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Artist and Designer Tuan Tran - "Mẹ Earth: Past, Present, Future" Recycled Art Exhibition
Tuan Tran is an artist and fashion designer born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 at 13 and resided in San
Linh Bui
Mar 2, 2023


Season II: A Group Exhibition With Chopsticks Alley Art and Triton Museum of Art
Season II: A Group Exhibition with Chopsticks Alley Art and Triton Museum of Art opened on Sunday, September 25, 2022. Exhibition will be...
Chopsticks Alley
Sep 26, 2022


Making Meaning of the Past by Going Back to Vietnam to Live.
When I was 21, I "discovered" Vietnam. Let us ignore that Vietnamese culture had existed for thousands of years before me, that...
Joseph Nguyen
Sep 26, 2022


America Has Become More Diverse and Inclusive, Yet at Times It’s Gotten More Intolerant and Hateful
Hate crimes against Asian-Americans have skyrocketed since the pandemic. The political theatrics around Covid hasn’t been helpful.
De Tran
Sep 16, 2022


How has Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination Affected Me as a Vietnamese American?
Racism has been a heavy topic for many decades. It is the belief that humans are divided by ethnicity and skin color. Racism can affect...
Samantha Tran
Jul 27, 2022


Filipino Representation in American Pop Culture
It’s one thing to watch the Filipino channel on your TV but there’s quite a different sentiment to seeing Filipinos represented in...
Crystal Sipin
Mar 5, 2022

Redefining What It Means to Be a: Mestiza
How funny is it to think that one word can be used to define more than one thing? A “block” could describe a piece of material used for...
Crystal Sipin
Feb 11, 2022


The “Family” in Filipino
What constitutes a family? Some may argue that your family consists solely of your immediate family--your parents, your siblings, and...
Crystal Sipin
Dec 5, 2021


Vietnamese American Service Center Now Open: Meet Architect Thang Do
On October 23, 2021, Santa Clara County opened the first facility of its kind in the United States, the Vietnamese American Service...
Harleen Kaur
Nov 30, 2021


Interview with Jumdropz
When doing my research for my interview with artist Eric Bui, I stumbled upon his shop where I saw bright and colorful pieces made by an...
Harleen Kaur
Oct 13, 2021


The History Behind Son Mai
Sơn Mài, or also known to the west as lacquer painting, is a form of painting that was revived and made a unique form in the 1930’s in...
Harleen Kaur
Sep 7, 2021

ARTventure Down the Mekong, Chopsticks Alley Art’s First Art Book
The wait is over! Chopsticks Alley Art’s first ever book project, ARTventure Down the Mekong, is releasing today on Labor Day! ARTventure...
Harleen Kaur
Sep 6, 2021


CreativiTEA Artists in March 2021
Setlist: Asela Lee Kemper - Poetry Twitter: @AselaLeeK Instagram: @thesakuraink EJ Villanueva - Music Instagram: @ejvaleros Ashley Hin -...
Esther Young
Sep 1, 2021


Summer Eggplant Tacos
This recipe aired during our finale episode on May 26. For more vegan recipes by Mina Gates, follow her on Instagram at @acurioushelping....
Chopsticks Alley
Sep 1, 2021

Chopsticks Alley Pinoy Editors’ Reading List
In 1974, Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, and Lawson Inada edited and published “Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers,”...
Chopsticks Alley Pinoy Editors
Aug 28, 2021


Upcoming Event: Chinatown Music Festival
For the first time, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation partnered with the Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco to bring back the...
Zachary Anderson
Aug 15, 2021


Asian-owned company LOUPN launches Asian-designed jewelry line
In a Los Angeles studio in late June, jewelry designer Benjamin Holtrop, launched and celebrated the release of his “Be Water Summer...
Dina Klarisse
Jul 29, 2021


Author Interview: Karla Comanda
Karla Comanda (she/they) is a poet, editor, translator, educator, and arts administrator. Her work has appeared in Contemporary Verse 2,...
Nathalie De Los Santos
Jul 19, 2021


National Youth Poet Laureate: Alexandra Huynh
Chopsticks Alley got to sit down with our nation’s New National Youth Poet Laureate (NYPL) over Zoom to hear her journey of winning the...
Harleen Kaur
Jul 16, 2021


AAPI Feature: Jhumpa Lahiri
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is a first-generation Bengali American who writes about the spaces in between. Her short...
Dina Klarisse
Jul 9, 2021
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