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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 – March 6

Sharon Lee running for vacated seat on City Council

April 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Sharon Lee will be running for Sally Clark’s recently vacated seat on the City Council. Clark vacated her seat April 12. Lee will be the third API candidate to run for the seven-month position. Candidates will not be able to re-apply for re-election after the term. Lee has served as Executive Director of the Low […]

Filed Under: Profiles, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2015, API, City Council, Executive Director, John Okamoto, Low Income Housing Institute, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sally Clark, Sharon Lee, Sharon Maeda, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

PICTORIAL: Everyone is a winner Costumes and crackers — Costumes and crackers

March 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Northwest Asian Weekly’s annual children costume contest was a huge success. According to the Seattle Police Department, there were approximately 15,000 people in attendance for the Lunar New Year festivities. There were many diverse races of children in the contest, and for the first time, there were children of Indian descent participating. The variety of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, Chinese, Korean, Lunar New Year, Seattle Police Department, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Fists & Fury — Martial arts festival comes to the Cinerama

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Cinerama Theater, owned and operated by Paul Allen, presents its first-ever martial arts film festival, “Fists & Fury,” from February 27 to March 5th, featuring, amongst other attractions, several films from Seattle legend Bruce Lee.  Greg Wood, the Cinerama’s Director of Operations, took some questions over email. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2009, 2015, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Hamlin, Asian Pacific American Experience, Bruce Lee, Fist Fury, Fists Fury Martial, Greg Wood Although Cinerama, Greg Wood Twenty, Hong Kong Film Awards, Ip Man, Kung Fu Hustle, NWAW, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, language, technology

A-pop! Notes on the Oscars… — And more TV shows featuring Asian Americans

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Happy February! Between the Academy Awards to the launch of America’s first all-Asian starring cast on TV since the 90s, this month has been full of news and events. Read on to find out the latest in Hollywood. The 87th Academy Awards This year’s Oscars host, actor Neil Patrick […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2015, ABC, Academy Awards, Best Animated Film Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Live Action Short Film, Big Hero, Butter Lamp La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak, Disney Junior, Episode Premiere, Hiro Hamada, Hu Wei, Randall Park, Ryan Potter, Sucker Punch, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, Yoshiaki Nishimura, technology

COMMENTARY: Diversity — Branching out

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Warisha Soomro Tesla STEM High School I hail from a region where an individual’s world is centered on the people they associate with daily and the screen that keeps them in constant contact. There is a bubble that surrounds the tech city, distancing its inhabitants from the rest of the word while the advancements […]

Filed Under: Education, Commentaries Tagged With: 2015, Burma, Diversity Makes a Difference 2015, Global Awareness Week, Global Youth Leadership Initiative, Iraq, Je Suis Charlie, Mexico, Multicultural Club, Seattle, TV, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6, social media, technology

Doane running for Bar Association Board of Governors

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

James Doane is running for the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors position in District 7-S. Doane has been Corporate Counsel at Costco Wholesale for 10 years, following more than 20 years in private practice in Seattle, including 12 years as a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis (now K & L Gates), employment […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Corporate Counsel, Costco Wholesale, Harvard College, James Doane, Preston Gates Ellis, Seattle, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Fukui-Sketchley awarded

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, diversity affairs director for Nordstrom, has been named the 2015 recipient of the University of Washington Charles E. Odegaard Award. Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former UW president’s work on behalf of diversity. It is the only University and community-selected award, and is […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, Odegaard Award, UW, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Hasegawa, lawmakers, commemorate the Day of Remembrance

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  Legislators commemorated the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in Olympia which was acknowledged on Feb. 23.  The order was a  wartime measure that sent 120,000 Japanese-Americans to concentration camps. A Senate Resolution honoring what is now called the Day of Remembrance, was offered by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Beacon Hill. “My whole family was sent […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Bob Hasegawa, Boy Scout Troop, Executive Order, President Roosevelt, Puyallup Fairgrounds, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Herrmann Scholbe representing victims

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Charles Herrmann of the Herrmann Scholbe law firm, with offices in Chinatown and Tacoma, is leading an international team of lawyers representing 33 Hispanic victims of the crash of TACA flight 390 that overshot the runway while attempting to land at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Five survivor cases filed in the USA, the largest of which settled […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Charles Herrmann, Chinatown, Costa Rica, Herrmann Scholbe, Honduras, TACA, USA, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

Surprise visit on Lunar New Year day

March 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  The community and the Northwest Asian Weekly staff was treated to a return visit of Harvest and his companion police officer Mark Wubbena during the Lunar New Year festivities. Both the officer and the horse enjoyed the celebration (while also maintaining patrol). (end)

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Lunar New Year, Mark Wubbena, Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol 34 No 10 | February 28 - March 6

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