Northwest Asian Weekly
Lunar Collective co-founder on her organization and her Jewish, Asian, Muslim identity
Filipino American JJ Mandaquit commits to UW for 2025 Season
Nov 13, 2024 · The University of Washington (UW) men’s basketball team added a major piece to its 2025 recruiting class with the commitment of four-star point guard JJ Mandaquit.
Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel …
Dec 11, 2024 · By FANNY BRODERSEN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press. OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki described on Tuesday the agony he witnessed in 1945, including the charred corpses of his loved ones and the ruins of his city, as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on his organization’s behalf.
Former House of Hong reopens as Diamond Bay - Northwest …
Aug 27, 2024 · Diamond Bay Restaurant, formerly known as House of Hong, marked its grand reopening on Aug. 25 after a four-year hiatus for pandemic-related closure and remodeling.
Andy Kim takes Senate oath - nwasianweekly.com
Dec 10, 2024 · Andy Kim is officially a U.S. Senator after being sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday. Kim succeeds fellow Democrat Bob Menendez, who resigned following a federal bribery conviction. Kim, 42, is the first Korean American to serve in the U.S. Senate and the first Asian American to hold ...
In “Interior Chinatown,” Jimmy O. Yang shows his chops as an …
Nov 21, 2024 · By Kai Curry NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “Interior Chinatown,” the new series on Hulu, has a lot to like. Based on the novel by Charles Yu, and produced by Taika Waititi (who also directs one but not all episodes), the show stars popular actors and comedians Jimmy O. Yang and Ronnie Chieng.
Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
Dec 11, 2024 · K NEW YORK (AP) — Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award.. The guild announced Tuesday that Lee, 70, will be given the award at the 77th DGA Awards on Feb. 8. The DGA, which considers the award its highest honor, has given it to 36 filmmakers over its 88 ...
Back to square one: Sound Transit reconsiders 5th Ave station in …
Nov 22, 2024 · By Carolyn Bick NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY. Despite taking it off the table in 2022, following an outpouring of united community opposition to creating a new Sound Transit station on 5th Avenue in the Chinatown-International District (CID), the board of Sound Transit has announced that it is once again considering the option.. The construction of a new Sound Transit station in the CID is an ...
Local Seattle baker competes on Food Network’s Christmas …
Dec 4, 2024 · By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY. From being a stay-at-home mom and self-taught baker, to competing on a baking show on the Food Network, Janet Tan, owner of Fairyland Pastry, is living the sweet life.
Seattle’s CID public forum addresses wave of stabbings, safety …
Nov 27, 2024 · By Cheyna Kiakona NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY. Residents of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) gathered with crucial council members and public safety officials during a public forum on Nov. 19 to address a recent wave of stabbings that has left the community on edge.