Category: Arts

  • One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at James R. Fitzgerald Theater James R. Fitzgerald Theater Cambridge Rindge & Latin School 459 Broadway Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Friday, 2013-08-30, 19:30 EDT (Local Time) Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Jillian Pagan, Director Produced by: Ben Affleck, Matt…

  • Don’t miss Hapa-Palooza 2013: Celebrate mixed ethnicity and third culture in Vancouver Vancouver Observer Vancouver, British Columbia 2013-09-13 Jordan Yerman Celebrate the whole you with literature, film, art, and dance. This is Hapa-Palooza. The third annual Hapa-Palooza Festival kicks off on September 18, once again bringing three days of art and culture to Vancouver. Focusing…

  • Hapa-Palooza: A Celebration of Mixed Roots, Arts and Ideas Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2013-09-18, 2013-09-19, and 2013-09-21 Hapa-Palooza: A Vancouver Celebration of Mixed-Roots Arts and Ideas is a new cultural festival that celebrates the city’s identity as a place of hybridity, synergy and acceptance. A vibrant fusion of music, dance, literary, artistic and film performances,…

  • New Book by Dr. Yaba Blay Explores Racial Identity and Skin Color Politics Drexel Now Drexel University 2013-07-31 News Media Contact: Alex McKechnie, News Officer, University Communications Phone: 215-895-2705; Mobile: 401-651-7550 What does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? What determines who is Black and who is not?…

  • Haji [Cerlette Catton?], a voluptuous actress who played one of three homicidal go-go dancers in Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult film “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,” died on Aug. 9 in Southern California. She was 67.

  • Wilder than her pet cheetah, the sex-mad Black Venus who outwitted the Nazis: Remarkable story of Josephine Baker as Rihanna is set to play legendary seductress in biopic The Daily Mail 2013-08-22 Annabel Venning Under scorching stage-lights, Josephine Baker stepped out in front of the audience entirely naked, but for a few strategically-placed flamingo-feathers. Her…

  • Art at Wing Luke Museum explores mixed-race heritage The Seattle Times 2013-08-19 Robert Ayers, Special to The Seattle Times The thought-provoking “War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian-American Art” exhibition is showing at the Wing Luke in Seattle through Jan. 19, 2014. “War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian-American Art,” currently at the Wing Luke Museum of…

  • Alien Citizen, The Play World Premier at the Asylum Lab 1078 Lillian Way Hollywood, California 90038 Fridays & Saturdays @ 20:00 PDT (Local Time) Preview May 3, 2013, Opens May 4 – June 1 Written and performed by Elizabeth Liang Directed by Sofie Calderon Associate Produced by Richard Lee, Karen Smith, and Wendy Belcher Co-produced…

  • Japanese-Canadian hapa woman makes opera fun Global Asian Women: Stories for and about Asian women around the world 2013-07-31 Elizabeth Noh Her name means a solo piece in an opera, and it just so happens that Aria Umezawa is a trained opera singer. The mixed Japanese-Canadian is also the co-founder and artistic director of Opera…

  • Actor Guilt 2nd Story Chicago, Illinois 2012-06-07 Khanisha Foster Coming up on two years ago I moved to L.A., and since that time I have been writing. Writing creative non-fiction for 2nd Story, an organization that has stolen my heart, and writing my memoir—I’m the kid of a former Black Panther career criminal and heroin-addicted…