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| • | Play It Again Sam - Pioneer Journalist Sam Chu Lin would have been 71 this week
Four years ago, on Sunday, March 5, 2006, the unmistakable voice went silent, as Asian American broadcast pioneer Sam Chu Lin Sam Chu Lin died suddenly in Burbank, Calif. He was 67.
AsianConnections pays tribute to Sam. His birthday would have been this week March 3.
Click here to a video montage featuring Sam Chu-lin's work, produced by Christopher Chow. Read More...
March 05, 2010 | | • | Rex Lee, James Kyson Lee and Booboo Stewart among Stars Attending Haiti Fundraiser at the Golden Globes Celebrity & Charity Gift Lounge
Donations were made to help the disaster victims in Haiti for each celebrity attending the Hollywood Helping Haiti event at the Golden Globes Celebrity & Charity Gift Lounge.
Stars who came out to support the cause included James Kyson Lee from TV show Heroes, Rex Lee from Entourage and Booboo Stewart, the newest cast member of Twilight. Read More...
January 18, 2010 | | • | Statement of Shon Meckfessel on Missing U.S. Hikers
Statement of Shon Meckfessel on Missing U.S. Hikers Read More...
August 06, 2009 | | • | Oscar winner DEPARTURES - Director Yokiro Takita is interviewed by Jenny K. Woo and Suzanne Joe Kai
Oscar winner DEPARTURES by Director Yokiro Takita is interviewed by Jenny K. Woo and Suzanne Kai. Read More...
July 28, 2009 | | • | Images from the Los Angeles Vigil for Laura Ling and Euna Lee. Photos courtesy Natasha Bishop.
Images from the Los Angeles candlelight vigil for Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
Photos courtesy Natasha Bishop. Read More...
June 04, 2009 | | • | A Letter from Lisa Ling
Candlelight vigils were held in 9 cities June 3 as American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are in court in North Korea facing charges of "illegal entry" and "hostile acts."
Read tonight's message from Laura Ling's sister, Lisa.
After more than two months of silence hoping that their daughters would be released through diplomatic channels, the Ling and Lee families have now gone public to plead for their daughter' safe return home. Read More...
June 04, 2009 | | • | Larry King talks with Lisa Ling and the families of detained U.S. Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee
Larry King talks with Lisa Ling and the families of detained U.S. journalists held in North Korea. Read More...
June 02, 2009 | | • | Chinese Immigrants Lead Call for College Access
OAKLAND, Calif. -- English-language learners have the lowest scores on the California High School Exit Exam and the lowest rates of college attendance in the state. Zhuanyi Deng hopes to change all that.
New America Media Education Editor Carolyn Ji Jong reports. Read More...
May 29, 2009 | | • | UPDATE: N. Korea sets June 4 Trial Date for Current TV Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee held since March 17
UPDATE:
May 12, 200 - North Korea sets trial date June 4 for American Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.
April 24, 2009 - The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is deeply troubled by the news that two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, have reportedly been indicted in North Korea for illegal entry and "hostile acts." Read More...
May 14, 2009 | | • | Remembering the I-Hotel Struggle
With the passing of Filipino-American poet and activist Al Robles who was active in the San Francisco I-Hotel struggle, AC Team searched the web to bring you more about this historic fight.
Jennifer Low of SFGTV hosts Part 1 CELEBRATE HERITAGE. CELEBRATE UNITY about the struggle for Filipino residents to save the San Francisco I-Hotel in the 1970s.
This APA Heritage Month segment posted on YouTube.com was produced in 2007 by Rich Bartlebaugh and Marisa Louie with historical footage contributed by filmmaker Curtis Choy. Read More...
May 12, 2009 | | • | LA ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL
Festival to Showcase Asian American and Asian International Films from 26 Countries Opening with Sundance Hit CHILDREN OF INVENTION from Tze Chun; Toronto Film Festival Fave TREELESS MOUNTAIN from So Yong Kim as the Fest Centerpiece; and Academy Award® Winner DEPARTURES (OKURIBITO) from Yojiro Takita as the Closing Night Presentation of the 8-Day Fete Read More...
April 29, 2009 | | • | Newport Beach Film Festival Opens
The Newport Beach Film Festival is open! This year 400+ features, shorts, documentaries and animations are screened. Now considered one of the top 20 film festivals in the country, the festival offers filmmaker parties, directors roundtables, and receptions throughout Newport Beach, and in nearby communities in Orange County. The Spotlights including Action Sports, French, Italian, Latino, Irish, Australian and yes! - Asian! Stay tuned as AC Team brings you more updates from the festival! Read More...
April 23, 2009 | | • | 2009 AAJA Internship Grants - Deadline April 24!
Hurry - Apply for an AAJA Internship Grant before Friday April 24th! Read More...
