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The Asian American jazz movement has roots in 1970s San Francisco. Today, the music continues. The next generation of Asian American jazz musicians are asking what it means to make music that honors ...

The Saturday morning doll-making class in Akiko Keene’s basement studio is usually from 10 a.m. to noon. In the weeks leading up to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, it stretches until 4 p.m. or ...

Yamhill County’s annual Lunar New Year celebration on Sunday, Feb. 15, will usher in the Year of the Horse. This year’s ...

Riding a wave of festival momentum with "It Was Just an Accident," "Sentimental Value” and “The Secret Agent,” MK2 Films has ...

He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera ...

The first version of Japan’s national anthem was composed by an Irishman, William Fenton.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women’s big air on Monday, two days after her ...

Copeland’s latest album, produced with his partner, Elizabeth, was made amid financial hardship and illness’s mounting toll.

The successful Hayward Hawaiian Music Series will wind down with Masters of the 'Ukulele, hosted by award-winning ...