VIA Times – March 2016 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Veronica Leighton   When the awesome month of March comes, many people used to refer to March Madness (for the sports fans) and Ides of March (the historical date of the assassination of Julius Caesar) and, of course, the upcoming Holy Week religious celebration. But these days, as we ...

When VIA Times’ editors Veronica Leighton and Joe Mauricio went to Des Moines, Iowa in the spring of 2011to cover that year’s CelebrAsian Festival of which the Filipino American community was an active participant, they hardly expected they’d discover an exciting new writing talent. And when they were invited to ...

By: Joe Mauricio   In American politics, “dynasty’ is a dirty word. The Founding Fathers, after all, went on record as wholeheartedly objecting to power flowing through blood rather than ballot declaring in the U.S. Constitution that no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States of America. ...

In time for St. Patrick’s Day celebration, Joe Mauricio interviews Carlo Kennedy, an Irish-Italian-American author of “Time Signature,” who also brought his guitar to entertain CPRTV viewers with a couple of traditional Irish songs. His book is about a struggling musician and loner college student who lives in the past ...

Annie Mohaupt, founder and owner of Mohop Shoes located in Chicago, the first company to create mass customizable footwear located in Chicago.

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