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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 – September 25

Gov. Inslee appoints

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kyoko Matsumoto Wright Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, a Coldwell Banker Bain broker, has been appointed to a second six-year term on Washington state’s Real Estate Commission. First appointed to the commission in 2009 by then-Gov. Christine Gregoire, Wright was renamed earlier this month by Gov. Jay Inslee and now will serve until 2021. Wright says, “I […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2009, Christine Gregoire, Coldwell Banker Bain, Human Genetics, Jay Inslee, Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, Lakshmi Gaur, Real Estate Commission, Social Work, Tam Dinh, United States, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, technology

Kim awarded art grant

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Eunice Kim was awarded a 2015 4Culture Art Projects grant. Kim lives and maintains a studio in the Cascade foothills of Ravensdale, a small town located in Southeast King County. For more than a decade, Kim has been committed to a safer, sustainable approach to printmaking that utilizes nontoxic techniques. Her art will be featured […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Davidson Galleries, Eunice Kim, Pioneer Square, Southeast King County, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

From Everett to Hawaii

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Bradford Chun has recently accepted a position as Senior Director of Engineering for Hawaiian Airlines in Honolulu, Hawaii. Most recently, Brad was an engineering manager in the Flight Control Design Center for the Boeing Company in Everett, WA.  Having just celebrated his ten year anniversary with Boeing this year, Brad previously worked in various engineering […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: Boeing Company, Bradford Chun, CA, Delta Airlines, East Coast, Hawaiian Airlines, San Francisco, United Airlines, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

U.S. to shun Chinese-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s official. The U.S. government says it’s abandoning decades of tradition and moving out of New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which was purchased last year by a Chinese firm from Worldwide. President Barack Obama, his staff and the sizable State Department contingent that trek to Manhattan […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: Chinese, General Assembly, Mark Toner, New York Palace Hotel, President Barack Obama, State Department, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Chinese jeers over BMW crash probe highlight ‘trust crisis’

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP)—When authorities in an eastern city announced that a BMW driver involved in a crash that killed two people was suffering from “acute transient psychotic disorder,’’ Chinese online jeered so loudly that it aroused Communist Party concerns about a public trust crisis. Some initial missteps by police in Nanjing […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, BMW, Beijing News, China, Chinese, Communist Party, DNA, Shi Shusi, Sun Daojin, Tang Yinghong, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, editorial

Morisawa to be featured in Art Interruptions 2015

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Morisawa will create a trio of pop-art mosaic images that will inhabit the Spring Street P-Patch. Morisawa creates hand-made wood mosaics, made up of hundreds of intricate pieces of wood colored with natural oil dyes. The mosaic images will be replicated on vinyl and installed in the P-Patch. Morisawa has a BA in design, ceramics […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: Art Interruptions, BA, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, japan

Meter officer: “Thank you ID”

September 18, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly If case you don’t know, the friendly and personable parking enforcement officer Aaron Paston who has worked in the Chinatown/International District ID for 10 years, has now been assigned to a new neighborhood. The Seattle Police Department transfers their officers all the time. So what’s so special about the […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: Aaron Paston, ID, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, letter, parking

Bumbershoot 2015 — Exciting Asian American billing (rain or shine)

September 18, 2015 By Vivian Nguyen

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly From Sept. 5–7, thousands of people flocked to Seattle Center for Bumbershoot—Seattle’s annual music and arts festival. The three-day event showcases the latest in music, visual arts, dance, film, comedy, and more. Despite the bouts of rain, this year’s festival included a spectacular turnout from Asian American artists from […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: Asian American, Aziz Ansari, Chinese, Filipino, Fisher Green, Hari Kondabulu, Indian Illuminati, Jhen Aiko, Nahko Bear, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sara Porkalob, Seattle Center, Space Needle, Vivian Nguyen, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

Who are Uighurs? — A look at group from restive China region

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Arrests made and details revealed about the Aug. 17 Bangkok bombing that killed 20 people have raised the question of whether members of an ethnic and religious minority from China’s far west were involved. A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad: ——— WHO ARE […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Beijing, China, Chinese, Europe, Ilham Tohti, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turkic-speaking Muslim, United Nations, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, turkey

Food and sh** to consider — Filipino American couple makes it palatable

September 18, 2015 By James Tabafunda

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Business owners Chera Amlag and George “Geo” Quibuyen know quite a lot about leadership and activism – universal human connection, in other words. The husband-and-wife team work as volunteer community organizers who are not only interested in social change but also in showing that their ideas can help make […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2013, Blue Scholars, Chera Amlag, Filipino, Food Sh-t, George Quibuyen, Hood Famous Bakeshop, Hood Famous Ube, James Tabafunda, Lish Food, National City, Olongapo City, Philippines, Prometheus Brown, Seattle University, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, Wing Luke

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