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Birth of a nAsian with Slanty Eyed Mama this Saturday and Sunday

sudo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:47:29 +0000

[ November 7, 2009; 10:00 pm; November 8, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Kate Rigg and Leah Ryan of Slanty Eyed Mama are performing their show Birth of a nAsian at the Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont St.) in Boston this Saturday (10PM) and Sunday (7PM). Engaging racial and social issues with humor through live music (electric violin + vocals), monologues and sketches, Slanty Eyed Mama takes the audience through [...]

Dear BPRLive, do you have a non-Asian doppleganger?

sudo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:27:07 +0000

People often tell me that I look almost exactly like people they know or have seen. I haven’t seen anyone who has a striking some resemblance to me, but I do encounter people who are weirdly like my friends in appearance, mannerisms and/or personality. Some Asian American folks I’ve met seem to have doppelgangers [...]

At the San Diego Asian Film Festival: Shades of Ray

guest — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:30:09 +0000

[Today's post comes courtesy of Grace S.] Directed by Jaffar Mahmood, Shades of Ray is a personal take on his own life in the fictional form of Ray Rehman. Born to a Pakistani father (played by the extremely talented Brian George) and a Caucasian mother (Kathy Baker, Picket Fences), Ray struggles to find his identity, cope [...]

Hip-Hop Values from Oliver Wang

eugene — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:25 +0000

While I was procrastinating at work yesterday, I found this interesting video via the New York Times: Professor of sociology and music know-it-all API* Oliver Wang debating Eli Lake on the question: Should rappers be blamed for glorifying bad behavior? So, this debate is pretty much an old one and I pretty much think the [...]

Women of the World: cross-cultural communication sounds like a pulse

j.lizzles — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:49 +0000

Hear the thump-thump of your heart beating, feel the in-and-out cycle of your breath and your chest heaving. Music starts here. Yes, starts with a polyrhythmic groove inherent to the natural world that will play endlessly, or for as long as the earth keeps rotating around the sun. Whether it is the wind [...]

AARW 30th Anniversary Banquet

eugene — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:02 +0000

Last Saturday, Delia and I were honored to attend AARW’s 30th Anniversary Banquet. Wow, can you believe that the Asian American Resource Workshop has been around for thirty years? Wow. You can read about the accomplishments of AARW here. Delia and I were there to accept the 2009 Community Award from AARW on behalf of [...]

Asian/Asian American History Month at Brown University

sudo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:41 +0000

November is Asian/Asian American History Month at Brown University! Initially, I was surprised to hear about this since May is Asian American Heritage Month for the entire US, and it’s great to know that there’s awareness and celebration of Asian and Asian American history on this college campus. Among the events at Brown in November [...]

Reflections on HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 101

sudo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:19:11 +0000

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and last Thursday, QJ Shi and Danny Ho of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) facilitated a workshop about abuse in relationships at the East Meets West Bookstore. It was a great discussion-receptive and interactive session in which we learned about different types of abuse (we [...]

Review: I Love Yous Are for White People

giles — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:57:33 +0000

“Other than the Street Ratz, most of the Vietnamese kids I know are busy distancing themselves from our culture. Most of the Ratz love bring Vietnamese but hate their families. I’m trying desperately to love both.” - from I Love Yous Are for White People by Lac Su When I heard the title of this book I [...]

Mahendra Meghani at East Meets West Bookstore

eugene — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:07:36 +0000

[ October 23, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] People around the world are more or less familiar with the name Mahatma Gandhi. He pioneered the idea of resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience using means of nonviolence. A man who has followed Gandhi's principles is Mahendra Meghani, who will be visiting the East Meets West Bookstore to do a reading on Friday, [...]