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23-536: (Redirected from BOCA ) [REDACTED] Look up boca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boca or BOCA may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Boca , a 1994 film starring Rae Dawn Chong Boca (2010 film) , a 2010 Brazilian film "Boca" ( The Sopranos episode) , a 1999 episode of the American television series The Sopranos "Boca",

46-641: A census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca Raton, Florida , a city in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca Raton (disambiguation) , several places Several straits separating Trinidad and Tobago from the South American mainland: The Bocas del Dragón (consisting of the Boca Grande, Boca de Navios, Boca de Huevos, and Boca de Monos) The Boca del Serpiente or Columbus Channel The Bocas Islands , which lie in

69-488: A defunct modem manufacturer Boulevard Oaks Civic Association, for the neighborhood of Boulevard Oaks, Houston , Texas See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "boca" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Boca All pages with titles containing Boca Boca Chica (disambiguation) (Small Boca; Spanish: small mouth ) Boca grande (disambiguation) (Large Boca; Spanish: large mouth ) Topics referred to by

92-647: A half-sister by their father's second wife. In addition to Rae Dawn, two of her sisters and her adopted brother Marcus Chong have pursued acting careers. Chong has said that her paternal grandfather left a poor village in China in the 1930s to live with an aunt in Vancouver , where Chinese immigrants were mostly sequestered in a small area due to racial discrimination, and that although he spoke Cantonese , he refused to teach it to his children or grandchildren. She said, "I think my grandfather had great racial shame, which

115-540: A number of independent movies. She returned to television appearing in two episodes of Better Things in 2016, and two episodes of 9-1-1 (2018-19). In 2021, she played Betty Currie in the FX series Impeachment: American Crime Story . In 2021, Chong was honored with the "Invisible Woman Award" from the Women Film Critics Circle for "Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on

138-659: A song about Chong—"R.D.C. (Opie's Lament)"—as the 12th track on his 2000 debut album A Little Bit Special . Bird Observation %26 Conservation Australia Bird Observation & Conservation Australia ( BOCA ) was a club established on 12 April 1905 by members of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in Melbourne , Victoria , as the Bird Observers Club . Although inactive for many years, in 1927 it

161-715: A song by Dreamcatcher from Dystopia Lose Myself (2020) Locations [ edit ] La Boca , a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina La Boca Formation , a geological formation in Mexico Boca, California , a former settlement Boca, a village in Samarinești Commune, Gorj County, Romania Boca Chica , a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic Boca Chica Key , an island in

184-529: A sports club based in Corrientes, Argentina Boca F.C. , a defunct football team from Belize A.S.D. Boca Pietri , a football team from Bologna, Italy Boca Ascesa Val Liona , a football team from Grancona, Italy Sociedade Boca Júnior Futebol Clube , a football club based in Cristinápolis, Sergipe, Brazil Other uses [ edit ] Bird Observation & Conservation Australia ,

207-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rae Dawn Chong Chong later starred in films Beat Street (1984), American Flyers (1985), The Color Purple (1985), Commando (1985), Soul Man (1986), The Principal (1987), Tales from the Darkside (1990), Time Runner (1993), and Boulevard (1994). She is the daughter of comedian and actor Tommy Chong . Chong

230-572: The Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary at Linton, Victoria . During 2009 discussions commenced with Birds Australia with a view to merging the two organisations. On 21 May 2011 members of both BOCA and Birds Australia voted by an overwhelming majority at their respective Annual General Meetings to merge the two organisations into one entity to be named BirdLife Australia . This article about an organisation in Australia

253-587: The Bocas del Dragón Boca (river) , a tributary of the Siret in eastern Romania La Boca, New Mexico , a census-designated place People [ edit ] Andrea Del Boca , an Argentine television actress Carlos Bocanegra , nicknamed 'Boca', an American soccer player Sports [ edit ] Boca Juniors , a sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina Boca Unidos ,

