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The death of an Asian American community center

January 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly All things change, even a community center. <!–more–> The Asian Resource Center built in 1994 to honor Robert Chinn, founder of the United Savings and Loan Bank, was sold to Pacific Charter School Development for $4 million last month to build a new charter school in the Chinatown/International District. […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2015, ARC, Apollo Ohno, CID, Chinatown International District, Derek Chinn, Fred Yee, Jen Wickens, Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke, Marvin Eng, Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation, RCF, Rainbow Bookfest, Robert Chinn Foundation, Seattle Chinese Chamber Lunar New Year, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Town Hall, WSCCNA

Tomo Nakayama: From Grand Hallway to Seattle’s Great Hall

April 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly These days, you might catch snatches of guitar and piano melodies in odd corners of Town Hall at all hours, not only during their music programming.  

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Capitol Hill Cider, George Saunders, Grand Hallway, Grand Jury, Great Hall, Kurt Cobain, Maldives, North Cascades, Rainier Scholars, Scratch Night, Seattle, Stesha Brandon, Tomo Nakayama, Touchy Feely, Town Hall, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, blog

Justice Sotomayor charms, inspires at Town Hall

March 13, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly On the evening of March 10, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to an eager

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Although Justice Sotomayor, Eric Liu, Evangeline Cafe, Great Hall, Northwest Asian Weekly, Puerto Rican, Seattle, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Town Hall, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

BLOG: The Lockes come home

April 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his wife Mona returned to Seattle last weekend for the memorials of Cheryl Chow and Blair Butterworth. Chow’s was on April 20 and Butterworth’s was the following day — coincidentally at the same place, Town Hall.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, Brad Owen, Cheryl Chow, China Gary Locke, Chinese, Ching Ming Festival, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle, Town Hall, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, gary locke

Cheryl Chow, educator and former city council member, passes away at 66

April 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Cheryl Chow, former member of the Seattle School Board and city council and daughter of the late Chinatown leader Ruby Chow, passed away at her home on Friday, March 29. She was 66 years old.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: Charlie Chong, Cheryl Chow, Chinatown, Fifth Ave, Franklin High School, Hamilton International Middle School, Northwest Asian Weekly, Ruby Chow, Sarah Morningstar, Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, Seattle Chinese Girls Drill Team, Seattle City Council, Seattle School Board, Town Hall, Western Washington

Crisis or opportunity? — Political expert Cheng Li speaks at Town Hall on Bo Xilai scandal

June 28, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly Former Chinese government official Bo Xilai made recent international headlines with his fall from power and his alleged involvement in corruption. However, Cheng Li, a Brookings Institute senior fellow and Chinese political expert, has observed the scandal in a much different light. “Chinese analysts have been too indulgent in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2012, Bo Xilai, Brookings Institute, CCP, Cheng Li, China Studies, Chinese, Communist Party, Lin Le, Lost Generation, National Committee, Neil Heywood, Party Congress, Seattle, Town Hall, Vol 31 No 27 | June 30 - July 6, Whether Bo Xilai, attention

EDITORIAL: Gun violence is not just about guns

June 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The increase in gun violence and the shooting at Cafe Racer shook our citizens to the core. For the Asian community living around the area, the incident struck a similar chord to the recent White Center shooting, which left four dead, and other smaller scale shootings that occurred around the ID.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2012, Caf Racer, Cafe Racer, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, ID, Town Hall, Vol 31 No 24 | June 9 - June 15, White Center

Slack-key guitarist Makana to attend Town Hall event

June 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

YES! Magazine will celebrate a “Year of People Power in the U.S. and Beyond” at Town Hall on June 6 a 7 p.m. The attendees will include slack-key guitarist Makana, who made national headlines last fall when he performed his Occupy anthem, “We Are the Many,” for President Barack Obama and other APEC leaders gathered […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, APEC, Alice Walker, President Barack Obama, Puanani Burgess, Town Hall, Vol 31 No 23 | June 2 - June 8

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