by Team Diaspora | Nov 12, 2025 | Calendar, Film
Are you ready for a quadruple feature this weekend? From November 13-16 the AMC Burbank 16 will transform into the NEON Fourplex offering four of their latest releases for your viewing pleasure: Sirāt, Keeper, Arco, and Sentimental Value. Viewers who watch all four...
by Team Diaspora | Nov 11, 2025 | Books, DIASPORA Library, Film
Author Laurel Flores Fantauzzo’s The First Impulse is a journey. Detailing the lives and tragic deaths of Filipino-Canadian film critic Alexis Tioseco and his wife, Slovenian film journalist Nika Bohinc. After being captivated by Tioseco’s story,...
by Team Diaspora | Nov 11, 2025 | Dossier
Born in Seattle to Chinese immigrants during a time when anti-Chinese rhetoric was plaguing the country, Ruby Chow blazed many a trail for Asian Americans — especially Asian American women. In the late 1940s, she opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant in Seattle’s...
by Team Diaspora | Nov 10, 2025 | Calendar
MUSIC Patti Smith And Her Band Perform Horses 50th Anniversary – 8pm, November 15: In the fall of 1975, Patti Smith gathered her band in Electric Lady Studios in New York to record her debut album, Horses. Released by Arista Records, it has come to be regarded...
by Team Diaspora | Nov 7, 2025 | Calendar, Film
Directed by Amber Fares, Coexistence, My Ass! follows Israeli activist-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she creates a comedy show by the same name. Shot over five tumultuous years, the film traces Noam’s personal, professional, and political journey in tandem with the...
Jenny Yang’s ‘Good Egg Immigrant Grocery Store Standup Comedy Tour’ Kicks Off in L.A.
DIASPORA Calendar: June 1 – June 7, 2026
DIASPORA Calendar: May 11 – May 17, 2026
DIASPORA Calendar: May 4 – May 10, 2026
‘In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror’ by Anthony D. Romero and Dina Temple-Raston