Tag: Ly
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Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly interviewed in Hmong about COVID-19 measures
Crossings TV, a Sacramento television station providing news and entertainment programs for the Asian American community, interviewed Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly on social distancing and COVID-19 in the … Read Full Article
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Asian Americans report being harassed, assaulted amid US coronavirus outbreak
Steve Ly, Mayor of Elk Grove and America’s first Hmong mayor, called out Trump and other national leaders for their rhetoric, saying that it’s time for unity. RELATED: Coronavirus Resources: A guide … Read Full Article
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Oskar Ly, Christina Vang, and Teeko Yang: The Agriculture Artists
But together, they’re ArtCrop. And over the past three years as a collective, they’ve drawn attention to the Hmong community’s link between farmers and artists, bending the cultural landscape to … Read Full Article
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Reminder: ‘ZAM: Oskar Ly’ exhibit open at Lawton Gallery
Don’t forget to check out the Lawton Gallery’s display of ‘ZAM: Oskar Ly.” “ZAM” is an exhibition featuring select works and collections by queer Hmong French American fashion artist Oskar Ly. The … Read Full Article
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‘ZAM: Oskar Ly’ is new exhibit at Lawton Gallery, beginning Oct. 10
“ZAM” is an exhibition featuring select works and collections by queer Hmong French American fashion artist Oskar Ly. The exhibition features selections ranging from conceptual fashion art to wearable … Read Full Article
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‘ZAM: Oskar Ly is new exhibit at Lawton Gallery, beginning Oct. 10
“ZAM” is an exhibition featuring select works and collections by queer Hmong French American fashion artist Oskar Ly. The exhibition features selections ranging from conceptual fashion art to wearable … Read Full Article
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Lawton Gallery has opening reception for ‘ZAM’ on Thursday, Oct. 10
Food and beverages will also be provided at the opening reception. ZAM is an exhibition presenting select works and collections by Hmong French American artist Oskar Ly. Due to persecution and … Read Full Article
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In time for summer, ice-cream maker rolls out a ‘Wonder’ for Fresno
Ly found out about Wonders through Houngnakhone, a mutual acquaintance. “The Hmong community is pretty small,” Yang said, “whether it’s California or Minnesota.” Yang has his own connections to Fresno … Read Full Article
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Lawton Gallery announces exhibition schedule for Fall 2019
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 10, 2019 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Contemporary fashion inspired from traditional Hmong patterns and clothing. Ly’s work has contributed to the Hmong American fashion … Read Full Article
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Guest Op-ed A community member’s response to Mayor Ly’s comments
I first chastised the mayor from the gallery in October 2017. The mayor had shown up late to a candlelight vigil for three Hmong children who were brutally murdered in West Sacramento. He pushed his … Read Full Article
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Inspiring the Valley: From France to Fresno, this artist is now inspiring those around him
Ly’s passion for art was stoked as a child growing up in France. “I was born in Laos, I’m of Hmong decent and after the Vietnam War, we relocated to France with my uncles and I was later adopted by a … Read Full Article
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Ly Tong, the Vietnamese folk hero who hijacked planes to fight communism, approaches his final descent
In a coma since March 21, Tong turns his head slightly. “He’s trying his best,” Nguyen says. Why are Vietnamese authorities so wary of Hmong Christianity? For many Vietnamese immigrants to the US from … Read Full Article
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Ringing in the Year of the Pig City hosts Elk Grove’s Lunar New Year fest
Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly said that in Hmong culture they actually celebrate two new years – the lunar new year and the harvest new year, which falls around November. He has the distinction of being Am… Read Full Article
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N.C. Baptists celebrate 2018, look ahead to 2019
They are: David Duarte, Daystar Church, Greensboro; Amy Harrison, Trinity Baptist Church, Mooresville; Pao Ly, First Hmong Baptist Church, Morganton; Robin Fisher, Sunset Avenue Baptist Church, Rocky … Read Full Article
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Here are 5 Sacramento-area storylines to watch on Election Day
Incumbent Steve Ly faces challenges from Councilman Darren Suen and political outsider Tracie Stafford. Ly was celebrated in 2016 as the first Hmong-American mayor in the United States, and the city h… Read Full Article