Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
By Scott Heinlein and Sandy Marvinney For Northwest Asian Weekly In the works is a business, civic, and cultural delegation to Chongqing, Seattle’s sister city, a booming metropolis on the Yangtze River and the gateway to southwest China. The March 18–23 program, “Seattle Week in Chongqing,” reciprocates a May 2011 visit by a Chongqing delegation [...]
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Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, Features 06, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/10
Posted on 02 February 2012. Tags: 2012, Children's Parade 2012, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10
On Jan. 28, families from all over the Greater Seattle area came down to the Chinatown-International District for its annual Lunar New Year festival. Featured were lion and dragon dances, drumming, food from local restaurants, and a children’s parade and costume contest. All photos taken by George Liu/NWAW
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Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, 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, red envelopes, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
By Nan Nan Liu Northwest Asian Weekly Firecrackers, feasts, and exhilarating lion dances — Chinese New Year has many interesting traditions. However, one of the most appealing traditions, especially for young ones, is the red envelopes.
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Posted in Cultures, Features 05, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Vol 31 No 5 | January 28 - February 3
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly As early as I can remember, I loved firecrackers.
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Posted in Cultures, Features 05, Food, Vol 31 No 5 | 1/28-2/3
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: 2012, Lunar New Year 2012, Vol 31 No 4 | January 21 - January 27
By Vivian Miezianko Northwest Asian Weekly With the Lunar New Year approaching, Asians around the world are looking forward to a variety
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Posted in Cultures, Features 04, Food, Vol 31 No 4 | 1/21-1/27
Posted on 16 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly How do you entertain your out-of-town friends and family during the holidays? The best way is to present them programs and entertainment with a Northwest flair.
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Posted in Cultures, Vol 30 No 51 | 12/17-12/23
Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: 2011, Publisher Ng, Vol 30 No 50 | December 10 - December 16
By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly I love Christmas. Yes, I do. I know I am stepping on some toes by saying this. Being the publisher of Northwest Asian Weekly, I’ve had people accuse me of not being politically correct when I wish others a Merry Christmas.
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Posted in Cultures, Vol 30 No 50 | 12/10-12/16
Posted on 23 November 2011. Tags: 2011, Thanksgiving 2011, Vol 30 No 48 | November 26 - December 2
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Yeah, a Thanksgiving article about etiquette is pretty exciting and cutting-edge stuff. But before
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Posted in Community News, Cultures, Features, Features 48, Food, Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/2