This week’s events in SF, Berkeley, Oakland and Toronto!!
Monday, Feb. 27 – SF
Talk Story: An American Family is an installation by Flo Oy Wong, which runs through April 19 at the Chinese Historical Society of America, explores life in Oakland Chinatown. (Tues-Friday 12-5pm, weekends 12-4pm, 965 Clay St., S.F. 415.391.1188. www.chsa.org. $1-3, free for members and tots).
Wednesday, March 1 – Oakland
The Great OACC Cook-off is a fundraiser for the only pan-Asian cultural center in the East Bay. Help celebrate this center’s 10-year anniversary, and sample dishes made by local chefs, politicos and more. (6pm, 388 Ninth St. Suite 290, Oakland. 510.637.0455. www.oacc.cc. $50).
Thursday, March 2 – SF
Scrabbel performs at the 12 Galaxies tonight, with Last of the Blacksmiths and The Waxfire. (9pm, 2526 Mission St., S.F. 415.970.9777. www.scrabbel.org. $8).
Friday, March 3 – Berkeley
Flip Tha Script: a night of Pinoy hip-hop and rock, with live performances by Kiwi of Native Guns, Golda Supanova, Feenix Solite and DJ Phatrick. (9pm. La Pena Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510.849.2568 ext. 11. www.lapena.org. $8-10).
Saturday, March 4 – SF
Readings by Marianne R. Villanueva and surprise guest R. Zamora Linmark, both who have been featured in Hyphen. Hear them read from their latest books: Mayor of the Roses and Primetime Apparitions, respectively. (2-4pm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Education Resource Room. 701 Mission St., S.F. 415.978.2787. www.ybca.org).
Saturday, March 4 – Toronto
Browngirlworld 5: Pan-Asian Women Celebrate International Women’s Day through spoken world, dance and music, presented by Toronto Women’s Bookstore and Brownstargirl Productions. Featuring pan-Asian women’s spoken word collective, Mango Tribe and Toronto’s all-women Taiko drumming group, Raging Asian Women. (7:30pm, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Dr, Toronto. $8-20).
email events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the SF/Bay Area.
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This week’s events in SF, Berkeley, Oakland and Toronto!!
Monday, Feb. 27 – SF
Talk Story: An American Family is an installation by Flo Oy Wong, which runs through April 19 at the Chinese Historical Society of America, explores life in Oakland Chinatown. (Tues-Friday 12-5pm, weekends 12-4pm, 965 Clay St., S.F. 415.391.1188. www.chsa.org. $1-3, free for members and tots).
Wednesday, March 1 – Oakland
The Great OACC Cook-off is a fundraiser for the only pan-Asian cultural center in the East Bay. Help celebrate this center’s 10-year anniversary, and sample dishes made by local chefs, politicos and more. (6pm, 388 Ninth St. Suite 290, Oakland. 510.637.0455. www.oacc.cc. $50).
Thursday, March 2 – SF
Scrabbel performs at the 12 Galaxies tonight, with Last of the Blacksmiths and The Waxfire. (9pm, 2526 Mission St., S.F. 415.970.9777. www.scrabbel.org. $8).
Friday, March 3 – Berkeley
Flip Tha Script: a night of Pinoy hip-hop and rock, with live performances by Kiwi of Native Guns, Golda Supanova, Feenix Solite and DJ Phatrick. (9pm. La Pena Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510.849.2568 ext. 11. www.lapena.org. $8-10).
Saturday, March 4 – SF
Readings by Marianne R. Villanueva and surprise guest R. Zamora Linmark, both who have been featured in Hyphen. Hear them read from their latest books: Mayor of the Roses and Primetime Apparitions, respectively. (2-4pm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Education Resource Room. 701 Mission St., S.F. 415.978.2787. www.ybca.org).
Saturday, March 4 – Toronto
Browngirlworld 5: Pan-Asian Women Celebrate International Women’s Day through spoken world, dance and music, presented by Toronto Women’s Bookstore and Brownstargirl Productions. Featuring pan-Asian women’s spoken word collective, Mango Tribe and Toronto’s all-women Taiko drumming group, Raging Asian Women. (7:30pm, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Dr, Toronto. $8-20).
email events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the SF/Bay Area.
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This weeks events in SF, Berkeley, Oakland and Toronto!!
Monday, Feb. 27 SF
Talk Story: An American Family is an installation by Flo Oy Wong, which runs through April 19 at the Chinese Historical Society of America, explores life in Oakland Chinatown. (Tues-Friday 12-5pm, weekends 12-4pm, 965 Clay St., S.F. 415.391.1188. www.chsa.org. $1-3, free for members and tots).
Wednesday, March 1 Oakland
The Great OACC Cook-off is a fundraiser for the only pan-Asian cultural center in the East Bay. Help celebrate this centers 10-year anniversary, and sample dishes made by local chefs, politicos and more. (6pm, 388 Ninth St. Suite 290, Oakland. 510.637.0455. www.oacc.cc. $50).
Thursday, March 2 SF
Scrabbel performs at the 12 Galaxies tonight, with Last of the Blacksmiths and The Waxfire. (9pm, 2526 Mission St., S.F. 415.970.9777. www.scrabbel.org. $8).
Friday, March 3 Berkeley
Flip Tha Script: a night of Pinoy hip-hop and rock, with live performances by Kiwi of Native Guns, Golda Supanova, Feenix Solite and DJ Phatrick. (9pm. La Pena Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510.849.2568 ext. 11. www.lapena.org. $8-10).
Saturday, March 4 SF
Readings by Marianne R. Villanueva and surprise guest R. Zamora Linmark, both who have been featured in Hyphen. Hear them read from their latest books: Mayor of the Roses and Primetime Apparitions, respectively. (2-4pm. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Education Resource Room. 701 Mission St., S.F. 415.978.2787. www.ybca.org).
Saturday, March 4 Toronto
Browngirlworld 5: Pan-Asian Women Celebrate International Womens Day through spoken world, dance and music, presented by Toronto Womens Bookstore and Brownstargirl Productions. Featuring pan-Asian womens spoken word collective, Mango Tribe and Torontos all-women Taiko drumming group, Raging Asian Women. (7:30pm, Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Dr, Toronto. $8-20).
email events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the SF/Bay Area.
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If you are Asian American and not yet registered in the national registry, there are a series of drives being held to help save the life of Filipina American filmmaker Christine Pechera.
Christine's family has struggled a lot, with three of her four siblings battling cancer. Acording to her website: "Three days before New Years Day, Christine found out that her cancer was back. And this time, neither chemotherapy nor a stem cell transplant was going to work. Christine needed a bone marrow transplant, and to do that, she needed a matching donor."
Here are some upcoming drives:
Feb. 28 (Tuesday)
Asian American Donor Program Drive for Christine - Hosted by Samahang Pilipino. Sacramento State, First Floor, Student Union. Contact: Asia 800-593-6667
Mar. 2 (Thursday)
9 am to 3 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - 350 S. Grand Avenue, ETC Room (enter from water court level), Los Angeles, 90071 On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
Mar. 4 (Saturday)
11 am to 4 pm
Goldilocks Bone Marrow Drive, West Covina - 2429 S. Azusa Avenue (at Amar) West Covina, CA 91792
Feb. 11, 18, 25 & March 4
Goldilocks Adopts Christine - Goldilocks Bakeshope and Fooshop has teamed up with A3M to adopt Christine's cause! The next four Saturdays, February 11, 18, 25 and March 4, Goldilocks will be hosting rotating Bone Marrow Drives at each of their Southern California locations. Please tell all you family and friends and sign up on the registry! The first drive will be at the Cerritos store on February 11. Check back on this website for upcoming drives at Goldilocks! www.goldilocks-usa.com
Mar. 17 (Friday)
8 am to 1 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - Los Angeles, Disneyland Hotel, Marina Ballroom Foyer. On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
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If you are Asian American and not yet registered in the national registry, there are a series of drives being held to help save the life of Filipina American filmmaker Christine Pechera.
Christine's family has struggled a lot, with three of her four siblings battling cancer. Acording to her website: "Three days before New Years Day, Christine found out that her cancer was back. And this time, neither chemotherapy nor a stem cell transplant was going to work. Christine needed a bone marrow transplant, and to do that, she needed a matching donor."
Here are some upcoming drives:
Feb. 28 (Tuesday)
Asian American Donor Program Drive for Christine - Hosted by Samahang Pilipino. Sacramento State, First Floor, Student Union. Contact: Asia 800-593-6667
Mar. 2 (Thursday)
9 am to 3 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - 350 S. Grand Avenue, ETC Room (enter from water court level), Los Angeles, 90071 On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
Mar. 4 (Saturday)
11 am to 4 pm
Goldilocks Bone Marrow Drive, West Covina - 2429 S. Azusa Avenue (at Amar) West Covina, CA 91792
Feb. 11, 18, 25 & March 4
Goldilocks Adopts Christine - Goldilocks Bakeshope and Fooshop has teamed up with A3M to adopt Christine's cause! The next four Saturdays, February 11, 18, 25 and March 4, Goldilocks will be hosting rotating Bone Marrow Drives at each of their Southern California locations. Please tell all you family and friends and sign up on the registry! The first drive will be at the Cerritos store on February 11. Check back on this website for upcoming drives at Goldilocks! www.goldilocks-usa.com
Mar. 17 (Friday)
8 am to 1 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - Los Angeles, Disneyland Hotel, Marina Ballroom Foyer. On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
Posted by neela at 2:41 PM | Comments (0)
If you are Asian American and not yet registered in the national registry, there are a series of drives being held to help save the life of Filipina American filmmaker Christine Pechera.
Christine's family has struggled a lot, with three of her four siblings battling cancer. Acording to her website: "Three days before New Years Day, Christine found out that her cancer was back. And this time, neither chemotherapy nor a stem cell transplant was going to work. Christine needed a bone marrow transplant, and to do that, she needed a matching donor."
Here are some upcoming drives:
Feb. 28 (Tuesday)
Asian American Donor Program Drive for Christine - Hosted by Samahang Pilipino. Sacramento State, First Floor, Student Union. Contact: Asia 800-593-6667
Mar. 2 (Thursday)
9 am to 3 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - 350 S. Grand Avenue, ETC Room (enter from water court level), Los Angeles, 90071 On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
Mar. 4 (Saturday)
11 am to 4 pm
Goldilocks Bone Marrow Drive, West Covina - 2429 S. Azusa Avenue (at Amar) West Covina, CA 91792
Feb. 11, 18, 25 & March 4
Goldilocks Adopts Christine - Goldilocks Bakeshope and Fooshop has teamed up with A3M to adopt Christine's cause! The next four Saturdays, February 11, 18, 25 and March 4, Goldilocks will be hosting rotating Bone Marrow Drives at each of their Southern California locations. Please tell all you family and friends and sign up on the registry! The first drive will be at the Cerritos store on February 11. Check back on this website for upcoming drives at Goldilocks! www.goldilocks-usa.com
Mar. 17 (Friday)
8 am to 1 pm
Red Cross Blood and Bone Marrow Drive - Los Angeles, Disneyland Hotel, Marina Ballroom Foyer. On-site contact: Frances Miyamoto 213-553-1293 (office), 310-386-9247 (cell)
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The Lodi Terror trial is just starting to get underway. The FBI mole has finally been unmasked and is talking to the press.
