Stories

By Stephy Chung  https://voicesandbridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img-0079.mp4 Early- to mid-20th century Chinese clothing exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2026. (Grace Widyatmadja/CNN) Susan Mah knew exactly what she wanted for her version of a “little black dress.” It was the late 1940s in California, and after years of […]

The collection unveiled this May explores the communities architecture and the stories each building contains Photo by Al Tantalidou. This May, the Victoria Chinatown Museum opened its first exhibit curated entirely by staff and board members, entitled “If These Walls Could Talk: Exploring Chinatown’s Stories (舊牆留聲).”  The collection centers on local buildings, exploring the myriad

Professor Ava Chin describes the making of her acclaimed memoir “Mott Street,” why personal stories are political acts, and why you should call your grandmother right now. Ava Chin (Photo credit: Carolyn Adams) There is a particular kind of urgency in the way that Ava Chin talks about family stories. As if time is running

Some of these made the textbooks. The worst parts didn’t. By Victoria Vouloumanos American history classes spend a lot of time on a relatively short list of events, like the Revolution, the Civil War, the World Wars, and a few civil rights milestones. What gets cut, glossed over, or quietly skipped is often where the

By News Staff and OMNI News  Robert Shun Wong and Tommy Wong are shown in this undated photo. OMNI News/Supplied The Wong brothers were and are among the first Asian Canadians to be inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, children’s author Evelyn Sue Won shares her father’s love

By Mark Segraves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mqjMazQCkY A mural going up in the heart of downtown D.C. celebrates women’s suffrage and the Chinese American community as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The mural of Chinese American suffragette Mabel Ping-Hua Lee is being painted on the side of Chinatown Garden on H Street. “It’s a great honor,

By Shen Guanlan May 1, 2026 On the morning of May 1, 2026, hundreds of people gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery Square in downtown Vancouver. They came from across Canada—British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, even as far as the Atlantic coast—taking time off work and flying thousands of kilometers on a weekday, all to voice

Interview by Haiden Bergquist  https://youtu.be/tTjAApgK5DU Poetry and Text by Flo Oy Wong Featured Image: They Weren’t Supposed, 1994, 19 x 31″ mixed media (rice sack, sequins, threaded text, silkscreen image). Photo: Bob Hsiang. In 1991, Flo Oy Wong, artist, poet, and educator, was the first Asian American woman appointed by President Helen Klebesadel to the

By Isabelle A. Lu, Crimson Staff Writer  ‘Asian Women I Know’ Dinner Still | By Courtesy of Crystal X. Manyloun Sharing stories of growing up over a dim sum meal: It’s not such a surprising concept — in fact, it feels warm, familiar. There’s also something unplaceably familiar about the title “Asian Women I Know,” and,

Vancouver, B.C., February 5, 2026 — The Chinese Canadian Museum is proud to announce its feature exhibition Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s–2000 has been recognized with the 2025 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement: Exhibitions, a national honour presented to institutions that have demonstrated excellence in museum exhibition initiatives. In celebration of this award, Dream Factory, originally scheduled to close