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Ultimate Diversions: Profiles - Michael Cheng
Michael Cheng
Age: 27
Title: Level Designer, Lucas Arts
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Top Ten E3 Games to Look For in 2003
OK, so the addiction is back. You tried to kick it the first time around, getting ousted from the house by your parents, dumped by your tall, dark and handsome boyfriend (who models for Playgirl), and now you live in a cardboard box under the Bay Bridge with a 1000-foot extension cord connected to the […]
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‘AsianWeek’ Wraps Up APA Month
In celebration of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month of May, AsianWeek sponsored a month-long series of Filipino, Vietnamese and hapa literarature nights, What’s That In My Rice? comedy nights and Emerging Bands concert nights, co-sponsored by State Farm Insurance, Albertsons, Wells Fargo and the San Francisco Examiner.
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B.D. Wong Saluted by GLAAD: Actor’s memoir tells of partner, twins and tragedy
Actor and recent author B.D. Wong will be honored at the 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Ceremony May 31 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.
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Koban Resurrected: Police station was abandoned for years
To longtime residents of San Francisco’s Chinatown, it was an eyesore — a structure that resembled an enlarged aluminum garbage can. For tourists, it was either ignored or thought to be a defunct newspaper kiosk or an art exhibit.
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‘Together’ in harmony: Chen Kaige on music, family bonds and his latest film, Together
Fathers, sons, a war of wills and a cultural revolution yesterday and today — these are the things that propelled Farewell My Concubine director Chen Kaige toward his latest award-winning film, Together.
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Black, White, and Red Hot: Chau Lam organizes food for the City’s biggest ball
Every two years, San Francisco comes alive with the decadent Black and White Ball, a celebration of food, wine and music benefiting the San Francisco Symphony. The event draws not only the grand dames and dukes of the city’s elite adorned in haute couture and prêt-a-porter gowns, but also a mass of revelers seeking to […]
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Duncan at 126: Mary Sano presents the Dionysian Festival
Performers at last weekend’s Dionysian Festival proved that even in dance, some things get better with age.
Presented at Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing, the festival was held in honor of Isadora Duncan’s 126th birthday, offering an eclectic array of modern works. -
New and Notable Books
Goblin Fruit: Stories
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Saab adds mainstream to the formula: The all-new 9-3 hasn’t given up its edge
Ever since Saab’s car company was acquired by General Motors, many of its loyal customers wrung their collective hands over the perceived loss of Swedish ingenuity. They worried about what would become of the eclectic touches that made Saab so different.
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‘The Matrix’ and Asian Pacific America
It was a dreary, wet Memorial Day weekend here in D.C., so I ended up seeing the second installment of The Matrix trilogy, known as The Matrix Reloaded, with my teenagers and their friends.
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Minority Journalist’s Lament
As an Asian Pacific American journalist who writes about race, I’m still fascinated by the plateful of mush the New York Times has had to take in the face over the whole Jayson Blair affair.
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Well, Christian, even though I acknowledge many of your arguments that I've read in your posts, racism is a two-way street.
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Cambodia and Thailand is another example of Western powers intentionally swapping their lands and creating disputes to keep them weak.
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Frank Eng, commentor on all posts, I never intended to imply that the anti-black racism that seemingly permeates the Asian-american community is not reciprocated, nor that it's the only form of racism that bedevils America.
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BTW, Pixar's latest has no Asian or Latino characters, and no speaking African American parts. Evidently they don't read Asian Week.
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