Archive for April, 2009
Forget Hollywood and Bollywood — Here comes Novelawood!
As a little girl in Venezuela, Jenny Arraiz was never allowed to watch telenovelas. Her mother said there was too much kissing, but that didn’t stop Jenny from sneaking a peek as the blind Topacio — the title character in a 1984 hit — married a rich man and regained her sight.
Twin Cities Dragon Festival 2008
By Ian Yue, New York 2006 Originally aired on KFAI, July 14, 2008. July 12-13, 2008, marked the 12th year of the Twin Cities Dragon Festival, the state’s largest festival celebrating Asian American culture. While the event featured various cultural performances, martial arts demonstrations, and lots of Asian cuisine, a major focus was on the [...]
Standing up for stripping down
By Naresh Rammohan, New York 2006, and Marlei Martinez Republished from RTN 205.2. The New York Giants versus Arizona Cardinals game blared on the television screen as John Tidd put out his cigarette in the ashtray next to his computer keyboard. Scattered piles of paperwork, plastic kids’ meal toys and hot pink high heels littered [...]
