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May 16, 2017 Ghost Magnet Roach Motel at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

by Martin Wong

When you think about film festivals, Sundance and Cannes come to mind--star-studded extravaganzas with reporters and photographers packing the red carpets hoping to catch a moment with big-shot filmmakers and glamorous actors touting their soon-to-be hits. The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is not like that. The LAAPFF was not created to celebrate the shiniest...

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May 10, 2017 Looking back at four years of Save Music in Chinatown, and looking ahead too

by Martin Wong

Sunday's Save Music in Chinatown fund raiser might have been the most packed, fun, and exciting all-ages matinee we've had so far. Turning friends, family, and guests onto the garage rock upstarts The Schizophonics and all-star super power trio Tabitha was just as much of a blast as having first-generation L.A. punks The Alley Cats,...

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May 02, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 12 preview with Alley Cats, Tabitha, Schizophonics, My Revenge, and Alice Bag

by Martin Wong

I'm as shocked as anyone that we've reached the twelfth Save Music in Chinatown show at the end of four school years without flaming out, burning out, or being defeated in any number of ways. Putting on all-ages punk rock matinees to raise money for Castelar Elementary's music program is actually more fun than ever....

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Apr 26, 2017 Maison de Jules Verne in Amiens, France

by Martin Wong

Staying with friends who live in a small town in France, we asked about the sights to see. They mentioned the local cathedral, a boat cruise, and Maison de Jules Verne. No one had ever taken them up on seeing the writer's house yet, they added, but that was number one on our list. Verne...

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Apr 18, 2017 Tokyo Paris at Musée de l’Orangerie

by Martin Wong

There are plenty of important pieces of art right across the way from Musée de l'Orangerie at the Louvre. Venus de Milo, Liberty Leading the People, Raft of the Medusa, Mona Lisa, Oath of the Horatii--they're worth fighting crowds to see in person. But Tokyo-Paris: Masterpieces from Bridgestone Museum of Art, Collection Ishibashi Foundation really...

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Apr 11, 2017 Beam me down to the Vasquez Rocks

by Martin Wong

This season we've been making pit stops on the drive back to Los Angeles from Mammoth: Manzanar, Alabama Hills, Red Rocks. Two weeks ago, we pulled over at the Vasquez Rocks. I've been wanting to check them out ever since visiting the Alabama Hills and being tipped that they weren't actually the site of Kirk...

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Apr 04, 2017 Jimmie Durham at the Center of the World (a.k.a. The Hammer Museum in Westwood)

by Martin Wong

I didn't know much about Jimmie Durham. My wife and I only went to the Hammer because we had tickets to a UCLA basetball game and had some time to kill in Westwood. But I'm really glad we made the pit stop. Durham is an artist, performer, poet, essayist, and activist who rose up in the...

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Mar 28, 2017 Anarchy in Asian America at USC with Gregg Araki, Jon Moritsugu, and Roddy Bogawa

by Martin Wong

On Friday, I attended a panel of underground filmmakers called Anarchy in Asian America featuring Gregg Araki (Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, Mysterious Skin), Jon Moritsugu (Mod Fuck Explosion, Fame Whore, Scumrock), and Roddy Bogawa (Junk, Some Divine Wind, I Was Born, But...

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Mar 21, 2017 City of Gold screening with Laura Gabbert and Jonathan Gold at the LAPL Main Branch

by Martin Wong

Although newspapers, magazines, books, and movies can be accessed online these days, I find myself going to to the library more often than ever. Partially because I am a Luddite who likes to crack open books with pages and still watches movies on DVD, but also because the LAPL hosts so many cool programs. This...

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Mar 14, 2017 Roots: Asian American Movements in Los Angeles 1968-1980s at CAM

by Martin Wong

Roots: Asian American Movements in Los Angeles 1968-1980s at the Chinese American Museum in El Pueblo de Los Angeles documents the Black Panther-inspired Yellow Power Movement in which Asian Americans united to stand up against oppression, fight for their communities, and effect change in society. Roots actually opened to a packed audience one day before our...

Author: Martin Wong

May 16, 2017 Ghost Magnet Roach Motel at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

May 10, 2017 Looking back at four years of Save Music in Chinatown, and looking ahead too

May 02, 2017 Save Music in Chinatown 12 preview with Alley Cats, Tabitha, Schizophonics, My Revenge, and Alice Bag

Apr 26, 2017 Maison de Jules Verne in Amiens, France

Apr 18, 2017 Tokyo Paris at Musée de l’Orangerie

Apr 11, 2017 Beam me down to the Vasquez Rocks

Apr 04, 2017 Jimmie Durham at the Center of the World (a.k.a. The Hammer Museum in Westwood)

Mar 28, 2017 Anarchy in Asian America at USC with Gregg Araki, Jon Moritsugu, and Roddy Bogawa

Mar 21, 2017 City of Gold screening with Laura Gabbert and Jonathan Gold at the LAPL Main Branch

Mar 14, 2017 Roots: Asian American Movements in Los Angeles 1968-1980s at CAM