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True and blue: the sports fan living in your community

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Melanie Hoshino, petite, pretty, with a golden tan, and long, light brown hair and a trim, athletic build, is dwarfed by the huge gray doors of the CenturyLink Seahawks Pro Shop she manages. Hoshino seems a bit shy at first as she peeks around the door, but warms up instantly and flashes an irresistibly brilliant and welcoming smile, as she invites you into her world of blue and green hats, bikinis, pet outfits, and everything else designed to melt the heart of a Seattle Seahawks fan.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, API, Bon Odori, Bryan Carter Jr, Doug Baldwin, Guam, Ireland, Japanese Americans, Melanie Hoshino, Melissa Carney, Minidoka Wartime Relocation Center, Patrick Herman, Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson, Seahawks Life, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowls, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22, Vietnamese, WWII

It’s cold outside in Sweden — (But also beautiful)

December 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Four minutes is all I can take. It’s not jetlag. Or culture shock. It’s just hot. I’m in a sauna. In Malmoe, in Sweden. Guidebooks and everything, they talk about this. You go to Scandinavia, and you go to the sauna. For the coziness. For warmth and safety, inside, […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2016, Denmark, Dipika Kohli, Hong Kong, Ireland, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Scandinavia, Seattle, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, culture

The Village Report — Vietnam: Coming to rest and search

April 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly “Where are you from?” he wants to know. The tour guide. It’s 7:45AM and I’m rubbing my eyes in the morning in Dalat. “Asia,” I say, mindlessly. It’s a lifelong question, this sense of fromness. Identity, the search for “who am I?” all that existential angst that only recently […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Cambodia, Dalat Vietnam, Dipika Kohli, India, Ireland, Nha Trang, North Carolina, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, South Asia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 17 | April 18 - April 24

Cricket in March Madness — A sport that is not as niche as you might think

March 19, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly While the NCAA college basketball tournament has many hoop fans filling out their brackets to see who will make it to the Final Four and win the NCAA Championship, another tournament is taking place on the other side of the world with just as much fandom and probably as […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2015, Australia, Bangladesh, British Empire, Final Four, ICC, India, Ireland, Magnuson Park, Marymoor Park, NCAA, New Zealand, Scotland, Seattle, South Asian, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, West Indies, Zimbabwe

The Village Report — Observations and sketches from Kampot

March 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Dipika Kohli Northwest Asian Weekly Three guys who talked like Eastenders asked me what I wanted. Pasta. Did they have that? Kind of. In a set. “Ok. I’ll have that. The special. But can I substitute the beer, please? Do you have milk? Yes. Yes, thanks.” I was not in the mood for beer […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: 2015, Art Book Fair, Aske Pederson, Cambodia, Dipika Kohli, Himachal Pradesh, India, Ireland, New Generation, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

New Chinese Consul General arrives in San Francisco

December 15, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Luo Linquan arrived at SFO on December 5 to start his tour of duty as the 12th Chinese Consul General in San

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bay Area, China, Chinese, Foreign Affairs, Ireland, Luo Linquan, Qiao Li, SFO, San Francisco, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19

Morisawa’s art in Dublin show

June 30, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle artist Naoko Morisawa was one of 55 worldwide artist selected to show her artwork at the Dublin Biennial 2014’s International Contemporary Art Exhibition that ran from June 13 to June 22 in Dublin, Ireland. The 10-day event featured film screenings, performances, workshops, and discussions.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Dublin Biennial, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Ireland, Naoko Morisawa, Seattle, Vol 33 No 27 | June 28 - July 4

Lakewood fest to honor many Asian cultures

April 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Lakewood Sister Cities Association (LSCA) is hosting its annual Sister Cities International Festival from April 25 to April 27.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Afghanistan, China, Guam, India, Ireland, Korea, Okinawa City, Philippines, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Sister Cities International Festival, Thailand, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2

International Children’s Fest at Seattle Center

April 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington will partner with the Seattle Center to bring the fifth annual International Children’s Friendship Festival to Seattle on April 12 and 13, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on both days.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Brazil, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Fisher Pavilion, Friendship Festival, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Libya, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Seattle Center, Ukraine, Vol 33 No 15 | April 5 - April 11

ID printing business closes after 26 years — Owner said he has achieved American Dream

February 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

<!–more–>By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “My Phuoc” means “joy and fortune coming to America” in Vietnamese, according to Linh Kieu Ngo, and that’s what he named the print shop he opened 26 years ago in Chinatown. Ngo’s joy has now turned to sadness after shutting down his business on Jan. 30. “I threw away […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2014, American Dream, Assunta Ng, Chinatown, Duke Univeristy, Highline Community College, ID, Ireland, Linh Kieu Ngo, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paris, Vietnamese, Vol 33 No 9 | February 22 - February 28, technology

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