Asian-American News

June will begin with a diverse variety of opportunities for serious listening. For those interested in talent of the future, the 28th annual Irving M. Klein String Competition will take place on June 8 and 9. I plan to write about that in greater detail in the near future, but the other concert activities of that weekend are likely to be just as ... (more)

If Mohammad Rahro, 91, had gone to just any senior center in Maryland, chances are he would not have encountered someone who remembered the headmaster with four wives who rode to school each day on a beloved white donkey.

Whether you like it or not, gaining weight during pregnancy is inevitable. The growth and development of babies depend on it.

A grassroots organization on the Lower East Side is working hard to reduce the high rate of suicide in the Asian American community, and for the first time in years, they believe they are making progress due to the highly publicized suicide of soldier Danny Chen.

So far there are no Filipino casualties in tornadoes that wrecked havoc in Oklahoma and other Midwest cities in the United States, the Department of Foreign Affairs reported on Tuesday.

Noel Coward once sang that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," but he never attended the Pacific Rim Street Fest, where more than 10,000 visitors poured into Old Sacramento on Sunday.

Since its inception in December 2012, Kiriko -a joint project between graphic designer Dawn Yanagihara and Compound Gallery owner Katsu Tanaka-has taken off.

In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment presented "The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project," a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists.

Asian-Americans have the highest income and education levels of any racial group in the country.

Boggs will attend University of Georgia in the fall, where he is undecided, but may major in Chinese with double minor in Korean and chemistry.

Instead of a "national reconciliation" pronounced by the Prime Minister on the night of election, what we are witnessing today is the "national aggravation" of race-relations by all UMNO and BN-related machinery, particularly the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia and Umno's team of bloggers and cyber-troopers. The situation, with absolutely no restraint ... (more)

When it comes to buying entertainment for ethnic viewers, there is no-one-size-fits-all concept.

Channel 7 sports presenter Sandy Roberts caused a Twitter stir after putting on an Indian accent during a news broadcast.

Father Jess Soriano, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Vallejo, passes through and blesses the sanctuary, currently being used by Calvary Chapel Vallejo, in the newly dedicated Filipino Community Center during grand opening ceremonies on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

A brave group of undocumented Asian American kids who grew up in the shadows are now shouting out their status from the stage.

As Justin Lin 's "Fast & Furious 6" roars into theaters on May 24th, another film by Lin is starting to make some noise.

Police are looking for man in his 30s suspected in a fatal shooting at a Vietnamese restaurant in north Houston.

This profile of the first Asian American to be cast in the lead role in a regular television series traces his career from nightclub singer and comedian to Broadway and film star as Sammy Fong in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway play and film version of The Flower Drum Song.

In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment will present "The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project," a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists.

Photo above shows Mr. Warren Furutani, Los Angeles Public Works Commissioner, Consul General Maria Hellen Barber-De La Vega with Filipino Community Leaders.