Featured Stories
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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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Books Archive
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Filipino American Authors Night and LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 15, 2012 | 1 CommentRancho Palos Verdes, CA– To celebrate the printed and spoken words and to launch ten new works by Filipino American authors, Philippine Expressions Bookshop will host its annual event called Filipino American Authors Night in order to present new authors and new works to the... -
Pinay Gathering To Celebrate Women’s History Month
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 1 CommentRancho Palos Verdes, CA – Philippine Expressions Bookshop is hosting a luncheon on Saturday, March 31, 2012 to honor Filipino American women authors in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event is an opportunity for women in the Fil Am community to break bread together,... -
New Memoir Finds Joy Amidst Life’s Lessons
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsWritten with startling honesty and grace, Bruce Farrell Rosen’s memoir If You Ever Need Me, I Won’t Be Far Away, transcends the loss of people, place, and love, with joy, humor, heart, inspiration, and a reawakened passion. New memoir finds joy amidst life’s lessons. For... -
Fat Rabbit Farm Hops to the Bay Area for their 5 Year Celebration!
Posted on August 30, 2011 | 1 CommentLos Angeles, Calif. – Fat Rabbit Farm announces that they will be celebrating their 5 year anniversary in San Mateo, California! With half a decade of creating laughs and smiles to all, the creators felt it was time for Bay Area folks to take part... -
Shaping the Hmong American literary voice
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsHmong history and culture can be found in the form of oral stories, oral poetry, textile art, and music but there is no written account of Hmong life, by a Hmong hand, passed down through the centuries. As an undergraduate, BurleeVang experienced this void when... -
Chinese American Releases New Inspirational Cat Book
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsOne look at the adorable tiny baby tabby lounging at the City of Sacramento Animal Care Services, and Margie Yee Webb was instantly smitten. She decided to adopt the kitten on the spot, and named her in honor of her favorite Chinese warrior legend, Mulan.... -
History of Filipinos in San Francisco Celebrated
Posted on February 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsNew from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America Series is Filipinos in San Francisco. The 128-page book was written by the Pin@y Educational Partnerships and Manilatown Heritage Foundation. This photographic journal is a history in images of and by Filipinos in San Francisco. Tens of thousands... -
My Father’s Waterloo—Vietnam, Napoleon and Our Family Vacation
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 1 CommentIn his new book East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres from Heyday Books, New America Media editor Andrew Lam recalls teenage memories of how his father, once a South Vietnamese general, drove his family all over Belgium to find Waterloo, where his hero, Napoleon,... -
New Sci-fi Novel Tearing Up The Sky
Posted on February 8, 2011 | No CommentsScience fiction fans have a new title to pique their interest with the release of Tearing the Sky (Kalyphon Press), the debut novel from notable videogame industry executive Jamil Moledina. Highly regarded as an influential trend-spotter by his peers, Moledina has now turned his talent... -
Poblete Begins Conversations with Filipino Authors Series
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsWhat happens when two sets of Filipino grandparents descend upon a Filipino American girl’s home? There’s bound to be chaos and confusion, for sure — especially when the supernatural gets into the picture. But there’s also a lot of loving, Filipino style — and we...