April 22, 2009 | | • | SIGN UP TO WIN A DVD! - CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE Opens this weekend
Two Asian American actors receive lead credits on screen in the adrenaline action movie CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, the sequel to 2006's CRANK, starring Jason Statham.
Actress Bai Ling plays Ria, who is on a mission to find the mobster who forces Statham's character to constantly recharge his heart in order to stay alive.
Newcomer Art Hsu shows off his chops in his first lead role in a major Hollywood movie.
Stay tuned as Bai Ling and Art Hsu are interviewed by AC Team! Enter to win a DVD of the original CRANK movie! Read More...
April 17, 2009 | | • | Apply for Paid Fed Govt Internship in Washington DC - Hurry Deadline is April 17 or until all positions are filled
Download the application at http://www.capal.org/ee/pages/index.php?/Programs/index
In addition to the eight (8) Fed Govt summer Internships with stipends at the Dept. of Agriculture in Washington D.C., The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) is also offering two $2,000 scholarships.
Deadlines for applying:
The eight (8) summer internships, each with $2,000 stipend: April 17, 2009
Two CAPAL scholarships: May 1, 2009 Read More...
April 15, 2009 | | • | Bargain Shoppers Flock to Store Liquidations
Young Andrew Do keeps an eye on his bargains at the Circuit City store liquidation in Newport Beach, California. Circuit City is in its last week of liquidation before its doors close nationwide. Read More...
March 02, 2009 | | • | The Feng Shui Lady © Angi Ma Wong - Best Selling Author Forecasts the Lunar Year of the Ox 4707
January 26, 2009 ushers in the Lunar New Year 4707. What is in store for the Year of the Ox? AsianConnections is pleased to present predictions by best selling author Angi Ma Wong, known as The Feng Shui Lady © to millions of fans who buy her books, or have watched her on OPRAH. Read More...
January 20, 2009 | | • | A Conversation with James Hong on APAs in Hollywood
At an elegant dinner party at the Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood, CAPE honored actor James Hong with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Actor John Cho was presented with its New Horizon Award, and Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of Heroes, was presented with CAPE's Visionary Award.
Photos and video by AC's Codey May and Suzanne Kai. Read More...
December 11, 2008 | | • | AC Interviews CAPE Lifetime Achievement Awared Honoree James Hong About The Progress of APA\'s in Hollywood
At an elegant dinner party at the Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood, CAPE honored actor James Hong with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Actor John Cho was presented with its New Horizon Award, and Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of Heroes, was presented with CAPE's Visionary Award.
Photos and video by AC's Codey May and Suzanne Kai. Read More...
December 10, 2008 | | • | An Interview with Claudia Chan, president of Shecky\'s Girls Night Out
The Sheckys Girls Night Out event is coming to Santa Monica, California this week!
Don't miss it - November 6 an 7!
Bring your girlfriends and enjoy five hours of entertaining fun shopping for hot trend setting fashions at bargain prices, complimentary cocktails, spa treatments, prize giveaways - and more! It's just ten dollars per person! Read More...
November 04, 2008 | | • | Vote!
AC Team got up bright and early and cast our votes. We hope you did the same! Read More...
November 04, 2008 | | • | Happy Halloween!
We love our pets! With the world financial markets in crisis and so much turmoil in the news lately, its wonderful to just enjoy the simple things in life - like hugging your pet!
This past weekend pets from all over the country came to Halloween Parties at pet stores such as Petco to strut their stuff.
Enjoy these photos from one of the Petco stores in San Diego, California, courtesy of Daniel Sundin. Read More...
October 29, 2008 | | • | Pioneer Leader & Bruce Lee's friend Ruby Chow Dies in Seattle
Ruby Chow, pioneer leader and matriarch to Seattle's Chinese community has died.
Mrs. Chow, 87, the eldest in a family of ten children, broke through many glass ceilings in politics, business, and community affairs.
Among her many achievements, Chow served three terms as the first Asian American King County councilwoman, and the first woman member of the Chinese immigrant advocacy organization, International Chong Wah Benevolent Association, and founder in 1952 of the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team.
Chow and her husband, Ping, 92, opened Ruby Chow's restaurant in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant outside of Seattle's Chinatown.
Bruce Lee, the late martial arts legend will forever be intertwined with the colorful life of Ruby Chow.
He was a family friend. Early in his career, Lee lived in Chow's restaurant's attic room while working as a waiter, and demonstrated martial arts in the parking lot. Read More...
June 05, 2008 | | • | Asian American Students Don't Benefit From No Child Left Behind Act
New Report: Asian American students don't benefit from
No Child Left Behind Act—Major Reforms needed Read More...
May 21, 2008 | | • | Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Response to Myanmar Cyclone, Earthquake
Donations for relief efforts can be made to the American Red Cross International Response Fund and the Tzu Chi Foundation, "Support Myanmar with Love". Read More...
