For Phillip Eng, Public Service Suits Him to a ‘T’
MBTA boss sits down with Sampan to talk about the past, present and future of Hub’s beleaguered transit system Everyone has their own...
Adam Smith
Jul 26
Heal Palestine Seeks Boston-Area Host Family for Injured Teen
As only a young teenager, Rahaf has already faced the horrors of the Israeli bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza . While trying to...
Adam Smith
Jul 25
Asian American Motherhood Has Always Been Political
On August 24, 1874, Chy Lung stood on the deck of the steamship Japan, watching San Francisco’s harbor come into view. After a long,...
Jennifer Chowdhury
Jul 25
Venture into Wondrous ‘Garden’ of Ming Fay
Chinese American artist Ming Fay died earlier this year, but his works will continue to plant the seeds of imagination and inspiration in...
DongDong Yang
Jul 25
An Expert’s Take on Eng, and the MBTA
Mike Martello, PhD., is a civil engineer and MIT-affiliated researcher, who’s studied climate change’s challenges to the MBTA and other...
Adam Smith
Jul 19
Opinion: Judge Frimpong’s Decision a Guiding Light at a Dark Hour
The immigration agents wouldn’t leave Jorge Hernandez Viramontes and his coworkers alone. They had already visited his workplace in...
Adam Smith
Jul 19
Asian Artists in State Are ‘Making Waves’ Yet Still Largely Neglected
Powerful. Fractured. Rich. Neglected. These are all words that respondents to the statewide survey “Making Waves,” released just last...
Doris Yu
Jul 11
Immigrant History Trail to Document Half Century of Boston Busing Struggle
The Immigration History Trail, a multimedia-based initiative known for highlighting Chinatown’s immigrant stories, will be holding an...
Liam Crampton
Jul 11
Raveena Emanates Calm, Wholeness at Boston Show
Seeing Raveena live is a special experience. Her performance at the Paradise Rock Club on May 15 not only featured her signature silky...
Virginia Sun
Jul 11
Rocking the Boat
Sampan chats with Eric Antoniou about his book ‘Rock To Baroque’ and the immigrant experience. The first face we encounter in Eric...
Queer Prom Event Relives ‘Big Dance’ – on Own Terms
When Ameera went to their high school prom, it was a lavender situation. They identified as a lesbian at the time and attended with their...
Anna Hu
Jul 11
Expert: Immigrants Used as ‘Poker Chips’ in Birthright Case
John C. Yang has held important positions in U.S. government, but also knows what it’s like to be vulnerable to immigration law. He was,...
Adam Smith
Jul 9
On a Personal Note: For violinist Alyssa Wang, the Boston Festival Orchestra’s 5th anniversary concert hits close to home
When violinist Alyssa Wang lost her father to liver cancer, she was at a loss for words. So, she turned to music. “After he passed away,...
Liam Crampton
Jul 2
Rising Above: Rapper Kold Kwan turns heartbreak and living like an outcast into raps of resilience
As an Asian American rapper, Kold Kwan is aware that he’s challenging the status quo. “I know that I’m not gonna be everyone’s cup of...
Esther Wang
Jul 1
‘No Longer Invisible’ Uncovers Views of State’s Asian Americans
For years, Paul Watanabe, director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass-Boston, would get a version of the same question...
Anna Hu
Jun 19
Banana Yoshimoto’s ‘The Premonition’Appears Too Clever for Its Own Good
When a reader has to walk that vulnerable space between style and substance, falling deeply into the former at the sake of the latter,...
Artist Draws From Childhood, and Uncovers a Model for Care
As artist Maggie Wong talks about her early childhood in Oakland, California, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she pauses. Stopping...
Adam Smith
Jun 19
‘Pleasure’ Takes Unflinching Look at Disability, ‘Token’ Feel-Good Politics
When It’s a Motherfking Pleasure begins, writers-performers Samuel Brewer, Aarian Mehrabani, and Chloe Palmer introduce themselves with...
‘I Thought I Was Dead’: At Cambridge Event, Victims of Israeli Bombings Tell of Horror and Death in Gaza
You may have seen Nada before, in an image that she never wanted to be taken, in an image that changed her life. In it, her face is...
Anna Hu
Jun 19
With Greenway Exhibit at Chin Park, Cambodian-American Artist Humanizes Refugee Experience
At a time when immigrants and refugees in the U.S. are increasingly coming under threat of detention, deportation and having their legal...
Adam Smith
Jun 19