Naseem Khan is a Pakistani immigrant who had been living in the United States since 1990. The LA Times article reports how he initially began this work "because of his love for the United States" -- but then started making up to $250,000. The article also reported how at least four Muslim immigrants in Southern California reported being approached by the FBI to do similar work. If these are the only four who came forward after refusing, imagine how many others are walking around with wires taped to their backs?
Along with the NSA wiretapping scandal, situations like Lodi, where the FBI are sending spies into the community to stir up trouble, seem to me to be the really scary fallout of 9.11. This community report-back from Lodi talks about FBI officers lurking in tinted window SUVs wearing afro wigs. Sometimes I can't believe this is the state of our nation. Relating to Asian American history, I was wondering if the Japanese American community faced this kind of problem with community informants during WWII?
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The Lodi Terror trial is just starting to get underway. The FBI mole has finally been unmasked and is talking to the press.
Naseem Khan is a Pakistani immigrant who had been living in the United States since 1990. The LA Times article reports how he initially began this work "because of his love for the United States" -- but then started making up to $250,000. The article also reported how at least four Muslim immigrants in Southern California reported being approached by the FBI to do similar work. If these are the only four who came forward after refusing, imagine how many others are walking around with wires taped to their backs?
Along with the NSA wiretapping scandal, situations like Lodi, where the FBI are sending spies into the community to stir up trouble, seem to me to be the really scary fallout of 9.11. This community report-back from Lodi talks about FBI officers lurking in tinted window SUVs wearing afro wigs. Sometimes I can't believe this is the state of our nation. Relating to Asian American history, I was wondering if the Japanese American community faced this kind of problem with community informants during WWII?
Posted by neela at 2:19 PM | Comments (1)
The Lodi Terror trial is just starting to get underway. The FBI mole has finally been unmasked and is talking to the press.
Naseem Khan is a Pakistani immigrant who had been living in the United States since 1990. The LA Times article reports how he initially began this work "because of his love for the United States" -- but then started making up to $250,000. The article also reported how at least four Muslim immigrants in Southern California reported being approached by the FBI to do similar work. If these are the only four who came forward after refusing, imagine how many others are walking around with wires taped to their backs?
Along with the NSA wiretapping scandal, situations like Lodi, where the FBI are sending spies into the community to stir up trouble, seem to me to be the really scary fallout of 9.11. This community report-back from Lodi talks about FBI officers lurking in tinted window SUVs wearing afro wigs. Sometimes I can't believe this is the state of our nation. Relating to Asian American history, I was wondering if the Japanese American community faced this kind of problem with community informants during WWII?
Posted by neela at 2:19 PM | Comments (1)
Most of the buildings that make up San Francisco's Japantown Center are being sold, raising concerns that it will be turned into a lifeless strip mall or condo complex.
A petition is circulating calling for a halt to the sale by Kinetsu Enterprises of America, and the concerns could be real. The popular Japantown Bowl bowling alley, also owned by Kinetsu, was sold a few years ago and turned into a condo complex despite huge community opposition.
The nearby AMC Kabuki movie theater is also being sold by its owner, raising questions for the annual S.F. International Asian American Film Festival, which is based at the Kabuki.
Japantown remains a cultural icon and economic center, but the Japanese American community that once thrived in the neighborhood disappeared during World War II when its residents were sent to internment camps.
If you've been to Japantown lately, I hate to say it, but the buildings are a little dated and, as someone said in the Chronicle story, maybe a new owner would come in and make things better.
Japantown owner Kinetsu Enterprises has said it will look for a buyer that will keep the community in mind. Hopefully, it won't roll a gutter ball like it did when it sold Japantown Bowl.
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Most of the buildings that make up San Francisco's Japantown Center are being sold, raising concerns that it will be turned into a lifeless strip mall or condo complex.
A petition is circulating calling for a halt to the sale by Kinetsu Enterprises of America, and the concerns could be real. The popular Japantown Bowl bowling alley, also owned by Kinetsu, was sold a few years ago and turned into a condo complex despite huge community opposition.
The nearby AMC Kabuki movie theater is also being sold by its owner, raising questions for the annual S.F. International Asian American Film Festival, which is based at the Kabuki.
Japantown remains a cultural icon and economic center, but the Japanese American community that once thrived in the neighborhood disappeared during World War II when its residents were sent to internment camps.
If you've been to Japantown lately, I hate to say it, but the buildings are a little dated and, as someone said in the Chronicle story, maybe a new owner would come in and make things better.
Japantown owner Kinetsu Enterprises has said it will look for a buyer that will keep the community in mind. Hopefully, it won't roll a gutter ball like it did when it sold Japantown Bowl.
Posted by harry at 9:44 AM | Comments (2)
Most of the buildings that make up San Francisco's Japantown Center are being sold, raising concerns that it will be turned into a lifeless strip mall or condo complex.
A petition is circulating calling for a halt to the sale by Kinetsu Enterprises of America, and the concerns could be real. The popular Japantown Bowl bowling alley, also owned by Kinetsu, was sold a few years ago and turned into a condo complex despite huge community opposition.
The nearby AMC Kabuki movie theater is also being sold by its owner, raising questions for the annual S.F. International Asian American Film Festival, which is based at the Kabuki.
Japantown remains a cultural icon and economic center, but the Japanese American community that once thrived in the neighborhood disappeared during World War II when its residents were sent to internment camps.
If you've been to Japantown lately, I hate to say it, but the buildings are a little dated and, as someone said in the Chronicle story, maybe a new owner would come in and make things better.
Japantown owner Kinetsu Enterprises has said it will look for a buyer that will keep the community in mind. Hopefully, it won't roll a gutter ball like it did when it sold Japantown Bowl.
Posted by harry at 9:44 AM | Comments (2)
So film festival season is here again -- and Hyphen is definitely in the mix.
As Momo mentioned here earlier, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival returns for its 24th year in just a few weeks: opening night gala is March 16th.
Hyphen's a sponsor again this year, so look for our logo all over! (We do. And when we spot one we elbow each other and giggle. Nerdy but true.)
We're also co-presenting one of the screenings: The Achievers, by Abraham Lim. A world premiere, no less! No one's even allowed to do a full review on it yet because they're keeping the film under wraps until its official release later this year. But you can go see it at the SFIAAFF before the rest of the world does. After all, the promo image for this movie is a fortune cookie that says Eat Me. (Oh, how much more loaded a message that is now, than when Alice first read it.) Got to find out what happens.
And -- newsflash -- this year Hyphen is also going to be one of the Festival's official Bloggers. Up in a few days, and throughout the festival, we'll have a special blog page dedicated to reviews, buzz, musings and hopefully dirt about the SFIAAFF: www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/sfiaaff/.
So we'll see you there, and you can dish with us here. Happy movie-going to you.
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So film festival season is here again -- and Hyphen is definitely in the mix.
As Momo mentioned here earlier, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival returns for its 24th year in just a few weeks: opening night gala is March 16th.
Hyphen's a sponsor again this year, so look for our logo all over! (We do. And when we spot one we elbow each other and giggle. Nerdy but true.)
We're also co-presenting one of the screenings: The Achievers, by Abraham Lim. A world premiere, no less! No one's even allowed to do a full review on it yet because they're keeping the film under wraps until its official release later this year. But you can go see it at the SFIAAFF before the rest of the world does. After all, the promo image for this movie is a fortune cookie that says Eat Me. (Oh, how much more loaded a message that is now, than when Alice first read it.) Got to find out what happens.
And -- newsflash -- this year Hyphen is also going to be one of the Festival's official Bloggers. Up in a few days, and throughout the festival, we'll have a special blog page dedicated to reviews, buzz, musings and hopefully dirt about the SFIAAFF: www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/sfiaaff/.
So we'll see you there, and you can dish with us here. Happy movie-going to you.
Posted by erin at 4:24 PM | Comments (2)
So film festival season is here again -- and Hyphen is definitely in the mix.
As Momo mentioned here earlier, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival returns for its 24th year in just a few weeks: opening night gala is March 16th.
Hyphen's a sponsor again this year, so look for our logo all over! (We do. And when we spot one we elbow each other and giggle. Nerdy but true.)
We're also co-presenting one of the screenings: The Achievers, by Abraham Lim. A world premiere, no less! No one's even allowed to do a full review on it yet because they're keeping the film under wraps until its official release later this year. But you can go see it at the SFIAAFF before the rest of the world does. After all, the promo image for this movie is a fortune cookie that says Eat Me. (Oh, how much more loaded a message that is now, than when Alice first read it.) Got to find out what happens.
And -- newsflash -- this year Hyphen is also going to be one of the Festival's official Bloggers. Up in a few days, and throughout the festival, we'll have a special blog page dedicated to reviews, buzz, musings and hopefully dirt about the SFIAAFF: www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/sfiaaff/.
So we'll see you there, and you can dish with us here. Happy movie-going to you.
Posted by erin at 4:24 PM | Comments (2)
Hey New York, Hyphen will be on the radio today from 7 to 9 pm. We'll be on the Asia Pacific Forum, a progressive Asian American radio show which is broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM, a Pacifica station. Guests on the show include our Todd Inoue, music writer and editor extraordinaire; Kai Ma, the reporter who wrote about (and experienced first hand) Korean booking clubs in our most recent issue; Lisa Katayama, who wrote about transgender issue and immigration in our Body Issue (after that we prompty snagged her as an editor), and a few other Hyphen folks. Maybe me. Maybe erin, our publisher. (We're going to flip a coin for it). The show will be hosted by Ursula Liang, who contributes to both Asia Pacific Forum and to Hyphen, where she's our sports editor.
Posted by Melissa at 11:24 AM | Comments (1)
Hey New York, Hyphen will be on the radio today from 7 to 9 pm. We'll be on the Asia Pacific Forum, a progressive Asian American radio show which is broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM, a Pacifica station. Guests on the show include our Todd Inoue, music writer and editor extraordinaire; Kai Ma, the reporter who wrote about (and experienced first hand) Korean booking clubs in our most recent issue; Lisa Katayama, who wrote about transgender issue and immigration in our Body Issue (after that we prompty snagged her as an editor), and a few other Hyphen folks. Maybe me. Maybe erin, our publisher. (We're going to flip a coin for it). The show will be hosted by Ursula Liang, who contributes to both Asia Pacific Forum and to Hyphen, where she's our sports editor.
Posted by Melissa at 11:24 AM | Comments (1)
Hey New York, Hyphen will be on the radio today from 7 to 9 pm. We'll be on the Asia Pacific Forum, a progressive Asian American radio show which is broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM, a Pacifica station. Guests on the show include our Todd Inoue, music writer and editor extraordinaire; Kai Ma, the reporter who wrote about (and experienced first hand) Korean booking clubs in our most recent issue; Lisa Katayama, who wrote about transgender issue and immigration in our Body Issue (after that we prompty snagged her as an editor), and a few other Hyphen folks. Maybe me. Maybe erin, our publisher. (We're going to flip a coin for it). The show will be hosted by Ursula Liang, who contributes to both Asia Pacific Forum and to Hyphen, where she's our sports editor.
Posted by Melissa at 11:24 AM | Comments (1)
This week's events: SF, Philly and NYC...!
Monday, Feb. 20 – Philly, PA
Generasian Next Theater Workshop for teens presented by Asian Arts Initiative; classes taught by veteran performance artist Gary San Angel. (Meets Mondays, 4-7pm Feb. 20-May 20, 2006. 1315 Cherry St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA. 215.557.0445. www.asianartsinitiative.org. Sliding scale-$150).
