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Sampan chats with Vietnamese American Artist Ngoc-Tran Vu about Little Saigon, art, and history

As Islamophobia takes toll on many American Muslims, CAIR attorneys see time of worry...and hope

A group of area artists and historians are planning to connect the dots between historic places around Boston and their direct link to Chinatown today. “I think what this exhibition is trying to do is offer a space for us to remember who are the people who came before us — especially thinking about Chinatown’s history and memories,” said theater artist Wenxuan Xue, a co-curator for the diverse exhibit, “Temple of Our Ancestral Dreams” hosted by the Pao Arts Center from April

I n his 1934 book In Praise of Shadows, author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki writes, “Our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows.” For Yng-Ru Chen, Tanizaki’s words inspired her to establish her art gallery, Praise Shadows. They served as “the basis to form my own thoughts about opportunities for artists,” Chen said. “I recognized the many needs my artist friends had.” Much as how Tanizaki saw beauty in the shadows, Praise Shadows looked f

The exhibit “Busing the Buffer Zone” uses art and theater to explore the experience of Chinatown mothers who boycotted busing of students in Boston Public Schools in 1975. The exhibition, which includes a play by Christina R. Chan and an exhibition at the Pao Arts Center, runs through March 28. The stage readings are slated for March 28 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Pao Arts Center. An open rehearsal is March 20.

Advocates say 'Operation Catch of the Day' caused lasting trauma and fear for many in Maine's minority and immigrant communities.

Daphne Xu’s new project “Boston Busing in Chinatown, 1975,” a photographic installation, just opened early this month along the Greenway, near the Chinatown Gate.

At the Josiah Quincy Elementary and Upper Schools located in the heart of Chinatown, Bak-Fun Wong is known as a “living legend.”

he permanent exhibit, “Reclaiming History — A Journey Through Three Neighborhoods,” will officially open at the Josiah Quincy Upper School on April 27.

Part library, part cultural center and part hangout, group says it is for all A fter feeling burnt out from her job as a software engineer a few years ago, Emily Goroza decided that she needed a change. At the same time, she realized how privileged she was to work in the corporate world. Then it struck her: She wanted to find a way to work that also allowed her to give back to the community. So, in 2023, Goroza, alongside a close friend and her now fiancé, started Panethnic P

The Magic of Tết is one of the 10 works Windy Pham has published in her series of bilingual children books, aiming to celebrate Vietnamese heritage through highlighting the culture and language.

Playwright Stan Lai talks with Sampan.

College basketball star Pat Dickert's injury opened unexpected doors: studying and living in Taiwan, coaching in China, and playing in Norway.

Trudi Frost, along with another Asian American, Irene Cho, were the focus of a little publicized campaign to get the two women freed from Israeli detention, where they were held from Dec. 12 to about Dec. 19, partly in an Israeli prison for women. T

In Copley Square, in front of the Boston Public Library, several hundred people formed a human chain in 10-degree temperatures on a recent Saturday afternoon, clasping gloved hands as they tried to keep the line unbroken and visible from a distance. Up close, however, the solidarity the chain was meant to project remains fractured over a fundamental question: Who, if anyone, should speak for a revolution?

Interview with Julie Masis, author of "How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine."

As we begin the new year, Sampan will run an occasional series of pieces reflecting on literature that has influenced who we were, who we are now, and who we might become as Americans. On July 4, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. For the purposes of this series, the notion of “literature” include foundational political texts, those that established who we would be as a nation, and those that serve to challenge what we have become.

The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on the true story of Hind, the five-year-old trapped for hours in a car in Gaza. She is there, next to her relatives who had just been killed by Israeli gunfire. She begs to be rescued, using her cousin’s cell phone to call for help.

This February the Galapagos Puppets will put on “The Fiery Mountain and Its Princess” with musician Jimmy Zhao and his daughter, Iris, who will perform at the Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline, Feb. 14 to 17.

The world premiere of the musical “Wonder” is a compelling, family-friendly production that tells the story of Auggie, a boy with a facial difference