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