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276-549: The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. In 1991 the club expanded its name to become the Bird Observers Club of Australia ( BOCA ) to give itself a national rather than a local focus. In May 2007, at the Annual General Meeting, the membership voted to change the name of the organisation again to Bird Observation & Conservation Australia to "more properly present it and

299-599: The film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored" for her performance in the drama film The Sleeping Negro . In 2022, Chong portrayed Florence de Pointe du Lac in the AMC series Interview with the Vampire . Chong married Owen Baylis, a stockbroker, and they had a son named Morgan. They divorced in 1982. In 1989, she married actor C. Thomas Howell , her co-star in the feature film Soul Man . They divorced in 1990. In 2011, Chong married Nathan Ulrich (one of

322-668: The films Choose Me (1984), Beat Street (1984), The Color Purple (1985), and Commando (1985). She appeared with her father in Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984) and Far Out Man (1990). In 1985, Chong played the love interest in Mick Jagger 's video " Just Another Night ". At 19 years old, Chris Pratt was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Maui when he

345-669: The former Bird Observers Club of Australia Bloque Obrero Comunista de Andalucía , an Andalusian Communist group Boca Burger , an American brand of vegetarian hamburger Bureau of Consular Affairs (Republic of China) , a government agency in Taiwan BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, a publication created by the Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA). See International Building Code Boca Research ,

368-480: The founders of Xootr ). They divorced in 2014. British-American rapper-producer MF DOOM recorded a song titled "Rae Dawn". It was released under the alias Viktor Vaughn, as a single from his third studio album Vaudeville Villain (some releases list the title as "Raedawn"). The reference to Chong appears in the lyrics: "New drink, named it after Chong daughter". Rapper Redman mentions Chong in his 1994 song "Winicumuhround". Comedian Stephen Lynch also has

391-652: The lower Florida Keys Boca Chica (disambiguation) , several places Boca, Novara , a municipality in the Province of Novara, Italy Boca de Tomatlán , a village in Jalisco, Mexico Boca Del Mar, Florida , a census-designated place in Palm Beach County, Florida Boca del Río, Veracruz , a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz Boca Grande, Florida , a town on Gasparilla Island, Florida Boca grande (disambiguation) , several places Boca Pointe, Florida ,

414-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boca . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boca&oldid=1254208882 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Short description

437-522: The work it does", while retaining the familiar acronym BOCA. Its head office was in Nunawading (an eastern suburb of greater Melbourne) in Victoria, but it had sub-groups across eastern Australia. By 2011 BOCA had 49 branches and affiliated groups, mainly in the eastern states of Australia, as well as a specialist group (PhotoBOCA) for those interested in bird photography. It also owned and managed

460-480: Was born on February 28, 1961, in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada, the first daughter of actor/comedian Tommy Chong . Her father is of Chinese and Scots-Irish descent and her mother, Maxine Sneed, was of Black Canadian descent. She also self-identifies as being of Cherokee descent through her mother. Her younger sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress. They have three younger half-brothers (one adopted) and

483-483: Was hard on us growing up. ... We grew up desperate to know anything about our Chinese culture." Later in life, though, her grandfather "saw the error of his ways and embraced his heritage." After acting in a few television roles, Chong's second feature film was Quest for Fire (1981), for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 1983. Other notable roles have been in

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506-617: Was revived and subsequently active until the end of 2011 when it merged with Birds Australia to form BirdLife Australia . It published a quarterly journal, Australian Field Ornithology , and a quarterly newsletter, the Bird Observer . It had a cooperative relationship with the Land for Wildlife program, a voluntary conservation scheme for private land in Victoria, which was instigated by two prominent club members, Ellen McCulloch and Reg Johnson , established in 1981, and coordinated by

529-481: Was scouted by Chong; she cast him in her directorial debut, the short horror film Cursed Part 3 , which was filmed in Los Angeles in 2000. On television, Chong starred opposite Adrian Pasdar in the science fiction drama series Mysterious Ways from 2000 to 2002. later she starred in the first season of Lifetime comedy-drama series Wild Card opposite Joely Fisher . The following years, she appeared in

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