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Anthology Collects Poems, Stories by Hmong-Americans
A group of Hmong-Americans in the Central Valley have embraced literature as a vehicle to tell stories we don't often hear outside the tightly-knit Southeast Asian community. This weekend in Fresno, a reading will celebrate the release of a groundbreaking collection called "How Do I Begin?"

Anthology Collects Poems, Stories by Hmong-Americans
A group of Hmong-Americans in the Central Valley have embraced literature as a vehicle to tell stories we don't often hear outside the tightly-knit Southeast Asian community. This weekend in Fresno, a reading will celebrate the release of a groundbreaking collection called "How Do I Begin?"

Anthology Collects Poems, Stories by Hmong-Americans
A group of Hmong-Americans in the Central Valley have embraced literature as a vehicle to tell stories we don't often hear outside the tightly-knit Southeast Asian community. This weekend in Fresno, a reading will celebrate the release of a groundbreaking collection called "How Do I Begin?"

Arts Organizations in a Down Economy
This week we're taking a break from our usual format, and focusing exclusively on the arts in California. We start by asking how arts organizations big and small are faring in these challenging economic times.

Hopie: The Hip-hop Paralegal
You don't have to be a hip-hop die hard to understand the genre's appeal. We find out how one young woman heard the siren call of hip-hop, and kept at it in law school.

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Film Review: 'Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone'
Rock bands rise and fall, but rare is the rock-umentary that captures the drama with the force of "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone." Ahead of its theatrical release this weekend, pop music critic Steve Hochman reviews the film, which chronicles the excitement and heartbreak of a band that burst on the scene with great promise back in the 1980s.

Flamenco Takes Root in the Bay Area
In recent years, the San Francisco Bay Area has become a major U.S. conduit for Spain's greatest flamenco artists -- and they're not just passing through. Ahead of this weekend's Bay Area Flamenco Festival, we talk with jazz critic Andrew Gilbert about why and how flamenco caught fire in Northern California.

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