People Magazine is being called out after horribly misidentifying Asian actors at a SAG Awards after-party.
At Celebrate Asia 2019, we unite for the sake of diversity
“We don’t have walls. We are anti-wall.” So spoke emcee Aleksa Manila at the kick-off of Seattle Symphony’s eleventh annual Celebrate Asia festival. Manila’s words were greeted with applause from a room full of people that came together to celebrate what sets us apart.
Tết in Seattle promotes health with expanded health fair
With thousands of Vietnamese community members coming together to celebrate Tết at the Seattle Center Armory and Fisher Pavilion, organizers hosted a comprehensive health fair on Jan. 26 and 27.
LNY Traditions, Stash or trash?
Lunar New Year was the happiest days of my childhood in Hong Kong, where I was raised. What’s not to love? There’s no school, great food, new clothes, and lots of red envelopes (lucky money). Since we were poor, my parents never gave us much of an allowance. The lucky money would last me almost a year.
Astrological Predictions for 2019: Year of the Pig
By Sun Lee ChangNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What do Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elton John, and Julie Andrews have in common? They were all born in the Year of the Pig! Set to […]
A Stamp of Good Fortune
HOUSTON — Bright pink peach blossoms highlight the 2019 Year of the Boar Forever stamp, the 12th and final stamp in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The U.S. Postal Service dedicated the stamps on Jan. 17 during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Chinese Community Center in Houston, Texas …
NHRA Hall of Famer Al Young
On Jan. 12, Al Young was inducted into the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Northwest Division “Hall of Fame.” Young was the first Asian American World Champion race car driver. […]
Chieko Asakawa being inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Chieko Asakawa is among 19 innovators who will be inducted this year into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Asakawa is the IBM Distinguished Service Professor in the Robotics Institute […]
Women’s March
Several thousand people gathered on Jan. 19 for “Seattle Womxn Marching Forward” in downtown Seattle. It was largely peaceful, but organizers expressed disappointment that another group of women’s rights activists […]
Mercer Islander wins NASA contest
Six-year-old Sydney Cui of Mercer Island recently won NASA’s Commercial Crew Program 2019 Children’s Artwork Calendar contest. Sydney is one of the 12 international winners, and her artwork has been […]
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