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29th annual Mochi Tsuki on Bainbridge Island

January 12, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jessica Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY What started as a private celebration between friends and family on Bainbridge Island has grown into a widely-anticipated public festival that attracted over 1,000 participants this year. The highlight of the Jan. 7 event marking the 29th annual Mochi Tsuki was unquestionably the mochi making demonstration, led by […]

Filed Under: Community News, Cultures, Feature stories Tagged With: 2018, MOCHI TSUKI, VOL 37 NO 3 | JANUARY 13 - 19

How to score points at your next family dinner

December 22, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sun Lee Chang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY You have survived the Thanksgiving holidays with friends and family around a dinner table. Now, it’s time to look forward to other holidays and first of the year celebrations. If your family is like mine, it is a blend of folks of various ethnicities and nationalities. I know […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 52 | DECEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 29

Fool’s Destiny (an eclipse) in stanza prose

August 24, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Editor’s note: This poem was sent to us by one of our readers, commemorating the solar eclipse that occurred Aug. 21. By Mac Crary SPECIAL TO NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Sky was clear, temperature in the mild to warm 70s, From Hing Hay Pagoda in Chinatown/International District, Seattle Found me in the perfect place on a […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Briefs, Cultures Tagged With: Chinatown, Eclipse, VOL 36 NO 35 | AUGUST 26 - SEPT 1, hing hay park

‘Longest Sushi Roll’ reenactment successful

April 28, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At the 38th Annual Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival held on April 21-23, people of all cultures flooded the Seattle Center Armory to learn about Japanese culture and to watch a reenactment of the 1997 attempt to break the world record for the longest sushi roll.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, CHERRY BLOSSOM, VOL 36 NO 18 | APRIL 29 - MAY 5

Phnom Pros Phnom Srey

April 28, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The University of Washington (UW)’s Khmer Student Association marked its 21st annual Cambodian New Year Show on April 15.

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Cultures, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, PHNOM PROS PHNOM SREY, VOL 36 NO 18 | APRIL 29 - MAY 5

Where to eat for a Lunar New Year experience

January 26, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When it comes to Lunar New Year, your year is what you eat. Want luck, prosperity, good fortune, and longevity?

Filed Under: Business, Cultures, Feature stories, Food Tagged With: 2017, CALLIGRAPHER YENBO HUANG, CO LAM PAGODA, DONG THAP NOODLE HOUSE, DOUGH ZONE, Din Tai Fung, Eastern Cafe, GOSSIP MILK TEA, Tsue Chong Noodles Co, Uwajimaya, VOL 36 NO 5 | JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3

Celebrate Chinese New Year by pulling out the stir fryer

January 20, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CHINESE TAKE-OUT CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI
Start to finish: 25 minutes (Active time: 20 minutes)
Servings: 4 to 6

Filed Under: Cultures, Feature stories, Food Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 4 | JANUARY 21 - JANUARY 27

USPS unveils newest addition to Celebrating Lunar New Year series

January 12, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly SEATTLE — When the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) holds a “first-day-of-issue” dedication ceremony, it makes sure the event is both a celebration of the diversity of the American people and the introduction of a new commemorative stamp. The national unveiling of the Year of the Rooster Forever stamp took […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, National News, Cultures Tagged With: 2017, ROOSTER STAMP, VOL 36 NO 3 | JANUARY 14 - JANUARY 20

Monkey Year predicts fire and disease!

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The new Chinese year is the one to go bananas over. On Feb. 8, the zodiac calendar enters the Year of the Monkey — the ninth of 12 animal signs. Plastic monkeys are adorning shopping centers and office buildings, and government departments have been giving out toy […]

Filed Under: World News, Cultures Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Aaron Kwok, Chen Qifang, China, Chinese New Year, Donald Trump, Feng Shaofeng, Gong Li, Hang Seng, Hong Kong, Louis Wong, Monkey King, Monkey Year, Sun Wukong, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19, Wang Jinping, Western Han Dynasty

Foods you may not know but should eat for Lunar New Year!

February 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Young Northwest Asian Weekly The Lunar New Year is an ancient holiday that takes the tradition of partying down with your relatives back thousands of years. Here are some of the foods that different Asian cultures eat during their celebrations. CHINA — THE SPRING FESTIVAL Dumplings Dumplings are a famous delicacy that go […]

Filed Under: Cultures, Food Tagged With: 2008 - January 2, China Snow, Chinese New Year, Greg Young, Hong Bang, Mongolia, Northwest Asian Weekly, Qing Dynasty, Spring Festival, Stacy Nguyen, Tibetan New Year, Tiet Lieu, Vietnamese, Vol 35 No 7 | February 13 - February 19

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