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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 – March 21

Audrey Chen

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Audrey Chen, a 17-year-old senior at Interlake High School in Redmond, recently became a national finalist for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Strings Competition. To qualify for the competition in Chicago, Chen first competed at the state level and then in the Pacific Northwest division. She competed with fellow cellists, as well as […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Audrey Chen, Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra, East Coast, Interlake High School, London, Pacific Northwest, Russia, United States, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Bill Russell turns 80

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A small dinner was held to celebrate Bill Russell’s 80th birthday party at Imperial Garden

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bill Russell, Great Wall Mall, Imperial Garden, NBA, Seattle Supersonics, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Nguyen moves to Seattle U

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mai Nguyen, former director of finance and operations at Susan G. Komen Puget Sound, has taken a position as the director of finance in the athletic department of Seattle University. She has held leadership positions at the City of Seattle, Annie E. Casey Foundation, King County Housing Authority, Seattle Housing Authority, and the International District […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Casey Foundation, International District Housing Alliance, King County Housing Authority, Komen Puget Sound, Mai Nguyen, Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle University, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Seattle honored for diversity

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The National League of Cities (NLC) honored the city of Seattle for its program in enhancing and promoting cultural diversity during the annual Congressional City Conference in Washington, D.C. The city received the NBC-LEO City Cultural Diversity Award for its Public Outreach and Engagement Liaison program at a recent ceremony.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Cherry Cayabyab, POEL, Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Shin-Ping Tu joins the VCU

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former Seattleite Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH, FACP, joined the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in November of 2013 as the chair of the division of general internal medicine.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Disease Control, FACP, Komen Foundation, MPH, National Cancer Institute, VCU, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

NAAAP cleans up

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The National Association of Asian American Professionals-Seattle held its 2014 Adopt-A-Street cleanup event on March 2. NAAAP-Seattle has adopted two street segments in the International District: South Jackson St.  and South King St.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, David Eam, NAAAP, Rainier Ave, Seattle, Sherwin Tsao, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Asian comedians might leave you a bit ‘dis/orient/ed’

March 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly Not all communities feel welcome in the world of stand-up comedy, a mainstream American

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Asian American, Atsuko Okatsuka, Bri Pruett, Jenny Yang, Korean, Los Angeles, Mona Concepcion, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Shannon Koyano, Signe Predmore, Spicy News, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21, Willamette Weekly, Yola Lu

Exhibit follows Asian pioneers in the Northwest

March 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly One of the first things you notice inside the “Grit” exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum is a gas

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Aleta Eng, Asian Americans, Chinese American, Edward Burke, Elaulio Aquino, Felix Narte, Fiddler Charley Kahana, Great Northern, Ing Hay, John Day, Kam Wah Chung, Lummi Tribal Nation, Oregon Cascades, Pacific Northwest, Port Gamble, Seattle, Toshiko Okamoto, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21, Wa Sang, Wing Luke Museum, Yuriko Kitamoto

Diversity Makes a Difference —Part 2

March 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Compiled by Sue Misao Northwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian Weekly’s Diversity Makes a Difference scholarship program celebrates

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2014, ASB, Chief Sealth, Diversity Makes a Difference 2014, English Language Learner, Frances Chapin, Kayla Wheeler, Key Club, Leonel Reyes, Leta Ames, Llanteo Okamura, Michelle Nilsen, National Honor Society, Pacific Islander, Roosevelt High School, Rose Yasukochi, Sehome High School, Sue Misao, Unity Club, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21, culture

Four deportation detainees remain on hunger strike

March 14, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – A hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center entered a fifth day on March 10, with four detainees still protesting their treatment and calling for an end to deportations. The strike began March 7 when about 750 detainees refused to eat.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Munoz, Hong Kong, ICE, Northwest Detention Center, Sue Misao, TACOMA, Tony Ng, United States, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21, Wah Mee Massacre, attention

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