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Archive for March, 2011
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NEW PEOPLE Celebrates Cherry Blossom Festival with Film Screenings and Arts Bazaar
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsNEW PEOPLE, the nation’s only entertainment complex dedicated to Japanese popular culture, has announced several film and art events that it will present to celebrate the 2011 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival that will be held in San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday April 9th... -
Lessons of Anime – How to Cope with Japan’s Tragedy
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn Japan’s most popular cultural genres known as manga (comic books) and anime (animation films and series), there’s a recurrent theme in which the country is routinely devastated. Tokyo, home to more than 30 million people, is destroyed so often in the Japanese collective imagination... -
Telltale Signs: At the Barricade of the Ombudsman
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsIn a scene in the Broadway musical, Les Miserables, student rebels set up barricades in Paris in 1832 and call on the people to support the revolution: “Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Beyond the barricade, is... -
Kōkua Japan San Francisco Concert on April 2, to Benefit Japan Disaster Relief
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO, California — In response to the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan, a group of concerned citizens from the Bay Area’s Hawaiian and Asian American communities have organized Kōkua Japan San Francisco, a fundraising concert in Japantown’s Peace Plaza from... -
Asian American Short Story Contest
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsHyphen and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are very excited to present the 2011 Asian American Short Story Contest – the only, national, pan Asian American writing competition of its kind. PRIZE: $1,000, PUBLICATION IN HYPHEN MAGAZINE AND THE HONOR OF SHORT STORY OF THE... -
Thuy Vu Wins Award for Vietnam Revisited
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsCBS 5 Reporter/Anchor Thuy Vu, Vince Garrido and Greg Marasso have won a First Place National Headliner Award for their documentary and series of stories, “Vietnam Revisited,” which explored the on-going health impact of Agent Orange, the toxin used by the US military to defoliate... -
Far West, or “At the Extremity of the West”?
Posted on March 29, 2011 | 1 CommentEditor’s Note: Italian journalist Federico Rampini presented his latest work, Occidente estremo (“Far West” – Mondadori, 2010) at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco on March 28. His book addresses the decadence of the West contrasted with the rise of China, drawing from the... -
Sunnvyvale Council Member Otto Lee To Speak at Silicon Valley Events
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsA lawyer, Sunnyvale councilman, commander in the United States Naval Reserve, and a father, Otto Lee is a very busy man. He saunters into the coffee shop to have an 8 a.m. meeting with me after dropping off his two daughters, ages 3 and 6,... -
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation to Meet Supporters in Silicon Valley
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsIn its mission to share the 2011 plans for expanding the Angel Island Immigration Station exhibits and activities this year, the AIISF will be hosting a luncheon April 15 at the Dynasty Restaurant in Cupertino’s Vallco Park. Director Eddie Wong will disclose plans for an... -
Eye Candy on MYX TV
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsPrimetime pops with MYX TV’s newly launched show, MYX-Rated! MYX-Rated is your one source for everything Asian and everything awesome from trendsetters to the hottest undiscovered talent. Catch the show on Thursdays, 10PM eastern and 7PM pacific. There are so many niche cultures out there...