Tuesday, Feb. 21 – SF, CA
Poetry as Opera, a reading by Genny Lim, accompanied by composter Hong Wong. (6:30pm, Koret Auditorium, lower level, San Francisco Public Library. 100 Larkin St., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Wednesday, Feb. 22 – SF, CA
Indie Asian Band Showcase features All Ages, 8Past, Jumping Jacks and Sky and Telescope. (7:30pm, Slim’s at 333 11th St., S.F. 415.255.0333. $8).
Thursday, Feb. 23 – NYC
Enjoy an Evening of Asian American Poetry with Meena Alexander, Marilyn Chin, Luis Francia, Eric Gamalinda, Kimiko Hahn, Vijay Seshadri, Barbara Tran and Shanxing Wang; opening remarks by Arthur Sze. Dedicated to the memory of Chris Iijima. (7:30pm, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 65 West 11th St., 5th Fl., Wollman Hall, NYC. 212.229.5488. www.aaww.org. $7-10).
Thursday, Feb. 23 – SF, CA
Commotion: Join Kearny Street Workshop and local artists for KSW’s art expo and cd release, “7 Years of APAture." Musical performances by Goh Nakamura, Ee, Golda Supernova, DJ VNA and SambAsia. (6:30pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St., 3rd Fl., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Babae, an organization for the rights and welfare of Filipino women, celebrates its one-year anniversary! (10pm-2am, Il Pirata Bar, 2007 16th St., S.F. 21+. www.babaesf.org. $5-10).
Saturday Feb. 25 – SF, CA
Kaisahan: an evening of resistance, culture and international solidarity, presented by BAYAN-USA, Locus Arts and VietUnity. February marks the anniversary of the Philippine-American War more than 100 years ago and increased US military training. Evening includes documentary film "People's Verdict: 2005 International Solidarity Mission for Human Rights in the Philippines” and performances by Power Struggle, Echoes of Bullets, League of Filipino Students SFSU and BABAE. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St. 3rd Fl., S.F. www.bayanusa.org,, www.locusarts.org. $5-10).
Sunday Feb. 26 - SF, CA
Day of Remembrance 2006: Carrying the Light for Justice commemorates the 25th anniversary of the redress hearings. Join MC Jeff Adachi, guest speakers Sen. Daniel Inouye and D. Satsuki Ina, films and performances. (2pm, AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post St., S.F. 415.921.5007. www.dayofremembrance.org. $15-20).
email community events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the Bay Area!!!
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This week's events: SF, Philly and NYC...!
Monday, Feb. 20 – Philly, PA
Generasian Next Theater Workshop for teens presented by Asian Arts Initiative; classes taught by veteran performance artist Gary San Angel. (Meets Mondays, 4-7pm Feb. 20-May 20, 2006. 1315 Cherry St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA. 215.557.0445. www.asianartsinitiative.org. Sliding scale-$150).
Tuesday, Feb. 21 – SF, CA
Poetry as Opera, a reading by Genny Lim, accompanied by composter Hong Wong. (6:30pm, Koret Auditorium, lower level, San Francisco Public Library. 100 Larkin St., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Wednesday, Feb. 22 – SF, CA
Indie Asian Band Showcase features All Ages, 8Past, Jumping Jacks and Sky and Telescope. (7:30pm, Slim’s at 333 11th St., S.F. 415.255.0333. $8).
Thursday, Feb. 23 – NYC
Enjoy an Evening of Asian American Poetry with Meena Alexander, Marilyn Chin, Luis Francia, Eric Gamalinda, Kimiko Hahn, Vijay Seshadri, Barbara Tran and Shanxing Wang; opening remarks by Arthur Sze. Dedicated to the memory of Chris Iijima. (7:30pm, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 65 West 11th St., 5th Fl., Wollman Hall, NYC. 212.229.5488. www.aaww.org. $7-10).
Thursday, Feb. 23 – SF, CA
Commotion: Join Kearny Street Workshop and local artists for KSW’s art expo and cd release, “7 Years of APAture." Musical performances by Goh Nakamura, Ee, Golda Supernova, DJ VNA and SambAsia. (6:30pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St., 3rd Fl., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Babae, an organization for the rights and welfare of Filipino women, celebrates its one-year anniversary! (10pm-2am, Il Pirata Bar, 2007 16th St., S.F. 21+. www.babaesf.org. $5-10).
Saturday Feb. 25 – SF, CA
Kaisahan: an evening of resistance, culture and international solidarity, presented by BAYAN-USA, Locus Arts and VietUnity. February marks the anniversary of the Philippine-American War more than 100 years ago and increased US military training. Evening includes documentary film "People's Verdict: 2005 International Solidarity Mission for Human Rights in the Philippines” and performances by Power Struggle, Echoes of Bullets, League of Filipino Students SFSU and BABAE. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St. 3rd Fl., S.F. www.bayanusa.org,, www.locusarts.org. $5-10).
Sunday Feb. 26 - SF, CA
Day of Remembrance 2006: Carrying the Light for Justice commemorates the 25th anniversary of the redress hearings. Join MC Jeff Adachi, guest speakers Sen. Daniel Inouye and D. Satsuki Ina, films and performances. (2pm, AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post St., S.F. 415.921.5007. www.dayofremembrance.org. $15-20).
email community events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the Bay Area!!!
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This week's events: SF, Philly and NYC...!
Monday, Feb. 20 Philly, PA
Generasian Next Theater Workshop for teens presented by Asian Arts Initiative; classes taught by veteran performance artist Gary San Angel. (Meets Mondays, 4-7pm Feb. 20-May 20, 2006. 1315 Cherry St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA. 215.557.0445. www.asianartsinitiative.org. Sliding scale-$150).
Tuesday, Feb. 21 SF, CA
Poetry as Opera, a reading by Genny Lim, accompanied by composter Hong Wong. (6:30pm, Koret Auditorium, lower level, San Francisco Public Library. 100 Larkin St., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Wednesday, Feb. 22 SF, CA
Indie Asian Band Showcase features All Ages, 8Past, Jumping Jacks and Sky and Telescope. (7:30pm, Slims at 333 11th St., S.F. 415.255.0333. $8).
Thursday, Feb. 23 NYC
Enjoy an Evening of Asian American Poetry with Meena Alexander, Marilyn Chin, Luis Francia, Eric Gamalinda, Kimiko Hahn, Vijay Seshadri, Barbara Tran and Shanxing Wang; opening remarks by Arthur Sze. Dedicated to the memory of Chris Iijima. (7:30pm, Asian American Writers Workshop, 65 West 11th St., 5th Fl., Wollman Hall, NYC. 212.229.5488. www.aaww.org. $7-10).
Thursday, Feb. 23 SF, CA
Commotion: Join Kearny Street Workshop and local artists for KSWs art expo and cd release, 7 Years of APAture." Musical performances by Goh Nakamura, Ee, Golda Supernova, DJ VNA and SambAsia. (6:30pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St., 3rd Fl., S.F. www.kearnystreet.org. FREE).
Babae, an organization for the rights and welfare of Filipino women, celebrates its one-year anniversary! (10pm-2am, Il Pirata Bar, 2007 16th St., S.F. 21+. www.babaesf.org. $5-10).
Saturday Feb. 25 SF, CA
Kaisahan: an evening of resistance, culture and international solidarity, presented by BAYAN-USA, Locus Arts and VietUnity. February marks the anniversary of the Philippine-American War more than 100 years ago and increased US military training. Evening includes documentary film "People's Verdict: 2005 International Solidarity Mission for Human Rights in the Philippines and performances by Power Struggle, Echoes of Bullets, League of Filipino Students SFSU and BABAE. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp St. 3rd Fl., S.F. www.bayanusa.org,, www.locusarts.org. $5-10).
Sunday Feb. 26 - SF, CA
Day of Remembrance 2006: Carrying the Light for Justice commemorates the 25th anniversary of the redress hearings. Join MC Jeff Adachi, guest speakers Sen. Daniel Inouye and D. Satsuki Ina, films and performances. (2pm, AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres, 1881 Post St., S.F. 415.921.5007. www.dayofremembrance.org. $15-20).
email community events to: momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Visit www.manja.org for up-to-date API arts events and news in the Bay Area!!!
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With all the fizzled hype surrounding moguls skier and NFL-wannabe Jeremy Bloom, one story that slipped under the radar is Toby Dawson, the bronze medal winner in the Olympics freestyle moguls. Dawson was the only American skier to win a medal in the moguls event.
Toby Dawson is also a South Korean orphan who was adopted at age 3 by a couple from Vail, Colorado (his adopted mother Deborah was in the stands frenetically waving a banner and cheering). According to the LA Times, there are conflicting stories on how he became an orphan (one story says he was left on the street, another outside a police station).
Dawson hopes to use the publicity from the Olympics to aid his search for his birth parents, which shouldn't be hard since South Korean newspapers have glommed onto him. NBCOlympics.com has posted pictures from his early childhood, and several people have already stepped forward claiming to be his birth parents.
This blog post was written by Amy Lam, a Hyphen contributing designer.
Posted by Melissa at 1:18 PM | Comments (1)
With all the fizzled hype surrounding moguls skier and NFL-wannabe Jeremy Bloom, one story that slipped under the radar is Toby Dawson, the bronze medal winner in the Olympics freestyle moguls. Dawson was the only American skier to win a medal in the moguls event.
Toby Dawson is also a South Korean orphan who was adopted at age 3 by a couple from Vail, Colorado (his adopted mother Deborah was in the stands frenetically waving a banner and cheering). According to the LA Times, there are conflicting stories on how he became an orphan (one story says he was left on the street, another outside a police station).
Dawson hopes to use the publicity from the Olympics to aid his search for his birth parents, which shouldn't be hard since South Korean newspapers have glommed onto him. NBCOlympics.com has posted pictures from his early childhood, and several people have already stepped forward claiming to be his birth parents.
This blog post was written by Amy Lam, a Hyphen contributing designer.
Posted by Melissa at 1:18 PM | Comments (1)
With all the fizzled hype surrounding moguls skier and NFL-wannabe Jeremy Bloom, one story that slipped under the radar is Toby Dawson, the bronze medal winner in the Olympics freestyle moguls. Dawson was the only American skier to win a medal in the moguls event.
Toby Dawson is also a South Korean orphan who was adopted at age 3 by a couple from Vail, Colorado (his adopted mother Deborah was in the stands frenetically waving a banner and cheering). According to the LA Times, there are conflicting stories on how he became an orphan (one story says he was left on the street, another outside a police station).
Dawson hopes to use the publicity from the Olympics to aid his search for his birth parents, which shouldn't be hard since South Korean newspapers have glommed onto him. NBCOlympics.com has posted pictures from his early childhood, and several people have already stepped forward claiming to be his birth parents.
This blog post was written by Amy Lam, a Hyphen contributing designer.
Posted by Melissa at 1:18 PM | Comments (1)
The Seattle Times ran this story on Hines Ward, the Super Bowl MVP: Biracial Super Bowl hero is big hit in South Korea. Hines is half Korean, half black—his mother is Korean and his father was a black GI. This isn't the first story on this subject. I wonder if it's blown up by the media, or if they really are as crazy for him over there as they say. The story addresses the contempt in Korean society for mixed race people. But times are changing. People seem to be more open, letting go of old prejudices.
