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Rhino Foods: more than cans of crickets

Published May 17, 2013

Rhino Food Store, 7411 W. Hampton Ave., is what I always want Pacific Produce to be: cheap, unoffensive to my sense of smell and filled with my favorite Asian foods and items.

MPS teacher spotlight: Kathy Xiong

Published Nov. 18, 2010

In this installment of the OnMilwaukee.com Teacher Spotlight series, first grade teacher Kathy Xiong talks about how she soul-searched her way onto the teaching road and about her experiences instructing in two different states and four different schools.

Milwaukee actor debuts in Eastwood's "Gran Torino"

Published Jan. 8, 2009

Clint Eastwood's epic new film "Gran Torino" opens in Milwaukee this Friday, Jan. 9. If you're going, keep an eye out for Elvis Thao, a Milwaukee actor playing a Hmong gangbanger in the movie about a disgruntled Korean War vet and his struggles to save a Hmong teenager from the pressures of gang life.

A pilgrimage to Ellis Island

Published May 21, 2007

The sun is shining and New York’s glass wall of towers is glistening. The harbor is alive with activity: Coast Guard boats with machine guns mounted, police helicopters, the Staten Island Ferry has just left Manhattan. Here in Battery Park, there is a long line waiting to get to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.

Rice Palace lunch buffet draws faithful crowd

Published May 30, 2005

Certainly, the Rice Palace, 3730 W. National Ave., is no secret. It's gotten some coverage since opening about two years ago in a neighborhood that has a growing population of Asian Americans and a growing list of good eateries. But this casual pan-Asian restaurant isn't a hot spot yet, either.

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