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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Local students win awards in arts and writing competition

April 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Marlowe Pody, a sophomore at Seattle’s Garfield High, won an American Visions Medal for her work, “jin,” a digitally painted portrait, in the annual Scholastic Arts and Writing competition — the most prestigious and longest running art and writing competition in the United States. Christine Kim, a Kamiak High School 12th grader, also won an […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Chinese women getting mixed social signals on beauty, roles

April 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese women are being taken on a roller-coaster ride by social media, getting bombarded on one side by extreme expectations about physical beauty, while getting support for female independence in a society where women who aren’t married by their late 20s are considered “leftovers.”

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, A4, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

A reader’s letter of appreciation

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Dear Editor, I was reading [Assunta Ng’s] blog, “How do you define success?” (March 11) [and wanted to let you know] I truly enjoyed it — it really hit home. I believe that too much pressure is placed on people and that we, in America, have become greedy. I have at times believed that excess […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Publisher’s friend responds to blog

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I’m the young Asian friend who was the subject of Assunta Ng’s blog post in last week’s issue, and I thought I would provide a response on searching for the right balance when dealing with money. First, even though I have worked at a financial institution for five years, no matter how frugally I lived, […]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

The road to becoming a scenic designer

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I’m a dynamo as a boar,” said Mikiko MacAdams, a Japanese scenic designer.

She is visiting Seattle from New York as a designer for the sets of “Brownsville Song (b-side for tray),” a play that is being performed through April 24 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Featured stories Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Homage to B movie pioneer

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

He went from epitomizing the yakuza drama, to deconstructing the yakuza drama, to destroying his own career. When director Seijun Suzuki, 44 years old in 1967, turned in his film “Branded to Kill” to his employer— Nikkatsu Motion Picture Company promptly fired him. He didn’t direct again for 10 years.

Filed Under: At the Movies, Featured stories Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

A-pop! Spring Edition

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

There is an idiom about March that says it “comes in like a lion and [goes] out like a lamb.” While this refers to the weather, the expression is also relevant to the state of affairs in Hollywood — March started with a bang and ended on a cool and relaxed note. Read on to learn more about the lows and highs in pop culture last month.

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture, Featured stories Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

World’s wild tiger count increases for the first time in a century

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with some 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said April 10.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Iran says Boeing officials will visit Tehran for talks soon

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said April 9 that the United States has allowed Boeing to have direct talks with Iranian airliners following reports that a Boeing delegation will visit the country, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report quoted Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, as saying, “Boeing intends to launch […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

Oregon governor assigns Minoru Yasui Day

April 14, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After being unanimously approved by both houses of the Oregon legislature, on March 28, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 4009 marking Minoru Yasui Day in Oregon in perpetuity.

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News, Featured stories Tagged With: 2016, VOL 35 NO 16 APRIL 16 – APRIL 22

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