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West Coast Helps Launch National Hepatitis Testing Day
22 May 2012 11:30 PM | No CommentsU.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights Hep B Free and Hep C Task Force for Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of nearly 100 testing events across U.S. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2012 – Fresh on the heels...
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Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion
18 May 2012 11:42 PM | No CommentsThe Healthy Living Pavilion at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration taking place at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May 19th, will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials. Located on Larkin Street between...
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Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!
18 May 2012 11:35 PM | 1 CommentWhat, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball...
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SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center
18 May 2012 11:11 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO – The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center. The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a...
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Rob McKenna Opens WA Campaign Office In Seattle Chinatown/ID
18 May 2012 1:53 AM | No CommentsI got this in my e-mail box. I first ran into Rob McKenna when he ran for Attorney General back in 2000 on the campaign trail for Supt of Public Instruction. Now he’s a favorite to be the next governor against Jay Inslee. While Rob...
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Music Archive
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Kollaboration SF Seeks Local Talent For September Show
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO, CA — Calling all Bay Area talent! On Saturday, June 2nd, Kollaboration is back in the Bay Area to audition local, top artists. Kollaboration is an annual event and movement produced by and for Asian and Pacific Islanders who are typically underrepresented in... -
Video: Karen Mok Covers Karen Carpenter’s Close to You
Posted on April 28, 2012 | No Comments[Hu's On First Blog] Music Video: (hat tip to Larry Shingawa) Karen Mok (Wikipedia, open source) Chinese name 莫文蔚 Pinyin Mò Wénwèi (Mandarin) Jyutping mok6 man4 wai3 (Cantonese) Birth name Karen Joy Morris Origin Hong Kong Born (1970-06-02) 2 June 1970 (age 41) Hong Kong Occupation... -
World Premiere of The Jake Shimabukuro Documentary and Live Performance Tickets Available Now
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsEarly Bird Presale tickets are now available for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival’s (SFIAAFF) 2012 Screening, Live Performance and VIP Pre-Reception for THE JAKE SHIIMABUKURO DOCUMENTARY on March 14, 2012 (6:00pm VIP Reception and 7:30pm screening at the Castro Theater). By renowned... -
Ain’t No Sunshine- Violin and Vocal David Wong
Posted on January 22, 2012 | No CommentsFor all you Tiger parents, here’s a different take on Asian American achievement on the violin. Still, I notice that when you take African Americans and add classical instruments you get … Jazz, an usually when you add Asians you get .. classical music. This... -
ClaraC Camel Song Video with AznFnyGuy Ryan Higa
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 4 Comments[More on AZN YT stars] Fun concept against painting a big piece of butcher paper (how they did it is at end) with funny guy uberstar (as in top 10 paid youtube artists) Ryan Higa AZN Youtube starts ranked by views as I find them... -
Clara Chung Premieres Heartstrings Video at United for Japan
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No Comments[Hu's on First] Clara’s new cute as all heck video was premiered June 24 at the United for Japan concert, and was at 64,000 hits by June 28. It features Joseph Vincent another rising star. It has a Little Prince opening, and closes like Through... -
United for Japan Concert Youtube “AZN Woodstock” Promo Video
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No Comments[Hu's on First ] Community Church of Seattle (Hyung Jae Church) has released a promotional video and more details of the upcoming “Youtube Woodstock” unprecedented gathering of “predominantly” Asian and other popular Youtube artists UNITED FOR JAPAN CONCERT a benefit concert for Japan disaster relief...