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First Ever 626 Night Market in Southern California
There are two weeks left before the first Southern California Asian night market in Pasadena, California. The night market is called 626 Night Market, as 626 is the area code of the area. If you do not know already, the number 626 is usually symbolizes an area with many Asian Americans, Asian cuisines, etc. The founders of this night market are a couple—Johnny and Janet Hwang. They are both from Taiwan, and night markets are [...] Continue »
Sulwhasoo Niemen Marcus West Coast Launch At the San Francisco Asian Art Museum
Sulwhasoo invited 8Asians to partake in the Niemen Marcus Launch Party to celebrate the long-anticipated arrival of this amazing Korean cosmetics line here on the west coast. Fashion journalists and bloggers were invited to the Asian Art Museum to meet with the line’s key representatives. Sulwhasoo has been at Bergdorf Goodman in New York for the past year, but Amore Pacific, the parent company that owns Sulwhasoo, just made its debut in San Francisco and [...] Continue »
Wong Fu Live in Monterey Park
By John “Johnny C” Chuidian One of the things anybody in New Media will say about this modern day entertainment industry equivalent of the Wild West–completely new, full of opportunities, and barely tapped to its complete potential–is that the people who define it best are its fans. For that very reason, on Friday, December 16th in Monterey Park’s AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 theater was where Wong Fu Productions held a special year end screening [...] Continue »
From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food
While Asian American designers, CEOs, and chefs may grab our attention, it becomes easy to forget that many of the first Asian Americans came over as plantation and farm workers. An exhibition called “From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food” at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience deals with the contributions of Asian Americans to the food industry as well as the role of food in Asian American culture. [...] Continue »
LA Giveaway: Tickets to J-Town Summer Sessions: A Live Concert and Celebration of Art + Community
UPDATE 8/5/2011: Congrats to our winners: Bad Bunni and Lou Hernandez! Coming just a week after holding their Obon Festival event, Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple will be hosting the summer’s big Tuesday Night Project (TNP) concert: J-Town Summer Sessions (JTSS). In partnership with Glenn Suravech Mosaic Sound Recordings and Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, TNP presents: J-Town Summer Sessions: A Live Concert Recording and Celebration of Art + Community on August 6, 2011. The event will [...] Continue »
2011 Kollaboration Boston: Ghosts on a G6 (Dance Finalists)
The crew behind the first Kollaboration Boston has been really busy as of late. Not only did they release a video for the vocal finalists (The Show Goes On), but they’ve also filmed and edited a video for the dance finalists. You can watch the original choreography to “Deadmau5 vs Far East Movement – Ghosts on a G6″ performed by the Kollaboration Boston 1 dance finalists : Synergy Hip Hop Dance Company, A Portrait from Space, BlackOut Step [...] Continue »
San Diego Asian Film Fest Call For Entries
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is currently accepting entries for the 12th San Diego Asian Film Festival taking place on October 20-28, 2011. Submit today to be considered for one of the largest North American showcases of Pan Asian cinema. We’re currently seeking competitive entries in the following categories: narrative feature, narrative short, documentary feature, documentary short, and animation. The regular deadline is May 2, 2011 with a late deadline of May 20, [...] Continue »
L.A. Ticket Giveaway: Formula D’s Streets of Long Beach Tickets
Fans of cars, racing and drifting–listen up because we’ve got one hell of a prize for you. 8Asians is giving away one pair of tickets to Formula DRIFT’s Streets of Long Beach taking place on April 8th and 9th, 2011. Round 1: Streets of Long Beach will kick-off the 2011 Championship season in style with new cars, new drivers, and all the sideways excitement that Formula DRIFT is known for. Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. will [...] Continue »
Banana 2 Coming Soon on February 26th!
As advertised on the BANANA 2 website, a gathering of Asian Pacific American bloggers from across the country will participate in BANANA 2 on February 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the back lot of CBS Studios in Studio City, CA. BANANA 2 is a follow-up to the inaugural meeting in 2009 co-hosted by myself and Lac Su, author of I Love Yous Are For White People, who has enlisted the help of a [...] Continue »
Giveaway: Two Passes to BANANA 2, Asian Pacific Islander Bloggers Conference
UPDATE on 2/4/2011: Congratulations to our winners: Nadia H and Tim Palanca, as well as bonus winners Stephen Dypiangco and Kevyn Fong! See you at BANANA2! 8Asians is proud to be a organizing sponsor of the upcoming BANANA 2 Conference so we’re giving away two free passes to the February 26 conference of Asian Pacific Islander American bloggers at CBS Studios in Los Angeles. (Regular admission is $20.) To enter, go to http://www.banana-2.com/event/passes, select 8Asians [...] Continue »
Los Angeles: The First AAPI Rock the Vote
The first “Asian American, Pacific Islander Rock the Vote” is happening this Friday, September 17 at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood, CA — a nonpartisan event/concert to launch political awareness, show unity and numerical strength of the APA community, as well as to register new voters. There will be performances by Quest Crew, Satellite, Dawen and Esna Yoon. Special guests in attendance will be Kelly Hu, Beau Sia, Lisa Ling, Archie Kao, James Kyson Lee, [...] Continue »
8Asians Coming to ConvergeSouth in North Carolina
That’s right: at least two of the 8Asians including our editor-in-chief Ernie will be at the ConvergeSouth, a tech users conference in Greensboro, North Carolina on October 1st and 2nd. [EDITORS DISCLAIMER: Ben is co-founder of the conference, Ernie will be speaking on a panel involving new technology.] If you happen to be in the vicinity — even if the vicinity means “the South” — we’d love see ya’ll come out. Registration for the conference is $99 [...] Continue »
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