Over the weekend, about 8 Quickly cafes across the San Francisco Bay Area added frozen yogurt to the menu with more locations coming soon. Quickly is known for its tapioca milk tea and has over 2000 locations globally. Look for fro yo coming to a Quickly near you. Not a bad way for Quickly to capitalize on the fro yo trend and potentially increase business across all Quickly locations.
None of the Quickly locations are near Yul Kwon’s Red Mango shop.
Here’s a Quickly commercial
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The 6th Annual AsianweekComedy Night 2008 takes place on Friday, May 30 with two different shows at 7 – 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. – 12 midnight. The venue is The Purple Onion (140 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, Calif.), which has the world-renowned reputation as one America’s birthplace of stand-up comedy. This year, AsianWeek is proud to return to this storied venue and again feature already established and up-and-coming Asian American comics during the Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month celebrations. Comics on board include Tessie Chua, Leah Eva, Nitin Kant, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Edwin Li, Duat Mai, and Joe Nguyen. Space limited, R.S.V.P. at comedynight@asianweek.com
Attendees of Comedy Night will receive free admission to the after-party at Suite 181(181 Eddy St., San Francisco, Calif.)
Here a taste of what to expect from Nitin Kant:
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Comic Joe Nguyen pokes fun at himself as a Vietamese Jew
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The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley is putting together a Johnnie To film series. If you have ever wanted to check out Johnnie To’s films, here’s your chance. Here’s the schedule for the film series over the next month.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
6:30 p.m. The Mission
Five gunmen must unite to keep a triad boss alive. A neon-lit tribute to Hawks, Mann, and Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
8:15 p.m. Fulltime Killer
Two killers battle for supremacy in this comic-book montage of film tributes and pulp-novel conceits that makes Tarantino look like Bresson.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
7:30 p.m. Running on Karma
Andy Lau is a Buddhist monk turned male stripper who can see past lives and predict the future in To’s crazed superhero genre mash-up. Like Spider-Man rewritten by the Dalai Lama.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
7:30 p.m. Throw Down
Aaron Kwon seeks judo guidance from ex-champion, now-drunkard Louis Koo in To’s sweet-natured remake of Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. “The absolute best neo-samurai judo farce in town.”—Village Voice
Thursday, June 12, 2008
7:00 p.m. Breaking News
A police-versus-gunmen showdown turns into media warfare in this Cannes-selected thriller, a Dog Day Afternoon on the streets of Hong Kong.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
6:30 p.m. Election
Two gangsters campaign (and kill) to win a triad election in this gunless thriller with “a Shakespearean hue, and a rich political and moral subtext.”—N.Y. Times
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
8:30 p.m. Triad Election
An over-educated, money-obsessed hoodlum gets sucked into triad (and governmental) deceits in this Darwinian-capitalist satire and “exemplary gangster thriller.”—N.Y. Times
Saturday, June 21, 2008
8:45 p.m. Exiled
Nattily attired hitmen square off in scenic Macao in this “enjoyable action thriller with a bracing touch of political satire.”—Manchester Guardian
Friday, June 27, 2008
8:40 p.m. Mad Detective
Lau Ching-wan is a cop who can sense the paranormal in a “wild, hilarious, and thoroughly disturbing entertainment.”—Vancouver Film Festival
Watch the trailer for Johnnie To’s Exiled.
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Se7en will be partying it up in California this weekend. The plan for Se7en this weekend is party, autograph, party, autograph. He’ll start in San Francisco then move down to the Los Angeles area. Verizon is backing Se7en based on the the party support and locations he’s signing at.
San Francisco Party
1015
1015 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, May 24 @ 2pm:
Verizon Wireless Autograph Signing
457 Westlake Center, Daly City, CA 94015
1 (650) 991-9901
Los Angeles Party
Ritual
1743 N Cuenga Blvd
Hollywood, CA
Monday, May 26 @ 2pm:
Verizon Wireless Autograph Signing
12603 Towne Center Dr, Cerritos, CA 90703
1 (562) 809-5650
Here’s Fancam footage from the Album Preview party Se7en had a few weeks back.
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lighting the past, present, and future
celebrating APA Heritage month
Thursday, May 22
10PM – 2AM
21+ | $10
Poleng Lounge
1751 Fulton Street @ Masonic
San Francisco, CA
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) throws sweet parties. Here’s a clip from their film festival’s opening night party in San Francisco a few months back. In the video, H.P. Mendoza is interviewed and talks about his next project with CAAM, Fruit Fly.
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The 4th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008. With an expected attendance of 30,000 to 50,000 people, the festival will include multi-lingual booths and performances, and will be the largest Asian-themed event in the Bay Area. The venue for the Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be selected on a rotating basis, so that each of the APA enclaves in San Francisco will have the opportunity to host the event.
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 11 am to 6 pm
Location: San Francisco Japantown
WAtch the trailer for the 4th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration:
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