Nation Briefs
September 30, 2005
Trial for 2 Charged in Chinatown Massacre
BOSTON –– Nearly 15 years after one of the city’s bloodiest crimes, Siny Van Tran, also known as “Toothless Wah,” and Nam The Tham, also known as “Johnny Cheung,” went on trial for fatally shooting five people and wounding a sixth, Pak Wing Lee, in the basement of a social club. Read more
Governor Adds Wong to the Bench
September 30, 2005
SACRAMENTO –– The governor has named attorney Garrett Wong to the San Francisco Superior Court nearly seven months after the Asian Pacific American legal community expressed disappointment with the lack of APA judicial appointments. Read more
Global Briefs
September 30, 2005
Emerging Powers Push for More Sway
Fast-growing Asian nations demanded more power in global financial institutions, but whether their calls would be the catalyst for real change was unclear. Read more
Celebrate 125 Years
September 30, 2005
A Chinatown institution will be marking 125 years of service and worship next month when the First Chinese Baptist Church celebrates its founding in October 1880, by Rev. Jesse B. Hartwell, a missionary recalled from his work in northern China. Hartwell first established the Read more
Arts Briefs
September 30, 2005
Filmmaker Looks Through ‘Father’s Eyes’
Lisa Fotedar Miller brings a snapshot of her own experience to the heartfelt short film, My Father’s Eyes. The film premiered this month in Boston at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and will be shown at the San Read more
Shhhh! in the Park on Saturday
September 30, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO –– Flower Drum Song, the classic Asian Pacific American musical, will come to the open-air, giant screen in North Beach’s Washington Park this Saturday evening.
AsianWeek, Subaru of America, Inc. and National Asian Read more
Proud of ‘Teta,’ New White House Executive Chef
September 30, 2005
Filipina chef Cristeta Comerford is the new White House Executive Chef. Comerford, the first woman and first minority to serve in this position, will design and prepare menus for state dinners, social events, holiday functions, receptions and official luncheons hosted by President George and Mrs. Laura Bush. Read more
A Victim of Circumstance and Racism
September 30, 2005
Was Chai Vang provoked by racial epithets? That was foremost on my mind last November. There seemed to be no question he was guilty of the shootings. There was too much evidence.
Now that Vang has been convicted of killing six hunters and wounding Read more
Sam Yoon: Boston Councilman?
September 30, 2005
Another milestone in bringing Asian Pacific Americans into the American political mainstream is taking place in Boston. Sam Yoon was born in Korea and brought to this country at 10 months, naturalized at age 10 and educated at Princeton and Harvard. Now he is running as the Read more
J-A Hall Fame Gala Dazzles
September 30, 2005
Five significant contributors to the performing arts –– Pat Morita, James Shigeta, Mako, Pat Suzuki and George Takei –– were honored and inducted into the Japanese American Hall of Fame (JAHOF) on September 17. The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern Read more
Norm Chow Kicks Off Career as NFL Offensive Coordinator
September 30, 2005
When Norm Chow was appointed the Tennessee Titan’s new offensive coordinator, it started a new chapter in his life, and for the entire world of American professional football.
As a college coach for 32 years, Chow helped win many national titles, Read more
New and Notable Books
September 30, 2005
FICTION
MODERN KOREAN FICTION: AN ANTHOLOGY
Edited by Bruce Fulton and Youngmin Kwon (Columbia University Press)
A remarkable, diverse collection of short stories, written between 1924, when Korea was still a colonized nation, and 1997, when a story can begin with an epithet from Jim Morrison. Read more