• About
  • Events
  • Community Calendar
  • Advertise
  • Subscriptions
  • Foundation
  • Contact
  • Seattle Chinese Post

Northwest Asian Weekly

  • Community
    • Names in the News
    • Local
    • Business
    • Pictorials
    • Obituaries
  • Nation
  • World
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Columns
    • On the Shelf
    • At the Movies
    • A-POP!
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • The Layup Drill
    • Travel
    • Wayne’s Worlds
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Commentary
    • Publisher Ng’s blog
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Astrology
  • Classifieds
  • Community Calendar
You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 – May 21

In retrospect: John Kichitaro Tabusa, an early adventurer

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Editor’s note: In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, we’re running this story written by Art Chin, who painstakingly researched the history of an early Issei in the Pacific Northwest.

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2010, Art Chin, Asian Pacific American Heritage, Camp Mini, Chinese, Hiki Trading South Seas Company, Japanese Issei, John Kichitaro Tabusa, King County Historic Preservation, Madison Street, Meon Island, Minidoka Project Hospital, Nijon-machi Japan, Pacific Northwest, Seattle Directory, Selleck Lumber Mill, Troas Tolass Island, Truk Chuuk Islands, Truk Islanders, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

Kal Penn has a very good and very bad month: A-pop! is monthly column about all things Asian in pop culture

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

It’s that time of the month again! We have more news about your favorite Asian and Asian Ameri­can celebrities! Kal Penn has announced his re­turn to show business.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2010, ABC, Chinese Celebrities, Damon Lindelof, Entertainment Weekly, Estee Lauder, Forbes Magazine, Harold Kumar, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, Kal Penn, Ken Leung, Liu Hopefully, Liu Wen, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Pussycat Doll, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wow Hope, Yunjin Kim

Asian Pacific American heritage at the Center

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On May 2, thousands of people congregated at the Seattle Center House to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month through song, dance, music, art, and displays. There were lion dances, youth drill teams, taiko drummers, and artists from all over the state. The event was presented by the Asian-Pacific Directors Coalition.

Filed Under: Community News, Cultures Tagged With: 2010, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Jared Chang, Seattle Center House, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

Editorial: Assault and ethnically offensive language should not be tolerated

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle Police Department Det. Shandy Cobane made a grave mistake on April 17, when he and other officers detained three Latino men as possible robbery suspects.

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2010, Chief John Diaz, Editorial Assault, Interim Po, Martin Monetti, Officer Mary Woollum, Rights Working Group, Seattle Police Department Det, Shandy Cobane, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, language

Commentary: San Francisco’s ‘Black on Chinese’ violence goes back decades

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

African American and Asian American elected and appointed officials have failed to address the grow­ing racial tensions in southeast San Francisco.

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2010, APIYLDP, ATM, African Americans, Asian Americans, Chinese, Commentary San Francisco, Human Rights Commissioner Yvonne Lee, MUNI, Supervisor David Chiu, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

April 27: Local students win Coca-Cola scholarships

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Coca-Cola Scholars Founda­tion awarded one Washington stu­dent, Mariel Ro­driguez, a $20,000 national scholar­ship. Four other students, Daniel Nguyen, Nailah Dodd, Alexander Fraser, and Nicolas Barr, were awarded $10,000 regional scholarships.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Alexander Fraser, Daniel Nguyen, Mariel Ro, Nailah Dodd, Nicolas Barr, Selection Committee, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

April 25: Seattle Chinese Athletic Association ends the season with a banquet

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Seattle Chinese Athletic Association (SCAA) ended its 41st year of recreational youth basketball by hosting its awards and appreciation banquet at The Tea Palace in Renton.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Brianna Felix, Eleazar Te, Mar Scholarship, Melanie Ma, Phil Mar Memorial Scholarship, Seattle Chinese Athletic Association, Tiffany Luong, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

April: Qwest gives Kin On $3,000 grant

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At the Kin On Community Health Care Cen­ter in the International District, Qwest presented Kin On a $3,000 Qwest Family and Work Devel­opment Fund grant.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, International District, Kin On, Seattle Asian, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

April 29: NAAAP-Seattle, NSHM­BA-Seattle, Microsoft join forces for networking and recruiting

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The National Association of Asian American Profession­als-Seattle partnered with the National Society of Hispanic MBAs-Seattle, Microsoft, and other organizations for the Microsoft Diversity Recruiting & Networking Event.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2010, Entertainment Devices, Gwen Houston, Microsoft Diversity Recruiting Networking Event, Redmond Campus, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21

Blog: What if?

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“What if I don’t feel victimized by the recession?” said Sylvia Wolf, director of the University of Washington Henry Art Gallery, which had a 27 percent budget cut this year.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2010, Greater Seattle, Publisher Ng's blog, Sally Jewell, Sylvia Wolf, UW, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, technology

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube


Find us on Issuu!

Subscribe to our e-news

© 2022 NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
412 MAYNARD AVE. S., SEATTLE, WA 98104
206-223-5559 | INFO@NWASIANWEEKLY.COM