Congratulations to Linda Yee for her latest award honoring her excellence in television news coverage.

AsianConnections commends the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) for awarding broadcast television news reporter Linda Yee with a 2007 Excellence in Television News Coverage Award (Unlmited Subject Matter category).

Her tireless dedication and professionalism to the field of broadcast television news is inspiring to those of us who have had the honor to work side by side with her. She is a role model for all of us as well as for future generations.

Linda joins other talented

Tao Lin reads selections from his latest offerings on September 20, 2007 at MoCA in New York.

On Thursday, Sept 20, 2007, meet author Tao Lin at the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas (MoCA), where he will be reading selections from his latest offerings. In May, 2007, the author's story-collection, Bed , and his novel, Eeeee Eee Eeee , were published simultaneously.

Lin is a poetry editor for 3 am Magazine , and has authored a best-selling poetry collection called You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I am . Tao's writing has been published by Noon, Nerve, Mississippi Review, Cincinnati Review, Other Voices, Fourteen Hills, and Punk Planet . For more info, check out the Museum's website at www.moca-nyc. org.

When: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Where: MoCA, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor (at Bayard Street)
Fee: $3/Members; $5/Non-Members
RSVP: Nancy Bulalacao, Director of Public Programs, (212) 619-4785 ext. 106 or nbulalacao@moca- nyc.org

Thinking Inside the Box: Asian Americans in the Comic Book and Graphic Novel World

Interested in the comic and graphic novel world? MoCA is hosting a exciting roundtable with giants of the Asian American comic book and graphic novel world on Saturday, September 15, 2007, that you won't want to miss.

Panelists:

Snows of Yesterday (Neiges d'Antan) is directed by Rona Par and performed by award winning performers Yazmine Flemng and Elizabeth Ackerman. Don't Miss!

Neiges dAntan (Snows of Yesterday). A two-woman theater piece/cabaret- style entertainment.

Based on the songs of Kurt Weill. Elizabeth Ackerman, mezzo-soprano. Yazmine C. Fleming, pianist. Directed by Rona Par.