{"id":413215,"date":"2026-07-26T21:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413215\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:59:12","slug":"photo-essay-chinese-american-bear-brings-dim-sum-then-some-to-the-echoplex-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/413215\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Chinese American Bear brings \u2018Dim Sum &#038; Then Some\u2019 to the Echoplex \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With Los Angeles-born indie artist Grace Inspace opening, the sweet duo of Lingbo Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten presented a lighthearted and playful set to a full house at the Echoplex on July 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The performance took clear inspiration from Chinese culture. The set featured songs from their most recent album, \u201cDim Sum &amp; Then Some,\u201d released May 8. Under dim blue and red floodlights, Tong delivered delightful rhythms and taught the audience Chinese phrases such as \u201czuo zuo ye\u201d (do homework) and \u201ctan gang qin\u201d (play the piano) as she introduced the lyrics of \u201cFeelin\u2019 Fuzzy,\u201d a song about recurring childhood and family memories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Tong and Barsten brought a lively show, inviting the audience to clap, dance and make hand hearts to show affection as Tong raised a stuffed bear during their signature single, \u201cChinese American Bear Anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person singing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HD2PB46IUVCFXCPAIEZE5MBWKI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Grace Inspace opens the show with songs from her latest album, \u201cHeavy Hair.\u201d (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AVZ5XCLUIZA2HA6P5Q3ZEBWQPA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Tong raises her arm to strike a chau gong with a beater. (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OADJ4K6QRBA47HVCKATFGFXVWM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Barsten plays guitar and sings along. (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2RJPVVDWJJBLJGIAZ73DHAZSJY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Tong, Barsten and drummer Rex Liu make hand hearts at the beginning of their signature &#8220;Chinese American Bear Anthem.&#8221; (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DN5QZHRM7RBF5PQHSKQC45YZQE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Tong holds up a stuffed bear during the song. (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IEJNLPMSNFEJDAKLDZ4EJYJUBM.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Audience members hold up hand hearts in response. (Photo by Laury Li) <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Person performing at a concert\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ONYTJCLWBGGFIPK7KDEC3ISSU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Barsten taps out notes on the keyboard. (Photo by Laury Li) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The audience enjoyed the intimate performance and joined a mosh pit near the end of the show. By 10 p.m., the band sent the crowd off with a heartfelt farewell and an encore, \u201cGoodbye.\u201d The duo will continue their tour in Idaho, Oregon, British Columbia and Washington for the rest of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Los Angeles-born indie artist Grace Inspace opening, the sweet duo of Lingbo Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[165440,165438,17876,165441,40231,48,52,51,165439,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-413215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-bryce-barsten","tag-chinese-american-bear","tag-concert","tag-dim-sum-then-some","tag-echoplex","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lingbo-anne-tong","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}