By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly With influences ranging from Good Charlotte, and Ellegarden to, more recently, Linkin Park and Coldrain, Japan’s One Ok Rock sauntered into the Seattle area for a show at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Singer Takahiro Moriuchi, known by his stage name Taka, has some knowledge of the United States. […]
Mystery and form — Frank Kunishige’s photos on view at Central Library
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Frank Kunishige (1878-1960) was a patient photographer. You have to be patient to catch Seattle’s Smith Tower in snow. But he also knew how to bring impressive changes out of traditional subject matter. He was no stranger to the female nude study, but he found ways to veil the […]
Korla Pandit — Disguising identity: From Black to Indian
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Two hands hold a large censer. A voice speaks of wisdom and rubies. A deep, slightly scraggly voice. The action fades-in to a man in a turban with a jewel mounted between his eyes. Fixing his eyes upon the camera, Korla Pandit begins his act. And his act was […]
Spotlight on Sri Lanka — 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF), opening on October 15th, showcases Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island country near southeast India. The Tasveer organization, parent organization of the SSAFF, chose Sri Lanka to showcase for several reasons, according to Dr. Alka Kurian, co-director of the Festival. […]
Modern Sky Festival comes to Seattle
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Modern Sky Festival, based out of China, coming to Seattle on October 11th, isn’t the first festival that organizer Michael LoJudice has helped put on. “I’ve worked for Modern Sky Entertainment for almost 10 years,” he recalls. “We are based in Beijing, with an office in New York. Prior […]
Icy pretty — Helen Feng hangs in
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “China’s music gets evil,” promises Nova Heart’s website, about their self-titled debut album. Well, if “evil” means beats scraping along like a hunchback in a haunted house, some deep-twang surf guitar, swirly synth, heaving (and even heavy) breathing, and cymbals that show up at the climax of a song […]
Hitting high notes — Jazz round-up
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Make a joyful noise onto the tape. Failing that, make a noise, any noise, onto the tape. It doesn’t have to be music, it doesn’t have to be the dictionary definition of music, noise, or anything. Just leave an impression. That is the first rule of recording. But Japanese […]
“Jellyfish Eyes”
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The poster and publicity for “Jellyfish Eyes,” the debut film from Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, left me wondering if the film might be an anime. It isn’t, but it features a cornucopia of fantastic creatures interacting with what we loosely call the real world. The action starts with figures […]
The complexities of “Indian Ink” — Speaking through miscommunication
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Tom Stoppard’s far-ranging play “Indian Ink” spans two continents, at least one ocean, and several decades. Yet it begins simply enough, with a young man and an older woman sitting at a table for tea. As the action progresses, we learn a bit more about tea and a lot […]
“Dance Like A Man” — Not so much dance, but rather, drama
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Dance Like A Man,” presented by ACT Theater in collaboration with Seattle Pratidhwani organization, opened with dancing, although, oddly enough, not any dancing included in the play’s script. Joyce Paul Siamak of Arpan Performing Arts, performed two solo dances, one before each of the play’s two acts; and introduced […]
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