

Artist Vivian Tran Spins Through Generations in Greenway Show
Artist Vivian Tran's art installation at Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Greenway is slated to run from April 23 to December 2026.
Adam Smith
4 days ago


'Flying Lessons' film navigates life, autism, and death
The themes of the indie film “Flying Lessons” are universal: death, grief, family and disability. But the way in which filmmaker Sarah Waldron tells the story is highly unique.
Daria Mohan Zhang
5 days ago


Once in Tatters, Magu Returns to Greatness
Ming Dynasty painting, the immortal Magu, is painstakingly restored and now on view at the Davis Museum.
Wenqi Cao
Apr 10


'Busing the Buffer Zone' Turns Chinatown Mothers' Boycott History Into Art, Theater
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.
Daria Mohan Zhang
Mar 13
The Fires This Time: Hughes, Baldwin, Coates, and the Uncertain Path Ahead
T hrough the smoke and gasoline of the literal fires that raged through cities like Washington, DC, and Atlanta as a result of the civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s May 25th 2020 murder at the literal knee of state-sanctioned legal justice, and through the similar apocalyptic scenes that have hit Minneapolis (in 2020 and 2026) and Los Angeles in the midst of an occupation by federal agents, we hear voices and see faces. The revolution is being televised. Truth is out


A Gracious Spark of ‘Creativitry’
Playwright Stan Lai talks with Sampan.

