Posted on 03 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
A monthly column about all things Asian in popular culture By Vivian Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly 2012 must be a lucky year because the future is looking bright for Asians, as many seize or continue to work on new opportunities in all the aspects of the entertainment industry.
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Posted in Column: Pop Culture, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10
Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Amy Tan, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
By Clair Phillips UW News Lab It may be hard for some to believe, but Amy Tan, famed author of “The Joy Luck Club,” belongs to a rock band and has made a guest appearance on the animated series “The Simpsons.” On Jan. 12, the distinguished author began her lecture at the University of Washington’s [...]
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features 06, Profiles, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10
Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Ron Chew, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
For Northwest Asian Weekly Ron Chew, executive director of the International Community Health Services Foundation, said his recently completed book on Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two young cannery union officials murdered in 1981, is the most difficult piece of writing he’s ever done. “It took me 30 years to arrive in an emotional space [...]
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Posted in Features, Features 06, On the Shelf, Profiles, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
Whoa and wow! — 30 years of challenges and wonders A narrative: What does Lunar New Year mean? Where do red envelopes come from? Tiger Mother introduces her paperback, tries taming critics
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Cultures, Features 05, Profiles, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Director Tran Anh Hung left his native Vietnam in 1975, at the age of 12, after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese forces. Until the year 2000, he made all of his films, with permission, inside the unified Vietnam, showing a rich mixture of love for his homeland with [...]
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Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Bestselling author Amy Chua walked toward the microphone and podium. She stood in front of a bookshelf labeled “Collector Editions” to share her thoughts — on everything. “I was misunderstood,” said the proud, strict mother and author of The New York Times bestseller “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” [...]
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Posted in Features, Features 05, Profiles, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Jan. 23 marks the first day of the Lunar New Year, and this year happens to be the Year of the Dragon. Occupying the fifth position in the Chinese Zodiac, the dragon is the mightiest of the signs.
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Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Features, Features 04, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Full Metal Alchemist, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “All is of one, and one is in all.” So says an alchemist — a fancy term for magician — at the beginning of “Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos,” the second feature derived from the popular Japanese manga and TV anime “Fullmetal Alchemist.” Over the course of [...]
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Posted in At the Movies, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27
Posted on 12 January 2012.
“Americanese” a film from Director Eric Byler, is being screened at a one-night engagement on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at SIFF Cinema at the Uptown (511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle). Director Eric Byler and author Shawn Wong will be at the screening in person This “Americanese” is co-presented by University of Washington Creative Writing Program
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Posted on 06 January 2012. Tags: 2012, A Girl Named Faithful Plum, Allen Say, Drawing from Memory, Ed Young, Richard Bernstein, The House Baba Built, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Drawing from Memory” By Allen Say Scholastic Press, 2011 From the time he was a young boy growing up in Japan, Allen Say knew he wanted to be a cartoonist. Inspired by comic books, he drew what he saw, what he imagined, and what he copied from his beloved [...]
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Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/13