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Eight of the Smithsonian museums are reopening, but with some restrictions.
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ABC News’ Kyra Phillips sits down with Lonnie Bunch, the first African American secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
The nation s capital is beginning to reopen as the District of Columbia rolls back restrictions and the Smithsonian Institution reopens eight of its world-famous museums and facilities.
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last week that the district would fully reopen without and capacity limits on June 11. Restrictions on public and commercial activity including capacity limits, types of activities and time restrictions will be lifted on Friday.
San Francisco will mark the country s first Queer and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islanders Week this month with a series of events between May 22 and 29. Organizers are already planning for more cities, especially in the Bay Area, to follow suit next year.
The seven days of rallies, panel discussions, and a drag show will also see the launch of a new project aimed at ending transphobia within the LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific Islander community. The QTAPI Week comes amid an uptick in violent attacks and harassment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the COVID pandemic.
As the Bay Area Reporter s Political Notebook was first to report last week, leaders of the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance, which recently held several rallies in the city s LGBTQ Castro district to protest the rise in AAPI hate, and the Bay Area QTAPI Coalition came together to propose the inaugural QTAPI Week. GAPA Chair Michael Trung Nguyen told the B.A.R. the dates were purposefully chosen so the week fe
“There is a Strength in Asian Culture”: A Conversation with Lucasfilm Legend Doug Chiang
In a wide-ranging discussion for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Academy Award-winning designer opens up on his life’s struggles and successes as a Chinese American.
Doug Chiang is a name familiar to fans of the
Star Wars galaxy. Personally selected by George Lucas, his influence as the head of the Lucasfilm art department during the production of
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is legendary. Now as vice president and executive creative director at Lucasfilm, Chiang oversees designs for all new
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The Wela Founder, Upuia Ahkiong Advises on How to Get from Hate to Healing with Coffee
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ How do you combat Asian anger? Focus on the positive aspects a heritage brings to a community and to a country. Culture, Community and Collaboration are part of who I am, those traits come from my family background and traditions said Upuia Ahkiong, a first generation Samoan-Chinese American born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. Those cultural traits were so strong they led her to make a dramatic career change.