Day: June 8, 2022
-
Asian-Pacific Festival returns to Grand Rapids with dragon parade, cultural fashion show, more
The schedule is packed with entertainment, including a Golden Tiger Dragon parade, Filipino folk dances and a night featuring six hours of Hmong musical artists. The festival is set to run Friday and … Read Full Article
-
Chef Yia Vang’s Vinai holding summer ‘residency’ in Mpls
Have you been patiently waiting for Vinai, chef Yia Vang’s upscale Hmong restaurant in Northeast Minneapolis, to open? Yeah, us, too. And although the project is taking much longer than anticipated — … Read Full Article
-
Hmong chef from Minnesota to compete on Netflix reboot of Iron Chef
Yia Vang has brought Hmong cuisine to Minnesota – first through pop-ups, then his restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen. Read Full Article
-
Trial of two former Minneapolis police officers Thao, Kueng pushed to January
Plus: shooting inside Coon Rapids apartment building leaves two men dead; St. Louis Park residents question city council after second water main break; Union Hmong Kitchen’s Yia Vang to compete on … Read Full Article
-
Clint Eastwood Didn’t Cut Any Corners Casting Gran Torino
It was there that conversations with his many Hmong coworkers inspired the idea for a film about a bigoted white man developing an unlikely friendship with a Hmong youth. This cultural collision was … Read Full Article
-
New farmers market creates new draw at Maplewood historic farmstead
A weekly farmer’s market and new multicultural summer youth camps celebrating farm-to-table, art and Hmong culture are breathing new life in a historic German farmstead in Maplewood. The goal is to … Read Full Article