By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY For Seattle actor E.J. Gong, the two last straws included one show review, and one parent-teacher conference. Gong, appearing in the new play “99 Tropes,” recalls a production of a play called “Shooting Star,” several years back. He asked the playwright for a change of character name, from a […]
Building a new life after trauma — Book recommendations
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Severance By Ling Ma Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018 As a 20-something living in New York, Candace Chen is living month-to-month, just trying to get by. The first-generation Chinese American has recently lost her parents and spends her life working at a publishing company, specifically troubleshooting the Gemstone Bible, […]
The Layup Drill
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, a UFC fighter helps his home country, Nathan Chen dazzles, and The Filipino Flash wins a bantamweight title. UFC fighter helps home country of Laos after flood Ultimate Fighter Championship MMA fighter Andre Soukhamthath recently won his latest fight […]
A tycoon’s to-do list
By Wayne Chan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY It’s not easy being insanely, crazy, filthy rich, but somehow, some way, I’ll manage. They drew the numbers for the Mega Millions lottery last month. Since no one has won in months, the jackpot was worth over $1 billion. It just so happens, that in all those months of […]
Japanese Princess Ayako marries commoner at shrine ceremony
By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Princess Ayako married a commoner in a ritual-filled ceremony on Oct. 29 at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine. Ayako and groom Kei Moriya were shown on national news walking slowly before guests at the shrine. The wedding took place in one of the pagoda-like buildings in the shrine complex and […]
No need for a M.D., D.D.S, or PharmD
By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly Becoming a doctor, dentist, or pharmacist is no small feat, but these professions aren’t the only pathways to have a successful, satisfying, and high-salaried career in the health industry. Despite the high pedestal obtaining an advanced medical degree holds in the eyes of many immigrant and refugee families, there […]
The road to impermanence — The power of meditation
By Tina Rodeen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The day I got home after spending 10 days at a vipassana meditation retreat, I wrote four sentences on the chalkboard that hangs in my kitchen: Just observe. No craving. No aversion. Impermanence. That last one, impermanence, isn’t so much a sentence as it is a concept important enough […]
COMMENTARY: The case against Trump’s proposed changes to the public charge definition
By Dr. Asqual Getaneh ICHS Medical Director The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s proposed expansion of the public charge rule unfairly targets legal immigrants seeking permanent status who use federally-funded services for which they are eligible, including Medicaid, housing support, food stamps, and Medicare prescription subsidies. The view is that immigrants rely on these benefits […]
Asian science fiction show packs pow, empowerment
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When asked about her favorite part of Wing Luke’s new Asian science fiction exhibit, exhibit developer Mikala Woodward didn’t have to think long. The exhibit, explained Woodward, “Starts out in a teenager’s bedroom. A lot of people get interested in science fiction when they’re young, so a lot of […]
Bringing Asia’s best classical music to Seattle
By Jenny Lam Northwest Asian Weekly As Asian Americans, music — especially classical music — with instruments like the violin and piano have been heavily encouraged by our immigrant Asian parents. However, many of us did not choose to go down that path and make it a career. But the members of the national orchestra […]
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