New York’s Broadway theater district isn’t called the Great White Way for nothing. Its most heralded dramatists are a roll call of great white men: Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, […]
Category: Art
With ‘Monstress,’ Marjorie Liu Paves Way for Female Comic Novelists
Asian American novelist Marjorie Liu made her mark on comic book history when she became the first woman ever, with “Monstress,” to win the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award […]
Photographers Document Little-Known Stories of Mississippi Delta Chinese Americans
The Mississippi Delta — a region located between the Mississippi River and the Yazoo River where the Delta blues were born and agriculture still reigns supreme. There’s a distinct […]
With Web Series ‘Kat Loves LA,’ Asian Americans Create Their Own Opportunities
Wondering why diversity and inclusion in Hollywood has been such a hot topic as of late? Here’s where we are: In 2017, 18 percent of the year’s top 250 […]
LA Art Show Spotlights Korean Art
The layered, monochrome contemporary art movement that dominated 20th century Korean art, Dansaekhwa, is on exhibit at the L.A. Art Show this week inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, […]
10 Asian Americans Doing Big Things on Broadway
All the world’s a stage, and these standout Broadway actors made sure that the Asian American and Pacific Islander community had a chance to shine this year. Check out […]
Asian Art Museum Sets Guinness Record For Largest Human Flower
Just in case you’re ever on a televised quiz show and are asked who holds the Guinness World Record for Largest Human Flower, let it be known that the […]
Telly Leung Becomes Broadway’s Next Aladdin
Actor Telly Leung is set to take on the title role in Broadway’s production of “Aladdin,” which will begin June 13. Leung succeeds Adam Jacobs, who left earlier this […]
George Takei Is Producing A Graphic Novel About His Japanese Internment Experience
George Takei is producing a graphic novel about his family’s experience in Japanese internment camps during World War II. Readers will see the story through the eyes of a […]
10 WonderCon Cosplays That Blew Our Minds
Southern California was filled with comic book heroes, anime and video game characters this past weekend. Don’t worry, there wasn’t a tear in the universe that allowed an alternate reality […]
JR De Guzman Has All The Makings Of The Next Big Comic
To a kid who grew up watching legends like Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee on television, getting to be a part of that world is magic. The 26-year-old JR […]
Kai Langer, the Cutest Boyfriend Ever, Gets An Amazing Surprise
When you do something sweet for your girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, but she surprises you with something sweeter. Kai Langer’s Valentine’s Day card to his “girlfriend” Ellen DeGeners (Ellen […]
New Chinese Super-Man Story Shows How Far America Has Come Since 1937
In March of 1937, DC, then known as Detective Comics, released its first-ever issue — and boy, was political correctness not a thing back then. Ching Lung, who graced […]
Artists Release ‘We The People’ Artwork for Trump’s Inauguration
If some of the artwork here seems familiar to you, it should. Shepard Fairey, the prolific graffiti artist and OBEY founder who crafted the Barack Obama “Hope” poster, recently […]
Pinyin Inventor Zhou Youguang Dies Aged 111
The inventor of the Pinyin writing system — which converts Chinese characters into words that use the Roman alphabet — died Saturday at the age of 111. Zhou Youguang, […]