Sometimes though, it seems that people enthusiastically embrace all things multiracial and multicultural just as a way to show how modern and with it they are.
Like in the case of Miss Georgia. If you are like me, and don’t follow beauty pageants, you might have missed the fact that Miss Georgia is hapa. See this story: The Biracial Belle.
The gist of the story is, "Hey, look how great Georgia is! Not like long time ago when everyone was segregated. Now we are a diverse place. Yeah, us! Don’t think we’re backwards cause we’re in the South. Did we mention that segregation stuff was a long time ago?” This builds to a crescendo that ends like so:
People can change. Regions can change. Nations can change. Pageants can certainly change. And Georgia can win.
(Miss Georgia didn’t win, in case you were wondering. The new Miss America is Miss Oklahoma)
For more on this topic, check out this story, Multi-racial Dream, by Claire Light, a Hyphen founder and a former editor for us. Claire refutes the points made in a article called “What Are The Strengths of Interracial Families,” which has a wow-isn’t-it-so-great tone smiliar to the Miss Georgia website. The story presents interracial families as perfect, super-families.
Claire sarcastically writes:
See, this is why I’m glad to be biracial. All of you monoracials out there are just people, but me? I’m a magic pill on legs. Doesn’t matter if I never lift a finger in my life, even to pick my nose. Like Haile Selassie or Frodo Baggins, I was born to a higher purpose: to end the racial problem by erasing it.
She also addresses the fallacy of the wonders of color-blind societies (or raceless ones, for that matter), and why positive stereotypes of Asian Americans are not OK. It’s a good, interesting read.
Posted by Melissa at 11:10 AM | Comments (7)
The Seattle Times ran this story on Hines Ward, the Super Bowl MVP: Biracial Super Bowl hero is big hit in South Korea. Hines is half Korean, half black—his mother is Korean and his father was a black GI. This isn't the first story on this subject. I wonder if it's blown up by the media, or if they really are as crazy for him over there as they say. The story addresses the contempt in Korean society for mixed race people. But times are changing. People seem to be more open, letting go of old prejudices.
Sometimes though, it seems that people enthusiastically embrace all things multiracial and multicultural just as a way to show how modern and with it they are.
Like in the case of Miss Georgia. If you are like me, and don’t follow beauty pageants, you might have missed the fact that Miss Georgia is hapa. See this story: The Biracial Belle.
The gist of the story is, "Hey, look how great Georgia is! Not like long time ago when everyone was segregated. Now we are a diverse place. Yeah, us! Don’t think we’re backwards cause we’re in the South. Did we mention that segregation stuff was a long time ago?” This builds to a crescendo that ends like so:
People can change. Regions can change. Nations can change. Pageants can certainly change. And Georgia can win.
(Miss Georgia didn’t win, in case you were wondering. The new Miss America is Miss Oklahoma)
For more on this topic, check out this story, Multi-racial Dream, by Claire Light, a Hyphen founder and a former editor for us. Claire refutes the points made in a article called “What Are The Strengths of Interracial Families,” which has a wow-isn’t-it-so-great tone smiliar to the Miss Georgia website. The story presents interracial families as perfect, super-families.
Claire sarcastically writes:
See, this is why I’m glad to be biracial. All of you monoracials out there are just people, but me? I’m a magic pill on legs. Doesn’t matter if I never lift a finger in my life, even to pick my nose. Like Haile Selassie or Frodo Baggins, I was born to a higher purpose: to end the racial problem by erasing it.
She also addresses the fallacy of the wonders of color-blind societies (or raceless ones, for that matter), and why positive stereotypes of Asian Americans are not OK. It’s a good, interesting read.
Posted by Melissa at 11:10 AM | Comments (7)
The Seattle Times ran this story on Hines Ward, the Super Bowl MVP: Biracial Super Bowl hero is big hit in South Korea. Hines is half Korean, half blackhis mother is Korean and his father was a black GI. This isn't the first story on this subject. I wonder if it's blown up by the media, or if they really are as crazy for him over there as they say. The story addresses the contempt in Korean society for mixed race people. But times are changing. People seem to be more open, letting go of old prejudices.
Sometimes though, it seems that people enthusiastically embrace all things multiracial and multicultural just as a way to show how modern and with it they are.
Like in the case of Miss Georgia. If you are like me, and dont follow beauty pageants, you might have missed the fact that Miss Georgia is hapa. See this story: The Biracial Belle.
The gist of the story is, "Hey, look how great Georgia is! Not like long time ago when everyone was segregated. Now we are a diverse place. Yeah, us! Dont think were backwards cause were in the South. Did we mention that segregation stuff was a long time ago? This builds to a crescendo that ends like so:
People can change. Regions can change. Nations can change. Pageants can certainly change. And Georgia can win.
(Miss Georgia didnt win, in case you were wondering. The new Miss America is Miss Oklahoma)
For more on this topic, check out this story, Multi-racial Dream, by Claire Light, a Hyphen founder and a former editor for us. Claire refutes the points made in a article called What Are The Strengths of Interracial Families, which has a wow-isnt-it-so-great tone smiliar to the Miss Georgia website. The story presents interracial families as perfect, super-families.
Claire sarcastically writes:
See, this is why Im glad to be biracial. All of you monoracials out there are just people, but me? Im a magic pill on legs. Doesnt matter if I never lift a finger in my life, even to pick my nose. Like Haile Selassie or Frodo Baggins, I was born to a higher purpose: to end the racial problem by erasing it.
She also addresses the fallacy of the wonders of color-blind societies (or raceless ones, for that matter), and why positive stereotypes of Asian Americans are not OK. Its a good, interesting read.
Posted by Melissa at 11:10 AM | Comments (7)
Get a sneak peek of this year's San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) and pick up the much-coveted festival guidebook (I'm a geek, okay? I've already got mine marked up). Hyphen's an official media sponsor, so you'll likely bump into one or two or three or four (okay, I'll stop) of us tonight and throughout the screenings.
A whopping 126 feature-length and short films will be shown March 16-26. Opening night features Eric Byler's Americanese and the festival closes with Ham Tran's Journey from the Fall. Slotted in between are plenty of exciting films and programs.
This year's spotlight honor is on the very handsome James Shigeta. I've only seen him in the Flower Drum Song, which I watched in my Asian Am film/video class a decade ago. Anyone seen his other films? (Tamlyn Tomita also deserves some sort of prize; she's in four of the films this year).
Not be missed (in my humble opinion) is the "Is Charlie Chan Dead? Asian American Men On Screen" panel, which includes a screening of The Slanted Screen, dir. Jeff Adachi (yes, as in SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi! Who knew?).
A film I'm most excited to see is Punching at the Sun, dir. Tanuj Chopra, about a NYC South Asian teen's experiences after 9/11.
There's a lot more that I've marked on my calendar already. Which ones pique your interest? How many are you planning on seeing this year? (Who are the true film fest nerds out there?)!
9:00 pm to midnight
111 Minna Gallery
$5 / free for Asian American Media members / 21+
www.111minnagallery.com
www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org
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Get a sneak peek of this year's San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) and pick up the much-coveted festival guidebook (I'm a geek, okay? I've already got mine marked up). Hyphen's an official media sponsor, so you'll likely bump into one or two or three or four (okay, I'll stop) of us tonight and throughout the screenings.
A whopping 126 feature-length and short films will be shown March 16-26. Opening night features Eric Byler's Americanese and the festival closes with Ham Tran's Journey from the Fall. Slotted in between are plenty of exciting films and programs.
This year's spotlight honor is on the very handsome James Shigeta. I've only seen him in the Flower Drum Song, which I watched in my Asian Am film/video class a decade ago. Anyone seen his other films? (Tamlyn Tomita also deserves some sort of prize; she's in four of the films this year).
Not be missed (in my humble opinion) is the "Is Charlie Chan Dead? Asian American Men On Screen" panel, which includes a screening of The Slanted Screen, dir. Jeff Adachi (yes, as in SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi! Who knew?).
A film I'm most excited to see is Punching at the Sun, dir. Tanuj Chopra, about a NYC South Asian teen's experiences after 9/11.
There's a lot more that I've marked on my calendar already. Which ones pique your interest? How many are you planning on seeing this year? (Who are the true film fest nerds out there?)!
9:00 pm to midnight
111 Minna Gallery
$5 / free for Asian American Media members / 21+
www.111minnagallery.com
www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org
Posted by momo at 10:08 AM | Comments (6)
Get a sneak peek of this year's San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) and pick up the much-coveted festival guidebook (I'm a geek, okay? I've already got mine marked up). Hyphen's an official media sponsor, so you'll likely bump into one or two or three or four (okay, I'll stop) of us tonight and throughout the screenings.
A whopping 126 feature-length and short films will be shown March 16-26. Opening night features Eric Byler's Americanese and the festival closes with Ham Tran's Journey from the Fall. Slotted in between are plenty of exciting films and programs.
This year's spotlight honor is on the very handsome James Shigeta. I've only seen him in the Flower Drum Song, which I watched in my Asian Am film/video class a decade ago. Anyone seen his other films? (Tamlyn Tomita also deserves some sort of prize; she's in four of the films this year).
Not be missed (in my humble opinion) is the "Is Charlie Chan Dead? Asian American Men On Screen" panel, which includes a screening of The Slanted Screen, dir. Jeff Adachi (yes, as in SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi! Who knew?).
A film I'm most excited to see is Punching at the Sun, dir. Tanuj Chopra, about a NYC South Asian teen's experiences after 9/11.
There's a lot more that I've marked on my calendar already. Which ones pique your interest? How many are you planning on seeing this year? (Who are the true film fest nerds out there?)!
9:00 pm to midnight
111 Minna Gallery
$5 / free for Asian American Media members / 21+
www.111minnagallery.com
www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org
Posted by momo at 10:08 AM | Comments (6)
Many of the posts on this blog rant and rave about how Hollywood disses Asian Americans. East West Players and the Asian American Theater Company are offering three programs that probably offer the best long-term solution: getting more Asian Americans involved.
For all you aspiring actors, screenwriters and playwrights:
The East West Players is participating in the ABC and The Walt Disney Studios Talent Development Scholarship Grant Program. Here's more info from an e-mail I received:
Artists selected for the Scholarship Grant Program will receive a grant of $20,000. Organizations that submit a winning recipient will receive a $10,000 winning grant to expand or enhance a creative arts program. Selected participants will be paired with a mentor for 10 months. The program concludes with a series of workshops in Los Angeles at ABC Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios.
ABC and The Walt Disney Studios will award the scholarships/grants through the participating organizations only. NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM APPLICANTS DIRECTLY.
This program is an especially great opportunity for any filmmaker wanting to make a video, write a screenplay, or write a TV script. To receive an application for this program, please e-mail East West Players Literary Manager Jeff Liu at jliu@eastwestplayers.org. Read the application carefully, and send in all the required elements by February 24, 2006.
The Asian American Theater Company is offering and eight-week acting studio from March 7 through April 27 and an eight-week writing studio from March 4 through April 8.
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Many of the posts on this blog rant and rave about how Hollywood disses Asian Americans. East West Players and the Asian American Theater Company are offering three programs that probably offer the best long-term solution: getting more Asian Americans involved.
