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SF Giants Pay Tribute to Bruce Lee
He paved the way for stars like Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Steven Seagal. The first true action star of the silver screen was Martial Arts expert Bruce Lee. The San Francisco native...
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Plate by Plate Charity Tasting Event
SAN FRANCISCO – Plate by Plate kicks off the fall season with its third annual tasting benefit on September 22, 2012 at The Bently Reserve from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Featuring San Francisco’s top...
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Chinese Speakers: Get Your Slang On!
Cupertino, Calif. — Selected by Apple’s iBookstore as one of its New & Noteworthy featured items in the education category, See it! Hear it! Say it! American Slang for Chinese Speakers was written...
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Significant Dates in Asian/Chinese American History – 5
Chinese American Heroes presents this series of significant dates in Asian American and Chinese American history in celebration of 2012. This is by no means a comprehensive list of events due to our...
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Expert Says Lack of Marriage Education is Contributing to Increased Divorce...
Hellen Chen, Matchmaker and Author of “The Matchmaker of The Century” hosting a marriage ceremony Recent studies by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) indicated that the ratio of new...
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New Book Highlights Laotians in the SF Bay Area
Throughout the 19th and up to the mid-20th centuries, immigrants from China, Japan, Korea, India, and the Philippines came to America through San Francisco. The end of the decades-long Vietnam War...
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Myx is the Source for Asian American Entertainment
It used to be that if you wanted to watch TV, even as recently as the early 1990s, the Big Four networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox would have been all you’d get. And if you were looking for...
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On The Scene: Oct.15
FALL FESTIVITIES News from our favorite newscaster Kristen Sze tells us that her daughter Lauren Wong has caught her mother’s on stage presence and talent to play a leading role in Narnia, the Musical,...
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Who were the Pershing Chinese?
Who were the Pershing Chinese??? Hundreds of Chinese from Texas and Mexico supported the US Army in 1916 and were allowed to...
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A Hard Act to Follow: Charles Phan, Chef-Owner Extraordinaire
Before he was considered to be the inventor of modern Vietnamese cuisine in the United States, Charles Phan left Vietnam before the fall of Saigon in April 1975 with his family. They spent two...
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Chinese American Veteran Highlight: Ruby Tape
Who was Ruby Kim Tape? This is the story of Ruby Kim Tape, a Chinese American woman from Marysville, California, born in 1898. In 1921 Ruby Kim married Frank Tape, the son of historically significant...
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Jeremy Lin, Fiona Ma, and You Courtside at the Warriors Asian Heritage Night...
Join SF Hep B Free Honorary Chairwoman Fiona Ma at the Golden State Warriors’ Asian Heritage Night featuring a special post game Q&A with Jeremy Lin! Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at Oracle Arena...
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Historic Gathering of Civil Rights Heroes at Fred Korematsu Day Heroes...
Pioneer civil rights heroes, as well as their descendants, to attend in person Event features emcee Danny Glover, American Idol star Jasmine Trias San Francisco, CA – Sixteen civil rights heroes...
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Three Asian Brands Featured at World of Whiskies Expo in SF
Over 1,400 people attended the 2012 Whiskies of the World. Photo by Nelson Chow. Bay Area whisky lovers are in for a treat as the 14th Annual Whiskies of the World Expo returns to San Francisco on...
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BFF: Jenny and Julia of Retrofit Republic
Julia Rhee and Jenny Ton One of my favorite “chick flick” movies is Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, a 1997 comedy film starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino where two 28-year-old women...
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Alameda Honors American API Veterans
On Sunday, May 19, 2013 the City of Alameda hosted the Alameda Asian Pacific Islander (API) Cultural Festival - a festive day to honor our API heritage and especially those military veterans who...
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Korean-Irish Comedian Steve Bryne Returns for Season 2 of Sullivan & Son
Korean-Irish comedian Steve Bryne, 38, has appeared in hit movies including The Dilemma, Couples Retreat, and Four Christmases, and The Goods: The Don Ready Story and on television shows such as...
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Strength, Courage and Wisdom: An Interview with Life Survivor Sotheara Yem
Coming from a childhood of neglect and severe child abuse, Sotheara Yem knows what it’s like to struggle. The Cambodian American left North Carolina shortly after graduating high school and arrived...
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Frances Young Targets Special Crimes
As the world becomes more transparent thanks to the Internet and technology, I have come to better appreciate the brilliance of our forefathers in creating a government of checks and balances. As...
View ArticleAsianWeek.com Partners With Ding Ding TV
AsianWeek.com is pleased to announce a new partnership with Ding Ding TV, the first Chinese Internet television station in the Silicon Valley. According to founder Diana Ding, an award winning program...
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