Daily Archives: February 17, 2011

Real Life Mario Kart with Freddie Wong

Real Life Mario Kart with Freddie Wong

Wong Fu Productions had their fun on race track. Now, it’s Freddie Wong’s turn to make the race track more like Mario Kart. (BTW – it’s the same track.) A harsh, gritty look at the world of Mario Kart in real life. Red shells mean business. Don’t forget to listen to the Mario Kart Love Song.

Real Life Mario Kart with Freddie Wong

Behind the scenes for Real Life Mario Kart with Freddie Wong

Encouraging Asian American Students to Become Teachers

Encouraging Asian American Students to Become Teachers

Join the White House Initiative and the Department of Education TEACH Campaign in a Roundtable Discussion between Educators, Artists and Youth on Thursday at 4pm PT (7pm ET). Singer-songwriter and teacher Clara Chung and musician David Choi will join President’s Advisory Commissioner Sefa Aina to encourage dozens of students to pursue careers in the classroom in Granada Hills, California. (Previously, Clara did a White House Gig.) The event, put on by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, is part of a national campaign by the Department of Education to recruit highly qualified and more diverse teachers. Only 1 percent of teachers across the country are Asian American or Pacific Islander.

DATE: Thursday, February 17, 2011
TIME: 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET)
PLACE: Granada Hills Charter High School, 10535 Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills, California
If you can’t be there in person, the discussion will be streaming online too.

The event is a very important issue in our community as the Obama Administration is calling on youth to become teachers. In his state of the union address, he says:

To every young person listening tonight who’s contemplating their career choice: If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make a difference in the life of a child — become a teacher. Your country needs you.

In addition, the online community can ask questions before or during the event by tweeting with the hashtag #aapiteach – and they’ll ask as many of them possible during the q+a section of the discussion.

Video for Encouraging Asian American Students to Become Teachers featuring:
Clara Chung, singer-songwriter + teacher
David Choi, Singer-songwriter
Taryn Benarroch, Director, TEACH campaign
Sefa Aina, Commissioner, President’s Advisory Commission
Eddie Lee, Youth Outreach Coordinator, White House Initiative on AAPI’s

Sick with Happyslip

Sick with Happyslip

It’s flu season and people everywhere are sick. Happyslip puts her take on the sickness in the air. The Happyslip family finds unique ways to protect themselves. With symptoms like lingering colds, coughing, and sneezing, we all have our own home remedies. What do you do?

Sick with Happyslip

Bloopers from Sick with Happyslip

Dash with Me album trailer by Mike-Dash-E

Dash with Me album trailer by Mike-Dash-E

Mike-Dash-E released an album trailer for his upcoming debut album “Dash with Me.” SMG films documents his journey and gives you better insight to who Mike-Dash-E really is. Some of his singles have already been released including Thrill, Ripped, and Shawty Like Ohh. His first single off the project “Thrill” give you that classic “Hip Hop Honesty and Feel.” His 2nd Single “Ripped” takes you down the party lifestyle of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 3rd Single that is getting a lot of radio spins in the Bay Area is called “Shawty Like Ohh” ft Sir Verse from ATL, this song gives the ladies the RNB mixed with down south Snap where once again Mike-Dash-E shows his ability to appeal to all genres of HipHop. “Dash with Me” is set to arrive 3/1/11.

Dash with Me album trailer by Mike-Dash-E

A Summer, A Boy and A Cab

A Summer, A Boy and A Cab

In June 2010, students from the University of Hawaii Academy for Creative Media (ACM) attended the Shanghai International Film Festival and collaborated with students from Shanghai University’s School of Film and TV Arts & Technology. The result were three short films, which played at the Hawaii International Film Festival last October as “A Summer, A Boy and A Cab”. This collection also won the Best Student Film award at the EuroCinema Hawai’i Gala. In addition, students from Shanghai attended the Hawaii International Film Festival in October, showed some of their short films at the festival, and collaborated with ACM students on more film projects. If you missed seeing these shorts at HIFF, you can now watch them below.

A Summer, A Boy and A Cab

Behind the scenes of A Summer, A Boy and A Cab