daily asian american stuff
http://bolsavik.com/2010/01/viet-homeless-charged-in-death-of-viet-homeless/
Viet homeless charged in death of Viet homeless
Heads up, San Francisco. Next month, Kearny Street Workshop and Mina Dresden Gallery present The Lost and Found, the first solo exhibition of poet-turned-visual artist Truong Tran, running February 5-26.
Liu breaks racial barrier, takes oath as comptroller
John Liu hugs his son Joey as wife Jenny (second l.) looks on. He was sworn in moments earlier as New York City comptroller by New York County Civil Judge John Oing. Photo by Connor Adams Sheets
Asian Consumers Most Upbeat, American Sentiment Dips
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Consumer confidence is strongest in emerging Asia, Brazil and Australia, but weakened slightly in the United States in the fourth quarter as Americans worried about job security, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Consumer sentiment was highest in Indonesia, followed by India and Brazil, and was weakest in Japan and South Korea, according to the survey conducted by the New York-based Nielsen Company a month ago.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9488487
Pacquiao defies Asian stereotypes, that’s why he gets accused of Steroids
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Pacquiao defies Asian stereotypes, that’s why he gets accused of Steroids
The World’s Most Confident Countries
Data from Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index
1. Indonesia
2. India
3. Brazil
4. Australia
5. Philippines
6. China
7. Hong Kong
8. Singapore
9. New Zealand
10. Canada
Kollaboration San Francisco is holding a talent competition and they want you to audition! Our mission is to encourage the Asian American community to express themselves artistically and break through media stereotypes while coming together as a community.
story here:http://edopeno.com/2010/01/06/bay-area-beats-kollaboration-sf/
The Growing Rate of Depression, Suicide Among Asian American Students |
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| Asian American women ages 15 to 24 lead in the highest suicide rate amongst all ethnic groups, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Wong has just filmed the MTV show “Nick Cannon Presents Hatin’ on ’09,” which first aired Jan 1. She hopes 2010 will continue to bring more adventures. “Um, no. I have no desire for success or exposure [laughs]. Yeah, of course that’s the goal,” Wong said jokingly about her future |
I smell a drummer prodigy
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http://aatheory.com/2010/01/i-smell-a-drummer-prodigy/
‘The Taqwacores’ leads Asian representation at Sundance
![Taqwacores[1].jpg](https://i0.wp.com/www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/Taqwacores%5B1%5D-thumb-400x300.jpg)
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http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2010/01/the-taqwacores-leads-asian-rep.html
Self-Made Iron Man 2 Costume
- Posted by: Terry Ng
- on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
story here:
http://aatheory.com/2010/01/alexa-chung-lives/
All Is Fair Staged Reading by Bao Phi
Spoken word artist Bao Phi will present a staged reading of his new play All is Fair, about a dinner party with a Chinese American hippie Vietnam vet, a Vietnamese American who voted for Bush, an adopted Korean American graphic novelist, and a “fiscally conservative” Hmong American. Directed by Robert Karimi and starring David Mura, May-Lee Yang, Sun Mee Chomet, and Thuyet Nguyen.
7 pm
Dreamland Arts
677 Hamline Ave N, St. Paul
RSVP at (651) 645-5506
more here
Michelle Kwan talks about her experience during her visit to an English institute for children
School trustee storms out of meeting, alleges violation
http://www.chinasmack.com/pictures/northern-china-snowtorm-2010-photographs/
A diverse anthology of immigrant experience
Boston Globe
Immigrants from Belgium arrive at Ellis Island in 1917. (Upi/File)
The arrival of Asian-American immigrants is represented in entries that range from Edith Maude Eaton’s fictional rendering of newly arrived Chinese in turn-of-the-20th century Seattle and San Francisco to Korean-American Chang Rae Lee’s novel, “Native Speaker.’’
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