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Art
Seattle murals to celebrate Bruce Lee’s legacy on his 84th birthday
Two new murals honoring Bruce Lee, created by artist Louie Gong, will be installed in Seattle’s Chinatown International District this ...
Ryan General
Unearthed Tang dynasty tomb shows mural of blond ‘Westerner’
A Tang dynasty tomb, discovered during a hillside road reconstruction project in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, in 2018 but only publicly reveale...
Bryan Ke
Shohei Ohtani mural unveiled in LA’s Little Tokyo
Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo recently unveiled a new landmark: a massive mural featuring the two-way star of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sho...
Culture
New mural in Sacramento’s Little Saigon accused of inaccuracies, lack of representation
A 500-foot mural project in Sacramento’s Little Saigon that purportedly intended to celebrate the Lunar New Year — or Tet in Vietnames...
Why Denver’s Chinatown was forgotten — and what’s being done to remember it
A mural has been set up in Denver to honor the city’s long-gone Chinatown, which was destroyed following an anti-Chinese riot in 1880 that d...
News
San Francisco rally commemorates first anniversary of Vicha Ratanapakdee mural
A rally commemorating the first-year anniversary of a mural created to honor Vicha Ratanapakdee was held in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Su...
Carl Samson
San Francisco Chinatown mural defaced with profanity, ‘your mom’ jokes
A popular mural in San Francisco’s Chinatown fell victim to vandalism last week. The mural, known as the Tiger Dragon, was painted on the ...
Meet the 12 AAPI heroes featured in Chinatown San Francisco’s new mural
The “AAPI Community Heroes Mural” created by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco has been unveiled in the city’s Chinatown. The mu...
Michelle De Pacina
Community members show up to restore defaced ‘8 Immortals’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Members of Vancouver’s Chinatown community reportedly lined up on East Georgia Street on April 16 to help restore the “Eight Immortals Cros...
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