For all you aspiring actors, screenwriters and playwrights:
The East West Players is participating in the ABC and The Walt Disney Studios Talent Development Scholarship Grant Program. Here's more info from an e-mail I received:
Artists selected for the Scholarship Grant Program will receive a grant of $20,000. Organizations that submit a winning recipient will receive a $10,000 winning grant to expand or enhance a creative arts program. Selected participants will be paired with a mentor for 10 months. The program concludes with a series of workshops in Los Angeles at ABC Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios.
ABC and The Walt Disney Studios will award the scholarships/grants through the participating organizations only. NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM APPLICANTS DIRECTLY.
This program is an especially great opportunity for any filmmaker wanting to make a video, write a screenplay, or write a TV script. To receive an application for this program, please e-mail East West Players Literary Manager Jeff Liu at jliu@eastwestplayers.org. Read the application carefully, and send in all the required elements by February 24, 2006.
The Asian American Theater Company is offering and eight-week acting studio from March 7 through April 27 and an eight-week writing studio from March 4 through April 8.
Posted by harry at 1:19 PM | Comments (2)
Many of the posts on this blog rant and rave about how Hollywood disses Asian Americans. East West Players and the Asian American Theater Company are offering three programs that probably offer the best long-term solution: getting more Asian Americans involved.
For all you aspiring actors, screenwriters and playwrights:
The East West Players is participating in the ABC and The Walt Disney Studios Talent Development Scholarship Grant Program. Here's more info from an e-mail I received:
Artists selected for the Scholarship Grant Program will receive a grant of $20,000. Organizations that submit a winning recipient will receive a $10,000 winning grant to expand or enhance a creative arts program. Selected participants will be paired with a mentor for 10 months. The program concludes with a series of workshops in Los Angeles at ABC Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios.
ABC and The Walt Disney Studios will award the scholarships/grants through the participating organizations only. NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM APPLICANTS DIRECTLY.
This program is an especially great opportunity for any filmmaker wanting to make a video, write a screenplay, or write a TV script. To receive an application for this program, please e-mail East West Players Literary Manager Jeff Liu at jliu@eastwestplayers.org. Read the application carefully, and send in all the required elements by February 24, 2006.
The Asian American Theater Company is offering and eight-week acting studio from March 7 through April 27 and an eight-week writing studio from March 4 through April 8.
Posted by harry at 1:19 PM | Comments (2)
Love is in the air today, on Valentine's Day, which also happens to be the fifth anniversary of Angry Asian Man, one of the best blogs out there.
Phil Yu, who runs the site, did a wonderful job for Hyphen in writing about the best of the Asian American blogsphere for Issue 8.
Thanks Phil, for all you've done in the last five years, and stay angry!
Posted by harry at 11:12 AM | Comments (1)
Love is in the air today, on Valentine's Day, which also happens to be the fifth anniversary of Angry Asian Man, one of the best blogs out there.
Phil Yu, who runs the site, did a wonderful job for Hyphen in writing about the best of the Asian American blogsphere for Issue 8.
Thanks Phil, for all you've done in the last five years, and stay angry!
Posted by harry at 11:12 AM | Comments (1)
Love is in the air today, on Valentine's Day, which also happens to be the fifth anniversary of Angry Asian Man, one of the best blogs out there.
Phil Yu, who runs the site, did a wonderful job for Hyphen in writing about the best of the Asian American blogsphere for Issue 8.
Thanks Phil, for all you've done in the last five years, and stay angry!
Posted by harry at 11:12 AM | Comments (1)
This week's events include: more on Eddy Zheng, Chinese operas, in search of Oakland's Iron Chef, and the SFIAAFF launch party...
MON- FEB. 13
Eddy Zheng's last chance to plead his case at today's hearing; community members who want to attend, email achaddha@gmail.com. (1pm, 630 Sansome @ Washington, S.F. Courtroom 937).
Think you're the next Iron Chef? Oakland's looking for a chef for OACC's cook-off. Theme? RICE. Deadline to enter contest is this week; contest/fundraiser March 1. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, 510.637.0459).
WED - FEB. 15
Get your fill of Chinese opera this month with special programs, exhibits and workshops in S.F.'s public library. Today's workshop/demonstration of the art of Kunqu Opera is lead by Sabrina Hou of Peony Performing Arts. Photo exhibit of Chinese opera in NYC and S.F. by Nancy Hom and Bob Hsiang runs until April 20. (1pm, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, S.F. Public Library, 100 Larkin, 415.557.4400. FREE).
Come find out more about the struggles, communities and arts & culture of Pacific Islanders at a special event today, including discussion of the first-ever community research project that reveals an alarmingly high drop-out, incarceration and depression rate amongs Pacific Islanders in Oakland. Youth from Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Leadership and Advocacy's (AYPAL) PIKA program perform guerrilla theater skits. (3-5pm, 1515 Webster St., Oakland, 510.834.9455 ext. 211. FREE).
THURS - FEB. 16
You know your weekend starts today (or you'd like it to). No fear, this Thursday presents to you a plethora of choices, starting with a panel of experts to enlighten us about the world of speed dating, Asian American-style. (7-9:30pm, Japanese Cultural & Community Center 1840 Sutter Street, S.F. $5-20. RSVP at Third Thursdays).
Bring your words of wisdom to Locus Art's Open Mic or just come listen to Rupert Estanislao, poet extraordinaire. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp Street, 3rd Fl., S. F. FREE).
And get down with the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (from now on and forever onward referred to as SFIAAFF). Launch party tonight. (9pm-midnight, 111 Minna St., S.F. $5 or free for Center for Asian American Media members, 21+).
FRI/SAT - FEB. 17-18
One-man playwright/actor Francis Tanglao-Aguas continues "The Sarimanok Travels" at the Asian American Theater Company this weekend; show runs through Feb. 25. (8pm, Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., S.F. $1-15).
SUN - FEB. 19
The Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) responds to the representation of the Prophet Muhammad in a community forum. (2-4pm, Muslim Community Association, 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara).
email community events to momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Posted by momo at 7:59 PM | Comments (0)
This week's events include: more on Eddy Zheng, Chinese operas, in search of Oakland's Iron Chef, and the SFIAAFF launch party...
MON- FEB. 13
Eddy Zheng's last chance to plead his case at today's hearing; community members who want to attend, email achaddha@gmail.com. (1pm, 630 Sansome @ Washington, S.F. Courtroom 937).
Think you're the next Iron Chef? Oakland's looking for a chef for OACC's cook-off. Theme? RICE. Deadline to enter contest is this week; contest/fundraiser March 1. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, 510.637.0459).
WED - FEB. 15
Get your fill of Chinese opera this month with special programs, exhibits and workshops in S.F.'s public library. Today's workshop/demonstration of the art of Kunqu Opera is lead by Sabrina Hou of Peony Performing Arts. Photo exhibit of Chinese opera in NYC and S.F. by Nancy Hom and Bob Hsiang runs until April 20. (1pm, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, S.F. Public Library, 100 Larkin, 415.557.4400. FREE).
Come find out more about the struggles, communities and arts & culture of Pacific Islanders at a special event today, including discussion of the first-ever community research project that reveals an alarmingly high drop-out, incarceration and depression rate amongs Pacific Islanders in Oakland. Youth from Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Leadership and Advocacy's (AYPAL) PIKA program perform guerrilla theater skits. (3-5pm, 1515 Webster St., Oakland, 510.834.9455 ext. 211. FREE).
THURS - FEB. 16
You know your weekend starts today (or you'd like it to). No fear, this Thursday presents to you a plethora of choices, starting with a panel of experts to enlighten us about the world of speed dating, Asian American-style. (7-9:30pm, Japanese Cultural & Community Center 1840 Sutter Street, S.F. $5-20. RSVP at Third Thursdays).
Bring your words of wisdom to Locus Art's Open Mic or just come listen to Rupert Estanislao, poet extraordinaire. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp Street, 3rd Fl., S. F. FREE).
And get down with the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (from now on and forever onward referred to as SFIAAFF). Launch party tonight. (9pm-midnight, 111 Minna St., S.F. $5 or free for Center for Asian American Media members, 21+).
FRI/SAT - FEB. 17-18
One-man playwright/actor Francis Tanglao-Aguas continues "The Sarimanok Travels" at the Asian American Theater Company this weekend; show runs through Feb. 25. (8pm, Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., S.F. $1-15).
SUN - FEB. 19
The Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) responds to the representation of the Prophet Muhammad in a community forum. (2-4pm, Muslim Community Association, 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara).
email community events to momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
Posted by momo at 7:59 PM | Comments (0)
This week's events include: more on Eddy Zheng, Chinese operas, in search of Oakland's Iron Chef, and the SFIAAFF launch party...
MON- FEB. 13
Eddy Zheng's last chance to plead his case at today's hearing; community members who want to attend, email achaddha@gmail.com. (1pm, 630 Sansome @ Washington, S.F. Courtroom 937).
Think you're the next Iron Chef? Oakland's looking for a chef for OACC's cook-off. Theme? RICE. Deadline to enter contest is this week; contest/fundraiser March 1. (Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St. #290, Oakland, 510.637.0459).
WED - FEB. 15
Get your fill of Chinese opera this month with special programs, exhibits and workshops in S.F.'s public library. Today's workshop/demonstration of the art of Kunqu Opera is lead by Sabrina Hou of Peony Performing Arts. Photo exhibit of Chinese opera in NYC and S.F. by Nancy Hom and Bob Hsiang runs until April 20. (1pm, Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, S.F. Public Library, 100 Larkin, 415.557.4400. FREE).
Come find out more about the struggles, communities and arts & culture of Pacific Islanders at a special event today, including discussion of the first-ever community research project that reveals an alarmingly high drop-out, incarceration and depression rate amongs Pacific Islanders in Oakland. Youth from Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Leadership and Advocacy's (AYPAL) PIKA program perform guerrilla theater skits. (3-5pm, 1515 Webster St., Oakland, 510.834.9455 ext. 211. FREE).
THURS - FEB. 16
You know your weekend starts today (or you'd like it to). No fear, this Thursday presents to you a plethora of choices, starting with a panel of experts to enlighten us about the world of speed dating, Asian American-style. (7-9:30pm, Japanese Cultural & Community Center 1840 Sutter Street, S.F. $5-20. RSVP at Third Thursdays).
Bring your words of wisdom to Locus Art's Open Mic or just come listen to Rupert Estanislao, poet extraordinaire. (8pm, SPACE180, 180 Capp Street, 3rd Fl., S. F. FREE).
And get down with the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (from now on and forever onward referred to as SFIAAFF). Launch party tonight. (9pm-midnight, 111 Minna St., S.F. $5 or free for Center for Asian American Media members, 21+).
FRI/SAT - FEB. 17-18
One-man playwright/actor Francis Tanglao-Aguas continues "The Sarimanok Travels" at the Asian American Theater Company this weekend; show runs through Feb. 25. (8pm, Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., S.F. $1-15).
SUN - FEB. 19
The Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) responds to the representation of the Prophet Muhammad in a community forum. (2-4pm, Muslim Community Association, 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara).
email community events to momo@hyphenmagazine.com.
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After chasing Olympic gold for over a decade, Michelle Kwan announced today that she is withdrawing herself from the U.S. Olympic team for this Winter Games. Kwan has tallied five world titles, nine national championships and silver and bronze medals at previous Olympics (1998 and 2002, respectively) but has been unable to take it all home at the Olympics. In explaining a decision that Scott Hamilton described as "generous", Kwan said, "I respect the Olympics too much to compete... I don't want to be a distraction here." The doctor who examined her stated this new acute injury is not career-ending, but still, not a bad list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.
