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Like the Japanese wabi-sabi (侘寂) principle suggests, you find beauty in all things natural when you fully accept their asymmetries and simplicities. Beyond the allure of latching onto current trends, we strive to examine the wisdom that lies behind different cultural norms while searching for ways to integrate what we learn to our day-to-day: the secret of a traditional dish often holds years of knowledge, while a piece of clothing always communicates a latent message. Through the process, we are grateful that we get to learn, unlearn and expand our awareness.

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Arts & Culture
Le Peigne

Artist Wawa Li walks us through the process behind the 300-pound Chinatown recycled plastic sculpture, The Comb (“le peigne”).

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Arts & Culture
The Joy (And Nostalgia) of Baking

The Asian-Canadian bakers of season six of The Great Canadian Baking Show tells us about the delicious treats that defined their childhoods.

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Arts & Culture
In Conversation: Johnny Kim on Fatherhood, Fashion, and Cambodian Identity

In conversation: Multifaceted creative Johnny F. Kim talks fatherhood, creativity and Cambodian identity

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Essay
La vérité derrière deux noms

My-Van Dam chooses to affirm her name. [FR]

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People
A Recipe Toward World Peace

An interview with team Courage ahead of the 2021 Montreal municipal election.

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Arts & Culture
Pride In Chinatown

Sticky Rice Magazine celebrates its first anniversary by exploring the meaning of pride.

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Arts & Culture
Aberrance & Tradition: Redefining Beauty from the Past

Fantasy and surrealism as a means of self-expression.

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Arts & Culture
Archival Photo Account Montreal: Then And Now on a Chinatown Capsule

A collaboration between Elijah Herron and Wawa Li,about visual impact and current realities.

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Arts & Culture
Creating Conversations: Reading Recommendations from Weird Era x Librairie St-Henri Books

A curated list of recommended reading by Asian authors and authors of colour from the founder of Weird Era, in partnership with Montreal’s Librairie St-Henri Books.

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Arts & Culture
Chinatown Tea Leaves

Chinatown Tea Leaves is a short documentary about tea master Howard Low and his tea shop in Montréal, Spécialithé.

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Arts & Culture
Carving the Self Out of Metal and Stone

A conversation with Caroline Pham of ORA-C and Lina Hu of YUUN on their jewelry brands and running small businesses in Montreal.

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Essay
Nose Kisses on the Screen

Linh Nguyễn finds alternative ways of connecting while longing for reunion amidst a worldwide lockdown.

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Essay
UNOTHERED: Closer

Visual artist Feng峰 presents a solution process to otherness through a series of intimate portraits.

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Essay
À tous nos nouveaux départs / To All Our New Beginnings [EN/FR]

Through an examination of past and present, Angelina Guo shares her thoughts on new beginnings, self-compassion, and the role of writing in the healing process.

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Arts & Culture
Le Festival Accès Asie Vu à travers Khosro Berahmandi

Lecturer and art curator Amandine Davre discusses Festival Accès Asie’s latest online edition with festival artistic director Khosro Berahmandi.

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Essay, Food
SPAM

Part memoir. Part cultural examination. In this award-nominated piece, Nikki Celis explores his fascination of the eponymous canned food and its influence on the Filipino identity.

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Spotlight
Charting the Future of ChinaTOwn

A conversation with Toronto-based artist, architect, and educator Linda Zhang.

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Arts & Culture
The Food That Binds Us Together: A Visual Exploration

Visual artist Gloria Wong explores the relationship between food and intimacy/affection in Hong Kong diasporic communities.

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Arts & Culture
Love, Grit & Rock 'N’ Roll: Keeping the Dream Alive with Susil Sharma

The Nepalese singer-songwriter discusses his new album, BIPOC visibility in the music scene, and everything in between.

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Spotlight
The Centre Cannot Hold

Dispatches from the Sticky Rice editorial team from Montreal’s March Against Anti-Asian Racism.

