Author Archives: Guest Writer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art show opening

Marc Johns and Steven Weissman at GR2

May 8 – June 2, 2010
Reception: Saturday, May 8, 6:30 -10:00

GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
gr2.net
(310) 445-9276

Giant Robot is proud to host Butter and Blood, an art show featuring new work by Marc Johns and Steven Weissman.

Marc Johns draws almost daily, and has been for as long as he can remember.
Once posted online, his humorous, witty, and thought-provoking drawings were quickly embraced, an… Continue reading →

ACMHS 2010: Compassionate Care in Changing Times
36th Anniversary Gala & Awards Ceremony
When: Friday, May 7, 2010; 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa
Tickets: $150/ticket; $2500 – $15,000 sponsorship
Info: (510)869-6025 or [email protected]
Website: http://www.acmhs.org/gala2010.htm

For 36 years, ACMHS has worked with generations of Asian and Pacific Islander families to elevate the p… Continue reading →

James Nguyen may have created the worst movie ever in Birdemic. (Mercury News) The non-Asian casting controversy of The Last Airbender has the attention of the LA Times. (LAT) Shanghai, home of the 2010 World Expo, desperately tries to remove … Continue reading →

Health reform has passed, but the battle to improve America’s health is far from over. A key question remains: How can health disparities be eliminated in the U.S.? This May 6th briefing will address disparities in health – particularly those facing Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders – in light of new findings in the May issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

Policymakers, experts and an audience Q&A will explore stark disparities documented by the Journal and h… Continue reading →

“AAPI 3.0: Preparing For a New Era of Leadership, Advocacy & Organizing”

Two unprecedented days of cutting edge skills training, in-depth strategy sessions, and a gala banquet to empower, inspire, and invigorate AAPI leaders to successfully grow their organizations and overcome the challenges facing their communities in the next decade.

In partnership with:

Asian American Education Institute
Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality
Asian and Pacific Islanders’ California Action Netwo… Continue reading →

The Asian American Students’ Association (AASA) Proudly Presents:

State of Asian Pacific America House Party 2010
Sunday, May 2nd 1:00-3:00pm
Asian American Activities Center (A3C) Couchroom (Old Union Clubhouse)
(520 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305)

Join us as we listen in on a conference call with some of the most prominent Asian American leaders enjoy FREE Vietnamese sandwiches. We’ll get getting updates from the White House, Congress, and grassroots activists on the progress we made this p… Continue reading →

Come to The People I’ve Slept With screening at this year’s Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and will be playing on May 1 at 7 pm. There will be a Q&A after the film as well as a light reception!

The People I’ve Slept With is a sexy romantic story about a promiscuous young woman (Karin Anna Cheung of Better Luck Tomorrow) who unexpectedly gets pregnant and must find out the identity of the father… now! Together with her gay best friend and co-worker (Wilson Cruz of He’s Just Not That… Continue reading →

Japanese American heroes, bereft of bitterness. (WP, via NEAATO) House in Georgia, heart in Vietnam. (CNN) Asian Conan now has its own web series on comedy site FunnyOrDie. (h/t: Julie T.) 12 Filipinos stuck and discriminated against in Frankfurt when … Continue reading →

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We invite you to join us for 8: A Symposium: Voices from The Asian American Literary Review, a day-long celebration of eight of today’s most accomplished and exciting Asian American writers. Come to any or all of the readings by Karen Tei Yamashita and Sonya Chung, Kyoko Mori and April Naoko Heck, Ed Lin and Srikanth Reddy, and Peter Bacho and Ru Freeman; stay for the Q&A sessions immediately after each reading, and don’t forget to get your books signed by the authors.

As a part of Maryland… Continue reading →

A list of the Top Ten Greatest Asian-American Rappers of All Time. (Make It in the Motherland) When Hipsters Move in on Chinese: It’s Ugly. (Village Voice) The Rise and Fall of Frank Ma, the Last Asian Godfather. (NYT) Basketball … Continue reading →

Columbia University’s Asian Pacific American Awareness Month and Columbia University’s first and only fashion publication, Hoot Magazine (hootmag.org), is hosting a mega-panel discussion with top Asian American figures in the fashion industry in order to promote the education and discussion of fashion and careers in fashion. In accordance to this year’s theme, “Deeper,” we hope to dive deeper into exploring the different ways in which Asian Americans have made revolutionary contributions.

The s… Continue reading →