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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 – May 16

LETTER: Be careful in downtown Seattle

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Editor, This is to share some horrible experience I had recently. Fortunately, there was no physical injury involved here. My vehicle, parked on a street got vandalized near the Terry Ave. and Stewart St. crossing on the night of Thursday, April 29. Someone smashed the rear windshield and stole my gym bag from the car. […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2014, Dear Editor, Debadutta Dash, SPD, Seattle, Stewart St, Terry Ave, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

API artists invited to mix it up

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ARTISTS UP will host a free session to connect and inform Asian, Asian American, and Asian Pacific Islander artists throughout Seattle, King County, and Washington. The mixer is designed to “share best practices through peer learning and build connections between artists and funders and demystify funding programs and processes.”

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, API, Asian American, Asian Pacific Islander, Dai Giang, King County, Marcia Iwasaki, Martin Luther King Jr., Seattle, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, language

Mayor seeks candidates for ISRD board

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Mayor Ed Murray invites the public to apply for an open position on the International Special Review District Board, the official board that reviews façade alterations, signs, new construction, changes of use, and street improvements within the International Special Review District located in the Chinatown/International District. An elected position — Position #3 (business person, property owner, […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Chinatown International District, ISRD, International Special Review District Board, Seattle City Council, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, letter

Burn List: Jazz band with a different beat

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Irfan Shariff Northwest Asian Weekly Chris Icasiano has been playing the drums since he was 8 years old. He would practice for hours each day, playing along to the classics and favorites of his parents, such as the Beatles, Bing Crosby, and Chicago.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Aaron Otheim, Benaroya Hall, Bing Crosby, Burn List Jazz, Caf Racer, Chris Icasiano, Cuong Vu, Drew Keriakedes, Filipino American, Grammy Award-winning, Greg Sinibaldi, Irfan Shariff, Jazz Studies, Table Chairs, UW, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

Aegis Living knows its market

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly You can easily mistake Aegis on Madison, which held its grand opening this spring, for a five-star hotel or an upscale condo when you walk in. Everything is cozy inside — a grand piano, open dining room, huge fireplace, antiques, stylish chandeliers, and elegant artwork on the walls. It […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2014, Aegis Gardens, Aegis Living, Assunta Ng, Chinese Americans, Debbie Roth, Dwayne Clark, General Manager Rob Liebreich, Maura Stodola, Mitzi Weiland, Northwest Asian Weekly, Peggy Garner, Seattle, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, culture, language

Seattle International Film Festival set to begin

May 9, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), running from May 15 through June 8, always brings fascinating Asian films to our town, many of them not available for viewing elsewhere. Here are three preview picks for the first few days of the festival: “Monsoon Shootout,” playing May 15, 17, and […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2014, Amit Kumar, Andrew Hamlin, India, Monsoon Shootout, Northwest Asian Weekly, Paramahansa Yogananda, SIFF, SIFF 2014, Seattle International Film Festival, Stray Dogs, TV, Taiwan, United States, Unlike Kumar, Vijay Varma, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, Yun Loong Kuan

PICTORIAL: Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

May 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

API Heritage Month brought out the crowds to the Seattle Center on Sunday, where celebrants of all ages were entertained by drumming, music, dance, games, and a lively hum bow eating contest.  

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Pictorials Tagged With: 2014, API, Bob Santos, Jeff Hattori, Lori Matsukawa, Seattle Center, Seattle Matsuri Taiko, Tomo Moriguchi, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

Gov. picks Yu

May 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Rachel La Corte Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – King County Superior Court Judge Mary Yu was appointed to the Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday, and she will be the first openly gay justice, as well as the first Asian American, to serve on the state’s high court.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Bar Association, Judge Mary Yu, Judge Yu, Justice James Johnson, Justice Steven Gonzalez, Justice Yu, King County Courthouse, King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng, Mary Yu, News Tribune, Northwest News Network, OLYMPIA, Public Records Act, Rosary College, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee, Washington State Superior Court, Washington State Supreme Court, gary locke

For young Kate Lee, the design is in the details

May 8, 2014 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly For Kate Kyung-ha Lee, an associate retail designer, design has long played a focal point in her life. Lee was recently named to retail magazine Visual Merchandising and Store Design’s Designer Dozen for 2014, an annual awards program which recognizes 12 up-and-coming designers nationwide under 35 for their creativity […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, Anya Hindmarch, China, Christian Jochman, Designer Dozen, Kate Lee, Macau, New Yaohan, New York City, Seattle, South Korea, United States, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, WSU, attention, language

Minority biz reacts to $15 min. wage

May 8, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on May 1 proposed a phased-in increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next seven years — a compromise endorsed by both business and labor that would make the city’s pay baseline the highest in the nation.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Bob Park, City Council, Craig Dawson, Doris Cassan, Emma Herron, Income Inequality Advisory Committee, Kshama Sawant, Northwest Asian Weekly, Rainier Valley, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Steve Boyer, Tan Nguyen, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16, West Coast Commercial Realty, Yen Lam, poverty

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