KQED’s BBQ in the Bay is a series of stories exploring the Bay Area’s multicultural barbecue scene. New installments will post every day from June 28–July 1. here’s a fiesta happening at the Winslow ...

JP Breganza stands at his turntables, spinning the Filipino disco classic, “Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko” (I’ll Sing and C’mon Dance) by VST & Co. while people dance around him. But they’re not as hyped ...

Never been to a Filipino party? The best ones are sprawling things: karaoke in the basement with the kids, all the ladies upstairs are your auntie, cousin A.J. in the backyard grilling oysters while ...

Michael Balangue DJs as Anito Soul at the Balikbayan Worldwide launch party on October 21, 2023. Credit: Diana Bowden On Saturday, October 21, more than a hundred people packed a white-walled ...

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It’s barely 11 a.m. when Charles Olalia pulls a pan of steaming pig snouts from the oven. His Silver Lake restaurant, Ma’am Sir, which in June opened behind the Elliot Smith “Figure 8” wall on Sunset, ...

When Fil-Am of East Texas assistant secretary Marina Mallari started going to the annual Filipino Christmas party after arriving in Tyler in 1995, it was held in a school gym and people brought food ...