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Say hello to Hello Kitty — EMP Museum pays homage to the supercute

November 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly It began with a coin purse. Hello Kitty, soon to conquer the world, made her debut on a tiny coin purse made from see-through plastic. The year was 1975. The “Hello! Exploring The Supercute World Of Hello Kitty” exhibit at the EMP Museum includes a replica of this coin […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, Dave Marchi, EMP, Hello Kitty, Japanese American National Museum, Katy Perry, Kitty White, Lady Gaga, Northwest Asian Weekly, Olympics, Seattle Center, Sebastian Masuda, Taiwan, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 48 | November 21 - November 27

COMMENTARY: The siren song of “Hello Kitty is not a cat”

September 5, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Ran For Northwest Asian Weekly “Ceci n’est pas une pipe (This is not a pipe),” a cheeky statement made famous by Rene Magritte’s painting The Treachery of Images came to mind recently. But Magritte’s painting is of a pipe. It is very clearly a pipe, despite it saying otherwise. Mais non, argued Magritte, […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, Badtz Maru, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty-gate, Japanese American National Museum, Kitty White, Los Angeles, Princess Jasmine, Rene Magritte, Vol 33 No 37 | September 6 - September 12, Washington Post, attention

Art of origami on display

May 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Elegantly folded animals, pentagonal prisms, and architectural creations line the halls at “Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami,” the latest exhibition to debut at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) in Bellevue.<!–more–> The show explores the history and evolution of paper folding and features 140 creations from 45 master […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, BAM, Bellevue Art Museum, Europe, Folding Paper, Friedrich Fr, International Arts Artists, Israel, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, Miri Golan, Northwest Asian Weekly, Russia, Sadako Sasaki, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6

George Takei to beam up to Seattle for Pride parade

March 28, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Out & Proud, organizers of Seattle Pride, have announced that George Takei will lead this year’s Seattle Pride Parade as Celebrity Grand Marshal.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Brad Takei, Friendship Commission, George Takei, Japanese American Citizens League, Japanese American National Museum, LGBT, Los Angeles, President Clinton, Rising Sun, Seattle Pride Parade, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, Vol 33 No 14 | March 29 - April 4

Reader’s Corner: More Sweet than Bitter: Author Jamie Ford’s reading at the Panama Hotel changes one life

October 7, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The decision to attend the reading of “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” was an easy one. Sometime after reading the book, I read an interview published in a local API paper.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2010, API, Asian American, Chinese Baptist Church, Grace Holden, ID, Jamie Ford, Jan Johnson, Japanese American National Museum, Japanese Baptist Church, John Malcomson, Los Angeles, Oscar Holden, Seattle First Baptist, Vol 29 No 41 | October 9 - October 15, West Coast, Wing Luke Asian Museum

Attention: Call issued for filmmaker submissions

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ID Film Fest, Japanese American National Museum, and MAPID have announced a call for submissions to The Asian American Independent Feature Conference (AAIFC) scheduled for Oct. 9.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, Asian American-themed, Asian Pacific American, Attention Call, Japanese American National Museum, MAPID, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6

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