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Hmong pro-wrestling night
St. Paul, MN — Get Ready to Rummmmmbbbbbbllllllleeee. Hmong College Prep Academy will be hosting an evening of pro wrestling and family entertainment on Saturday, May 12th. The action will take place in the school’s gym and also feature live music and break dancing exhibitions.
HCPA Social Studies teacher Morgan McLaughlin is very excited about pro wrestling coming to HCPA. “It’s going to be a great night of entertainment,” stated Mr. McLaughlin. “We’re partnering with the American Wrestling Federation, a St. Paul-based group that is regularly seen on KSTC Channel 45 and puts on shows throughout the Midwest. It should be a lot of fun.”
The event is being held as a fundraiser for a new HCPA study abroad program and the school’s Junior Committee. A silent auction featuring St. Paul Saints and Minnesota Lynx merchandise, autographed books and a number of area merchant gift certificates will take place. There will also be live music from HCPA junior Jasmine Xiong and a break dance exhibition from the school’s own Supermen Hip-Hop Dancers. Proceeds from the festivities will be used towards their senior class trip.
Hmong College Prep Academy Drama Class to Host a Night of One Act Plays
St. Paul, MN—Hmong College Prep Academy will be hosting an evening of music and theater on May 11th.
The school’s drama class, a mix of students in grades 9-12, will be presenting a set of 5 one-act plays—Duck, Dorothy & Alice, Post-it Notes, There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors…) and Words, Words, Words. HCPA’s Middle School Choir is also on the entertainment docket and will be performing Guys and Dolls, Jr.—A Musical Review. The Middle School Choir to also Perform.
Chinese, Government, Human Rights, International
Chen Guangcheng meets with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke
BEIJING (May 3, 2012) — United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke spoke with media Thursday regarding the dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped custody to the U.S. Embassy and brokered a deal with the Chinese government to let he and his family apply for student status in New York where he would heal from torture but not make the United States home and never asked for asylum at the Embassy.
Asian American Studies, Awards/Recognition, Government, Human Rights, Japanese, National
Gordon Hirabayashi Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on April 26, 2012 named the late Gordon Hirabayashi as one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on Jan. 2.
Andersen Windows in Japan
Japan America Society of Minnesota presents its next Corporate Roundtable on Wednesday, May 16, from 8 a.m. at Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, P.A., IDS Center, 80 S 8th St. Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Enhance your understanding of the Japanese market with the Japan America Society of Minnesota Corporate Roundtable, a program featuring speakers from the Board of Directors, corporate member companies and their colleagues from Japan.
Special concert with Chinary Ung
Chinary Ung
Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung is set to highlight the Zeitgeist’s concert season with a special concert performances May 17-19, 7:30 p.m. and May 20, 2 p.m. at Studio Z, 275 E. 4th Street, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55101.
Ung will be present for the Zeitgeist world premiere of his major new chamber work Spiral XIV: “Nimitta”.
Ung’s music weaves together his Cambodian heritage, Western classical training and a powerful sense of purpose born of life’s challenges to create music that is profoundly moving and transformative. His singular approach to color, gesture, timbre and form results in a highly authentic music that sounds unlike anything else being created today.
Spiral XIV “Nimitta” incorporates vocalization, chant and Cambodian percussion instruments in addition to Zeitgeist’s unique instrumentation of two percussion, clarinet and piano.
Sara Bareilles a soundtrack for APA Heritage Month
New York, NY (April 30, 2012) – Music Choice is set to air a documentary made by Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles called “A Trace of the Sun: Volunteering in Japan.”
The documentary will be available nationally the entire month of May during Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month on Music Choice On Demand. Last month marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Japan and subsequent tsunami that devastated coastal cities and left over 26,000 people without homes. The documentary chronicles Bareilles’ trip to Japan where she joined All Hands Volunteers relief efforts in the city of Ofunato.
Safe opens at Lagoon Friday
Mei (Catherine Chan) and Luke Wright (Jason Statham) in SAFE. Photo credit: John Baer
Safe (Lionsgate, IM Global) opens at Landmark Lagoon Cinema in Uptown Minneapolis on May 4.
It is the story of a second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright, who lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change — until the day he blows a rigged fight.
IMSOM Presents a Sarod Recital by Alam Khan
Alam Khan
Indian Music Society of Minnesota is celebrating 32 Years of Bringing the Best in Indian Classical Music with its next Spring 2012 Season concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at HHH Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
The concernt will feature Sarod (Hindustani instrumental) recital by Alam Khan, son of the legendary Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Community, Education, Lifestyle
Do the Asian Thing = Promoting Safe & Healthy Relationships
Photos and Interviews by Nancy Wong
Asian Women United of MN
Q: What does a safe & healthy relationship look like to you?
Ronald Meng
A: It looks like compromising and being able to communicate with your partner and coming up with ways to help each other for both to succeed in life.
Ronald Meng, Century College
Major: Law Enforcement
Shoua Yang
A: Both sides come to an agreement on what needs to be expected and what needs to be done.
Shoua Yang, Century College
Majors: Criminal Justice Investigating & Education
Mong Her
A: Happy, smiling, not ashamed to show their love by holding hands; making the best of each other’s time.
Mong Her, Century College
Major: Undecided
To celebrate Asian American Heritage Month (May), AWUM collaborated with Asian American Press (AAP), Metro State University, and Century College to highlight the strengths of API cultural values to end domestic violence and to share thinking to stimulate discussion around this vital issue. AWUM interviewed & photographed several Metro State and Century College students, documenting each student’s voice about promoting safe and healthy relationships. We hope their words, thoughts & feelings inspire you to commit to “doing the Asian thing”! ”Do the Asian Thing” engages APIs, especially youth and young adults, to elevate social discourse about safe & healthy relationships within the API experience; this includes expanding or redefining cultural traditions and what it means to be Asian when it comes to romantic and familial connections. To AWUM, doing the “Asian Thing” is to promote safe & healthy relationships. 41%-60% Asian Pacific Islander women report experiencing domestic violence in their lifetime. (Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence: www.apiidv.org) The mission of Asian Women United of Minnesota (AWUM) is to end domestic violence by promoting safe and healthy relationships within the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community. For more information about AWUM: www.awum.org or email: awum@awum.org. (Photo credits: Nancy Wong)
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