Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 9:01PM / Members only

A short note to all fellow artists and AnD members that, in partnership with the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), Meniscus Magazine is raising funds for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief. 100% of the proceeds go to the Red Cross. Please pass this link around and help us achieve SXSW's overall donation goal! The campaign has been extended for an indefinite period of time, and a special surprise awaits those of you in the U.S. who give $20 or more! You can donate at http://sxsw4japan.org/meniscuszine

Thanks!

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The Asian American Int'l Film Festival in NYC!

Thursday, Jul 15, 2010 8:21AM / Members only

I'm proud to announce that Meniscus Magazine (www.meniscuszine.com) is one of the newest community partners of this year's Asian American International Film Festival in New York City. It starts tomorrow and runs through July 21. In addition, be sure to pick up a copy of the official program, CineVue, because Meniscus senior reporter Christopher Bourne was this year's editor-in-chief, and yours truly wrote one of the articles!

I know that a number of you fellow artists are featured in some of this year's films, and I wish you all the best of luck if you're trekking out to the Big Apple for the screenings! It's always great to see your work on the big screen and look back on the pre-production process :) For ticket information, go to aaiff.org.

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World Cup Fever: Back from South Africa!

Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010 5:38AM / Members only

I just got back from South Africa where I attended five 2010 FIFA World Cup first-round matches. The atmosphere was incredible and it was great to meet so many football fans from around the world. On top of that, this was my first trip to Africa and the joie de vivre surrounding the world's greatest sporting event could not have been more contagious. Here's a link to the roundup I wrote about the event:

http://www.meniscuszine.com/sports/world-cup-20100704/index.html

And here's one of the pictures, as a teaser:

Yes, that really is a prayer offering for all 32 World Cup teams. Plus a drawsheet. This was at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto. There are more gems in the article itself, including pictures of North Korea supporters and, of course, vuvuzelas. (For the record, I got one, and I've been asked about it from South Africa to Dubai to NYC.) Viva The Beautiful Game!

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The Strokes: "Heart in a Cage" MV

Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 8:47AM / Members only

Here's another clip from the archive: the "Heart in a Cage" music video, courtesy of The Strokes. This was shot on a cold weekend morning and about 100 crazy characters, including myself, are milling around an enclosed, hosed-down space in Wall Street, of all places. Drew Barrymore showed up to this shoot because she was dating drummer Fabrizio Moretti at the time. Several people also watched from windows high above since the space was surrounded by skyscrapers. The scene got pretty crazy in the end when we decided to pull on bass guitarist Nikolai Fraiture's jacket as he was playing, and then he and the two other band members on set just completely trashed their equipment. But enough of my commentary -- here's the video!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbRe5mxR0q0

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Fashionably late

Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 7:59PM / Members only

The title refers to the timing of this entry -- is it really already March?! -- as well as the typical start times of fashion shows. After taking some time out for much-needed R&R over the holidays, I and the rest of the team at Meniscus Magazine have gone back full force into event coverage, which means that February was dominated by the proceedings of the semi-annual New York Fashion Week.

It was bittersweet to take in the usual A-list sightings, jockeying for seats and previewing of Fall 2010 collections at the last set of shows to be held at Bryant Park (a centrally-located Manhattan venue that will be replaced by the not-as-convenient-to-reach Damrosch Park near Lincoln Center). But, this being New York, no matter where the locale, hundreds of top-notch designers will always come here to make their mark, which is always what makes the collections so exciting. One of my photographers noted that New York has always attracted a number of talented Asian fashion designers, and this number continues to grow each season. Here is one of his slideshows of photos from an up-and-coming designer -- born in Singapore, raised in Nepal, and trained in New Delhi and New York -- named Prabal Gurung:

Gurung was also a recent Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winner. You'll need to have Flash installed in order to view the photos. We're continuing to post coverage on www.meniscuszine.com, and as an added bonus, I'm heading to Tokyo in a few weeks for Japan Fashion Week. The designers there, while often restricted to a domestic market, have some of the most inventive creations on the planet, so I'm really looking forward to checking out some labels...and of course picking up some goodies for myself!
A very belated 恭喜發財and 新年快樂!

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Yuan-Kwan Chan

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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Yuan-Kwan Chan first made her foray into the performing arts as a classically-trained pianist, winning competitions at the local, national and international levels, as well as studying at the Moscow (Russia) Conservatory and Interlochen Center for the Arts, over a span of 13 years.

Since then, Yuan-Kwan has segued into other areas of the industry. She has acted in numerous films and television shows for Nike, MTV, Sony Pictures and NBC, among other credits. Her on-camera appearances have recently expanded to work behind the scenes, most notably with screenwriting for two editions of the "72 Hour Film Shootout" competition associated with the Asian American International Film Festival in New York.

A former Miss Chicago Chinatown Queen and Miss Chinatown USA fourth runner-up, Yuan-Kwan was a featured "Q Confidential" Model of the Week in the Queens (N.Y.) Tribune newspaper, and was the New York City winner and a Top 10 North American finalist in the Fresh Face of LUSH Cosmetics contest. She has also served as a spokesmodel for a number of major companies, including McDonald's, Nestle, Dove and Nivea. Print modeling credits include Neighborhoodies, Metro Newspapers and the New York City Department of Transportation. One of her most memorable experiences was as a live window display model for Japanese tea company ITO EN. Wearing fashion by Chinese designer Han Feng, a passerby noticed the clothes that she was wearing and decided to buy them right off her back. That passerby was Yoko Ono.

Yuan-Kwan holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and a bachelor's degree in business administration and music from the College of William & Mary.
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