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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 – August 15

Playing pianos in our parks

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Have you see the piano at Hing Hay Park? It’s part of Pianos in the Parks, where 20

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, KEXP, King County Parks, Seattle Parks, Seattle Symphony, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15, hing hay park

Children’s book about World War II to be released

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Kirby Larson, children’s author, is releasing a new book on Aug. 26. The story is about a girl named Mitsi Kashino being separated from her dog Dash when her family is sent to incarceration camp during World War II. The story follows her life in the camp while she still hopes to be reunited with […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Kirby Larson, Mitsi Kashino, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

Children of Marines receive scholarships

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF) hosted a reception on July 30 at the

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bryan Takeuchi, Columbia Tower Club, Gold Star, MCSF, Major General Tracy Garrett, Major Sung Kim, Margaret Davis, Paul Aoki, Teiler Kwan, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

Book on history of protests in China released

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Jessica Chen Weiss, born and raised in Seattle, has written a book, Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations, about the history of anti-foreign protests in China from 1985 to 2012. Weiss has interviewed over 170 people for this book and has spent about 14 months on field research. Powerful Patriots discusses anti-foreign protests […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, China, Chinese, Foreign Relations, Jessica Chen Weiss, Powerful Patriots, San Diego, Seattle, Stanford University, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15, Yale University

Yale grad and Seattle native starts new business

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Christina Park has started her own law firm, Park Business Law, located on 1001 4th

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Christina Park, Park Business Law, Seattle, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

An evening in Seattle inspires a benefit at Benaroya

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Kalimba band, a tribute to the music of epochal soul/funk act Earth, Wind & Fire,

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2014, Andrew Hamlin, Benaroya August, Benaroya Hall, Chinatown, Craig Lee, Downtown Freddie Brown, Fred Brown, Furuta Lee Foundation, Jerry Lee, Martha Lee, Mona Locke, MulvannyG2 Architecture, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Mariners, Tai Tung, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15, Wind Fire

Update on “The Mikado”: Conversation ensues

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zachariah Bryan Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society closed their production of “The Mikado,” but the conversation on its implied racism has just begun.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2014, Artistic Freedom, Artistic Responsibility, Asian Americans, Bif Brigman, Braden Abraham, Dave Ross, KIRO, Mary Ann Goto, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, Producer Mike Storie, Roger Shimomura, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Times, Sue Kay, The Mikado, Tilman Smith, Tomiko Santos, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

More than just “Asian” — New bill hopes to improve on student data

August 10, 2014 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly U.S. Congressman Mike Honda stood up for the All Students Count Act at a rally in Washington D.C. on July 31.  Congressman Honda, a Democrat from California, <!–more–>proposed a bill, the All Students Count Act, which requires state education agencies to report more enhanced data in their annual state […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, American Community Survey, Asian New, California State University Sacramento, Congressman Honda, Congressman Mike Honda, Hmong Americans, Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pacific Islander, Quyen Dinh, SEARAC, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese Americans, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

What are you missing in Sci-Fi/fantasy films? DIVERSITY

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Many moviegoers will be enjoying their share of summer movies, but according to a recent study, they will be missing something.  Diversity. The lack of people of color and women in science fiction and fantasy are especially stunning.  

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, DIVERSITY, Filipino, Imran Siddiquee, Jason Cruz, Marissa Lee, North America, Northwest Asian Weekly, Representation Project, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

Chinese minority scholar indicted for separatism

August 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An outspoken Chinese minority scholar was indicted on separatism charges Wednesday amid a renewed flare-up of bloody anti-government violence in the country’s far west.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Central Asian, China, Chinese, Ilham Tohti, Jack Chang, Li Fangping, Turkic Uighur, United States, Vol 33 No 33 | August 9 - August 15

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