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By Amanda L. Andrei It’s hard to resist punning on Kristina Wong’s name – after all, so many of her shows are takes on her Chinese surname: Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Going Green the Wong Way, Wong Street Journal… Covering a vast range of topics (from suicide to environmental living to global poverty), their common thread is the …

Vaulting through hoops, somersaulting across human bodies and hanging from silks, the Peking Acrobats will be dazzling audiences on February 26 at George Mason Performing Arts Center. The Peking Acrobats was started in 1986 by President Don Hughes and Artistic Director Ken Hai in an effort to bring Chinese culture to the West. “Our show is unique because…we at IAI …

By Jenny Chen Helen Sung didn’t plan on being a jazz musician when she started playing the piano at five years old. Sung began playing piano and as a self-described “Asian American perfectionist” she restricted her self practicing to classical pieces. “My teacher wouldn’t let me play anything else,” Sung said. That all changed in her final year as an …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA) held its annual “Share a Smile, Give a Toy” Toy Giveaway and Year-End Celebration on December 12, 2013 at the Old Council Chambers of One Judiciary Square. For the past seven years, OAPIA has collected and distributed 2000 toys to over 1800 District children. Toys are donated …

Photos courtesy of Washington Performing Arts Society The first time you talk to Anna Lee you will be surprised that she is only 18 years old. Her wisdom and confidence seem way beyond her years…but then again, she’s had a very different life from most 18 year olds. Lee started playing violin at 4 years old and started performing at …

By Jewel Edwards Q’s face morphs into a glare as she points her finger at the audience. Affecting a thick Indian accent, she scolds us. Her mother’s words, replete with her mother’s cadence, and her mothers stance, ring out into the theater.  A second ago, she was a sassy teenage version of herself wearing gold hoops, and before that, a …