Confession: when I first moved back to L.A. from the Bay Area in 2006, an early food revelation was realizing that there was more to Korean cuisine than just […]
Category: From the Magazine
Asian American Male Directors Are Getting More Filmmaking Opportunities … What About Women?
It was 1990 when a lightbulb went off in Christine Swanson’s head—“I can be a filmmaker.” She was then a timid half-black, half-Korean University of Notre Dame freshman, sitting […]
Meet Actor Mark Dacascos—The Martial Artist Behind Zero In ‘John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum’
It’s late morning in the tiny Conejo Valley hamlet of Westlake Village. Designed to look like an old world European farmhouse dropped into suburban L.A., the Stonehaus Wine Restaurant […]
Breakthrough: Vinny Chhibber On Working In The Industry As A Young Actor Of Color
When actor Vineet Chhibber first began auditioning for roles, there was one time he was asked to make out with a camel. “They would tell me, ‘It’s just comedy; […]
How The Bots’ Drummer Anaiah Lei Is Carrying On The Legacy of L.A.’s Counterculture
Whether it’s a tornado of screaming fans moshing to the rapid rhythms of his drums or the screech of his skateboard grinding against a 20-foot-long metal staircase rail, sound […]
For Artisan Brewer Bryan Do, Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beerholder
When Bryan Do answers the phone in the wee morning hours, he’s drinking a bottle of yogurt after fasting for eight hours for a routine set of blood tests. […]
Actress Ally Maki Is Redefining What It Means To Be An Asian American Woman
Ally Maki wonders if she would’ve had more confidence as a teenager if she was exposed to the types of representation that many of the young female fans she’s […]
Looking For The Next Indie Musician To Be Obsessed With? Get To Know Sasami Ashworth
Sasami Ashworth answers the phone from a Torchy’s Tacos parking lot in Austin, Texas, where she’s visiting the Lone Star State’s capital for South by Southwest. She’s just finished […]
What Helped Actress Ramona Young Get Through Moving Over 40 Times As a Child?
Ramona Young almost lived a totally different life than the one in front of the camera she has now. Before acting, she was preparing for a life as an […]
The Women Of ‘Warrior’ Have Their Sights On Inheriting The Earth
Somewhere in Capetown, South Africa, is a dusty city dotted with saloons, opium dens and brothels. Though it might seem a little out of place in a country better […]
Rich Ting Is Keeping The Legend Of His Martial Arts Heroes Alive In ‘Warrior’
Like most Asian American boys of the strip mall-dojo generation, Rich Ting grew up wanting to be Bruce Lee. Before he knew how to read, the future taekwondo black […]
How Daniel Dae Kim Is Using His Power As An Executive Producer To Promote Visibility For Other Asian Americans
This is Daniel Dae Kim’s fourth time on the cover of this magazine. Or maybe it’s his fifth? At this point, it’s a little hard to keep track. But […]
What’s In A Name? We’re Unveiling A New Company Name Loaded With Significance For The Wider Asian American Community
I’ve been publishing this magazine for 29 years when it was just for Koreans. I have learned to evolve with the times. And it’s about time that our name […]
Review: Debut Author T Kira Madden Learns To Let Go In ‘Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls’
Ahh … the idyllic dream of American boyhood. It’s been romanticized in everything from “The Andy Griffith Show” to Richard Linklater’s eponymous film chronicling the whole thing. But what about […]
Throwback: How Kahn Souphanousinphone And His Laotian American Family Repped For Asians On ‘King Of The Hill’
It’s been almost a decade since “King of the Hill” has been off the air, and while we do miss Hank Hill and his circle of beer-chugging friends, it’s really […]
