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Hold These Truths: Q&A with Playwright Jeanne Sakata
Interview with playwright Jeanne Sakata about her play HOLD THESE TRUTHS, about World War II civil rights leader Gordon Hirabayashi.
Victoria Moy
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail – Chinatown bank CEO and filmmaker at the center of the storm
Our Arts columnist Victoria Moy interviews Abacus Federal Savings Bank President & CEO Jill Sung and Filmmaker Steve James about their new documentary
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Director Doris Yeung on her ‘Taxi Stories’ through Jakarta, Hong Kong and Beijing
Victoria Moy interviews Doris Yeung, the director of "Taxi Stories," a standout film from the recent Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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Boni B. Alvarez on ‘Bloodletting,’ Witches, and Emotional Abuse
Victoria Moy interviews Boni B. Alvarez about his play Bloodletting and aswangs, Filipino witches.
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Blood Match: drugs, saints, and love in Sinaloa
Victoria Moy interviews the playwright Oliver Mayer and the director Edgar Landa about their play "Blood Match."
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Spitting at fate: celebrating urban defiance through spoken word
Victoria Moy speaks to the writer and director of "Don't Talk About It, SP!T About It," a spoken word play about growing up in South Central L.A. in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Arts Q&A: Ajax in Iraq – Applying choreography to the Iraq War
Arts critic Victoria Moy interviews the director and lead actor of Not Man Apart Ensemble's "Ajax in Iraq" at Greenway Court Theatre.
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Rainbow-washing: When everyone else gets to play a Chinese character
IN REVIEW: "Golden Dragon" cast actors of different racial backgrounds to play Chinese cooks. Victoria Moy wonders what, exactly, the play is trying to convey with this decision.
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Criers for Hire: Mourning as a profession
IN REVIEW: Playwright Giovanni Ortega and director Jon Lawrence Rivera talk about their play, "Criers for Hire," and the intersections of different communities in the San Gabriel Valley.
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Jazz inspired by "Guanyin," air pollution in Beijing, and self-discovery
IN REVIEW: Alan Chan, who immigrated from Hong Kong to America, talks about how he takes inspiration from life experiences to put his own stamp on jazz music.