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Essay
Becoming: Recollections of Home (Part II)

Becoming: Jiā [家] (Part II) further reflects on fluctuating notions of home. Through a series of conversations and observations taken in Beijing, Becoming questions how notions of home shift and adapt over time.

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Essay
Becoming: Recollections of Home (Part I)

At a time when our lives exist extensively in the virtual realm, Becoming takes an autoethnographic look at our ever-shifting notions of home.

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Music
Anders Kapur: Redefining the Americana Image

New York-based singer-songwriter Anders Kapur flips the mythology of the white songwriter persona through his music.

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Essay
Weaving Timelines: The Seeds Sow Deeper Than We Know

Visual artist Marshall Hoang threads together past and present in this stunning photo series.

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Food
The Sixth Love Language

Writer Linh S. Nguyễn on how she learned to love in the language of food.

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Style
The Tokyo Aesthetic: Dispatches from the Streets of Fashion Week

Photographer Jean-Guillaume Bastin reminisces on his years spent chronicling Tokyo's celebrated October Fashion Week.

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People
Drawing Strength from Within: Perspectives from Mixed Martial Arts Fighters

Celebrated coach and trainer Christian Hip reflects on the art of MMA, and sits down with some of the best fighters (and coaches) in the field.

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People
The Sun Sets at Six: A Conversation with Antares Yee

Using the sun mao (榫卯) technique to design his furniture, the creative director or Sun at Six discusses what it's like to create functional works of art in the era of Trump.

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People
Une invitation aux asiatiques a prendre la vie doucement

Une conversation avec Laura Nhem qui a lancé le podcast Asiate Imparfaite, des entrevues avec des asiatiques qui sont, tout comme Laura, imparfaits.

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Music
To Harness Your Inner Light - Up Close with LIA

In her latest EP Vasilia, LIA’s sultry voice hums over bell sounds and shuffling noises as she tells a story of resilience inspired by a Slavic fairytale.

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Opinion
Art versus Injustice: an Interview with Albert Nguyen

Art director and graphic design Albert Nguyen on his contribution to the Sticky Rice pagoda fundraiser, the creative process, and everything in between.

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People
The Wisdom of Style: A Mix of Colours, Prints and Eras

Everyone who's been to a major city's Chinatown knows about the amazing food. But, if you are truly paying attention, this neighbourhood is home to some the most creative fashion choices spearheaded by local seniors.

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Culture & Art
Cheryl Sim: Curating a Life Through Art

A conversation with Cheryl Sim; the accessible, informed, and dynamic face of the Montreal’s Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art

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Opinion
Back-to-School: A Teacher's Thoughts and Worries

There have been mixed-feelings about this year’s back-to-school season. Sticky Rice’s Lifestyle editor and educator, Kevin Ah-Sen, shares his concern on the matter and those of concerned teachers and parents.

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Opinion
For the Love of Pho

Inspired by the local mobilization from the Vietnamese community last week, we sat down with Julie Tran to discuss last week’s controversy over the Pho King Bon restaurant’s problematic marketing strategy that involved the use of Quebecer slang words and sexually explicit puns to name the various Vietnamese dishes on its menu.

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Food
For the Love of Food: Bridging the Gap Between Two Worlds

A conversation with Cheryl Sim; the accessible, informed, and dynamic face of the Montreal’s Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art

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Culture & Art
Radical Compassion in the Face of Violence

To bookend our crowdfunding campaign to replace vandalized statues at the Chùa Quan Âm Buddhist pagoda, members of the Sticky Rice team sat down with two of its monks to discuss what it means to be truly compassionate.

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People
Catching Up With Friends & Family 1.0

You may recognize them from our first issue’s cover. We caught up with our friends to find out what being Asian-Canadian meant for them.

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People
The Asiancy

A little over a year ago, a small group of Asian creatives decided to create a Facebook group that would make it easier for them to connect over food.

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Culture & Art
Lunar Traditions

Lunar New Year, according to the Chinese calendar, begins on the second full moon after the Winter Solstice and is considered one of the most important and longest holidays.

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