5.11.18 - 5.17.18

• Variety: Veena Sud, Kulap Vilaysack, and more on Increasing Asian-American Representation in Hollywood: ‘This Has to Be a Movement’

• Vientiane City Guide: Where to Eat, Drink, Shop, and Stay in Laos’ Capital.

• Senator of Rhode Island Commemorates Heroism of Hmong and Lao Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery

• Chronicle: A Mosquito Bite Nearly Killed Me

• Laos Angeles Executive Director, Kulap Vilaysack, and husband Scott Aukerman featured in Emmy Magazine spread.

• Marine Veteran Harasses Elderly Lao American Veteran in Sacramento.

• Sahtu Press printing a children's book: 'Mommy Eats Fried Grasshoppers' - coming this fall!

• Hmong veterans gather in Madison to celebrate Hmong-Lao Veterans Appreciation Day

• Sysamone Phaphon attended ‘Top Moms of Color in Tech’

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • Watch This: Inside scoop on the makings of Origin Story Doc by Director Kulap Vilaysack

  • Laos Angeles Roots member Vannaphone Meng Lothi’s son, Izaac Wang, books first feature film!

  • New York Times: Hiro Murai on the ‘Atlanta’ Finale and ‘This Is America’ Video

  • HuffPost: Ali Wong - Asian-Americans Are Opening Doors For Other Asian-Americans In Hollywood

  • Rita Phetmixay wins an award for her short ‘Phetmixay Means Fighter’ at CAAMFest36!

  • Hollywood Reporter: Cannes: Southeast Asia Is Ready for Its Big-Screen Close-up

  • AA Press: Lao Documentary to Screen at CAAMFest

• Motherland News:

  • Asia Times: The legacy of the US ‘secret war’ still takes a deadly toll on Laos

  • Asia Times: Little Laos Risks Losing It All to China

  • New Bus Routes Create Better Connection Between Thailand and Laos

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Snackboxe Bistro at it again and featured in a newspaper article!

4.27.18 - 5.3.18

 

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • LA Weekly: Kulap’s Origin Story, Filmmaker Slays Demons of Her Past.

  • Kulap Vilaysack and James Syhabout featured on NBC Asian America: A to Z!

  • Bentonville Film Festival: 10 Feature Films Will World Premiere at BFF. (Our Executive Director, Kulap Vilaysack’s film Origin Story made the list!

• For your viewing pleasure:

  • NBC Asian America Presents: A to Z (2018) (Spoiler: Lao Americans James Syhabout and Kulap Vilaysack were two of the chosen!)

  • Peep pics from our  first monthly meeting: Laos Angeles Deuan Sabaidee aka LADS.  Hosted and organized by Laos Angeles Roots members Somlit + Seraphina.  

  • Thip Soulisak designed a beautiful float for Temecula’s Lao New Year Fest!

• Motherland News:

  • HUGE NEWS: Irrawaddy Dolphin Numbers Increase on Mekong River

  • Laotion Times: Sinon Loresca, King of Catwalk Travels to Laos

  • The Nation: More elephant sanctuaries are popping up all over Laos.

  • Hotels are popping up left and right in Luang Prabang.

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Snackboxe Bistro in Doraville shines spotlight on Laotian staple dishes.

  • Melbourne, Australia x Lao Food Movement is real!

  • Don’t forget to grab your tix for the Lao Food Bowl w/ Laos Angeles Roots member Saengthong Douangdara! (May 19th 4-6pm).  

  • Get Lao’d food truck named one of the 2018 Best Of Fortworth Winners.

• Micetimes of Asia: 15 Reasons to Visit Laos

• Obama’s ‘The Final Year’ which features Laos debuts on HBO on 5/21.

• Forbes: By visiting this sanctuary, you can save elephants in Laos.

• Merced Sun-Star: Who are Laotians? Merced's Lao educates with 'New Year' celebration for community

4.13.18 - 4.19.18

4.13.18 - 4.19.18

• #LaoNewYear2018:

  • Friday, April 20th at 9PM - Join EraNetik & Collective Society Entertainment at the Soho Gastropub in San Diego.

