Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon Island will host its third Haiku Festival in March, bringing the beauty of haiku, an ancient style of Japanese poetry, to Vashon Island residents. […]
UN: Climate change will uproot millions, especially those in Asia
By Victoria Milko and Julie Watson The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—The walls of Saifullah’s home in northern Jakarta are lined like tree rings, marking how high the floodwaters have […]
Unilever to remove the word ‘normal’ from its beauty products
LONDON (AP)—Consumer goods conglomerate Unilever said on March 1 it will no longer use the word “normal” to advertise and package its beauty and personal care products and will ban […]
Emory to host poet Marilyn Chin for online reading
Emory University is set to host a virtual reading by poet Marilyn Chin to celebrate Women’s History Month.
‘Turning Red’ celebrates teen girls’ rites of passage
“Turning Red” is a movie of firsts, firsts that the main character, Meilin (Mei), goes through as she turns from being a child to a teen, and firsts that the movie-makers had the gumption to tell us about.
The Layup Drill: Winter Olympic wins, plus why an MLB player must keep secrets from his family
Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this edition, we look at the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics, and Major League Baseball (MLB), which is in the midst of a strike.
Wedding boom is on in the U.S. as vendors scramble to keep up
Couples in the U.S. are racing to the altar in a vaccination-era wedding boom that has venues and other vendors in high demand.
Celebrate Asia 2022 will be a diverse and hopeful afternoon of music
Every year, the Seattle Symphony offers Celebrate Asia, a cornucopia of Asian dance and music that puts a spring in our step just as the weather warms—and seems to acknowledge, especially in these times of pandemic and global conflict, that we’ve made it through another year.
Hawaii to lift COVID-19 travel quarantine rules this month
By Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP)—Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers this month, meaning that starting on March 26, those arriving from other places […]
Federal judge: New admissions policies at elite school are discriminatory
By Matthew Barakat The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)—A federal judge ruled Friday that a Virginia school system illegally discriminated against Asian Americans when it overhauled the admissions policies at […]