Modern Art Flourishes in Shanghai
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Mar 31, 2010
Britta Erickson looks at a new exhibit at the Asian Art Museum showcasing oil paintings, furniture, fashion, and film from the city of Shanghai.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian art museum, britta erickson, modern art, shanghai, shanghai celebration
Jid Lee Grows Up After The Forgotten War
New America Now, News Report, Posted: Mar 30, 2010
Jid Lee talks about her memoir To Kill a Tiger about growing up in South Korea after the Korean War.
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Tags: jid lee, korean war, north korea, south korea, to kill a tiger
Obama Has Mojo--Health Reform’s Lessons for Immigration Reform
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Mar 28, 2010
What lessons can supporters of immigration reform learn from the passage of health care reform? Do Democrats have the stomach for another fight? Frank Sharry of America's Voice says the window of opportunity is open for a few months.
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Tags: frank sharry, health care reform, immigration reform, lessons from health care reform, obama has mojo
New America Now: Health Care Lessons, To Kill A Tiger, Shanghai Celebration
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 26, 2010
Frank Sharry looks at the connection between health care and immigration reform, Jid Lee is the author of To Kill A Tiger about growing up in South Korea after the war, and a new art exhibit on the city of Shanghai has opened at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: asian art museum, britta erickson, ethnic media watch, frank sharry, health care, immigration reform, jid lee, khalil abdullah, korean war, shanghai, south korea, to kill a tiger, valeria fernandez
Learning to be Latina
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 25, 2010
Imagine you are a pop star with an "ethnicity problem" viz. you are Arab American in post 9-11 America. Playwright Enrique Urueta says there is a way out. You can "Learn to be Latina" - that's the title of his funny, raunchy and insightful play at at the Impact Theater in Berkeley. Listen to Urueta discuss Learn to be Latina.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
The Jews in Modern China
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 24, 2010
Linda Frank discusses the Jewish diaspora in modern China. She is the chair of the Jews in Modern China exhibit at the Presidio Officer's Club in San Francisco.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: celebration, jewish diaspora, jews in modern china, linda frank, shanghai
Finding Lost Souls in Mexico
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 23, 2010
Lost Souls is a documentary film by director Monika Navarro exploring what happens after deportees are sent to a land they do not consider home. It is airing Tuesday, March 23rd on PBS as part of the Independent Lens series.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: animas perdidas, independent lens, lost souls, monika navarro, pbs
Spring Breakers Party Hard Amid Mexico Drug War
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Report, Posted: Mar 20, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- drug wars in Mexico create Spring Break stress, lesbian's date gets prom canceled, and Obama makes a big promise to students.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
New America Now: Stimulus Impact, Lost Souls, Learn to be Latina
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 19, 2010
Charlene Muhammad discusses the impact of the stimulus on black households, Lost Souls by Monika Navarro is a new documentary about Mexican deportees, and playwright Enrique Urueta is the author of Learn to be Latina
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: charlene muhammad, enrique urueta, foreclosure, impact theater, julie pham, learn to be latina, lost souls, marcelo ballve, monika navarro, stimulus
Dancing through Southeast Asia
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 17, 2010
On the opening of their latest season, Brenda Way, head of the ODC Dance Company, talks about being one of three dance companies traveling through Southeast Asia at the invitation of the State Department. ODC Downtown is at Yerba Buena's Novellus Theater from March 12-28.
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Tags: brenda way dance tour, novellus theater, ODC Dance, southeast asia, yerba buena
In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 16, 2010
Chi-hui Yang is the Festival Director for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and Deann Borshay Liem is the director/producer of In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee. The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is running now through March 21st.
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Tags: cha jung hee, chi-hui yang, deann borshay liem, san francisco international asian american film festival
World Honors International Woman's Day
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, News Report, Posted: Mar 12, 2010
This week on YO!Radio -- people around the world honor International Woman's Day, D.C. hands out free female condoms, and Jay-Z heads to the White House.
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Tags: condoms, Jay-Z, women's international day
New America Now: Manny's Final Fight, California Hope, AA Film Festival
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 12, 2010
Anthony Advincula discusses the possibility of Manny Pacquiao's final fight this saturday, Commentator Richard Rodriguez sees reason for optimism in California, and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival launches this weekend.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: anthony advincula, asian american film festival, brenda way ODC dance company, california, chi-hui yang, deann borshay liem, final fight, in the matter of cha jung hee, mai ver dong, manny paquiao, richard rodriguez
Re-Imagining Bertolt Brecht
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 10, 2010
Director John Doyle has re-imagined The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the legendary play from German playwright Bertolt Brecht. The play is at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco now until March 14th.
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On the Road with Evo
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 09, 2010
Tupac Saavedra discusses Hilary Clinton's recent trip to Latin America. He is the director of On the Road with Evo, a PBS Frontline/World documentary about Bolivian president Evo Morales' election campaign.
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Tags: evo morales, frontline, on the road with evo, pbs, tupac saavedra
Killer Whales and Jail
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Audio, Posted: Mar 05, 2010
This week on YO!Radio --YO!'s roundtable discusses dwindled support for Democrats among young people, the killer whale killing at Sea World, and Lil Wayne's latest career-poppin' venture: jail
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Tags: democrats, Jean-Michael Basquiat, killer whale, lil wayne, mental health
New America Now: The Oscar Goes To, On the Road with Evo, Global Lives
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 05, 2010
Valeria Fernandez shares a story about the Mexican workers who craft the Oscar, Tupac Saavedra followed Bolivian president Evo Morales during his election campaign in On the Road with Evo, and Executive Director David Evan Harris talks about his Global Lives Project.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Front Page, Inside the Shadow Economy, Youth Culture
Tags: bertolt brecht, caucasian, chalk circle, david evan harris, evo morales, global lives project, john doyle, mexican, on the road with evo, oscar, saavedra, tupac, valeria fernandez, workers
Jazz Favorites of Paula West
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Mar 03, 2010
Renowned Jazz vocalist Paula West talks about some of her favorite jazz musicians. She is appearing at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco now through March 14th.
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Tags: hotel nikko, paula west, rrazz room, san francisco
Living in the Cradle of the Drug War
New America Now, Audio, Posted: Mar 02, 2010
In the north of Mexico, the state of Sinaloa has become known as the "cradle of drug trafficking." Journalist Manuel Ortiz reports on the conditions and the difficulties in fighting the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Tags: drug war mexico, manuel ortiz, sinaloa cartel drug violence