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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 – September 14

Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau series introduces diverse topics

September 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Humanities Washington is introducing its 2012 to 2014 Speakers Bureau, providing low-cost programs for community organizations to offer to local audiences on a variety of topics, including popular culture, photography, architecture, literature, food, film, and history. Urvasi Dance Ensemble artistic director Ratna Roy, University of Washington professor Anu Taranath, author Shawn Wong, and others are […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Anu Taranath, Humanities Washington, Ratna Roy, Shawn Wong, Speakers Bureau, Urvasi Dance Ensemble, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, culture

Working Washington and community members march for affordable healthcare

September 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

More than 100 workers, seniors, and grassroots activists gathered with Working Washington at a rally at First Hill’s hospital district on August 30. Participants later marched through downtown Seattle to Rob McKenna’s campaign office to speak out against McKenna’s agenda, which will force cuts to Medicaid and other services.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Carole Green, First Hill, Khoa Nguyen, Mila Dolan, Rob McKenna, SEIU, Seattle, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Working Washington, hing hay park

Japan Fencing Federation scopes out qualifying Olympic fencers at Washington Fencing Academy

September 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A group of eight junior elite sabre fencers and three coaches from Japan, sent by the Japan Fencing Federation, visited the Washington Fencing Academy. There, they evaluated qualifying fencers for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Local students of the Washington Fencing Academy, along with the Sabre Fencing Master Wang Yung, and assistant coaches Allen […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Japan Fencing Federation, Olympic Games, Sabre Fencing Master Wang Yung, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Washington Fencing Academy

Artist Naoko Morisawa featured at Bellevue’s First Friday Art Walk

September 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Artist Naoko Morisawa is one of five local artists featured in the upcoming First Friday Art Walk at Bellevue Place Fountain Court on Sept. 7. Bellevue’s First Friday art walks takes place on the first Friday of July, August, and September, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Admission to the Bellevue Art Museum is free […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Artist Naoko Morisawa, Bellevue Art Museum, First Friday, Lee Hendrickson, Michelle Staeheli, Naoko Morisawa, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14

Texas out to save ‘discriminatory’ voter ID maps

September 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Paul J. Weber The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — On Election Day in Texas, the mere act of voting would have been fresh flexing of Republican power: Show a photo ID, then cast a ballot in a political district likely drawn to favor GOP candidates.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, GOP, Gary Bledsoe, ID, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Rick Hasen, Rick Perry, Royal Masset, State Attorney General Greg Abbott, Supreme Court, Texas Gov, Texas House, Texas Legislature, Texas Republican, Trey Martinez Fischer, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Voting Rights Act

Iran and North Korea unify with technology agreement

September 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ali Akbar Dareini The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and North Korea signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement Saturday, bringing the two nations deeply at odds with the United States closer together.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun, Iran, Kim Yong Nam, North Korean, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme People, TEHRAN, TV, United States, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Western European, technology

Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92

September 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents, has died, church officials said Monday. He was 92. Moon died Monday at a church-owned hospital near […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, Ahn Ho-yeul, GAPYEONG, Hak Ja Han Moon, Hyung-jin Moon, Jesus Christ, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, New York, North Korean, President Moon, Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, South Korean, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church, United States, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Washington Times

McDonald’s Hmong ad gets mixed reviews in St. Paul

September 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Association Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Members of St. Paul’s Hmong community say they have mixed feelings about a new McDonald’s billboard in their language.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Bruce Thao, Hmong Americans, Kelli Bovin, Louis Henry, Paul Pioneer Press, Thai Lee, Twin Cities, United States, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14, Wikimedia Commons, language

Abacus West offers classes in Wallingford

September 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After almost three years of growth on the Eastside, Abacus West is expanding to Seattle, offering classes in the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford starting the week of September 15. Abacus West offers a math enrichment program for children aged 5 to 12.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Abacus West, Old Redmond School House, Orange Blossom Society, Seattle, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14

Conflict surrounds “Bodies” exhibit at Puyallup Fair

September 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore is denouncing the Universe Within “Bodies” exhibit scheduled for an exhibit at the Puyallup Fair, citing the exhibit’s use of Chinese cadavers as a violation of human rights, desecration, and culturally offensive. Countries and cities, including Seattle, have banned the display of cadavers and human remains without documentation […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2012, Camp Harmony, Chinese, Premier Exhibitions, Puyallup Fairgrounds, Seattle, Universe Within Bodies, Vol 31 No 37 | September 8 - September 14

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