http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/ en-us 2008-05-12T14:27:36-08:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/blogging-from-slantyville.html The first post. It has such a nice ring to it doesn't it? It probably even sounds better in another language. La primera entrada de blog. Definitely like that. Who knows, maybe after this I'll start posting in Spanish (even... Slanty 2008-05-12T14:27:36-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/singers-justin-and-george-nozu.html Entertainment Weekly's website recently highlighted upcoming male singer-songwriters in a profile entitled, Guys on the Rise: 8 Emerging Singer-Songwriters. Clocking in at number 3 is Japanese/American Justin Nozuka who was born in New York but raised in Toronto, and is interestingly... sylvie 2008-05-12T09:47:18-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/once-and-future-radicals-richa.html I've recently watched a couple of documentaries about radical movements in the 1960s and 70s: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst, The Weather Underground and a narrative film about the Naxalite movement in West Bengal called Calcutta My Love.... neela 2008-05-11T21:59:48-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/mothers-day-for-peace.html That's a pic of my baby doing the Asian squat, which he learned pretty much as soon as he gained neck control. And check it out, he can cook stir-fry in a wok too! In all seriousness, I promised... Parenthood momo 2008-05-11T20:35:52-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/ny-times-highlights-hmong-amer.html It's so cool to see a subtle increase in stories about Asian Americans this month. This NY Times video on Minnesota Hmong American poet/rapper Tou Saiko Lee is pretty dope. I was especially interested in the end when he talks... Culture neela 2008-05-11T14:55:54-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/the-revolution-starts-in-the-k.html That's the tagline for "The Cooking Show con Karimi y Castro," starring Robert Karimi and John Castro. They're in the Bay Area performing until May 18. I wanted to check out the show tonight, which sounds fascinating, fun and... Politics momo 2008-05-10T20:49:04-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/3-pairs-of-tickets-for-silk-sc.html If you can't tell already, Hyphen loooves Asian American films. What that means for you, is free tickets! Get a quick Silk Screen tutorial with the Comcast Newsmakers Interview with Festival Director, Harish Saluja.... Film lisalee 2008-05-09T15:20:53-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/is-eri-chan-appropriating-an-a.html NPR's Second Stage music section profiles American ex-pat Lizzie Moore who lives in Japan and performs Asian-inflected indie/electro music under the name Eri Chan. Her debut album - entitled Fire Fox - has a lead track "KitsuneBi" ("fire fox" in... Music sylvie 2008-05-08T22:59:39-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/everybody-loves-the-jabbawocke.html Events Joseph 2008-05-06T15:25:05-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/flourishing-asian-american-con.html In a May 4th article, Erin Chan Ding from the Detroit Free Press discusses second-generation Asian American life in Detroit, a city historically known for its boom in community activism and cultural identity after the 1982 racially-motivated murder of... sylvie 2008-05-06T11:42:04-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/the-right-to-get-married.html There was a really great article comparing the same-sex marriage struggle to the fight against anti-miscegenation laws in the Pacific Citizen.... Parenthood neela 2008-05-05T23:28:38-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/win-a-festival-pass-to-the-the.html Where are all my winners at? The point of this blog entry is pretty self-explanatory. You'll have the chance to win a pass to all the screenings AND workshops (damn), minus Closing Night and the Centerpiece presentation. This is for... Film lisalee 2008-05-02T11:17:53-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/05/interview-with-tcm-asian-image.html As Harry mentioned last week, Turner Classic Movies will be airing a month-long retrospective, "Race and Hollywood: Asian Images in Film," this June. I spoke about Asian/American images with the festival's co-host Peter X. Feng who is Associate Professor of... sylvie 2008-05-01T13:55:47-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/04/the-24th-annual-lost-angeles-a.html Ah, May is just around the corner and if you don't know already, it's Asian Pacific Heritage month. We here at Hyphen are sponsoring a great deal of awesome events for you.To kick things off, what's better than the 24th... Film lisalee 2008-04-30T23:46:00-08:00 http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2008/04/vietnamese-deportation.html Politics momo 2008-04-30T15:47:20-08:00