6.09.2013
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Mulan: A One Woman Show is Absolutely Amazing: Makeup artist Kae has been personally recreating all the characters from the Disney animated film Mulan and posting the photos on Tumblr.
Arvind Mahankali in the 10th Annual JKL Spelling Bee PART 1: Shortly after 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he went on Jimmy Kimmel Live to compete in the 10th Annual Jimmy Kimmel Live Spelling Bee. Things did not go as smoothly.
Why Yellow Fever is Different Than "Having a Type": Chin Lu sets the record straight on the Asian fetish.
Why Chiwan Choi Is the Jay-Z of Poetry: While riding the bus home after a reading, poet and independent book publisher Chiwan Choi decided he was finished with poems.
Q & A with Good Girl Dinette's Diep Tran: The Politics of Breakfast + Fielding Questions About One's Heritage: LA Weekly's Tien Nguyen exchanges some real talk with Diep Tran, chef/owner of Good Girl Dinette in Los Angeles. A really great interview.
Breaking the Evangelical Mold at a Church With Ethnic Roots: Interesting New York Times profile on Vox Veniae church in Austin, which began as a Chinese American church plant, led by Rev. Gideon Tsang, and unexpectedly grew into a multiracial congregation.
10 Essentials: Aasif Mandvi Part 1 and Part 2: Funnyman and The Daily Show's Resident Brown Guy shares the ten essential things he can't live without for GQ. They include his personal valet Javier.
JEFF LIU, Writer/Director of "Yellow Face": Visual Communications talks to Jeff Liu, director of YOMYOMF's screen adaptation of David Henry Hwang's award-winning play Yellow Face.
The P.I. in the A.P.I.: A strong reminder of the Pacific Islanders who make up the API community.
The Overwhelming Nature Of Code-Switching: Author Matthew Salesses on being adopted from Korea, returning to teach English, and existing between identities.
Where's the Diversity? The Tony Awards Looks in the Mirror: Since the Tony Awards are this weekend, here's some data on diversity gaps in theater, with insight from playwright and actor Christine Toy Johnson.