He came and went in less than a week, but Travis Ishikawa made an impression after being called up to fill in for injured regular San Francisco Giants first baseman Lance Niekro.
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I bought myself a membership to the Center for Asian American Media, or simply "The Center" (also formerly known as NAATA).
Continue reading "For My Birthday"
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Hapa comedian and performer Brent Weinbach – featured in hot-off-the-press Issue 9 of Hyphen – performs in Los Angeles...
Continue reading "[API Events: May 29-June 4]"
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By Sonny Le, Hyphen Advisory Board Member
Our personal identity is a reflection of how we see ourselves, based on family and ancestral history and growing up-experience and what we believe to be perceived by others. As Asian Americans, our identity is fraught with unintended and unwanted connotations. Given the diversity within the communities and how much of our experience has been defined by and filtered through popular media, inventing and/or reinventing who we are seems to have taken on a new dimension.
Compounding the problem is the fact that many of our parents are either reluctant to shed light on their past and their coming-to-America experience or simply offer inexact accounts.
Continue reading "Do We Know Who We Are?"
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from Bernice Yeung, Hyphen contributing editor
I am walking back to my office after running an errand to the post office. Dude sitting on the corner yells at me: "I love you, mama! Come back early because I love you! Sukiyaki! I love you! Come back! Chicken lo mein! Sukiyaki! Mama, I love you!"
Continue reading "How NOT to Pick Up Asian Women"
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For some on this blog, it's a tired subject: stereotypes of Asian American men. But someone has made yet another documentary on the issue. The Slanted Screen is playiing at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco this week, and I saw it last night.
Continue reading "Not Many New Angles in Slanted Screen"
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Robin Sukhadia was named the first Mr. Hyphen on Friday at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center. Along with the glory of being the inaugural Mr. Hyphen, Robin took home $500 for Project Ahimsa, the nonprofit he was competing for.
Continue reading "Robin Sukhadia Crowned Mr. Hyphen"
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Pre-purchase tickets for Mr. Hyphen are available only through 7 p.m. today! (Click on Events above) Get 'em now or they'll be $20 at the door.
And the show is tomorrow! Our contestants have met, and the shit-talking has begun. Don't miss the action -- or the celebrities:
- Tiffani Mah, Miss San Francisco Chinatown 2006 (judge)
- Brian Tong, host of Night Shift & before that Stir TV (emcee)
- Ali Wong, ittle-bitty new comedy phenom (emcee)
So get yourselves a seat, have your cheering voices ready, and your panties/ boxers ready to throw! Uh, we mean, no. This is a family show.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof wonders why Asian Americans are so good in school in a Sunday New York Times op-ed piece, but I'm not sure he found the right answer.
Continue reading "New York Times Column Rehashes Model Minority Myth"
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British Sri Lankan rising superstar M.I.A. has been denied a visa to visit or work in the United States.
Continue reading "M.I.A. Denied Entry to United States"
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This week: Who will take home the title of Mr. Hyphen? And more...
Continue reading "[API Events May 15-21]"
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So, Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s film Water – about the plight of widows at the end of colonial times in India – has finally hit theaters everywhere.
Continue reading "Water, and the Plight of Asian American – or Diasporic Asian – Film"
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Hyphen freelance writer Ching-In Chen is featured in Episode Twenty-Seven of DriveTime, a video blog produced in a car during the morning commute in Boston.
Continue reading "Hyphen on DriveTime"
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Do you know who’s running for mayor in San Jose or where they stand on API issues? Or that Pittsburgh premiers its API film festival this week? Events galore...
Continue reading "[API Events May 8-14]"
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For those of you who are always complaining (and you know you are) that Asian American men don't get enough love -- we hear you, and we're doing something about it. So come out and support your brothers and your cause at our first-ever Mr. Hyphen contest!
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Do you guys ever notice that when you're specifically caught up thinking about something, you start to notice it everywhere?
Continue reading "Asian American Musicians Are Everywhere!"
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For Southern California folks, VC Filmfest 2006, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, begins tomorrow night.
Continue reading "VC Filmfest Opening in Los Angeles"
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