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Icy pretty — Helen Feng hangs in

September 25, 2015 By Andrew Hamlin

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “China’s music gets evil,” promises Nova Heart’s website, about their self-titled debut album. Well, if “evil” means beats scraping along like a hunchback in a haunted house, some deep-twang surf guitar, swirly synth, heaving (and even heavy) breathing, and cymbals that show up at the climax of a song […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Andrew Hamlin, CSI, China, Chinese, Helen Feng, MTV, Northwest Asian Weekly, Nova Heart, Ted Danson, VJ, Vol 34 No 40 | September 26 - October 2

Stir about film on white people

August 1, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By David Bauder AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary “White People” was getting folks to talk about race when they didn’t feel the issue concerned them — like those quoted as saying they consider white the “default race” or “normal.” So filmmaker Jose Antonio […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Jose Antonio Vargas, MTV, Rush Limbaugh, South Dakota, Vol 34 No 32 | August 1 - August 7, White People, attention

Massive Monkees share success with community — 2013 Visionary Award Recipient

October 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Asian Weekly presents the Visionary Awards Gala, an event honoring visionaries in the APA community, on Oct. 18. By Gabrielle Nomura Northwest Asian Weekly In that moment, “Massive Monkees” couldn’t have been a more fitting name for the Seattle breakdancers.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Alicia Keys, Arts Award, Best Dance Crew, China Harbor Restaurant, Coho Real Estate, Jerome Jeromeskee Aparis, Jinjo Crew, MTV, Massive Monkees Day, Mayor Nickels, Milwaukee Hotel, Missy Elliott, Public Enemy, R-16 Korean, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Storefronts Seattle, Visionary, Visionary Award Recipient, Vol 32 No 43 | October 19 - October 25, culture

Living his dream, Japanese American singer makes screen debut

August 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly I met Tomo Nakayama shortly after 9/11 at Seattle’s Varsity Theatre where I was reviewing a movie and he was letting the critics

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Andrew Hamlin, Grand Hallway, Japanese American, Judy Garland, Lynn Shelton, MTV, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Sundance Film Festival, Tokyo, Tomo Nakayama, Touchy Feely, United States, Varsity Theatre, Vol 32 No 33 | August 10 - August 16

Artist Kip Fulbeck signs books at Wing Luke Museum’s Annual Dinner and Auction

April 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Spoken word artist, film director, author, and professor Kip Fulbeck was present at the Wing Luke Annual Dinner and Auction as a special guest, signing copies of his fourth book, “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids.”

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, CNN, Kip Fulbeck, MTV, PBS, Vol 32 No 14 | March 30 - April 5, Wing Luke Museum

Massive Monkees light a Beacon — Seattle dance crew build dreams

January 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Charles Lam Northwest Asian Weekly Two years ago, the space at 664 South King Street was a vacant room on the ground floor of the Milwaukee Hotel,

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2013, Art Award, Arts Corps, Beacon Seattle, Best Dance Crew, Charles Lam, Extraordinary Futures, MTV, Massive Monkees Day, Massive Monkees Studio, Matthew Richter, Mayor Greg Nickels, Milwaukee Hotel, Phnom Penh Noodle House, South King Street, Storefronts Seattle, Vol 32 No 5 | January 26 - February 1

A-POP! column: Another whitewashed cast

April 7, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Pop superstar Lady Gaga released her song “Born This Way” as the lead single from her second studio album of the same name.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2011, Asian Americans, Express Yourself, High School Musical, Italian Americans, Jersey Shore, Korea Town, Korean American Jamie Chung, Lady Gaga, Legendary Pictures, MTV, Malaysia, SNSD, Slumdog Millionaire, Sucker Punch, Vol 30 No 15 | April 9 - April 15, Warner Bros

Who wants to marry Lucy Liu?

December 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season because it looks like our favorite celebrities are! I have plenty of good news this month and a little bit of bad news.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, ABDC, American Badlands, Asian American, Best Dance Crew, Bruno Mars, Harry Shum Jr., Jaden Smith, Jang Dong Gun, Korean, Las Vegas, Lucy Liu, M. Night Shyamalan, MTV, Ninette Cheng, TMZ, Vol 29 No 50 | December 11 - December 17

Making the grade: Former sports writer named 2011 teacher of the year

November 11, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Shock.” This was how Jay Maebori, 38, felt after he learned that he had won Washington State’s 2011 Teacher of the Year award.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Education, Emerald Downs, Experience Music Project, Frank Manthau, Jay Maebori, Kentwood High School English, Kentwood Principal Douglas Hostetter, MTV, Pearl Harbor, Rose Bowl, Seattle Supersonics, Seattle Times, UW, Vice President Joe Biden, Vol 29 No 46 | November 13 - November 19, Washington State

Performers search for fortune, fame … and identity?

May 27, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What do David Choi, Ben Chung of Jabawockeez, and Quest Crew have in common? Before they rose to fame, all three started with Kollaboration’s annual talent show.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Aaron Chang, Asian Americans, Best Dance Crew, Chinese, David Choi, Kevin Park, Kollaboration Seattle, Los Angeles, MTV, Miguel Pearson, Mitchell Fung, PK, Quest Crew, Seattle Asian American, Vol 29 No 22 | May 29 - June 4, culture

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