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‘Star Trek’ and social media hero George Takei is 2015 Tomodachi Award winner

April 2, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Tomodachi is a Japanese word meaning friend. “Star Trek” actor and gay rights advocate George Takei is the newest friend of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW). The organization named him as its 2015 Tomodachi Award winner at the Seventh Annual Tomodachi Luncheon on March 27. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2015, Annette Clark, George Takei, JCCCW, Japanese Americans, Karin Zaugg Black, Kurt Tokita, Lori Matsukawa, Masahiro Omura, Michi Hirata North, Professor Lorraine Bannai, Regimental Combat Team, Rick Wong, Seattle University, Star Trek, Tokyo, Tomodachi Award, Toshio Nomura, Vol 34 No 15 | April 4 - April 10

George Takei on Leonard Nimoy: “A great man and a great friend” — Nimoy, famous as Mr. Spock on ‘Star Trek,’ dies

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, “I Am Not Spock” — an attempt to show the world he had many more facets than the pointy-eared character that had come to define him. Yet two decades later, after proving that with […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Aaron Bay Schuck, Adam Nimoy, Boston College, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, Golda Meir, Ingrid Bergman, LLAP, Leonard Nimoy, Loch Ness Monster, Los Angeles, Pasadena Playhouse, President Barack Obama, Sandra Zober, Star Trek, Susan Bay, TV, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13, William Shatner

The rush of rabble rousing

November 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly I’ve never been known to be much of a rabble rouser.  I don’t even know where I can find any rabble that needs rousing. You can say a lot of things about me, but “troublemaker” has never been one of them.

Filed Under: Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2014, China, Chinese, Gangnam Style, Google, Great Wall, Krispy Kreme, NBA, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peking Duck, Peking Opera, Star Trek, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, Wayne Chan, Yao Ming, censorship

EDITORIAL: George Takei came to town

September 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It was a brief visit: a conversation with his husband Brad for AARP, greeting fans at Pike Place Market, and fielding media.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2014, AARP, George Takei, Pike Place Market, Star Trek, Vol 33 No 40 | Septembe 27 - October 3, attention, commentary, editorial

8 things you may not know about George Takei

July 3, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly George Takei beamed and waved as he served as the celebrity grand marshal at last Sunday’s 40th annual gay pride parade in Seattle. (Seattle Mayor Ed Murray was the parade’s community grand marshal.) <!–more–>Takei is perhaps most widely known for playing Hikaru Sulu on the original “Star Trek” TV […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Brad Altman, Brad Takei, George Takei, Hikaru Sulu, Hosato Takei, Japanese American, Leonard Nimoy Mr, Los Angeles County, Pavel Chekov, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Pride Celebrity Grand Marshal George Takei, Star Trek, United Kingdom, Vol 33 No 28 | July 5 - July 11, Wales, Walter Koenig

SIFF coming to a close

June 6, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly This is the final weekend of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). Here are three preview picks for Asian films showing as the festival winds down.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Black Coal, Buddhist Temple, Diao Yann, George Takei, Japanese American, Khan Chittenden, Liao Fann, Northwest Asian Weekly, SIFF, SIFF 2014, Seattle Pride Parade, Singapore, Star Trek, Thin Ice, Twilight Zone, Tzu-yi Mo, Vol 33 No 24 | June 7 - June 13, WWII

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

Takei says Cho good choice for ‘Star Trek’

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Heather Tan The Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest “Star Trek” movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Asian American, Brad Takei, George Takei, Harold Kumar, Hikaru Sulu, Japanese American, John Cho, Korean American, Los Angeles, Singapore, Social Star Awards, Star Trek, TV, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, social media

Takei beams into Archie’s Riverdale

December 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matt Moore The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (AP) — Mr. Sulu in Riverdale? Oh my!

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Archie Comics Kevin Keller, Asian Americans, Dan Parent, George Takei, Jon Goldwater, PHILADELPHIA, Star Trek, Vol 31 No 51 | December 15 - December 21

Commentary: Asians? Not so ragin’ (and pretty unimpressed with Seattle Weekly)

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Once again, Maynard Avenue South fills with droves of flush-faced Asians, headed home with car keys dangling from one hand and a carton of chow mein in the other.”

Filed Under: Opinion, Commentaries Tagged With: 2009, API, Asian American, Commentary Asians, Erika Hobart, Junior Pham, Long Duk Dong, Maynard Avenue South, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ragin Asians, Ryan Pangilinan, Seattle Asian, Seattle Weekly, Star Trek, attention, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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