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You are here: Home / Archives for VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 – JUNE 9

More US cities aim to make Chinese travelers feel at home

June 3, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Hotels offer congee and other Chinese staples for room service. Casinos train staff members on Chinese etiquette. Restaurants, tourist sights and shopping malls translate signs, menus and information booklets into Chinese. The American hospitality industry is stepping up efforts to make Chinese visitors feel more welcome, since […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

Minidoka Internment camp opens visitor center

June 3, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

EDEN, Idaho (AP) — Visitors to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in southern Idaho will get a closer sense of what life was like for thousands of Japanese Americans forced to live at the internment camp during World War II now that a new visitor center has opened at the site. Hanako Wakatsuki, chief interpreter […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, Minidoka National Historical Site, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

Remote Washington park features work by artist Maya Lin

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By KERRI SANDAINE The Lewiston Tribune CLARKSTON, Wash. (AP) — One of the best-kept secrets in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley appears to be the work of a world-renowned artist off the beaten path in Washington’s Asotin County. The “listening circle” Maya Lin designed at Chief Timothy Park hasn’t drawn many visitors, but Confluence Project officials said […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2017, Maya Lin, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

BECU’s definition of diversity

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

At BECU, we recognize the value of demographic diversity in our employees and members. Diversity in background, perspective, and thought is critical to our success in delivering value and service to our members and the communities that we serve. BECU uses the following definition of diversity: race, color, religion, age, national origin, veteran status, mental […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2017, MELANIE WALSH, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

Tacoma’s Vien Dong Restaurant reopens

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has lifted Vien Dong Restaurant’s six-month closure order for repeated food safety violations. The restaurant reopened for business on May 26. The owner of the restaurant in Tacoma’s Lincoln District appealed the closure, which took effect May 3. He agreed to a strict […]

Filed Under: Briefs, Community News Tagged With: 2017, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9, Vien Dong

It’s not easy growing up

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Metropolitans By Carol Goodman Viking Books for Young Readers, 2017 Meet Kiku, Madge, Joe, and Walt, four 13-year-olds who find themselves at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City when Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and pulls the United States into World War II. As everyone tries […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2017, American-born Chinese, SPIRIT'S CHOSEN, THE METROPOLITANS, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

WAYNE’S WORLDS: There is such a thing as MSG withdrawal

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I’ve heard that someone going through the symptoms of withdrawal can be dramatic, but it’s only been recently that I’ve seen the effects in person. Just to be sure, I searched online to better understand some of these symptoms.

Filed Under: Feature stories, Wayne's Worlds Tagged With: 2017, Column: Wayne's Worlds, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

Filipino American Ben Gonio cast as lead in ArtsWest’s “Sweeney Todd”

June 2, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On June 1, ArtsWest will feature its production of “Sweeney Todd”, but the production will not just be the classic “Sweeney Todd” that everyone knows, says actor Ben Gonio, who is casted as the play’s lead.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, Ben Gonio, SWEENEY TODD, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

Asian American? The King County Sheriff’s Office wants to hire you to be a community guardian

June 1, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The 2014 protests in Ferguson, Mo. drew national attention to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old Black teenager. Strained community-police relations continue as diversity — ethnic, gender, religion, sexual orientation, experience, background — in law enforcement agencies and other reforms still have a long way […]

Filed Under: Business, Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2017, KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

California House race is a test of Latino, Korean influence

June 1, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the rowdy streets of the Koreatown district a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, it doesn’t take long to recognize the favorite candidate for an open U.S. House seat: Blue-and-gold campaign posters for Robert Lee Ahn greet diners at bustling dumpling houses and noodle […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2017, Robert Lee Ahn, VOL 36 NO 23 | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

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