  • Sunday, April 22nd 8AM - 8PM - Attend Hollywood’s Songkran Fest!

  • Buddhist monks clean and wash Buddha statues during Songkran Water Festival in Laos

  • Kinnaly Lao Traditional Music & Dance Troupe will be in Washington, D.C. performing at the Lao Embassy New Year Celebration taking place April 27th-28th, 2018.

  • Xinhaunet: Songkran Festival in Luang Prabang, Lao

• Thakhek, Laos has been chosen as one of the ‘Most Scenic Motorbike Rides Around the World’ according to Urban Daddy.

• Asia Sentinel: The Endangered Last ‘Blank Spot’ on Indochina’s Map - Attapeu, Laos.

• Get an inside look on bride trafficking in Laos and China.

• New York Times: Why So Many Asian-American Women Are Bleaching Their Hair Blond

• Anchorage Daily News: House Bill 125 recognizes Hmong veterans with rights.

• ATTENTION: Asian Womxn in the Arts is taking submissions for their Cycle 1 Celebration show! Email submissions & questions to: connect.awa@gmail.com

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • Cathy Yan Is Warner Bros’ Choice To Direct Margot Robbie In Next Harley Quinn Film

  • Awkwafina to star in self-titled Comedy Central Pilot.  

  • Crazy Rich Asians dropped a sneak peak of their trailer!

  • Time Magazine: The Most Influential People in the World - We spy many Asian Americans!

  • Laos Angeles Roots member, Rita Phetmixay, will be screening her short film ‘Phetmixay Means Fighter’ at this years CAAMFest.

  • Asian American Press highlights film ‘Growing up Hmong at the Crossroads’ that follows many Lao Diaspora families.  

  • Next Shark: Why Mulan is the Ultimate Asian American

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Queen of the Lao Food Movement, Chef Seng, opens up about her upbringing in an intimate interview with the Courageous Kitchen.

  • James Syhabout shares his beef satay recipe with widely popular food blog: Food 52.

4.6.18 - 4.12.18

HAPPY LAO NEW YEAR!

• Bet you have never seen Obama drinking a coconut in Luang Prabang.

• Cape Cod Times: Mashpee students use 3-D printing to help Laotian schoolchildren 

• Catzie Vilayphonh took her oath of office as a Council Member for Pennsylvania’s Council on the Arts!

• The remains of almost half of the 573 American service personnel presumed missing in action (MIA) in Laos during the Indo-China War have been located.

• Hmong colonel who fought with U.S. in Vietnam gets full military burial.

• Motherland News: 

  • Women from Hong Kong help with the Rugby Revolution in Laos.

  • The Greater Mekong Subregion countries (like Laos) once plagued from poverty are now economic success stories.

  • Road trip to Mekong: Four women bikers rode motorcycles through seven nations in seven weeks. Laos included. 

  • Baby born via Lao surrogate four years after the death of parents.

  • Borneo Bulletin: It is confirmed that the conservation of Vat Phou will be carried out through the years.

  • United Nations Population Fund: Rural midwives help save mothers giving birth in Laos.

• #RepresentationMatters:

  • Sandra Oh booked her dream role: ‘Killing Eve’  

  • Laos Angeles Roots member Lina Luangrath is having her third performance this spring at the Hotel Sofitel in Beverly Hills.

  • Screen Steve Arounsack’s film: Getting Lao'd - The Growth of Lao Music and Film Scene

  • Refugee camp born, Kao Kalia Yang, speaks about her new book & how her parent's immigration story has inspired her.  

  • HBO Show, Westworld, rounds out incredibly diverse cast ahead of season 2.

• #LaoFoodMovement:

  • Laos Angeles Roots member, Saengthong Douangdara spreads the Lao Food love at UCLA!

  • Celebrate Asian Pacific American Month by eating all of the food! Save the date and join Saengthong Douangdara at the LA Food Bowl!

  • Have you tried the native Lao food: Chili Wood?