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Sarmiento speaks through glass
BY LUCIA ENRIQUEZ Jeffery Sarmiento’s pieces are mesmerizing. Peering inside blocks of smooth glass, we see lines become waveforms, diagrams or letters. Overlapping, floating through the depths of transparent or lightly tinted glass, we
Read More »Chinese Reconciliation Project ground in Tacoma
BY CHARYSSE REASER Examiner Contributor The Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation (CRPF) will break ground for its historic Chinese Reconciliation Park on Aug. 19 in Tacoma. The park – overlooking Commencement Bay – will be
Read More »Cultural Tourism: Dragon boat racing down Victoria's Inner Harbour
Drummers help dragon boat paddlers stay synchronized. Teams came from all over the United States and Canada to compete in the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. Story by Nhien Nguyen Photos by Richard Cranor It’s
Read More »Obituary: Zenaida Guerzon
Zenaida Guerzon BY HONG VAN Zenaida Guerzon, a long-time contributor and volunteer to the Filipino community, passed away peacefully and suddenly in her home in Seattle on Aug. 11 as a result of heart
Read More »Alumni to join UW Communication Hall of Fame
BY HONG VAN SEATTLE – The University of Washington Department of Communication has named 11 alumni to its Alumni Hall of Fame, including Evelyn Keiko Iritani and Lori Lei Matsukawa. Iritani received her B.A.
Read More »APA policy makers gather in Seattle
BY HONG VAN SEATTLE – Asian Pacific American policy makers from all over the nation will meet here in Seattle to discuss issues that affect the APA communities across the country. The National Asian
Read More »CISC chosen to attend Seattle FBI Citizens’ Academy
BY HONG VAN SEATTLE – The Federal Bureau of Investigation – Seattle Office held its first FBI Citizens’ Academy in May and June with 29 businesses, civic and religious leaders chosen to participate. Chinese
Read More »Heritage remembered…a gift to the future
The Nikkei Heritage Association of Washington, through its project, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, is proud and honored to present this first edition of “Pioneering Washington Issei: 1879-1899.” Our hope is
Read More »Hotel & Heritage AOKI: imm. 1887, 1897
BY KEN MOCHIZUKI Shea Aoki, 90, can remember the heyday of the Alps Hotel. Before World War II, the International District hotel — with the first elevator among hotels in the neighborhood, she claims
Read More »Oysters & Agriculture MAEKAWA: imm. 1894
BY HELEN AKITA Zenzaburo Maekawa was born on August 17, 1877 in Takashima, Japan, a suburb of Hikone. He immigrated to Canada in 1894, as passports were easier to get than to America. Maekawa
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