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Saturday Morning Cartoon, a hip hop duo, strive to prove that Seattle is more than rock chords
Posted on 19 May 2011.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Profiles, Vol 30 No 21 | 5/21-5/270 Comments
In “13 Assassins,” personalities as interesting as the action scenes
Posted on 19 May 2011.
“13 Assassins,” the new historical samurai epic from notable Japanese director Takashi Miike, opens with a samurai warrior committing hara-kiri, or ritual suicide.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 21 | 5/21-5/270 Comments
Dance! Music! Song! Art! — APIs kick off their heritage month with a huge celebration
Posted on 17 May 2011.
On May 1, the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month was celebrated through a festival in the Center House at Seattle Center.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Features, Features, Vol 30 No 20 | 5/14-5/200 Comments
NWAW’S must-reads: stories about heritage and culture
Posted on 13 May 2011.
Her sister Regina is going away to college, leaving Lucy with a room to herself. After practicing all summer, she’s ready to show her coach her skills on the basketball court.
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 20 | 5/14-5/200 Comments
Hard to breathe easy in this gripping tale of infidelity and imprisonment
Posted on 05 May 2011.
“Breath,” the latest dramatic film from eccentric South Korean director Ki-duk Kim, begins with a prison inmate scratching on a wall with some kind of pen-shaped object.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 19 | 5/7-5/130 Comments
‘Chop Suey’ pageant delegate proudly represents multiculturalism
Posted on 28 April 2011.
Malama Pono Cady doesn’t mind it when people refer to her as Chop Suey, a well-known Chinese American mixed vegetable and meat dish. Cady’s mother, Kalinapuanani,
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Profiles, Profiles, Vol 30 No 18 | 4/30-5/61 Comment
Charismatic Donnie Yen is a ‘legend’ in his own right
Posted on 28 April 2011.
“Legend of the Fist,” a sweeping historical epic from Hong Kong director Andrew Lau, begins with the dismal, gray battlefields of World War I.
Posted in At the Movies, Vol 30 No 18 | 4/30-5/61 Comment
NWAW’s April must-reads: laughs in honor of moms
Posted on 21 April 2011.
For Asian Americans, the term “fob” is not new. If anything, it’s commonly used to refer to those moments we have that lean more toward
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 17 | 4/23-4/290 Comments
‘Sex in Seattle’ nears its end with the penultimate episode
Posted on 14 April 2011.
Kathy Hsieh’s writing career began in the ninth grade when her language arts teacher asked students to write a script for a class assignment. Hsieh wrote a comedic retelling
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features, Vol 30 No 16 | 4/16-4/221 Comment
Hit singer Jimmy Wong on Alexandra Wallace and why angry responses are unproductive
Posted on 07 April 2011.
Last month, former UCLA student Alexandra Wallace posted an ill-conceived YouTube video complaining about Asian students who talked
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles, Vol 30 No 15 | 4/9-4/150 Comments
