From July 20 through August 2, “In Rehearsal”, a display of photographs drawn from the Lia Chang Theater Portfolio in the Library of Congress’ Asian American Pacific Islander Collection, is on view in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The hours of the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room are 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tonight,
I
am
meeting
up
with
groundbreaking
Asian-North
American
playwright,
teacher,
and
taiko
troupe
leader,
Rick
Shiomi,
who
is
making
a
rare
NYC
appearance
to
discuss
and
present
readings
from
the
new
anthology
“Asian
American
Plays
for
a
New
Generation”
(Temple
University
Press,
June
2011),
which
he
co-edited
with
Josephine
Lee
and
Don
Eitel.
Hosted
by
Julie
Azuma
and
Tamio
Spiegel,
the
event
begins
at
6:30pm
at
12
West
18th
Street,
#3E
in
New
York.
“God
comes
to
the
hungry
in
the
form
of
food,”
said
the
‘Father
of
India’
Mahatma
Gandhi.
It
is
this
philosophy
which
has
compelled
Chef
Vikas
Khanna
to
explore
the
symbiotic
intersection
of
food
and
religion
in
his
documentary
series
Holy
Kitchens.
“At
any
given
time
somewhere
on
Earth,
people
are
gathering
to
share
food
in
the
name
of
God.
This
is
spiritual
sustenance,
meant
to
bring
us
closer
together
and
closer
to
the
Creator,”
says
Khanna.
“This
is
the
story
of
Holy
Kitchens.”
MyFoxNY.com reporter Ti-Hua Chang, MSNBC anchor Richard Lui, NY1‘s CeFaan Kim and Michelle Yu, spoken word poet Kelly Tsai and actress Jen Kwok will emcee the 32nd Annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Union Square Park (East 17th between Broadway and Park Avenue) in New York from 12:00pm to 6:00pm. Organized by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans since 1971, this annual festival is the longest running and largest event celebrating Pan Asian heritage on the East Coast.
List
of
Performing
Artists:
Music:
Hsu-nami,
PaperDoll,
Reni
Mimura,
Dana
Leong
ft.
Le
Zhang,
Nina
Sophia
Mojares,
and
Nuf
Said
ft.
Ioana
Vintu
Dance:
Polynesian
Dance,
New
York
Chinese
Cultural
Center,
and
Yosakoi
Dance
Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead Wednesday at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California a suburb in Los Angeles county.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's office is investigating the case as a suicide.
AsianConnections' Suzanne Kai spoke with Irabu at a CAPE holiday event in 2009.
Click here for the Irabu's comments, and here for updates on this story.