In other figure skating news, Rena Inoue and John Baldwin landed the first ever throw triple Axel in international competition. Like Kwan, this is Inoue's third Olympic Games (she competed for Japan in 1992 and 1994) and recently became a US Citizen last fall. This single trick probably won't bring them any medals (they are currently standing sixth and most bets for gold are on the Russian pair), but it's pretty cool anyway.
What's up with Apolo Ohno? Well, the 1500m men's short track is on today and it's time to see if the controversy between him and the South Korean team get cleared up as he faces off against current world champion Ahn Hyun-Soo.
What is it with Asians and the ice anyway?
Posted by Seng at 12:46 AM | Comments (1)
After chasing Olympic gold for over a decade, Michelle Kwan announced today that she is withdrawing herself from the U.S. Olympic team for this Winter Games. Kwan has tallied five world titles, nine national championships and silver and bronze medals at previous Olympics (1998 and 2002, respectively) but has been unable to take it all home at the Olympics. In explaining a decision that Scott Hamilton described as "generous", Kwan said, "I respect the Olympics too much to compete... I don't want to be a distraction here." The doctor who examined her stated this new acute injury is not career-ending, but still, not a bad list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.
In other figure skating news, Rena Inoue and John Baldwin landed the first ever throw triple Axel in international competition. Like Kwan, this is Inoue's third Olympic Games (she competed for Japan in 1992 and 1994) and recently became a US Citizen last fall. This single trick probably won't bring them any medals (they are currently standing sixth and most bets for gold are on the Russian pair), but it's pretty cool anyway.
What's up with Apolo Ohno? Well, the 1500m men's short track is on today and it's time to see if the controversy between him and the South Korean team get cleared up as he faces off against current world champion Ahn Hyun-Soo.
What is it with Asians and the ice anyway?
Posted by Seng at 12:46 AM | Comments (1)
After chasing Olympic gold for over a decade, Michelle Kwan announced today that she is withdrawing herself from the U.S. Olympic team for this Winter Games. Kwan has tallied five world titles, nine national championships and silver and bronze medals at previous Olympics (1998 and 2002, respectively) but has been unable to take it all home at the Olympics. In explaining a decision that Scott Hamilton described as "generous", Kwan said, "I respect the Olympics too much to compete... I don't want to be a distraction here." The doctor who examined her stated this new acute injury is not career-ending, but still, not a bad list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.
In other figure skating news, Rena Inoue and John Baldwin landed the first ever throw triple Axel in international competition. Like Kwan, this is Inoue's third Olympic Games (she competed for Japan in 1992 and 1994) and recently became a US Citizen last fall. This single trick probably won't bring them any medals (they are currently standing sixth and most bets for gold are on the Russian pair), but it's pretty cool anyway.
What's up with Apolo Ohno? Well, the 1500m men's short track is on today and it's time to see if the controversy between him and the South Korean team get cleared up as he faces off against current world champion Ahn Hyun-Soo.
What is it with Asians and the ice anyway?
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Asian American boookstores are priceless -- precarious and brave. What Advanced Searches on Barnes & Noble.com will never yield, what the shelves of Borders can't be counted on to carry much less surrender -- the Asian American bookstore will have gathered and displayed for you, rows upon rows of just the things you might not want to miss. It's like having a literary personal shopper.
It was thanks to just one of these stores, Asian American Curriculum Project in downtown San Mateo, that I've come across Amy Uyematsu's poetry. The book I picked up, Stone Bow Prayer, is Uyematsu's third published collection, but my first encounter. It is lovely.
And I have to confess, I'm not really a poetry person. A lot of it goes over my head. And then there's... well, best to refrain from judgment.
But Uyematsu's words do what language can, at its most powerful: retool our tired assumptions that we know the world around us, that we have seen this image, heard this sound, felt this sensation before. Inside one of her poems, you inhabit a moment that was never yours, far more crisply than you've inhabited the last 18 hours of your day.
This is why I read. And why I am so glad people write.
Uyematsu's language has the deceptive simplicity of the exquisitely made. It goes down so easy, and is yet so breathtaking. Hopefully she won't mind if I quote a poem here. There was special spacing in this one, which I tried to keep, but it wouldn't stick. (Go buy the book.)
* * *
STORM
after hearing "Monochrome,"
by the Kodo drummers
At first we hear nothing
only the barest flicker
of wrists and sticks appears
Then a flutter of sound
coming closer together
until everyone hears
This delicate drizzle
pretending to lull us
its liquid drone
Slowly swells to a clatter
the hands moving now
in frenzied precision
So unforgiving
the staccato air
its godly clamor
Drilling the ear
then arms falling still
the silence
That comes after rain
and we never suspect
how much heaven needs us
* * *
I think I'll read just one each day, until I'm done.
Posted by erin at 9:53 PM | Comments (2)
Asian American boookstores are priceless -- precarious and brave. What Advanced Searches on Barnes & Noble.com will never yield, what the shelves of Borders can't be counted on to carry much less surrender -- the Asian American bookstore will have gathered and displayed for you, rows upon rows of just the things you might not want to miss. It's like having a literary personal shopper.
It was thanks to just one of these stores, Asian American Curriculum Project in downtown San Mateo, that I've come across Amy Uyematsu's poetry. The book I picked up, Stone Bow Prayer, is Uyematsu's third published collection, but my first encounter. It is lovely.
And I have to confess, I'm not really a poetry person. A lot of it goes over my head. And then there's... well, best to refrain from judgment.
But Uyematsu's words do what language can, at its most powerful: retool our tired assumptions that we know the world around us, that we have seen this image, heard this sound, felt this sensation before. Inside one of her poems, you inhabit a moment that was never yours, far more crisply than you've inhabited the last 18 hours of your day.
This is why I read. And why I am so glad people write.
Uyematsu's language has the deceptive simplicity of the exquisitely made. It goes down so easy, and is yet so breathtaking. Hopefully she won't mind if I quote a poem here. There was special spacing in this one, which I tried to keep, but it wouldn't stick. (Go buy the book.)
* * *
STORM
after hearing "Monochrome,"
by the Kodo drummers
At first we hear nothing
only the barest flicker
of wrists and sticks appears
Then a flutter of sound
coming closer together
until everyone hears
This delicate drizzle
pretending to lull us
its liquid drone
Slowly swells to a clatter
the hands moving now
in frenzied precision
So unforgiving
the staccato air
its godly clamor
Drilling the ear
then arms falling still
the silence
That comes after rain
and we never suspect
how much heaven needs us
* * *
I think I'll read just one each day, until I'm done.
Posted by erin at 9:53 PM | Comments (2)
Asian American boookstores are priceless -- precarious and brave. What Advanced Searches on Barnes & Noble.com will never yield, what the shelves of Borders can't be counted on to carry much less surrender -- the Asian American bookstore will have gathered and displayed for you, rows upon rows of just the things you might not want to miss. It's like having a literary personal shopper.
It was thanks to just one of these stores, Asian American Curriculum Project in downtown San Mateo, that I've come across Amy Uyematsu's poetry. The book I picked up, Stone Bow Prayer, is Uyematsu's third published collection, but my first encounter. It is lovely.
And I have to confess, I'm not really a poetry person. A lot of it goes over my head. And then there's... well, best to refrain from judgment.
But Uyematsu's words do what language can, at its most powerful: retool our tired assumptions that we know the world around us, that we have seen this image, heard this sound, felt this sensation before. Inside one of her poems, you inhabit a moment that was never yours, far more crisply than you've inhabited the last 18 hours of your day.
This is why I read. And why I am so glad people write.
Uyematsu's language has the deceptive simplicity of the exquisitely made. It goes down so easy, and is yet so breathtaking. Hopefully she won't mind if I quote a poem here. There was special spacing in this one, which I tried to keep, but it wouldn't stick. (Go buy the book.)
* * *
STORM
after hearing "Monochrome,"
by the Kodo drummers
At first we hear nothing
only the barest flicker
of wrists and sticks appears
Then a flutter of sound
coming closer together
until everyone hears
This delicate drizzle
pretending to lull us
its liquid drone
Slowly swells to a clatter
the hands moving now
in frenzied precision
So unforgiving
the staccato air
its godly clamor
Drilling the ear
then arms falling still
the silence
That comes after rain
and we never suspect
how much heaven needs us
* * *
I think I'll read just one each day, until I'm done.
Posted by erin at 9:53 PM | Comments (2)
"Another month has somehow slipped by. As my final deportation hearing is getting closer, I can't help but get excited. I look forward to the opportunity to express myself to the government and the people about why I deserve to stay in this country. I'll be speaking for my future. The month of February is full of hope and potential. I'm waiting for another miracle."
That's the most recent post on Eddy Zheng's blog.
Eddy has been fighting against deportation for the last year, with support from folks like Yuri Kochiyama, Helen Zia and Rev. Norman Fong, among many, many more.
If you don't understand why all the fuss about this man, who was convicted of kidnapping at the age of 16, served 19 years on a 7-to-life sentence, and has been facing deportation since March 2005, you should learn more about his case - or meet him yourself. Though he was granted parole by the governor - his second time, the first under Gov. Davis who revoked hundreds of parole recommendations - because he is not a citizen (but a greencard holder), he faces deportation to China.
Eddy Zheng's final day of hearing is this Monday, February 13th at 1pm in the San Francisco Immigration Building.
630 Sansome (@ Washington), San Francisco
Courtroom 937
Monday February 13, 1pm
bring ID, no cameras or camera phones
This is a public hearing, and supporters will be allowed inside the courtroom. This is a continuation of last Monday's hearing, which was unexpectedly closed to the public during the morning portion.
This Monday, the immigration judge will hear from about 10 more supporters; Eddy will be in court, too.
Email achaddha@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
photo info: March 16th, 2005 hearing at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), SF. Courtesy Malcolm Yeung / www.eddyzheng.com.
Posted by momo at 7:39 PM | Comments (0)
"Another month has somehow slipped by. As my final deportation hearing is getting closer, I can't help but get excited. I look forward to the opportunity to express myself to the government and the people about why I deserve to stay in this country. I'll be speaking for my future. The month of February is full of hope and potential. I'm waiting for another miracle."
That's the most recent post on Eddy Zheng's blog.
Eddy has been fighting against deportation for the last year, with support from folks like Yuri Kochiyama, Helen Zia and Rev. Norman Fong, among many, many more.
If you don't understand why all the fuss about this man, who was convicted of kidnapping at the age of 16, served 19 years on a 7-to-life sentence, and has been facing deportation since March 2005, you should learn more about his case - or meet him yourself. Though he was granted parole by the governor - his second time, the first under Gov. Davis who revoked hundreds of parole recommendations - because he is not a citizen (but a greencard holder), he faces deportation to China.
Eddy Zheng's final day of hearing is this Monday, February 13th at 1pm in the San Francisco Immigration Building.
630 Sansome (@ Washington), San Francisco
Courtroom 937
Monday February 13, 1pm
bring ID, no cameras or camera phones
This is a public hearing, and supporters will be allowed inside the courtroom. This is a continuation of last Monday's hearing, which was unexpectedly closed to the public during the morning portion.
This Monday, the immigration judge will hear from about 10 more supporters; Eddy will be in court, too.
Email achaddha@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
photo info: March 16th, 2005 hearing at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), SF. Courtesy Malcolm Yeung / www.eddyzheng.com.
