It is rare to see literary festivals catering specifically to Asian American writers. Luckily, Brooklyn’s Asian American’s Writers Workshop is putting on their third annual PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Literary Festival. The event comes in time to celebrate the organization’s 20th birthday. The festival will feature an all-day line-up of award-winning writers, including Junot Diaz, [...]

The Asian American Music Festival 2010 (AAMF) is an event not to be missed this fall. You’ll have October 15, 16 and 17 to choose from, so there’s no excuse for missing out on the international music festival featuring concerts, dance and educational programming. The festival will be held at Los Angeles’ Japanese National Museum. [...]

It’s that time again. The nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) kicks off tomorrow (March 11) until the 21st. And we’ve got free tickets for readers (keep reading for details).  Opening the festival is Today’s Special, a heartwarming, comedic ode to food [...]

The 33rd Asian American International Film Festival kicks off next week, starting July 15 in New York City, and will be running until July 24. The program consists of 23 feature films from filmmakers around the globe that span a wide variety of genres, from drama and horror to musical and comedy, so there is [...]

We were really hoping that President Obama would nominate an Asian American (former dean of Yale Law School Harold Koh? Boalt law professor Goodwin Liu?) when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens stepped down. It didn’t happen, obviously, and it looks like Elena Kagan is going to be confirmed. But all is not lost! We may [...]