May 16, 2008 | | • | REBTEL Offers Free Calling to China, Myanmar Disaster Areas
REBTEL Offers Free Calling to China, Myanmar Disaster Areas through May 22. Read More...
May 14, 2008 | | • | International Public Policy (IIPP) Fellowship
International Public Policy (IIPP) Fellowship Read More...
May 08, 2008 | | • | Remembering John "Lukey" Yang, 16
Farewell to John "Lukey" Yang, 16
AsianConnections thanks Elvis Thao for his permission to reprint his
personal tribute to his friend. Read More...
April 25, 2008 | | • | In Search of Roots - Twelve Personal Journeys Create an Extraodinary Exhibition & Book
Twelve interns explore their roots and share their extraordinary personal journeys in a book and a public exhibition now on view through March 15 at the Chinese Culture Cemter of San Francisco.
Photographer and cultural expert Frank Jang captured images of the March 1 reception celebrating the debut of the "Book of Roots: Essays and Stories."
The twelve contributors and team leaders journeyed through San Francisco’s Chinatown, the National Archives, and the homes of their ancestral villages in China including the Pearl River Delta region of the Guangdong Province of China, and through the counties and municipalities of Guangzhou, Foshan, Doumen, Xinhui, Kaiping, and Taishan.
The Book of Roots Essays & Stories is now available to order through the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. This book includes the Roots Route Map, the essays by the interns and their trip leader, photographs, media coverages as well as the family trees created by each intern.
The twelve interns for the 2007 program are Theresa Chan, Derek Emmons, Jasn Jay, Frank Lee, Alan Liu. Sondra Morishima, Byron Chun, Nicole Hsiang, Michael Kwan, Kristina Lim, Annie Ly, and Trisha Quan.
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Chinese Culture Center of SF Official Website
A personal blogger shares her visit to the exhibition Read More...
March 05, 2008 | | • | Konrad Aderer 's "Rising Up: The Alams" Screens at NYC Grassroots Media Conference
Konrad Aderer's short documentary "Rising Up: The Alams" is showing on March 2 in New York. Read More...
February 29, 2008 | | • | 30+ Asian and Asian American Filmmakers Accepted at Sundance & Slamdance Film Festivals 2008
The seventh annual Asian Pacific Filmmakers Reception at this year's Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals. Read More...
January 28, 2008 | | • | Stage Idols, Japanese Kabuki Theater
Dramatic world of kabuki theater featured in Peabody Essex Museum exhibition, rare woodblock prints on view for the first time. Read More...
January 23, 2008 | | • | Hollywood's 13th Annual Critics Choice Awards
Angeiina, Brad, George, Snoop Dog, Sean Penn, Katie Holmes, and Queen Latifah were among Hollywood's brightest stars on the red carpet tonight at the 13th Annual Critics Choice Awards - the first big awards show of the season to honor the finest in cinema achievement.
AsianConnections team is pleased to bring you exclusive interviews and photos from the Critics Choice Awards presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association - the world's largest and most prominent film critics group.
Unless the Writer's Strike is settled or a deal struck before February 24th when the Oscars are handed out, the Critics Choice Awards may be the last awards show this year complete with a star-studded red carpet, live winners acceptance speeches and glamorous after parties.
The People's Choice Awards pared down to pre-taped video acceptance speeches, and the Golden Globes Awards show on Sunday has been canceled, in lieu of a news conference announcing the winners. Read More...
January 07, 2008 | | • | Arthur Dong Receives Golden Horse Award for HOLLYWOOD CHINESE
Arthur Dong receives Golden Horse Award for HOLLYWOOD CHINESE. Read More...
December 12, 2007 | | • | Keith Watabayashi Directs "Francisco's Fire"
"Francisco's Fire" runs November 10-December 16 at Santa Monica's Dorie Theatre at The Complex. Read More...
November 01, 2007 | | • | Marissa Labog appears in World Premiere of "Ravish" at the new LATC
Marissa Labog appears in world premiere of "Ravish" at the New LATC. Read More...
October 27, 2007 | | • | Actress Tang Wei and Director Ang Lee arrive at the BFI 51st London Film Festival: Lust, Caution Premiere
Actress Tang Wei and Director Ang Lee arrive at the BFI 51st London Film Festival: Lust, Caution Premiere at The Odeon Cinema, Leicester Square on October 20, 2007 in London, England. Read More...
October 23, 2007 | | • | Rona Par Directs Snows of Yesterday
Snows of Yesterday (Neiges d'Antan) is directed by Rona Par and performed by award winning performers Yazmine Flemng and Elizabeth Ackerman. Don't Miss! Read More...
September 07, 2007 | | • | Elvis is Back. And he's Asian!
Elvis is Back - and his name is Ben! Read More...
August 02, 2007 | | • | Ang Lee's LUST, CAUTION
Tony Leung and Tang Wei star in Ang Lee's latest film called LUST, CAUTION, an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai. Read More...
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