For years, the moon has been a coveted muse for gifted singer-songwriters. In some songs it’s the unlikely audience who will listen to all of your troubles, and in others it can be a study of one’s self. But perhaps now more than ever, the moon can be sourced as a welcome escape from the […]
Happy Cleaners, the debut feature film of Peter S. Lee and Julian Kim, tells the story of a Korean American family who runs a dry cleaning business in Flushing, New York. Instead of centering around a single character’s point of view, each member of the household’s narratives are woven together intricately to provide a complete […]
In the first few weeks of 2021, it seemed like the political tension in America had reached a breaking point. Terrorists stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC. The sitting president threatened to undermine the entire democratic process. Any hope that we had for a pleasant 2021 dissipated. It wasn’t until Inauguration Day, when a […]
Pop singer Sarah Cho has got some brooding jams with top-notch lyrics. Within the past few years, the New York-based singer has released five singles into the world (now six at the time of this publication), all produced and arranged from home. Here, feel-good vibes are tinged with a bit of sadness–a combination that might […]
New York photographer-turned-music video director Bao Ngo is a master at her craft. In the age of the #influencer and banal Instagram photographs, Ngo’s artwork stands out as a bastion of photography as an artform–capturing portraits that are simultaneously challenging and gorgeous. Take a quick scroll down the artist’s Instagram page (@baohngo) and see for […]