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Lea Villena

#IAmAnImmigrant Call for Stories!

HANA Center is hosting our 2nd annual storytelling event, and we're looking for storytellers! This year's theme is <strong>I am an Immigrant: Stories Belonging, Resistance, and Our Shared Humanity</strong>.
Food

Young American now offers a Filipino-inspired menu

The restaurant which opened last year at Logan Square has switched to a Filipino food menu to offer a new taste of the real Asian cuisine.
Business

New Patel Brothers store now open in Niles

The Skokie-based Indian grocery company now opens a new store at Niles last Thursday, October 3.
Arts/Entertainment

Korean hails as Mister Global 2019

The police administration major Kim Jongwoo, 23, was recently crowned as the Mister Global 2019 besting 37 other candidates from all over the world.
Interviews

A Review of the Geat Leap

A Review of the Great Leap by Lauren Yee at the Steppenwolf
Interviews

Woman who received a racist email now has a great job serving community

Connie Cheung now works with Chinese Mutual Aid Association in Uptown.
Politics

The first elected to public office Cambodian-American woman Khemary Khoeun speaks on ad that compared AOC to Khmer Rouge

Khemary Khoeun speaks up on the recent ad comparing AOC toKhmer Rouge.
Arts/Entertainment

Bowen Yang to join SNL as its first Asian cast

The comedian Bowen Yang just made history to be the first full-blooded Asian cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.