Legoland Malaysia Hotel
Legoland has recently announced its opening of the first flagship hotel in Asia. Part of the 5,500,000 sq ft Legoland Malaysia theme park complex consisting of retail shops, offices, hotels and residential units, the hotel is expected to open in 2014. Located in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru, Legoland Hotel Malaysia offers 249-rooms [...]
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Written by Ol Parker and directed by John Madden, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a British comedy-drama based on the 2004 novel, These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach. The film “follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the [...]
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Written and directed by Te-Sheng Wei, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale follows an epic story of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation between 1895 and 1945. Following the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan, Taiwan was ceded to Japan and became a Japanese colony. Aboriginal mountain tribes, or Seediq were considered an obstacle [...]
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Viette
Written and directed by Mye Hoang, Viette is a coming of age love story following the life of a Vietnamese American teenager as she faces the challenge of living in two worlds. Vietnamese American teenager, Viette dreams of breaking free from her oppressive household to pursue her personal desires and forbidden love. “Balancing the pleasures [...]
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2012 International Lao New Year Festival
Celebrating its 4th year, the 2012 International Lao New Year Festival (ILNYF) is one of the largest Southeast Asian American cultural festivals in the country. Presented by the Center for Lao Studies, Laotian American National Alliance, and the Lao Heritage Foundation, the ILNYF was intended to celebrate, collaborate, educate, and advocate 30 years of Lao history in [...]
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East Meets West in Broadway Play Chinglish
Tony Award-and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwriter David Henry Hwang bridges the communication gap between the English-speaking world and China in Broadway’s new comedy play, Chinglish. Written in a mix of English and Mandarin, the play explores the difficulties of communication, in terms of language and the way different cultures look at the world. The story follows [...]
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2012 San Francisco International Film Festival
Celebrating its 55th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) continues to be the longest-running film festivals in the United States. Running April 19 through May 3, 2012, SFIFF showcases 160 works and host more than 200 films from over 50 countries with a mixture of feature films, live action and animated shorts, television [...]
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2012 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
Celebrating its 45th year, the 2012 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is the second largest outside of Washington, D.C. and one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions. Running April 14,15 and April 21,22, 2012, the festival is a dazzling display of Japanese culture and diversity in the Japanese American community. Hosting over 200,000 people [...]
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The Khmerican
Recently launched, The Khmerican provides a comprehensive web-based news site focusing on the Cambodian-American life. Following three decades of Cambodians immigrating into the United States, The Khmerican looks to become a strong resource and a voice for the community by providing exclusively produced stories and content. With over 75+ interviews conducted resulting in 25 published [...]
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2012 SWAYA Conference
Celebrating its 4th year, the 2012 So….What Are You, Anyway? (SWAYA) Conference, hosted by the Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association (HAPA) is an in-depth discussion on what it means to be mixed race. Running April 6th and 7th, 2012 on the Harvard University campus, the event is open to the public and will feature an engaging [...]
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