For more than 15 years Bobby Kim, who goes by Bobby Hundreds, expressed himself through his iconic streetwear brand, The Hundreds. Now with the release of his book, “This Is […]
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Throwback: Sculptor Isamu Noguchi Is The OG Hapa Icon—And He Didn’t Even Have A Name Until He Was 5 Years Old
You know when you see a Noguchi coffee table. It’s comprised of three simple components: two vaguely boomerang-esque wooden pieces whose pointed ends touch, balancing an incredibly heavy triangular […]
Shoots And Ladders: ‘Minari’ and Mermaids Are Making Waves In Asian American Entertainment This August
FILM Marvel took us all by surprise by announcing that Simu Liu will play the titular lead in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Hawaiian-born Destin Daniel Cretton is […]
Here Is Why Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Is The Asian American Rock Star We All Need
I’ve witnessed a legend in the making exactly once. It was the day before my junior-year finals, the last gasp of a spring fling-esque weekend in 2010. I left […]
Meet The Man Behind ‘Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood”s Bruce Lee
A small suburb of Madison, Wisconsin, is just about the last place one would expect to find a Korean American taekwondo expert. And yet, on a brisk spring morning, […]
The Treatment: Time Is Running Out For Punk Rock Legend Chrissie Hynde In ‘Maybe Tomorrow’
Introduction Editor’s note: We developed this section to showcase the work of promising Asian American writers, as well as to illuminate their words through vivid and colorful drawings from […]
Artist Alison Zai Is Hoping To Make You Feel A Little Less Alone With Her Comics
In the primordial grime and goop of Instagram—a social media platform better known for cultivating bodacious “IG baddie” personalities—emerges a new kind of comic artist. At the forefront of […]
Food For Thought: Here’s What Happened When A Filipino Foodie Couple Decided To Shake Things Up
The Los Angeles cookbook store Now Serving occupies a small corner space in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza, just across the hall from the popular fried chicken stand Howlin’ Rays. […]
Throwback: Travel Back In Time To 1930s China With ‘Tintin And The Blue Lotus’
I was visiting my aunt in Little Saigon when I first saw her collection of “Tintin” comic books. A souvenir from her childhood in the real Saigon, they’d been […]
Filipino Author Randy Ribay Is Taking His Lessons Outside Of The Classroom—Life Lessons That Is
It’s 4:30 a.m. when Randy Ribay wakes up. He walks his two “mystery breed” dogs, the mischievous Loki and the pointy-eared Arwen. Once his four-legged friends get their morning […]
What Does It Mean To Be Human? Well, Ask Hueman
Allison Tinati’s alter ego, Hueman, is a reflection of the art she creates. The play on hue and human is “a celebration of diversity,” explains the Filipino American artist […]
The Truth Behind ‘The Farewell’— The Film ‘Based On An Actual Lie’
There’s an old Chinese idiom that says that there are four “flavors” of life: suan (sourness), tian (sweetness), ku (bitterness) and la (spiciness). It’s the basis behind many Chinese […]
How Actor Jake Choi Went From Basketball Dreams To Being In Hollywood Scenes
At the premiere of the Netflix rom-com “Always Be My Maybe,” actor Jake Choi is so excited that he can barely contain himself. Before the movie starts rolling, Choi […]
Review: Wish There Was A Show That Was Like ‘Friends,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ and ‘Boston Legal’ All In One? Try ‘Good Trouble’
Winding down in front of the tube after a long day, with an alcoholic beverage, a favorite fuzzy bathrobe and a TV show that doesn’t demand too much of […]
Shoots and Ladders: This Summer, Asian Americans Are Making Power Moves With Some ‘Fast Company’
FILM Massive congratulations go out to the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho for winning the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his commercially and critically successful […]
