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Ed Hill comedy special hits Amazon and Apple TV

March 18, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Taiwanese-Canadian comedian Ed Hill released his first comedy special, which is now available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+. The special, which was originally scheduled for a live audience last spring, was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 12 | MARCH 20 - MARCH 26

Seattle Dances: Laughs, inspiration, and hopefully homeless relief

March 4, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Over a long and distinguished career at Microsoft, Scott Oki served as vice president of sales and marketing, promoted the company throughout the world, and oversaw as many as 3,000 employees at once.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories, This week's issue Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 10 | MARCH 6 - MARCH 12

Simon Tam: A slanted and enchanted life in public

February 25, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

He’s owned a record label, owned a music promotion company, and owned and ran a clothing store. He’s played in several rock bands, coordinating concerts, albums, and videos. He’s masterminded charity drives.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 5

2 films offer 2 tales of Wuhan lockdown anniversary

January 28, 2021 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Two new films about Wuhan were released on Jan. 22, the eve of the anniversary of the start of a 76-day lockdown in the central Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected. How they were released and who their audiences are stand in stark contrast.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2021, VOL 40 NO 5 | JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 5

Crazy Woke Asians fight racism with virtual comedy

May 7, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“At the start of [the virus outbreak,] we were in California, in Indian Wells. A girl on the street saw my husband and I walking in the street, and was loudly wondering what ‘the Asians’ were doing out. That we should be staying locked in and we already spread it.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 19 | MAY 9 - MAY 15

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ leaving indelible mark on TV landscape

February 27, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Even before “Fresh Off the Boat’’ hit the airwaves on ABC in February 2015, the show was facing pressure that other new shows weren’t.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 6

Proposal would allow elbow strikes in Muay Thai matches

February 27, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The heavy thud of punches and kicks smacking punching bags could be heard through the walls of a gym for Muay Thai, a martial arts fighting style from Thailand.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Sports, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, VOL 39 NO 9 | FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 6

“Over 140 lbs”: Pregnancy, psychology, and promise

January 31, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Local performer and writer Susan Lieu had her one-woman drama “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother” pretty much perfected, in terms of performance, by the time she left town for a 10-city tour. But she didn’t figure on certain kinds of offstage drama.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, OVER 140 LBS, Susan Lieu, VOL 39 NO 5 | FEBRUARY 1 - FEBRUARY 7

Model Minority: An Asian Womxn Comedy Show

January 24, 2020 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Stephanie Nam is not a full-time comedian. The 27-year-old queer Korean American runs her own calligraphy business under the name Caracol Creative, the former being the Spanish word for ‘snail’

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2020, STEPHANIE NAM, VOL 39 NO 4 | JANUARY 25 - JANUARY 31

Monument created by Seattle artists will honor Asian Americans

December 13, 2019 By Northwest Asian Weekly

As a fourth generation Chinese American who grew up in a then-white Beacon Hill, Cheryll Leo-Gwinn said she “really didn’t know what it meant to be Chinese.” In Leo-Gwinn’s family, this isn’t unique.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2019, VOL 38 NO 51 DECEMBER 14 – DECEMBER 20

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