Posted by momo at 7:39 PM | Comments (0)
"Another month has somehow slipped by. As my final deportation hearing is getting closer, I can't help but get excited. I look forward to the opportunity to express myself to the government and the people about why I deserve to stay in this country. I'll be speaking for my future. The month of February is full of hope and potential. I'm waiting for another miracle."
That's the most recent post on Eddy Zheng's blog.
Eddy has been fighting against deportation for the last year, with support from folks like Yuri Kochiyama, Helen Zia and Rev. Norman Fong, among many, many more.
If you don't understand why all the fuss about this man, who was convicted of kidnapping at the age of 16, served 19 years on a 7-to-life sentence, and has been facing deportation since March 2005, you should learn more about his case - or meet him yourself. Though he was granted parole by the governor - his second time, the first under Gov. Davis who revoked hundreds of parole recommendations - because he is not a citizen (but a greencard holder), he faces deportation to China.
Eddy Zheng's final day of hearing is this Monday, February 13th at 1pm in the San Francisco Immigration Building.
630 Sansome (@ Washington), San Francisco
Courtroom 937
Monday February 13, 1pm
bring ID, no cameras or camera phones
This is a public hearing, and supporters will be allowed inside the courtroom. This is a continuation of last Monday's hearing, which was unexpectedly closed to the public during the morning portion.
This Monday, the immigration judge will hear from about 10 more supporters; Eddy will be in court, too.
Email achaddha@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
photo info: March 16th, 2005 hearing at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), SF. Courtesy Malcolm Yeung / www.eddyzheng.com.
Posted by momo at 7:39 PM | Comments (0)
Time to catch up on a few stories that we've reported on in past issues of Hyphen.
Now, in 23 of the cases people are pleading guilty. Interestingly, many of those putting in a guilty plea are undocumented. Which means they are up for deportation. Which means, in practical terms, why fight it if you're just going to be deported? (Pleading guilty gets you a lesser sentence.)
The good folks at Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (one of the organizations filing suit) have been keeping tabs on problems and reporting them to the Board of Elections, but not always getting a response.
As we reported in Issue 5 of Hyphen, Asian Americans have low voter participation, lower than other minority groups. With all the barriers people face at the polls, no wonder. I'm not saying that's the only reason that people don't exercise their right to vote, but it certainly creates another hurdle where there shouldn't be one.
Posted by Melissa at 10:52 AM | Comments (1)
Time to catch up on a few stories that we've reported on in past issues of Hyphen.
Now, in 23 of the cases people are pleading guilty. Interestingly, many of those putting in a guilty plea are undocumented. Which means they are up for deportation. Which means, in practical terms, why fight it if you're just going to be deported? (Pleading guilty gets you a lesser sentence.)
The good folks at Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (one of the organizations filing suit) have been keeping tabs on problems and reporting them to the Board of Elections, but not always getting a response.
As we reported in Issue 5 of Hyphen, Asian Americans have low voter participation, lower than other minority groups. With all the barriers people face at the polls, no wonder. I'm not saying that's the only reason that people don't exercise their right to vote, but it certainly creates another hurdle where there shouldn't be one.
Posted by Melissa at 10:52 AM | Comments (1)
Time to catch up on a few stories that we've reported on in past issues of Hyphen.
Now, in 23 of the cases people are pleading guilty. Interestingly, many of those putting in a guilty plea are undocumented. Which means they are up for deportation. Which means, in practical terms, why fight it if you're just going to be deported? (Pleading guilty gets you a lesser sentence.)
The good folks at Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (one of the organizations filing suit) have been keeping tabs on problems and reporting them to the Board of Elections, but not always getting a response.
As we reported in Issue 5 of Hyphen, Asian Americans have low voter participation, lower than other minority groups. With all the barriers people face at the polls, no wonder. I'm not saying that's the only reason that people don't exercise their right to vote, but it certainly creates another hurdle where there shouldn't be one.
Posted by Melissa at 10:52 AM | Comments (1)
In the spirit of The Grace Lee Project, I'm embarking on my own search for all the Harry Moks out there. Fortunately, Harry Mok isn't as common a name as Grace Lee.
The only other Harry Mok I know of is also Chinese American and apparently is a stuntman, actor and producer in martial arts films and a music video director. Googling him brings up more recent references to him living in the Central California town of Manteca and running a film festival there.
When I was going to college at San Jose State in the early 1990s, I used to get phone messages about film shoots and other similar things that were obviously not for me. I don't look myself up on the Internet (that often), but in seeing all these references to another Harry Mok, I put two-and-two together. Those messages in San Jose must have been for him.
I'm glad to see that other Harry has made some impact on the entertainment industry. As our earlier discussion on this blog about Adam Carolla has shown, the media (and many in the audience) are sorely lacking in enlightenment when it comes to Asian Americans.
I went into journalism because I thought I could add something to make a difference. I'm not sure that anything I've done has accomplished that, though working for Hyphen is a start.
The news media, like the entertainment industry, is slow to change. The perspective, the stories and the humanity of Asian Americans and other underrepresented groups often doesn't come through in the media. Hyphen started in part as a reaction to this. The dedicated group of volunteers love what we do in producing Hyphen because we can bring some of those missed stories to life.
That's my story. I want to know the other Harry Mok's story and any other Harry Moks out there. If you know them, send them my way.
Posted by harry at 1:57 PM | Comments (8)
In the spirit of The Grace Lee Project, I'm embarking on my own search for all the Harry Moks out there. Fortunately, Harry Mok isn't as common a name as Grace Lee.
The only other Harry Mok I know of is also Chinese American and apparently is a stuntman, actor and producer in martial arts films and a music video director. Googling him brings up more recent references to him living in the Central California town of Manteca and running a film festival there.
When I was going to college at San Jose State in the early 1990s, I used to get phone messages about film shoots and other similar things that were obviously not for me. I don't look myself up on the Internet (that often), but in seeing all these references to another Harry Mok, I put two-and-two together. Those messages in San Jose must have been for him.
I'm glad to see that other Harry has made some impact on the entertainment industry. As our earlier discussion on this blog about Adam Carolla has shown, the media (and many in the audience) are sorely lacking in enlightenment when it comes to Asian Americans.
I went into journalism because I thought I could add something to make a difference. I'm not sure that anything I've done has accomplished that, though working for Hyphen is a start.
The news media, like the entertainment industry, is slow to change. The perspective, the stories and the humanity of Asian Americans and other underrepresented groups often doesn't come through in the media. Hyphen started in part as a reaction to this. The dedicated group of volunteers love what we do in producing Hyphen because we can bring some of those missed stories to life.
That's my story. I want to know the other Harry Mok's story and any other Harry Moks out there. If you know them, send them my way.
Posted by harry at 1:57 PM | Comments (8)
In the spirit of The Grace Lee Project, I'm embarking on my own search for all the Harry Moks out there. Fortunately, Harry Mok isn't as common a name as Grace Lee.
The only other Harry Mok I know of is also Chinese American and apparently is a stuntman, actor and producer in martial arts films and a music video director. Googling him brings up more recent references to him living in the Central California town of Manteca and running a film festival there.
When I was going to college at San Jose State in the early 1990s, I used to get phone messages about film shoots and other similar things that were obviously not for me. I don't look myself up on the Internet (that often), but in seeing all these references to another Harry Mok, I put two-and-two together. Those messages in San Jose must have been for him.
I'm glad to see that other Harry has made some impact on the entertainment industry. As our earlier discussion on this blog about Adam Carolla has shown, the media (and many in the audience) are sorely lacking in enlightenment when it comes to Asian Americans.
I went into journalism because I thought I could add something to make a difference. I'm not sure that anything I've done has accomplished that, though working for Hyphen is a start.
The news media, like the entertainment industry, is slow to change. The perspective, the stories and the humanity of Asian Americans and other underrepresented groups often doesn't come through in the media. Hyphen started in part as a reaction to this. The dedicated group of volunteers love what we do in producing Hyphen because we can bring some of those missed stories to life.
That's my story. I want to know the other Harry Mok's story and any other Harry Moks out there. If you know them, send them my way.
Posted by harry at 1:57 PM | Comments (8)
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with the endless possibilities of things to do around here. I am lucky to live where I do (Oakland/Bay Area!). Sometimes I also feel like the events compete with one another. But all in all, I think the more the better.
So this week marks the beginning of the 4th annual Korean American Film Fest in SF. I personally enjoy film fests, period. But my favorite ones to watch are the shorts. Why? Partly because I have a short attention span. The other partly is because, where else are you gonna see some of these shorts? Okay, so there is youtube these days, but you know, back in the day you'd only catch the shorts at the festivals or if you got bootlegged copies. And the third partly is because shorts are usually a mixed bag. And I like surprises.
There's also the SF Asian Am film fest coming up in March - brought to you by the new Center for Asian American Media (hot!) - which I have been looking forward to for months already.
And this Thursday Locus Arts presents Sexy Beast: An Intrepid Journey Into API XY Sexuality. If the title alone doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what will. All I know is that I will be there - as will some other Hyphen folks. Checking out the XY's and more. Guaranteed to be a hot event.
Reading our girl Kai's piece in this week's East Bay Express, I felt enlightened about the API dating world. You know, the Asian Connections-type-of-thing. I have always wondered what it's like, and now I know. Still, wouldn't mind another API speed-dating event (I missed the last Hyphen one!).
So this all makes me think, no reason for us to sit around on our bums watching TV or interfacing with our beloved computer screens, when we could be out there exploring. And you know, this is just a taste of what's out there, and in one geographic region. I'm sure at any other given moment, there are other things going on, things that you might know about that we don't, events that you might attend that I won't be able to, and just more and more things to do during our time to unwind, relax and enjoy ourselves. How we choose to spend our time and who we choose to spend it with is exactly that - our choice. So it's reassuring to know that it's all going on - even if sometimes it feels like it's all happening at once.
Posted by momo at 3:14 PM | Comments (3)
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with the endless possibilities of things to do around here. I am lucky to live where I do (Oakland/Bay Area!). Sometimes I also feel like the events compete with one another. But all in all, I think the more the better.
So this week marks the beginning of the 4th annual Korean American Film Fest in SF. I personally enjoy film fests, period. But my favorite ones to watch are the shorts. Why? Partly because I have a short attention span. The other partly is because, where else are you gonna see some of these shorts? Okay, so there is youtube these days, but you know, back in the day you'd only catch the shorts at the festivals or if you got bootlegged copies. And the third partly is because shorts are usually a mixed bag. And I like surprises.
There's also the SF Asian Am film fest coming up in March - brought to you by the new Center for Asian American Media (hot!) - which I have been looking forward to for months already.
And this Thursday Locus Arts presents Sexy Beast: An Intrepid Journey Into API XY Sexuality. If the title alone doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what will. All I know is that I will be there - as will some other Hyphen folks. Checking out the XY's and more. Guaranteed to be a hot event.
Reading our girl Kai's piece in this week's East Bay Express, I felt enlightened about the API dating world. You know, the Asian Connections-type-of-thing. I have always wondered what it's like, and now I know. Still, wouldn't mind another API speed-dating event (I missed the last Hyphen one!).
So this all makes me think, no reason for us to sit around on our bums watching TV or interfacing with our beloved computer screens, when we could be out there exploring. And you know, this is just a taste of what's out there, and in one geographic region. I'm sure at any other given moment, there are other things going on, things that you might know about that we don't, events that you might attend that I won't be able to, and just more and more things to do during our time to unwind, relax and enjoy ourselves. How we choose to spend our time and who we choose to spend it with is exactly that - our choice. So it's reassuring to know that it's all going on - even if sometimes it feels like it's all happening at once.
