The narrative of Fred's arrival to Boston is less linear, as it is a journey that took him through the turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution, the sanctity of Midwestern Canada, the hustle of New York and finally, to the academic and cultural diversity of Boston. In in his most recent work Liang ponders the theory of "agent causation" proposed by philosopher Roderick Chisholm in 1964, which views the self as a free entity unaffected by historical events. This view contrasts with the Eastern veneration of ancestors and the value placed on sacrifice in the present for the sake of the future.
La Carmina is a professional Japan Goth/subcultures blogger, travel TV host, author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), and CNNGo.com writer.designer Her popular blog -www.lacarmina.com/blog - has been featured in major publications (The New Yorker, Washington Post, WWD, Village Voice, Time Out New York, LA Times). She appeared on The Today Show and co-hosted an episode of Bizarre Foods with AndrewZimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed a documentary about her work; recent TV hosting and arranging credits include Dutch Pepsi, Sony Australia, Canal Plus France, and CNN International in Tokyo. She will be the Asia host for educational travel TV series, Project Explorer."
Director Leo Kei Angelos and actor Paul C. Mckinney discuss their latest collaborative works "Hollow Town", "Fish and Chips" and "American Chop Suey". Leo Kei Angelos' childhood in Vietnam was very regimented. He attended school six days per week, from 6 am to 5 pm. Sundays were his only days off. His only other escape from the required rigid schedule was to watch movies. He has worked on four feature films, 10 short films and eight music videos, in positions that range from stunt coordinator, camera operator, unit director, director of photography, all the way to producer/director.
Rosanna is a Japanese-American playwright who lives in Harvard Square. Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro’s plays include Behind Enemy Lines (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre), Mishima (East West Players), Martha Mitchell (Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Theater Center Philadelphia; Six Figures Theater Co., New York; and others), Barrancas (Magic Theatre), Pablo and Cleopatra (New Theater), Mexico City (The Boston Women on Top Festival), Sailing Down the Amazon (BWTF and JRV Productions), and It Doesn’t Take a Tornado and Amsterdam (La MaMa E.T.C.). She is writer and narrator of Japanese American Women: A Sense of Place, a documentary directed by Leita Hagemann (part of a Smithsonian Institution exhibit and aired by PBS in Seattle). Seven of her short plays have been in the Boston Theater Marathon, and seven were finalists in the National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Her plays have been anthologized by Baker’s Plays, Heinemann, Charta Books, Smith and Kraus, and Meriwether Publishing.
YUKO SHIMIZU is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts. Newsweek Japan has chosen her as one of "100 Japanese People The World Respects" in 2009. Yuko graduated with MFA from Illustration as Visual Essay Program in 2003 and has been illustrating since. She also teaches a BFA Illustration course and occasionally advises MFA students at SVA. She works in a studio in Manhattan, a space she shares with two artists whom she considers as her 'New York family'.
Director Leo Kei Angelos and actor Paul C. Mckinney discuss their latest collaborative works "Hollow Town", "Fish and Chips" and "American Chop Suey". Leo Kei Angelos' childhood in Vietnam was very regimented. He attended school six days per week, from 6 am to 5 pm. Sundays were his only days off. His only other escape from the required rigid schedule was to watch movies. He has worked on four feature films, 10 short films and eight music videos, in positions that range from stunt coordinator, camera operator, unit director, director of photography, all the way to producer/director.
Rosanna is a Japanese-American playwright who lives in Harvard Square. Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro’s plays include Behind Enemy Lines (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre), Mishima (East West Players), Martha Mitchell (Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Theater Center Philadelphia; Six Figures Theater Co., New York; and others), Barrancas (Magic Theatre), Pablo and Cleopatra (New Theater), Mexico City (The Boston Women on Top Festival), Sailing Down the Amazon (BWTF and JRV Productions), and It Doesn’t Take a Tornado and Amsterdam (La MaMa E.T.C.). She is writer and narrator of Japanese American Women: A Sense of Place, a documentary directed by Leita Hagemann (part of a Smithsonian Institution exhibit and aired by PBS in Seattle). Seven of her short plays have been in the Boston Theater Marathon, and seven were finalists in the National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Her plays have been anthologized by Baker’s Plays, Heinemann, Charta Books, Smith and Kraus, and Meriwether Publishing.
YUKO SHIMIZU is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts. Newsweek Japan has chosen her as one of "100 Japanese People The World Respects" in 2009. Yuko graduated with MFA from Illustration as Visual Essay Program in 2003 and has been illustrating since. She also teaches a BFA Illustration course and occasionally advises MFA students at SVA. She works in a studio in Manhattan, a space she shares with two artists whom she considers as her 'New York family'.