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Colorful Mamas (and their kids) of the 99% Tonight on Apex Express we bring you an Asian Pacific take on last week’s General Strike in Oakland including: A sound collage featuring SEIU 1021, Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and BAYAN USA An interview with the Colorful Mamas of … Continued
Tonight we feature “Death of a Player” by Pinays Maintaining Sisterhood Through Art at Bindlestiff Studio. Then we have a special treat for you in this pre-Halloween edition of Apex. A duo of depraved tomb raiders digs up more danger than they bargained for in THE HOUND, a classic tale of terror by jazz-age horror icon … Continued
First Place artist, Vyal (Photo credit Estria M.) The fifth annual Estria Graffiti Festival, took place from October 5 – 8, culminating into the Graffiti Battle finals (which happened alongside the Life is Living festival). Writers from around the country represented in the last battle, the first three taking place in Los Angeles, New York, … Continued
Tonight on Apex Express, we bring you the sweet sounds of Annie Brazil, Lena Sunday, Ann Marie Santos, and the S.F. Pinoy Jazz Quartet. They are performing at the Fourth Annual San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival this Sunday at Yoshi’s. We also have four pairs of tickets to see these amazing performers, so tune … Continued
Digma performing at League of Filipino Students “Ring the Alarm” benefit On this 39th anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines, hear from the Filipino Community Center’s monthly Talakayan (Discussion). This month, the FCC put together Remembering Martial Law, Celebrating International Solidarity . The discussion focuses on the experiences of Filipino organizers and their … Continued
SKY TRAIN: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam Local PEN award winning author Canyon Sam has travelled from the United States to Tibet and everywhere in between to document, and bear witness, to the largely unknown history of Tibetan women. In the text, SKY TRAIN: Tibetan Women on the Edge … Continued
September 11 Then and Now This week on Apex Express, we reflect back on 9/11. As the nation remembers the victims in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on board the airplanes, Apex explores the aftermath and how OUR communities have been affected. We’ll hear a personal documentary by Robynn Takayama on how several Asian … Continued
AYPAL Youth Leaders Speak On OUSD Ethnic Studies Campaign On APEX Express tonight: It’s back-to-school season for most Bay Area students – so tonight we hear about a fierce campaign to transform the Oakland school district! We have a full-length interview with the incredible voices of AYPAL youth leaders! 9 API youth organizers, making up the … Continued
Partho Sarathi In this week’s APEX Express: Find out about how the Indian state is at war with its own people as it aims to be more and more of a neo-liberal economy. Bay-area based activist Anu Mandavilli from the Mining Zone People’s Solidarity Group (www.miningzone.org) interviews Indian activist Partho Sarathi Ray from the group … Continued
