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View ArticleColor Coordinated: How to dress for the colors naturally in your eyes and...
By Erin Sartori Have you ever noticed how your eyes “pop” and your hair looks more vibrant when wearing certain colors? Or how some days you look washed out and sickly and just plain tired? Dressing to...
View ArticleSuffering in Silence–the Dilemma for Older Asian American Immigrants
So Ying Chan at Lin’s House in a short film directed by her grandson Jeff Man titled ‘A Family Day’. Copyright Jeff Man 2015 By Jenny Chen In 1976 So Ying Chan and her husband came to the United States...
View ArticleAAPIs at the Smudge Expo for Comic Arts
Just in case you can’t get your annual fix from Small Press Expo (link: www.spxpo.com) in September, or can’t make it out to some of the other comic conventions around the country, Smudge Expo offers a...
View ArticleTogether, We Can Save Lives, Educate, Empower, Eradicate
Save the Date Sunday, May 31st, 2015 at 5PM 5th Annual Benefit Gala & Award Dinner China Garden Restaurant 1100 Wilson Blvd, Rosslyn, VA 22009 Hepatitis B and C are liver diseases that are “silent...
View ArticleThe Importance (and Hardship) of Becoming Bilingual
A few summers ago I found myself listening to a concert at the annual Okinawan festival in O’ahu, Hawai’i. I closed my eyes and began to sway to the sound of the strumming of the sanshin and to the...
View ArticleVirginia University of Oriental Medicine’s New Approach to Health
By Corih Kim As healthcare cost becomes ever increasingly high, alternative medicine focuses on maintenance of health through long-term care and lower cost to maintain such health. As a result,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Promoting Bilingualism from an Early Age
By Sammi Wong Sammi Wong is a Teach For America—Chicago corps member. She teaches at a bilingual English-Chinese pre-K. Week of the Young Child is April 12-18. Imagine yourself as a little...
View ArticleBanh Mi: The Rise of the Vietnamese Sandwich
By Andrew Lam (New America Media) Since the Vietnam War ended 40 years ago, Vietnamese have shared much of their culture with the larger world. But many of us who fled as refugees could not have...
View ArticleHongtao Li Continues Conquest of the Art World
By Lily Chen Hongtao Li, an exceptionally gifted artist born in Dalian, China who has made America his second home, continues to gain both critical and commercial acclaim from experts and art lovers...
View ArticleCross-Country Cycling For Comfort Women Cause
By Corih Kim On August 26, Deok-Yeol Baek, and Yong-Seok Sim arrived in DC, after two months of cross-country cycling. They left Los Angeles on June 27 with the intent to end their trip in New York, to...
View ArticleASIAN ARTS & CULTURE CENTER FALL 2015 EVENTS & PROGRAMS
The Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University presents the Asian in Maryland (AIM) Cultural Connection: Cambodian Arts & Culture with an exhibition, Family Art Day, dance and music...
View ArticleAward-Winning Chee-Yun Plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 with the National...
North Bethesda, MD, October 28, 2015 –The National Philharmonic, led by Music Director and Conductor Piotr Gajewski, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings on Saturday, November 28 at 8 pm and...
View ArticleRubbing Shoulders with Jackie Chan in China
By Barbara Stillwater This September, I had the good fortune to see Jackie Chan while visiting the set (actually, it was one of many sets, with filming also to take place in India and China’s Xinjiang...
View ArticlePope and Trump Boost National Debate on Immigration Issue–Migrant Leader
By Jennie L. Ilustre An Asian American advocacy leader said the much-needed national debate on the urgent issue of immigration reform has received a boost from Pope Francis, who made a historic visit...
View ArticleAntonio Taguba, Influential Asian American
By Jennie L. Ilustre U.S. Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba retired on December 31, 2006, after 34 years of distinguished service to the nation. Since then, instead of one, he has been wearing many...
View ArticleShopping at Lotte Plaza Market Never Been So Rewarding!
Shopping at Lotte Plaza Market just got more rewarding thanks to Shop Your Way, the loyalty and rewards program that lets members earn points while buying the things they need every day. Members...
View ArticleYoung Woman Battling Blood Cancer Inspires Global Search for Mixed-Race...
By Tamara Treichel Only several months ago, Lara Casalotti was a vivacious 24-year-old Yoga aficionado dedicated to social causes such as at-risk youth and marginalized groups. That changed...
View ArticlePredictions: 2016, Year of the Monkey
By Jennie L. Ilustre The Asian lunar year of 2016 begins on February 8 and ends on January 27, 2017. Known as The Year of the Fire Monkey, it is supposed to be filled with mischief, clashes and success...
View ArticleBook Review: Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook – 101 Delicious Recipes...
By Amanda Andrei Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen hits the sweet spot for Chinese American cookbooks. Between the bright, gorgeous photography of...
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