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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 – February 26

A-pop! Hollywood wins, then fails, then flails

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly The new year has just begun and already so much has happened in Hollywood! Read on to find out the latest on award ceremonies, castings, and more. Awards season: on winning trophies and being racist It is awards season and celebrities are hitting the red carpet in droves! At […]

Filed Under: Column: Pop Culture Tagged With: 2016, Academy Awards, Actor Daniel Dae Kim, Alan Yang, Best Original Song, Best Short Film Animated, Best Writing Original Screenplay, Bill Maher, Critics Choice Television Awards, Emma Stone, Hollywood Read, Korean, Lea Salonga, Lee Byung-hun, Lincoln Center Theater, Sanjay Patel, Simple Song, Sumi Jo, Super Team, Terminator Genisys, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, social media

H Mart to finally open downtown after delays

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

H Mart, a Korean grocery chain store, will finally open its fifth store in downtown Seattle after its opening announcement three years ago. It is going to be at Second Avenue and Pine Street, where a Nordstrom Rack Store was. Three years ago, in order to provide the growing number of residents in downtown with […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Han Ah Reum, Korean, New York, Nordstrom Rack Store, Pine Street, Puget Sound, Seattle, Second Avenue, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

ICHS seeks nominations to honor health advocates

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nominations are now being accepted by International Community Health Services (ICHS) and the ICHS Foundation for the 2016 Bamboo Award for Health to recognize the outstanding work of people and organizations in supporting ICHS and its mission. The nominations will be accepted until March 18. Awardees will be contacted by March 28. The award will […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, API, Bamboo Award, ICHS, Nikkei Concerns, Seattle World School, Tosh Okamoto, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

New online service give Wash. residents an SSN card replacement

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The United States Social Security Administration announced the expansion of its online services for Washington state residents. Residents can use the my Social Security (mySS) portal to replace Social Security Number (SSN) card requests. This will allow the residents to replace their SSN card without a need to visit a Social Security office and allow […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, SSN, Social Security, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, letter

High school essay and scholarship contest open through March 5

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) is sponsoring an essay contest to provide a forum for expression by youth who aim to be future leaders of the United States. The contest is open to all high school students. To participate, students must register before Feb. 29. The actual essay has to be written on-site at […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Cathy Lee, Northeast Branch, Seattle Awards, Seattle Public Library, United States, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

Social media series to highlight CID people

February 19, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Feb. 16, InterIm Community Development Association kicked off a social media series that highlights pictures and short narratives about life in Seattle’s Chinatown–International District (CID). Called “Voices of the CID,” the series can be followed on InterIm CDA’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. Each week through May, InterIm CDA will feature photos and interview […]

Filed Under: Features, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2016, CID, Called Voices, Seattle, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, social media

Islanders honor heritage with new year celebration

February 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Tacoma Dome exhibition hall, drums thundered. Dancers glided and swayed with power, pride, ease and grace. And the aroma of food wafted enticingly through the air, mingling with the massive sea of people.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Alexander Mario, Annual New Year Celebration, Asian Americans, Bajidor Kahot, Dennis Mulyadi, Diefa Shabirah, Executive Director Faaluaina Lua Pritchard, Fiji, Gabriella Widjaja, Indonesian East Borneo, Indonesian West Java, Korean, Morning Star Cultural Center, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samoan Village, Tacoma Dome, United States, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

PICTORIAL: Monkeying around

February 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Children celebrate the Lunar New Year with parade in Chinatown. On Saturday, Feb. 13, children of all ages lined up outside the doors of Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW), anticipating the start of the  NWAW Children’s Parade and Costume Contest. Tied first place winners Vivian Zhao and Perry Jones received $100. Second prize winner Caitlin Watanabe […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News, Pictorials Tagged With: 2016, Chinatown, Costume Contest, George Liu, Jim Doane, Judy Lui, Lunar New Year, Rick Moore, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

With humble beginnings, Asian American film fest sets down new roots and looks to the future

February 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Adrian Alarilla, filmmaker liaison at this year’s Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF), grew up in Manila and spent some time on the Philippine island, Cebu, and Chicago, before moving to Seattle in 2010.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Adrian Alarilla, Asian Americans, China, Cocktails Karaoke, Filipino American, King Street Media, Kona Kitchen, NFL, Northwest Asian American Film Festival, Outdoor Summer Series, SAAFF, Salt Lake City, San Francisco Bay Area Ann Arbor, Seattle, Vancouver Asian Film Festival Photo, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26, Wes Kim, Who Killed Vincent Chin

Steilacoom killer, sentenced at 14 for Paul Wang death, released

February 18, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MONROE, Wash. (AP) — A man who was 14 years old when he was sentenced to life without parole for a 1987 murder has been released from a Washington state prison.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, MONROE, Maureen Devlin, Michael Harris, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest News Network, Paul Wang, Shirley Wang, Supreme Court, United States, Vol 35 No 8 | February 20 - February 26

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