It's been a minute since our last update, but there's a lot brewing: some of it musical, some of it legal, all of it a bit Slanted. Here's what's been happening:

Joe and Simon Are Cooking Up a New Musical

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We're excited to announce that our forthcoming musical theatre show, At the Edge of Chinatown, is a part of this year's Rough Draft Festival!

At the Edge of Chinatown follows three Asian-American teenagers navigating fractured identities while their family…

Some of you might know that Joe and I still keep busy speaking and performing at events around the world. Two weeks ago, we had a special evening at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Most recently, the call came from…

The Portland Chinatown Museum presents its first music history exhibition, What’s Worth the Fight: The History of the Slants. One of the first all-Asian-American dance-rock bands, The Slants are best known for their '80s-driven synth-pop (affectionately dubbed by fans…

This fall, we'll be doing a limited series of appearances on the East Coast and Pacific Northwest. From storytelling and music presentations to sharing excerpts of our opera, we're really excited to connect with you! If you're interested in having…

We just got back from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Philadelphia, PA, where Joe and I got to share stories and storytelling. This was the second time that I've done this event but I wanted…

We're making our first full-band appearance since we retired from touring for a special event at the Songbirds Foundation.  We'll be helping raise money for the Guitars for Kids programs by sharing our story and some of our songs. This…

This week marked five years since our historic win at the Supreme Court. The decision that day was unanimous, something that seems implausible in our deeply divided times. 

As you know, our band retired from live touring in 2019 so…

We're proud to be debuting a new experience with the International BorderLight Fringe Festival called SLANTED. It's a show of songs and stories, featuring new music that we've written just for this experience. The stories follow the experiences of Simon's…