Artist Diem Chau noticed an untouched box of crayons from her school days sitting on a table. Chau was inspired by coin carvers and folk art sculptors
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For the love of art: Asian Americans go against the tide in unconventional field
Posted on 18 November 2010.
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Dance shimmies onto the international sports stage
Posted on 18 November 2010.
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Dance Sport shimmies onto its biggest international stage when it recently debuted this year as an Asian Games event.
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E-coupons: all the rage in the ID
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Online marketing may be a foreign idea to many merchants in the International District. However, in September, the Phnom Penh Noodle House
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Attention: Web series “The Invested Life” needs Asian Americans to appear on the show
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Sponsored by TD Ameritrade and distributed by MSN.com, “The Invested Life” is a new reality web series that is focused on helping real-life investors
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Attention: Enter to win Little Saigon’s first photo contest
Posted on 18 November 2010.
The Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) has launched a new photo contest called, EXPOSED: Little Saigon
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New partnerships will provide up to $200,000 to end family homelessness
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Rotary International District 5030, along with Rotary Districts 5020 and 5050, is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund local
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Obama’s Asian trip shows limits on the global stage
Posted on 18 November 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama left Asia with a greater foothold in the emerging nations that could help shape the American economy for years.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi seeks to revive political party
Posted on 18 November 2010.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi began the nuts and bolts work of reviving her political movement Monday
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Hiroshima is not shy of its atomic bomb legacy
Posted on 18 November 2010.
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Unlike most of Japan, Hiroshima doesn’t shy from its wartime past.
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After tight race, Oakland has first female mayor
Posted on 18 November 2010.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — City Councilwoman Jean Quan edged a heavily favored opponent to become Oakland’s first female mayor and the first Asian American woman
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Will SF’s new mayor be Asian or openly gay?
Posted on 18 November 2010.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — The November election results have touched off intense political jockeying in San Francisco over who will become
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Restaurateur Chang Rae Lee gives free lunches to fight homelessness
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Homelessness is prevalent on the streets of Seattle and Bellevue. When Chang Rae Lee immigrated to Washington state years ago, he knew that
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After retiring, Yoshi Minegishi finds a second career in mentoring and classical music
Posted on 18 November 2010.
He loves Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. He is also an unassuming retiree who likes to mentor young people.
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Editorial: Finding inspiration in Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Nov. 13. She has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years.
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Nov. 6: NAAAP-Seattle holds gala and awards scholarships
Posted on 18 November 2010.
At the event, Erika Sanchez, a senior at Seattle University, was awarded the Verizon National NAAAP Scholarship. Tian Kisch, a student at Redmond High School
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Oct. 5: Five South Seattle CC students earn APIASF/Walmart Foundation scholarships
Posted on 18 November 2010.
South Seattle Community College had five of its students earn the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)/Walmart Foundation Scholarship.
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