Psychic Scams
April 25, 2003
Nestled away in the shaded alleyway of San Francisco’s upscale Maiden Lane, in a space that now houses an art gallery, once stood as a place of mystery and clairvoyance. For $20, Mrs. Sonia promised any person who set afoot in her quaint store the possibility of love and romance, health and happiness. But it was all in the cards. Read more
Take It Off: APA men strip down and break myths
April 25, 2003
They’re nude. They’re male. They’re Asian. “And they’re beautiful!” declares Cara Caddoo, the brains behind Yellow Book. Read more
Better Luck Today
April 25, 2003
On the morning of Sunday, April 13, Justin Lin got what he called the “wake-up call of a lifetime.” The heads of MTV Films and Paramount Pictures, which had released his independent film Better Luck Tomorrow in limited release that Friday, informed him that BLT was the highest grossing film per screen in the country that weekend. It also had MTV and Paramount Classic’s highest per screen average ever. Read more
New and Notable Books
April 25, 2003
Crescent
By Diana Abu-Jaber (W.W. Norton) Read more
Miracles Do Happen: Author Kien Nguyen talks about life, love and a psychic to the stars
April 25, 2003
Kien Nguyen exudes confidence, arriving at the Powell Hotel lobby eager to talk about his two books, The Unwanted and The Tapestries. Read more
Time After Time: Yerba Buena presents a pan-Asian exhibition
April 25, 2003
What do an inflatable Venus Flytrap-like flower, photographs of Mount Fuji and an octopus that tours across Japan have in common? To the curators of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, all these seemingly disparate things reflect one overarching theme: the concept of time. Read more
Goldman Winner Wages Green War in Philippines, U.S.
April 25, 2003
On April 14, Von Hernandez of Quezon City became the first Filipino to receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Read more
S.F. Restaurateur Diana T. Y. Chung Dies: Praised nationally for Hunan cuisine
April 25, 2003
Diana T. Y. Chung, whose chain of restaurants set mouths afire with peppery and spicy specialties from her native home of Hunan province, China for more than 20 years, died of pancreatic cancer at her home on April 10. She was 84. Read more
Burning Rubber for Summer: Midnight Club II
April 25, 2003
One day you decide to make some trouble and start illegal street racing with a crappy car. After some swift on-the-fly racing moves, you beat a leviathan with a goatee out of his car and his pride, moving you up the ladder to race the next guy until you qualify to race the grand champ. Pretty simple concept — which is the key to Midnight Club II’s success. Read more
Infiniti’s G35 merges into the fast lane
April 25, 2003
It’s not easy to turn around the fortunes of a major car company headed down the wrong road, but it is possible. Subaru has pulled it off, returning to its core values of boxer engines and all-wheel drive. Mazda is in the middle of making a similar comeback and giant General Motors is poised to return to at least some of its former stature and market share. Read more
Goodbye, Home on the Range
April 25, 2003
Asian Pacific Americans are a diverse lot. The current popular stereotypes depict us as kung fu fighters, computer geeks and sexy geishas. Read more
UpFront News Briefs
April 25, 2003
Overheard“There is no justification for secret lawmaking. If the Attorney General has nothing to hide and believes that this radical change in policy is permitted, let him say so openly.” Read more