09 May 2009
Directed by Zhang-ke Jia, “24 City” is a Chinese film that blends documentary and fiction. It opens with a grim tone: Factory workers heat and hammer metal, and shots reveal people lingering alone and in smaller groups. The film follows individuals as they recount the story of how a factory turned into an apartment complex, a reflection of how China modernized.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies, Reviews, Vol 28 No 20 | 5/9 - 5/15, Vol 29 No 40 | 10/2-10/80 Comments
09 May 2009
The controversy of the month belongs to Jackie Chan and his comments regarding freedom for Chinese people. That being said, other Asians excelled. Yao Ming is leading the Houston Rockets in the playoffs, Lindsay Price stars in a television pilot, and Freida Pinto is declared beautiful. In addition, a long awaited update on journalist Laura Ling and Euna Kim.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Pop Culture, Vol 28 No 20 | 5/9 - 5/152 Comments
07 May 2009
Many will say that we learn history so that we won’t repeat our missteps. It’s an easy statement to make but is hard to back up with action ...
Posted in Editorials, Opinion, Vol 28 No 20 | 5/9 - 5/150 Comments
07 May 2009
In response to the “Pageant recrowns winner due to counting error” story (May 2, issue 19), I think the facts are strongly misconstrued ...
Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Vol 28 No 20 | 5/9 - 5/156 Comments
02 May 2009
Due to the current recession, there will no longer be a new building for Seattle Goodwill.
Posted in Community News, Features, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/81 Comment
02 May 2009
The print publication of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ended on March 17, and so did many of its employees’ jobs.
Posted in Community News, Features, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
On the night of Saturday, April 18, the organizers of Hoa Khoi Lien Truong, a Vietnamese cultural pageant, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they could start putting a successful event behind them. However, an officer of the Vietnamese Student Association at the University of Washington (VSA), the organizer of the event, recounted the judges’ scores and discovered an error in the calculation of the scores.
Posted in Community News, Features, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
When Kayomi Wada graduated from the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) in the spring of 2008, she intended to pursue her master’s degree there as well, hoping to expand on her interests in Asian American (AA) and Black communities in North and South America.
Posted in Community News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
Women of Color Empowered is an event organized by a planning committee to recognize women who have made a significant contribution to their field. It strives to dispel certain stereotypes. To be held on Friday, May 15, at Ocean City Restaurant, the theme for the upcoming event is “Civic Activism: Making a Difference.”
Posted in Community News, Features, News, Profiles, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/81 Comment
02 May 2009
On Wednesday, April 29, the board chair of the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) John Duong told Northwest Asian Weekly that Clayton Fong is no longer the CEO and President of NAPCA.
Posted in Briefs, Community News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
The Seattle Public Library has expanded its Web site to offer more information for its Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish-speaking readers.
Posted in Briefs, Community News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
Despite last year’s downturn in the economy, the Muckleshoot tribe donated more than $2,853,000 in 2008 to more than 180 nonprofits and other government sponsored organizations serving communities throughout Washington state.
Posted in Briefs, Community News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
Regal Financial Bank, a small bank in Seattle, was sued earlier this month by a group of 4,200 Indonesian investors over accusations that it helped operate a $600 million Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme involves a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money (or money paid by subsequent investors) rather than from any actual profit earned.
Posted in Briefs, Community News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The third Cambodian consulate in the United States has opened in Massachusetts.
Posted in National News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new admissions policy set to take effect at the University of California system in three years is raising fears among Asian Americans that it will reduce their numbers on campus, where they account for 40 percent of all undergraduates.
Posted in National News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
02 May 2009
SEATTLE (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $57 million to improve Internet access at public libraries in Poland, Romania, and Vietnam.
Posted in National News, News, Vol 28 No 19 | 5/2 - 5/80 Comments
