APEX Express – October 15, 2009
A look at two women warriors, Gina Hotta and Yuri Kochiyama
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APEX Express – October 1, 2009
A special Apex tribute show to co-founder and executive producer Eugina Haruko Hotta, who passed away just after midnight on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. 'G's friends and collegues express their grief and celebrate their memories of Gina.
Apex Express – September 10, 2009
September 10, 2009: A day before 9-11, comedy of color comes through the gate. Negotiating race & humor: Kabeezy Singh and Sammy Obeid of Ko Comedy on-air. And, strike/walkouts/teach”outs” hit UC campuses across the state. Students talk about what’s at stake and their fight to save Asian Language classes. Calendar Highlight: Joyti Mandir’s Odissi Dance performance.
Apex Express – September 3, 2009
Jazz giant John Coltrane and the music of India. Percussionist Anthony Brown’s pan-Asian, African American Orchestra talks of Coltrane’s music that encompassed the jazz tradition but explored the sound of India in the 1960’s. The Orchestra performs a birthday tribute to Trane and the Africa-India Connection at Yoshi’s SF.
Apex Express – August 27, 2009
The documentary “Transcending” tells the story of the first person of color picked to play in what was then known as the NBA. Wat Misaka is Japanese American & played for the NY Knicks while Japanese Americans were put in internment camps in WWII. A talk with Misaka and the filmmakers. And, it’s hard to … Continued
Apex Express – August 20, 2009
No End in Sight: Immigrants wait months, years in prisons. A project helps them have their day in court. A talk with Michael Tan of the ACLU. And, tabla performance and tribute to master Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan. A student of his music college, tabla player Robin Sukhadia talks of Khansahib’s contributions.
apex express – August 13, 2009
The music of Prasant Rahakrishnan reflects his Indian background and his horn playing in the jazz tradition. He talks about his study of Carnatic Indian Classic music and how it finds it’s way into his sax playing and his group VidyA. Also, Asians in America are often in the background when it comes to the … Continued
Apex Express – August 6, 2009
Scars still remain from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. But, tests on Pacific Islands brought loss of lives and land. A talk about this with Pacific Islander & researcher Migetu Micheal Tuncap. And, hear how spoken words and deeds are combined by a new gen of Asian American artists fresh … Continued
Apex Express – July 30, 2009
Trafficking and tuition are the rise: a talk with Senator Leland Yee about two proposals. One would slow the rise in human trafficking in labor and sex trades. The other is to help halt rising tuition as well as rising salaries of UC top management through more oversight. Also, being a resistor, being gay and … Continued