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BLOG: Who will be the next Port Commissioner?

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By Assunta Ng Will the next Port Commissioner be a male or female? Maybe a person of color? A labor advocate or community college trustee? Will it be someone from […]

The Tokyo String Quartet plays one last show in Seattle

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Seattle is so beautiful,” Kikuei Ikeda of the Toyko String Quartet said in an email interview. “One thing I particularly love about that area […]

A Colorful Musical Journey to visit Seattle

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Since immigrating to the United States, Dr. Austin Huang has worked to preserve his Chinese heritage through music. On Sunday, April 21, Huang will present A Colorful Musical Journey, an Asian American’s Musical Dream Concert, at Benaroya Hall — a performance that blends traditional Chinese music with Western orchestral music …

Bright lights and twilight, a film review of “From Up On Poppy Hill”

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By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Rating:  “From Up On Poppy Hill” is the second anime feature from Goro Miyazaki, son of the famed anime master Hayao Miyazaki of Studio […]

Jun-Ai producer and actress Keiko Kobayashi visits Seattle screening

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Jun-Ai executive producer and lead actress Keiko Kobayashi visited Seattle on Saturday, March 16, attending the movie’s Seattle screening, which was hosted at the Nisei Veterans Hall. The screening attracted […]

A-pop! On both screens — Winning awards, winning reality, and the first well-developed Asian comedy character

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By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly It may be officially springtime, but the vestiges of winter and its awards season still linger. Read on to see how Asians have been […]

The Layup Drill — March Madness

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By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This month, we take a look at Dennis Rodman, Ichiro and the alligator, bad neighbors, and […]

“Stoker,” an elegant horror

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By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Chan-wook Park told reporter Rachel Lee, “I like telling stories through small, artificially created worlds.” This predilection obviously influenced the South Korean director’s first […]

BLOG: What can the reality show contestants learn from each other?

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By Assunta Ng Seattle has been on the map recently. Local Filipino girl Catherine Giudici, who attended Roosevelt High School, won ABC’s reality show “The Bachelor” and is planning to […]