Posted by momo at 3:14 PM | Comments (3)
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with the endless possibilities of things to do around here. I am lucky to live where I do (Oakland/Bay Area!). Sometimes I also feel like the events compete with one another. But all in all, I think the more the better.
So this week marks the beginning of the 4th annual Korean American Film Fest in SF. I personally enjoy film fests, period. But my favorite ones to watch are the shorts. Why? Partly because I have a short attention span. The other partly is because, where else are you gonna see some of these shorts? Okay, so there is youtube these days, but you know, back in the day you'd only catch the shorts at the festivals or if you got bootlegged copies. And the third partly is because shorts are usually a mixed bag. And I like surprises.
There's also the SF Asian Am film fest coming up in March - brought to you by the new Center for Asian American Media (hot!) - which I have been looking forward to for months already.
And this Thursday Locus Arts presents Sexy Beast: An Intrepid Journey Into API XY Sexuality. If the title alone doesn't pique your interest, then I don't know what will. All I know is that I will be there - as will some other Hyphen folks. Checking out the XY's and more. Guaranteed to be a hot event.
Reading our girl Kai's piece in this week's East Bay Express, I felt enlightened about the API dating world. You know, the Asian Connections-type-of-thing. I have always wondered what it's like, and now I know. Still, wouldn't mind another API speed-dating event (I missed the last Hyphen one!).
So this all makes me think, no reason for us to sit around on our bums watching TV or interfacing with our beloved computer screens, when we could be out there exploring. And you know, this is just a taste of what's out there, and in one geographic region. I'm sure at any other given moment, there are other things going on, things that you might know about that we don't, events that you might attend that I won't be able to, and just more and more things to do during our time to unwind, relax and enjoy ourselves. How we choose to spend our time and who we choose to spend it with is exactly that - our choice. So it's reassuring to know that it's all going on - even if sometimes it feels like it's all happening at once.
Posted by momo at 3:14 PM | Comments (3)
When I was a little Indian kid growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, I would often face confusion about my ethnicity and race from my fellow classmates. I remember riding the school bus home from school and being crushed into a green rubbery seat with my friend Michelle and her little sister. We were bouncing along the street and Michelle was pointing out the window at people in passing cars and informing her little sister on the ways of the world.
Michelle: See, that lady in that car is Mexican and she is bad because she takes all our jobs.
Little Sister: Oh, okay. (Looking over at me with a confused look.) What about her?
Michelle: Oh, she’s okay. She doesn’t count.
Little Sister: (Still looking confused.) Oh?
Or perhaps my favorite scenario was my out of control crush on Adam, the pee-wee football quarterback. After months of blushing and giggling and carefully placed rumors, Adam finally came up to me on the playground. I remember that my knees were slightly trembling and my face was on fire.
Adam: Hi.
Me: Um, … H-hi!
Adam: So, I hear you like me?
Me: Um, … um ….
Adam: Well, I think you’re really pretty.
Me: Really, you do?
Adam: Yeah, but I’m not allowed to date black people.
Me: Oh! Well, that’s okay because I’m not black!
Adam: Whatever, I’m still not allowed.
The saddest part of that little scenario is that I went home that day on Cloud 9 because Adam said I was pretty. I mean, I wasn’t allowed to date white boys either.
Anyway, I was just thinking about the confusion of race and classification after reading this article on how South Asians are often still classified as white in certain parts of the U.S. This article has a lot of interesting history about how South Asians were originally classified as Caucasian and how they tried to use this classification to avoid facing Exclusion Laws, like the Japanese, at the turn of the century. The most famous case was that of Bhagat Singh Thind, which went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1923.
I think being aware of this early Asian American history is really important when talking about a pan-Asian American identity. As one of Hyphen’s sole South Asian editors, it is my goal to bring these ideas and their connectedness to the forefront. To me, this article shows that Asian Americans – including South Asians – were facing the same issues dating back to the 1800s. There was difference in the ways we went about dealing with them, but at the end of the day – we were all excluded. In the same way, I feel like the issues facing South Asian Americans today – profiling, racism, hate crimes – parallel those of may Asian Americans. And I am sure most of you have similar stories from your own elementary school days.
Posted by neela at 2:39 PM | Comments (22)
When I was a little Indian kid growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, I would often face confusion about my ethnicity and race from my fellow classmates. I remember riding the school bus home from school and being crushed into a green rubbery seat with my friend Michelle and her little sister. We were bouncing along the street and Michelle was pointing out the window at people in passing cars and informing her little sister on the ways of the world.
Michelle: See, that lady in that car is Mexican and she is bad because she takes all our jobs.
Little Sister: Oh, okay. (Looking over at me with a confused look.) What about her?
Michelle: Oh, she’s okay. She doesn’t count.
Little Sister: (Still looking confused.) Oh?
Or perhaps my favorite scenario was my out of control crush on Adam, the pee-wee football quarterback. After months of blushing and giggling and carefully placed rumors, Adam finally came up to me on the playground. I remember that my knees were slightly trembling and my face was on fire.
Adam: Hi.
Me: Um, … H-hi!
Adam: So, I hear you like me?
Me: Um, … um ….
Adam: Well, I think you’re really pretty.
Me: Really, you do?
Adam: Yeah, but I’m not allowed to date black people.
Me: Oh! Well, that’s okay because I’m not black!
Adam: Whatever, I’m still not allowed.
The saddest part of that little scenario is that I went home that day on Cloud 9 because Adam said I was pretty. I mean, I wasn’t allowed to date white boys either.
Anyway, I was just thinking about the confusion of race and classification after reading this article on how South Asians are often still classified as white in certain parts of the U.S. This article has a lot of interesting history about how South Asians were originally classified as Caucasian and how they tried to use this classification to avoid facing Exclusion Laws, like the Japanese, at the turn of the century. The most famous case was that of Bhagat Singh Thind, which went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1923.
I think being aware of this early Asian American history is really important when talking about a pan-Asian American identity. As one of Hyphen’s sole South Asian editors, it is my goal to bring these ideas and their connectedness to the forefront. To me, this article shows that Asian Americans – including South Asians – were facing the same issues dating back to the 1800s. There was difference in the ways we went about dealing with them, but at the end of the day – we were all excluded. In the same way, I feel like the issues facing South Asian Americans today – profiling, racism, hate crimes – parallel those of may Asian Americans. And I am sure most of you have similar stories from your own elementary school days.
Posted by neela at 2:39 PM | Comments (22)
When I was a little Indian kid growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, I would often face confusion about my ethnicity and race from my fellow classmates. I remember riding the school bus home from school and being crushed into a green rubbery seat with my friend Michelle and her little sister. We were bouncing along the street and Michelle was pointing out the window at people in passing cars and informing her little sister on the ways of the world.
Michelle: See, that lady in that car is Mexican and she is bad because she takes all our jobs.
Little Sister: Oh, okay. (Looking over at me with a confused look.) What about her?
Michelle: Oh, shes okay. She doesnt count.
Little Sister: (Still looking confused.) Oh?
Or perhaps my favorite scenario was my out of control crush on Adam, the pee-wee football quarterback. After months of blushing and giggling and carefully placed rumors, Adam finally came up to me on the playground. I remember that my knees were slightly trembling and my face was on fire.
Adam: Hi.
Me: Um, H-hi!
Adam: So, I hear you like me?
Me: Um, um .
Adam: Well, I think youre really pretty.
Me: Really, you do?
Adam: Yeah, but Im not allowed to date black people.
Me: Oh! Well, thats okay because Im not black!
Adam: Whatever, Im still not allowed.
The saddest part of that little scenario is that I went home that day on Cloud 9 because Adam said I was pretty. I mean, I wasnt allowed to date white boys either.
Anyway, I was just thinking about the confusion of race and classification after reading this article on how South Asians are often still classified as white in certain parts of the U.S. This article has a lot of interesting history about how South Asians were originally classified as Caucasian and how they tried to use this classification to avoid facing Exclusion Laws, like the Japanese, at the turn of the century. The most famous case was that of Bhagat Singh Thind, which went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1923.
I think being aware of this early Asian American history is really important when talking about a pan-Asian American identity. As one of Hyphens sole South Asian editors, it is my goal to bring these ideas and their connectedness to the forefront. To me, this article shows that Asian Americans including South Asians were facing the same issues dating back to the 1800s. There was difference in the ways we went about dealing with them, but at the end of the day we were all excluded. In the same way, I feel like the issues facing South Asian Americans today profiling, racism, hate crimes parallel those of may Asian Americans. And I am sure most of you have similar stories from your own elementary school days.
Posted by neela at 2:39 PM | Comments (22)
I'm bummed about this Alito thing. Roberts didn't alarm me as much. Even though Roberts is conservative, he seems like he has a good legal head on his shoulders, and that he has respect for precedent. Alito — how do I say this? — gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Did anyone watch the State of the Union address? There's the president praising Coretta Scott King, yet he holds none of the same values that she did. (Of course, he had to praise her as it would have been such poor taste and such a slap in the face not to). She was for non-violence, gay rights, women's rights, fighting poverty — such the opposite of this administration.
Her death feels like the passing of an era.
Posted by Melissa at 1:45 AM | Comments (0)
I'm bummed about this Alito thing. Roberts didn't alarm me as much. Even though Roberts is conservative, he seems like he has a good legal head on his shoulders, and that he has respect for precedent. Alito — how do I say this? — gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Did anyone watch the State of the Union address? There's the president praising Coretta Scott King, yet he holds none of the same values that she did. (Of course, he had to praise her as it would have been such poor taste and such a slap in the face not to). She was for non-violence, gay rights, women's rights, fighting poverty — such the opposite of this administration.
Her death feels like the passing of an era.
Posted by Melissa at 1:45 AM | Comments (0)
I'm bummed about this Alito thing. Roberts didn't alarm me as much. Even though Roberts is conservative, he seems like he has a good legal head on his shoulders, and that he has respect for precedent. Alito how do I say this? gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Did anyone watch the State of the Union address? There's the president praising Coretta Scott King, yet he holds none of the same values that she did. (Of course, he had to praise her as it would have been such poor taste and such a slap in the face not to). She was for non-violence, gay rights, women's rights, fighting poverty such the opposite of this administration.
Her death feels like the passing of an era.
Posted by Melissa at 1:45 AM | Comments (0)
Adam Carolla, Howard Stern's replacement on CBS radio, is drawing complaints from Asian American organizations for "ching chong" sound clips on his show in a segment making fun of the Asian Excellence Awards.
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Posted by harry at 6:12 PM | Comments (18)
Adam Carolla, Howard Stern's replacement on CBS radio, is drawing complaints from Asian American organizations for "ching chong" sound clips on his show in a segment making fun of the Asian Excellence Awards.
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Posted by harry at 6:12 PM | Comments (18)
Adam Carolla, Howard Stern's replacement on CBS radio, is drawing complaints from Asian American organizations for "ching chong" sound clips on his show in a segment making fun of the Asian Excellence Awards.
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UPDATE: As of Feb 3, we've turned the comments off for this page so that all discussion on this topic can be on one page. Please click the link above to see the other post and to comment.
Posted by harry at 6:12 PM | Comments (18)
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