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[Feb 27] SOUTHERN CA: Aaron and Jane
If you like good music, check out guitar & cello duo, Aaron & Jane. Come check out self-taught guitar man Aaron and classically trained cellist Jane as they blend their voices and instruments.
This event is FREE!
Visit their website HERE to sample their original music.
[Feb 20] NEW YORK: AsianinNY.com Presents A Celebration of Lunar New Year
AsianinNY.com is proud to host a festive celebration of the Lunar New Year on Feb 20th with a night full of great performances, good music, and amazing food and drinks! We are also pleased to have one of the best comedians in New York City, Esther Ku, as our MC for the night! Also, there will be a runway fashion show presented by a high-end designer brand, Lucullen. In addition, we will have Manhattan Monologue Slam introduce their one-of-a-kind skit. To carry the spirit of the New Year celebrat…
[Feb 20] NORTHERN CA: A Visual Art Workshop with Truong Tran
A Visual Art Workshop with Truong Tran
Sat Feb 20, 10am-2pm
Mina Dresden Gallery
312 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Spend a Saturday learning how to reuse, reimagine and repurpose found objects with artist Truong Tran. The workshop will start at Mina Dresden Gallery, where students will see Truong’s work and he will describe his artistic process. After inspiring myriad of creative ideas, he will lead students on a treasure hunt through the streets and thrift stores of the Mission.
R…
[Feb 19] SOUTHERN CA: Aaron & Jane
If you like good music, check out guitar & cello duo, Aaron & Jane. Come check out self-taught guitar man Aaron and classically trained cellist Jane as they blend their voices and instruments.
February 20, 8pm at House of Blues Sunset Strip in the VooDoo Lounge.
$10 at the door
Asian American Commercial Watch: Volkswagen
Volkswagen’s latest entertaining ad campaign is their “Sign Then Drive” event where you can get a Jetta, CC, or Tiguan for “practically just your signature.” I’ve actually test driven a Lexus with an Asian American car saleswoman before, so I was happy to see this commercial. [EDITORS NOTE: If this was an inappropriate blog, I would clearly make a crass comment about being grateful that the Asian women are selling the cars and not driving [...] Continue »
So when are we going to see an Asian American President on mainstream TV or in the movies?
One day a reality or just Photoshop? The New York Times just did a story about “Before Obama, There Was Bill Cosby,” which I found quite coincidental, since I was contemplating recently with all the Obama election victory coverage about his historic win about what brought us to this moment in time, and how I thought that there would be no President Elect Obama without The Cosby Show (also coined as The Huxtable Effect by [...] Continue »
The Onion News Network: China Launches First Willing Manned Mission Into Space
I’m a big fan of The Onion, but I am even a bigger fan of their video segments, positioned as the Onion News Network (ONN). The latest video I’ve come across I thought was hilarious: China Launches First Willing Manned Mission Into Space Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Jap-Anne?
Okay, apologies in advance for the worst post title EVER. But I couldn’t resist. I have the corniest sense of humor. 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the popular period novel, Anne of Green Gables, written by my personal heroine and Canadian author, Lucy Maud Montgomery. If you’ve never heard of this book, then you’re either male or a very confused female. Just kidding about confused. I really meant that you’ll never be my friend [...] Continue »
SECRET TO OVERWORKED ASIANS REVEALED!
This is BREAKING NEWS, people. We’ve heard all about how hard Asians work–sometimes to the death–but no one has bothered to figure out how we do it! Wait, how do we do it? Easy. TWINS. See, it works like this: you basically rope your identical twin into working the same exact job as you without telling anyone, share opposite hours and voila, the whole world thinks you’re a work-a-holic robot. It also helps if you [...] Continue »
Newsweek: Why Vietnam Loves McCain
Nurse who first treated McCain; Hanoi Hilton’s prison director. Source: Newsweek. This being an election year, I am on quite a few email lists and came across this one from the Silicon Valley Obama email list, an article on McCain. Newsweek interviewed the nurse who first took care of McCain when he crash landed in Vietnam as well as McCain’s prison director at the “Hanoi Hilton” (who totally denies that McCain was tortured – maybe [...] Continue »
Karoshi Strikes Again in Japan
One of the most popular news stories being shared today on Yahoo! News is about a 45 year-old Japanese man who literally keeled over from too much work and stress. The unidentified man worked for Toyota, and “in the two months up to his death, the man averaged more than 80 hours of overtime per month…” Why have I heard this story before? Maybe because karoshi, its Japanese term, has been grouped together with all [...] Continue »
Asian Americans Moving to the Mountain West – Las Vegas & Phoenix
When you typically think of Asian Americans settling down, you probably think the West Coast (California, Washington State) , the Northeast, or possibly Chicago. Well, demographic trends show that more and more Asian Americans are moving away from the traditional hubs, as reported in USA Today’s article, “In a twist, USA’s Asians are heading to the Mountain West“: “In a surprising twist to historical settlement patterns, growing numbers of Asian Americans are beginning to bail [...] Continue »
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