVP for details & updates: tucsonchinese.org/aanhpiheritage

04/09/2025

Excellent story

By the 1940s, approximately 100 Chinese grocery stores graced the streets of downtown Tucson. In the same period, the Tucson Chinese were proud participants in the U.S. military service during World War II. After the war, many Tucson Chinese veterans used the GI Bill to attend college where they prepared for careers in law, medicine, education, engineering, and architecture.

Many new grocers worked for others initially, and then looked for their own stores in areas that were then “outlying”, to avoid the intense competition in the older areas of the city. One such market was Alan’s Market, in Barrio Hollywood, founded in the 1950s. David Lee, son of the owners and now a University of Arizona pharmacist, recalls,

“I have many fond memories working with my parents at Alan’s Market. In fact, I white washed the building and the imperfect black lettering is my doing. The building had only an evaporative cooler that was ineffective during the humid monsoon season. We had a large walk-in refrigerator for beer, milk products, sodas, meats. I would plan special times to load the beer and sodas into the walk-in just to get cooled down.”

Memory from Patsy Lee Alan’s Daughter

Tucson Chinese Cultural Center
Excerpt from Sandy Chan

02/15/2025

02/13/2025

THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15: TCCC's biggest event of the year! Join us for our annual Lunar New Year Celebration, for 2025 Year of the Snake, with Chinese music & dance, TCCC's Chinese gift shop, family-friendly activities, and more!

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Tucson Chinese Cultural Center and our nonprofit organization the Tucson Chinese Association.

See traditional Chinese music and dance performances, browse TCCC's Chinese Gift Shop, and enjoy Chinese food and drink available for purchase.

$5 per person charged at the door,
Free for ages 5 and under

Featuring Performances by:
- TCCC Lion Dance Troupe
- Catalina Foothill High School
- Tucson Sino Dance
- Tucson Sino Guzheng
- Tucson Sino P**a
- Basis Oro Valley Mandarin Class
- International School of Tucson
- Tucson Chinese Dance
- UA Purple Bamboo Music Ensemble
- Tucson Sino Fashion
- Tucson Sino Choir
- Tucson Chinese School Chilidren's Dance Class
- Catalina Foothiill Sunrise Elementary School
- Tucson Sino Ballroom Dance

Details and RSVP at https://tucsonchinese.org/lunar

Invite friends and family on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/868387622035850

01/28/2025

This Saturday, February 1 at 12:00 PM: Celebrate Lunar New Year at Lee Lee International Supermarkets! Enjoy a TCCC Lion Dance Troupe Performance. Free to attend and open to all.

12/20/2024

Save these dates for 2025:

Annual Fundraiser Gala 02.08.2025 4-9PM
$180 per person | $1800 for a table of ten*
Tickets at tucsonchinese.org/purchase
$70 from each ticket is a tax deductible donation

Lunar New Year Festival 02.15.2025 11AM-3PM
$5 Admission
Tickets sold at the door

12/17/2024

Support the mission of the Tucson Chinese Association and TCCC with your year-end gift: https://tucsonchinese.org/donate

Read board member testimonials on our blog: https://www.tucsonchinese.org/board-member-stories-1