July 25, 2008
Harold and Kumar 3
From Variety, writer/directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg will be bringing John Cho and Kal Penn back to the big screen for a third installment of "Harold and Kumar."

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Get your play on: A-Squared Theatre Workshop and The Wind Cries Mary
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So I got word of this from musician Dawen Wang via Chicago about a new play being put on by A-Squared Theatre Workshop called "The Wind Cries Mary" - and it sounds like it's going to be pretty interesting. The show will be running next month August 1-24 down at City Lit Theatre.

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July 24, 2008
Pinkberry Removes Racist Juice Gadgets from Stores
From Gothamist, Korean American-owned frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry recently pulled the Alessi Mandarin Juicer from its stores after Asian American customers complained that they didn't want to see one of the most enduring racist images ever while waiting in line for their dessert.

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July 23, 2008
And It's a Wrap!
New York was oh so very hot. Even when I was running around in the skimpiest outfits (by my standards), I still felt like I was in a sauna 24/7. Needless to say, I am so happy to be back in San Francisco, where the weather is nice and cold.





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July 22, 2008
Bay Area Now & Goh Nakamura in NY
Just some quick updates on a few people who have been in Hyphen.

Bay Area Now 5, a triennial exhibition of Bay Area art (and possibly the most important art show in San Francisco this year), is up now at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. One of the featured artists is Ala Ebtekar, whose work we showcased in issue 11. Ebtekar paints on top of found prayer manuscripts in the style of Iranian miniatures, to explore the crossings of spirituality and war.

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July 21, 2008
"help" - Benefit Concert for Burma and Sichuan
Music venues usually smell of stale beer. A good act, though, can take that stiff air, charge it, and leave you amped. But even so, when you walk away at the end of the night, all you are left with are some residual tingles, deaf ears and a good memory. Well, now you can have all that but leave something concrete behind as well.

Millions have either died or are left homeless in Burma and Sichuan as the result of natural disasters. You can now "help." Presented by AsianWeek and proudly sponsored by Hyphen & other organizations, "help" is a benefit concert organized by Bay Area artists to provide aid to the devastated regions in Burma and China's Sichuan province. Bring yourself. Bring your friends. Not only do you get to rock out to American Idol semifinalist Paul Kim, Burmese-American songstress Natalise and a Hyphen favorite, Mud, but rest assured that when you leave, you're also leaving with more than just a memory for yourself.

WHAT: "help" - A Benefit Concert for Burma and Sichuan Province

WHO: Natalise, Mud, and Paul Kim

WHEN: 7 pm (Doors open at 6 pm) | Saturday | August 2, 2008

WHERE: Glas Kat Nightclub
520 4th Street, San Francisco
21 and over

COST: Buy tickets at www.asianweek.com/concert, $25 - $125

More information is available at www.asianweek.com/concert

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"Ping Pong Playa" Gets a Distributor
From Hollywood Reporter, IFC Films -- the film distribution company that brought us indie favorites like "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "Transamerica" -- just bought the theatrical rights to Jessica Yu's sports comedy "Ping Pong Playa," most recently screened at the New York Asian American International Film Festival.

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July 18, 2008
"The Killing of a Chinese Cookie"

by Althea Chang

It's been a while since I've contributed to Hyphen, but when I heard we had access to the Asian American International Film Festival here in New York, which I've attended in some way or another for the past four years or so, I had to go.

One of the films I wanted to see most was "The Killing of a Chinese Cookie," a sort of investigation into the origins of the meal-ender and conversation piece.

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Michael Paul Chan Q&A with Washington Post

The Washington Post posted a fan Q&A with actor Michael Paul Chan who plays Lt. Mike Tao on the TNT drama "The Closer".

Chan has appeared on series such as "Arrested Development" and "Robbery Homicide Division," and in films such as "The Joy Luck Club," "Spy Game," and Eric Byler's "Americanese." Interesting factoid: Chan's brother is author Jeffrey Paul Chan, one of the editors of the influential Asian American literary anthology "Aiiieeeee!."

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Kiyo Ann Matsumoto: You've Been Confirmed
This is pretty cool news. Kiyo Ann Matsumoto was confirmed to be the next federal judge in the Eastern District of New York, making her only the second Asian American woman to serve as a federal district court judge.

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