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December 8 - 14, 2000

Dappled Meaning: When Nights Were Dark

Eiko and Kama in the primordial When Nights Were Dark.
By Jenny Walty

The house lights dim and extinguish and the audience is left with an elusively glowing object in the distance, two figures, and silence.

The figure in white trembles, her dark hair hanging down her back wildly. Her silhouetted hand raises slowly then catches a ray of light. She pulls the distant light forward; she strains against the weight and lets it go.

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Violence Spotlights Lao Community in Baltimore
(in National News)

California High Court Bans Minority Outreach via Prop. 209
(in Bay Area News)

Asian Domain Names on the Web
(in Business)

Emil Amok: It's About Inclusion
(in Opinion)

Also In Arts & Entertainment

Suzhou River

By Justin Lowe

“Cameras don’t lie,” we’re told partway through Suzhou River, a new release from mainland China, but audiences may be left wondering if the film’s narrator is equally reliable. Director-screenwriter Lou Ye’s atmospheric tale of doomed lovers, double identities and gangland betrayal loops so often it’s hard to tell where reality leaves off and fantasy takes over.

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Lovely Party, Dahling.
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