Throngs of fans lined the streets of South Downtown on a recent sunny Sunday. As they filtered through the doors of Showbox SoDo to kick-off this year’s International Secret Agents (ISA) concert tour on July 31, anticipation filled the room, excitement heard through an eruption of delighted squeals and showcased in homemade signs expressing love [...]
American coffee and tea culture has seen many trends come and go in years’ past with a couple of hot items making a lasting impression. While Vietnamese coffee has made its way across the globe, bubble tea is often seen as a game changer in the tea world. Like the game of telephone, however, some [...]
In the summer of 1993, Janelle Le was about to enter her senior year at Lindbergh high school when she experienced something she had felt dozens of times before, a cold. A month later, a severe cough developed and doctors were perplexed after incorrectly diagnosing her with bronchitis and then pneumonia. Test after test was [...]
Asian Americans are considered one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the country. With this continual increase, it’s inevitable that Asian Americans will be observed in many facets of American life. One influence is in the news media. Nowadays, an Asian American reporter and news anchor—ususally female—is just a remote control click away. Connie So, [...]
Three billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day while 1.4 billion live on less than $1.25—under conditions considered extreme poverty. To read such facts is effortless but to see and understand its true meaning can stir others to action. Eugene Cho, lead pastor of Quest Church in Seattle, has always [...]
For Bret Nielsen, executive producer and owner of Fueled Creative, all he needed was a spark—to defy the odds, grow, succeed, and in turn, give back. Fifteen years ago, Nielsen was used to being in the forefront as he raced motorcycles semi-professionally. At the precipice of making a name for himself, he suffered an injury [...]
