U.S. Soccer Foundation honors people, organizations supporting youth
LOS ANGELES (April 12, 2019) — Nearly 500 supporters of the U.S. Soccer Foundation came together at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles – on the pitch of[…]
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First Powering Inclusion Summit in Minneapolis
St. Paul, Minn. (April 14, 2019‚ — The First Annual Powering Inclusion Summit will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel,[…]
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Minnesota officials respond to President’s attack on Ilhan Omar
ST. PAUL, Minn. (April 13, 2019) — Minnesota’s People of Color and Indigenous Caucus on Saturday responded to President Donald Trump’s recent Tweet attacking on Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American who[…]
Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang to hold rally at Lincoln Memorial
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following his CNN Town Hall, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will continue his Humanity First Tour with supporters in Washington, D.C. from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday,[…]
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Asian Hall of Fame names athlete, filmmaker, producer and fashion designer as 2019 class
The Robert Chinn Foundation welcomes four esteemed members of the Class of 2019 Asian Hall of Fame. John Robert (J.R.) Celski,Jonathan M. Chu, Marc Anthony Nicolas and Luly Yang will[…]
Kou Yang book explores homeland of ‘Sayaboury – Land of a Million Elephants of Laos’
Kou Yang, a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at California State University, Stanislaus, is also originally from the area of Sayaboury, Laos, and recently published his latest book on the[…]
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‘The Chambermaid’ is a quiet study of the working poor
Review by Diana ChengAAP film & arts writer Lila Avilés was a theatre actress and stage director before turning to filmmaking. Her repertoire includes also directing operas by Mozart and[…]
Wide array of screenings at Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
By Diana ChengAAP film and arts writer The 38th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival starts April 4 and runs through April 20, 2019, showcasing more than 250 films of[…]
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‘Ash is Purest White’ delivers a dramatic punch
By Diana ChengAAP film and arts writer “Ash is Purest White” is acclaimed director Jia Zhangke’s latest feature, a China and France co-production. It is like a fusion of Jia’s[…]
‘Hotel by the River’ is Hong Sangsoo’s most poetic in recent years
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer Prolific Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest feature, “Hotel by the River”, juxtaposes two seemingly incompatible concepts with his cinematic aesthetics: death and beauty. […]
