Issue No. 3 of the San Francisco Public Press Will Hit the Streets Wednesday, May 11, 2011

This edition features a special report on the rapidly evolving local media landscape and a mix of exciting stories from Public Press freelancers and more than a dozen nonprofit news partners.

We’re dropping the retail price to $1 a copy — still no ads! — and expanding distribution. Check next week for a complete list of locations where you can pick up a copy in your neighborhood.

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PARTY! Celebrate the Spring Print Launch!

Join us for drinks and appetizers, and pick up a complimentary copy of the newspaper!

Thursday, May 12, 5:30 – 9 p.m.
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
998 Market St. (Warfield Building)
San Francisco

RSVP: http://sfpublicpress2011spring.eventbrite.com/

Music by DJ Ario.

Come check out GAFFTA‘s new home and experience TRANSMUTATIONS: Sound, Data, and Mechanics — a site-specific interactive art installation by sonicSENSE.

(We’re fans of news and art that you can touch.)

Raffle gifts provided by Philz Coffee.

• General admission: $10 via eventbrite or $15 at the door.
• Public Press members (join today!) and contributors to the spring print edition get in free.

We will accept cash, checks and credit cards (via Square) at the door.

SAN FRANCISCO APA HERITAGE AWARDS HONOR HYPHEN FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT AND PUBLISHER LISA LEE FOR EMERGING LEADERSHIP

CONTACT:
Lisa Lee, lisa.lee@hyphenmagazine.com
Irene Kao, irene.kao@hyphenmagazine.com

San Francisco – May 5th, 2011 – Hyphen magazine and Hyphen Publisher Lisa Lee were honored May 2 with Asian Pacific American Heritage Awards from the city of San Francisco.

Hyphen won the Community Impact Award, and Lee was honored with the Emerging Leadership Award. The awards are part of San Francisco’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month each May.

Media was the theme of this year’s awards, which are chosen by the city’s Asian Pacific Heritage Celebration Steering Committee (www.apiaheritagesf.org). The awards promote Asian Pacific American culture and heritage, and provide a forum for the APA community to share information, discuss issues of concern and collaborate on projects of community interests.

“We consider it a true honor to be recognized for our role in giving a greater voice to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community,” said Hyphen Associate Publisher Irene Kao.  “The APA Heritage Award for Community Impact validates the tireless work of our volunteer staff and board.”

Hyphen was founded in 2003 and is a nonprofit news and culture magazine. It illuminates Asian America through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest-growing ethnic population in the country. Hyphen’s print magazine and website (www.hyphenmagazine.com) are produced by an all-volunteer staff.

Lee joined Hyphen in 2007 and was named publisher in 2008. Under her leadership, the magazine’s readership has doubled and its website and social media channels are some of the leading online sources for Asian American news and commentary.

“This award wouldn’t have been possible without my mentors and role models, who are constantly showing me what it means to be a leader. It’s important for us to set examples for the next generation, so they feel supported and empowered to make a difference in our community,” Lee said. “And of course, I thank the Hyphen staff for giving me the opportunity to lead, and for making me look good with all the amazing work that they’re doing!”

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in mass communications and theater and performance studies, Lee is committed to using her communications and social media background to help Hyphen reach a broad constituency and to create a more complex representation of Asian America.

She is also the co-founder, along with the actress Lynn Chen, of Thick Dumpling Skin (www.thickdumplingskin.com), the first online forum dedicated to body image issues and eating disorders within the Asian American community.

Lee is a frequent speaker on media-related Asian American issues and has led workshops for college students, young professionals, nonprofit managers and corporations. When not volunteering at Hyphen, Lee is working toward her dream of opening a coffee shop that will one day serve the needs of the Asian American community. Until then, she works at Facebook as a user operations site integrity associate.

Lisa Lee, lisa.lee@hyphenmagazine.com, and Irene Kao, irene.kao@hyphenmagazine.com, are available for interviews.

ABOUT HYPHEN:

Founded in 2003, Hyphen is a nonprofit news and culture magazine and blog that illuminates Asian America through hard-hitting investigative features on the cultural and political trends shaping the fastest-growing ethnic population in the country. We offer in-depth profiles of change-makers in our community and a window into the world of artists and writers who are re-envisioning and rewriting what it means to be Asian American. Through balanced and incisive reporting and sometimes irreverent commentary, we relate the enormous richness, contradiction, and vitality that defines the Asian American experience to stimulate debate, raise awareness, and build bridges within and beyond our own community. Based in San Francisco, Hyphen is recognized nationwide as an authority on contemporary Asian American identity. Since its inception, Hyphen has been touted in print, online and on camera. Hyphen has been featured and quoted in media outlets such as Yahoo, ESPN, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, Utne, Flavorpill, Gothamist and Racialicious.com. Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

The official press release can also be grabbed here
Lisa Lee | Hyphen | Publisher
17 Walter U. Lum Place | San Francisco, CA 94108
lisa.lee@hyphenmagazine.com | (c) 626.353.6971 (f) 509.352.6971

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Circus Bella Touring Las Vegas, NV and Utah

Circus Bella is bringing their one ring circus performance ensemble to Las Vegas and a number of stops in Utah. Follow their blog for photos and stories from their adventures:

“…Of course there were the expected unexpected glitches and switches.  Most unbeknown to the audience except one brilliant moment when Mark dropped* one of his clubs while up on the unicycle on the table.  The club fell from Mark’s hand to the table below then ricocheted off the unicycle’s tire directly into Abby’s open hands.“

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