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Yes, on the tragic anniversary one decade ago, we’ve teamed up with Animal Services in West LA to help find homes for cats and kittens. It was a little over two years ago that I adopted a kitten. I’m a dog person, and realizing that it was impossible for me to care for a dog correctly, I decided to try out a cat. It sounds ominous to just try a live animal, but with the support around me, I was sure it would work. Soon, one became two. I can now say I’m both a dog and cat person and surely, my cats have a much greater life than before. This sunday, this is your chance, take in a cat! I adopted the one on the right.
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If one is going to do something well, even if it is a bit silly, one should take the endeavor quite seriously. And dressing up cats appears to be something Japanese feline clothing designer Takako Iwasa takes very seriously and does quite well. Her new book, “Fashion Cats”, is a surprisingly delightful-looking volume full of pictures of cats dressed and accessorized as various types of fanciful characters. At the link, you’ll see pictures of (what appear to be) very patient kitties dressed as everything from a rabbit and a frog to a king and a queen. There is also a short video in which a beautiful pure white kitty is fed a couple of cat treats, which we suspect may be how author Iwasa secured the cooperation of her group of lovely and fuzzy fashion models. (Laughing Squid – Fancy Kitty Costume Book) “Fashion Cats” is published by Vice Magazine, which has a page promoting the recently-released book here.
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The legend of the lens himself, Corky Lee. The Queens Museum of Art is currently exhibiting “Asian Pacifically New York: The Photography of Corky Lee” through August 14. In the city, everybody knows Corky. He’s at nearly every Asian Pacific American event. Has been for decades. His pictures have run everywhere from Time magazine, The New York Times, The Village Voice and the Associated Press. Corky’s 1975 picture of the old Pagoda movie theater in Manhattan’s Chinatown became the cover of my second book, This Is a Bust. Yes, the museum is in the outerborough of Queens, but you haven’t seen New York until you’ve seen Queens, and you haven’t seen Asian Pacific America’s story on the East Coast until you’ve seen Corky’s work. The Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens NY 11368 Telephone: (718) 592-9700 http://www.queensmuseum.org/ info@queensmuseum.org Corky likes cool cats. Jimmy Mirikatani, former homeless artist, concentration-camp internee and subject of the documentary “The Cats of Mirikatani,” in 2007. Another Corky classic. Sikhs at a 9/11 candlelight vigil in Central Park.
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