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Asian (Un)Motivational Posters
You’ve probably seen them. A “cute” picture with a “clever” quote about life. They are posters that are meant to be motivational but they just make you feel sad because they are either cliche or lame. Most likely both. I prefer the (un)motivational posters. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, they are the evil step brother of the “normal” motivational variety. They have the picture and the quote but they [...] Continue »
Theater Review: East West Players Present Julia Cho’s “The Language Archive”
This review was originally posted on Blogging Los Angeles and has been republished here with permission. By Chris I should begin with the caveat that I have never reviewed a play before. And while I enjoy going to the theater from time to time, I would hardly consider myself an informed critic. And now that I’ve gotten my excuses out of the way, I’m happy to say that I really enjoyed the opening night performance of [...] Continue »
Asians and Asian Americans Named 2012 TED Fellows
From Yahoo News: “TED, the nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, announces 25 new members of 2012′s TED Fellows class. Founded in 2009, the TED Fellows program handpicks world-changing innovators from around the globe and brings them to the TED stage — literally and figuratively — to raise international awareness of their remarkable work…” Among the notables are the following Jimmy Lin (US) — Computational geneticist and founder of the Rare Genomics Institute, E Roon Kang (Korea | [...] Continue »
Hong Kong Teen’s Graphic Tribute to Steve Jobs Goes Viral
Apple’s former CEO, Steve Jobs passed away a couple of days ago and it caught many of us by surprise. On the day of October 5, 2011, we saw many people tweeting about it, updating their Facebook statuses, posting pictures and quotations of Steve Jobs on tumblr, and even cracking jokes about it. Jonathan Mak, a college student from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, designed this logo, which became a worldwide Internet sensation. Mak came up [...] Continue »
The Bangerz To Perform At Voodoo Experience Music Festival
I recently ran into G-Wrex and Goldenchyld of The Bangerz at a wedding I attended. Goldenchyld mentioned that The Bangerz were performing at the 2011 Voodoo Experience Music Festival in New Orleans. He was pretty excited, as other acts at Voodoo Experience include Soundgarden, Blink 182, Social Distortion, Snoop Dogg, and Fatboy Slim. Goldenchyld said that they haven’t played anything as big before. I think it is quite an achievement for Asian Americans that a [...] Continue »
Kai Ma’s Love Lost on the 405
Kai Ma, former KoreaAm editor-in-chief and now TIME blogger, may be busy exploring her new home in Hong Kong but before she left, she wrote and starred in Love Lost on the 405. The short film is directed by Maya Santos and follows a woman finding parallels between her unhappy relationship and the traffic on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles. Love Lost on the 405 premiered at the Architecture and Design Museum for Rethink/LA. [...] Continue »
Tickets on Sale for the 2nd Annual Kollaboration SF [SPONSORED POST]
“The second annual Kollaboration San Francisco show is fast approaching, and tickets are on sale NOW! Kollaboration San Francisco is the largest Asian American entertainment event of the Bay Area, and one of the fastest growing chapters of a nationwide movement to empower Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Come September 10th, 2011, Kollaboration San Francisco’s highly anticipated return promises to be an entertaining and memorable experience for all ages!
Asian American Stars Find Fans Online
Over the weekend, The New York Times highlighted the growing trend of Asian Americans in the arts and other non-”Model Minority” vocations to find their audience via non-traditional means – primarily through the Internet and YouTube: Of the 20 most-subscribed-to channels on YouTube, which include series like College Humor Originals and Annoying Orange, three belong to Asian-Americans. Ryan Higa, 21, a Japanese-American comic who lives in Las Vegas, has 4.1 million subscribers to his channel, [...] Continue »
Darren Criss Returns with More Glee at San Diego Comic-Con 2011
By Ken Darren Criss, that A Very Harry Potter Musical wonder who parlayed being viral into a series regular on Glee, will come one step closer to being Harry Potter: He’ll step in the shoes of Daniel Radcliffe for three weeks on Broadway for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Criss is expected to take over the role in January when Radcliffe leaves the show at the Al Hirschfeld Theater. It was just [...] Continue »
The 8Asians Talk About: David Sedaris’ Fear of Chinese Food
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we talk about popular essayist and This American Life contributor David Sedaris and a controversial essay about his recent trip to China. Read our thoughts — including my opinion which will probably be not-so-popular with 8asians [...] Continue »
Tim Burton’s All Asian American Hansel & Gretel Film
So everyone in L.A. has been visiting our beloved Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to see the latest blockbuster art exhibit featuring the art of director Tim Burton. Appropriately, this exhibit will be on display until Halloween 2011. Over the July 4th weekend, I was able to stop by the exhibit and enjoy with childish delight Burton’s amazing private collection of his own art. They even had on display all of the original [...] Continue »
Every Night I Die World Premiere in Washington, DC
It gives me enormous pleasure to introduce to you all the world premiere of Every Night I Die at the Capital Fringe Festival, a play written by Amanda Andrei and directed by Francis Tanglao-Aguas. It’s not everyday that I can brag about my college friends and these two have played a crucial role in defining my Asian American identity and my decision to be an actor.
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