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Fists & Fury — Martial arts festival comes to the Cinerama

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Cinerama Theater, owned and operated by Paul Allen, presents its first-ever martial arts film festival, “Fists & Fury,” from February 27 to March 5th, featuring, amongst other attractions, several films from Seattle legend Bruce Lee.  Greg Wood, the Cinerama’s Director of Operations, took some questions over email. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Hamlin, Asian Pacific American Experience, Bruce Lee, Fist Fury, Fists Fury Martial, Greg Wood Although Cinerama, Greg Wood Twenty, Hong Kong Film Awards, Ip Man, Kung Fu Hustle, NWAW, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, language, technology

BLOG: Restriction to resurrection — Chinatown jailhouse transformed into an artists’ sanctuary

December 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) building is located in an auspicious corner of the

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2014, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Experience, Chinatown International District, Elijah Evenson, INSCAPE, Louie Gong, Native American, Publisher Ng's blog, Seattle, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, Wing Luke Asian Museum

1-man-show tells story of Gordon Hirabayashi

July 11, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Joel de la Fuente stars in Jeanne Sakata’s one-man show, “Hold These Truths,” inspired by the true story of University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi as he fought the U.S. government’s forcible and unconstitutional removal and incarceration of all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast during World War II.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, ACT, Asian Pacific American Experience, Frank Abe, Gordon Hirabayashi, Jeanne Sakata, Seattle, Stephen Sumida, Union Street, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, West Coast, Wing Luke Museum

Choose May 6 to give big

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Foundation hosts a one-day, online charitable giving event in which it will add a prorated portion to any donation given to one of the participating nonprofits on its website: www.seattlefoundation.org. You can donate between midnight and midnight on Tuesday, May 6.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian Pacific American Experience, Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation, Executive Development Institute, Filipino Community, Helping Link, International Community Health Services, Lao Heritage Foundation, Nikkei Concerns, Nisei Veterans Committee, Refugee Women, Seattle, Vietnamese Friendship Association, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Western Washington, Wing Luke Museum

COMMENTARY: Add a touch of history and heritage to Thanksgiving

November 22, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Curtis S. Chin For Northwest Asian Weekly As families plan reunions and gather in homes across the Pacific Northwest this month to celebrate the most American of holidays — Thanksgiving — the Seattle area offers up one more reason and special means to celebrate the richness and diversity of people who have built this […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2013, Asian Development Bank, Asian Pacific American Experience, Barack Obama, Canton Alley, China, Curtis Chin, Former Washington, Inmi Kim, International District, Japanese Americans, Pacific Northwest, Philippines, Seattle City Council, Smithsonian Institution, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, Whether Asian American, Wing Luke Museum Photo, gary locke, reunion

Smithsonian APA director on history and the Wing Luke

April 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly Museums are essential to telling the Asian American story, said Konrad Ng, director of the Asian Pacific

Filed Under: Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2013, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Experience, Chinese Americans, Indian Americans, Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, Konrad Ng, Pacific Northwest, Pew Research Center, Roger Shimomura, Seattle, The Wing, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Wing Luke, Wing Luke Museum, culture

Editor Lee and the din of the newsroom

September 27, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eleanor Lee Northwest Asian Weekly Li-Young Lee was telling me about his morning ritual of reading Emerson, a wonderfully peaceful and introspective way to start the day, I thought.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2012, Asian Pacific American Experience, Bruce Harrell, City Council, Editor Lee, Eleanor Lee, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Vol 31 No 40 | September 29 - October 5, Wing Luke Museum

EDITORIAL: How our votes connect us to our past, while ensuring a better future

July 26, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When election season rolls around, voters are asked again to decide what is best for their communities, what can be improved upon, and who is best qualified to speak and act for their community’s best interests. In that sense, voting is another way of preserving legacy, to uphold the good done for our community by […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, API, Asian Pacific American Experience, Bon Odori, Cent Store, David Lew Wing, Dick Yoshimura, James Mar, Mutual Fish, Pacific Wholesale Company, Priscilla Chong Jue, Puyallup Fair, Seafair Parades, Seattle World, Shopette Variety Store, Uncle Jimmy, University Baptist Church, Vol 31 No 31 | July 28 - August 3, Wing Luke Museum

Project documenting history of Southeast Seattle complete

July 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle’s Historic Preservation program completed a three-year project documenting the history of Southeast Seattle. The finished product is a series of posters, essays, and reports which focus on the era after World War II and looks at the historical roots of the area’s ethnic diversity. The project was completed with the efforts of community historians […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Asian American, Asian Pacific American Experience, Chinese, El Centro, Historic Preservation, Northwest African American Museum, Southeast Seattle, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 27 | June 30 - July 6, Washington State Jewish Historical Society, Wing Luke Museum

ArtPlace grant funds restoration of Japantown’s Higo Garden

June 29, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience aims to reactivate the Higo Garden in

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, 2012, Asian Pacific American Experience, Beth Takekawa, Higo Garden Photo, International District, Japanese American, Seattle, The Wing, United States, Vol 31 No 27 | June 30 - July 6

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