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On Saturday, I volunteered at the Chinese Canadian historical fair. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but the place was packed!! There were tons of booths and visitors. We were positioned next to a guy who had found a garbage dump of authentic Chinese pottery on his land on Salt spring island. He had begun digging one day, and had turned part of his land into an archeological site. It was quite fascinating. There were a variety of interesting displays including one dedicated to the history of Chinese laundries, and another on the Chinese female fighter pilots who flew in World War 2. In the middle of the day, we played Chinese Canadian Jeopardy. Our table kicked ass at the literary questions.

We met a lot of people including historians, genealogists, educators and filmmakers. Nettie Wilde, the filmmaker who made "A place called Chiapas" and "Fix" was in attendance, as she is researching for her next projects, one of which deals with the moral panic and the history of opium in Vancouver. I met her at a dinner she attended at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s aunt and uncle's, so it was nice to chat with her. All in all, the fair was a success, even though I was quite tired and my throat got really sore from talking.

Now I wish I had "The N"

Mixed Media watch posts about this series about a family of mixed race brothers coping with the death of their mother.

Miracle’s Boys, about three biracial (Puerto Rican and black) teen-age brothers coping with life after the death of their mother… is a big-time project. Not only is Lee directing a pair of 30-minute episodes, but so are veterans Bill Duke, Ernest Dickerson, LeVar Burton and Neema Barnette. But Lee overstates the case when he says, “There’s nothing like it on TV.” Lee’s wife, Tonya Lewis Lee, a producer, joined him on the panel. “There are raw emotions among these three brothers,” she said. “It’s three men of color dealing with issues and understanding anger and what anger is about. We’re looking forward to this.”

This sound awesome! I'm assuming by "Lee", they're referring to Mr. Spike Lee.

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