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A Thousand Hearts: LA’s star-studded Japan Relief concert coming up April 23
Japan relief efforts in Los Angeles should get a big boost next weekend from the all-star concert being organized by Asian American organizations including the Asian Bar Association and the Asian American Journalists Association. “A Thousand Hearts” promises to be a great show as well as hopefully, a great fundraiser. As always, wish I lived […]
It’s a shame that the National Association of Black Journalists is pulling out of Unity
I’m disappointed that the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is pulling out of Unity, a partnership of journalists of color with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) and Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA — full disclosure: I’m the president of the Denver chapter of AAJA). It’ll diminish the […]
Cool snack alert: Wasabi Doritos bring a popular flavor of Japanese snacks to mainstream America
It’s one of those things that you taste and go, “Damn! Why didn’t someone think of this sooner?” We bought a bag of Wasabi Doritos at our local Costco the other day, and though I try not to over-indulge, they’re hard to resist. I’ve always considered Nacho Doritos the perfect American snack chip. But I […]
Curt Yagi’s new album “Close My Eyes” is a treasure of folk, rock, world & pop influences
“Live My Life,” the lead track from the new album, “Close My Eyes” by Curt Yagi and The People Standing Behind Me (great band name) grabs me right away. It reveals Yagi’s wide-ranging musical palette with dabs of color — Yagi’s funky acoustic guitar, then a drum flourish — before he splashes the canvas with […]
Denver’s pan-Asian community bands together for Power of Solidarity Japan relief concert
One of the heartwarming positive ripple effects of the tragic disaster in Japan has been the worldwide outpouring of support for the country and the earthquake and tsunami’s victims. That’s true locally in Colorado, where a handful of benefit events have already been held, and not just by Japanese or Japanese Americans. A couple of […]
