Visual Arts Facere Jewelry Art Gallery will showcase international contemporary jewelry artists featured in the Lark Publication entitled “1000 Rings.” Jewelry artists from Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea are included. Jan. 25 opening with a lecture slated for 4 p.m. (RSVP (206) 624-6768 and a reception to follow. Show on view through Feb. 15. 1420 [...]
BY JUDITH VAN PRAAG Examiner Arts Writer On Dec. 31, 2005, visitors were ushered into the space at 212 First Ave. in Pioneer Square, which for 32 years had housed David Ishii’s well-known book store. Except for a few framed photographs on the red brick walls, some shelves, boxes filled with odds and ends and [...]
BY KARYN KUBO LAMBORN Examiner Film Editor With the Northwest Asian American Film Festival just a couple of weeks away, festival director Wes Kim took a few minutes from his hectic schedule of programming five feature films and more than 50 short films into the four-day festival to answer a few questions for the International [...]
Two silent films feature Aono Jikken scores BY KARYN KUBO LAMBORN Examiner Film Editor He was the first Japanese director to have a film reviewed in the New York Times — 14 years before “Rashomon.” He was a contemporary of Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi, and revered by Akira Kurosawa. In Japan, his films were [...]
Khanh Doan re-invents Briar Rose BY NHIEN NGUYEN Examiner Editor When Khanh Doan first auditioned for “Sleeping Beauty,” she didn’t think they would cast her as the lead, Briar Rose. The image of Sleeping Beauty is that of a blonde-haired blue-eyed young woman, after all. Believing that she wasn’t the “obvious choice” for the part, [...]
BY CLAIRE EMIKO FANT Examiner Contributor Intaglio Artist, Seiko Tachibana Exhibition: Jan. 6 – 28 Davidson Galleries 313 Occidental Ave S. For contemporary print artist, Seiko Tachibana, leaving her home in Japan to explore new vistas brought her back to what she had taken for granted with a new appreciation. Born in 1964 and raised [...]
Story by Carmela Lim Examiner Staff For those of you trying to stick to your New Year’s resolution of eating healthy, the Vegetarian Bistro is for you. Located at 688 King St. in the International District, the name of the restaurant itself makes it an obvious choice for healthy eating. One of the newest restaurants [...]
BY JOYCE YIU Examiner Contributor For drag queen Teriyaki Temple, A&F does not stand for the fashion store Abercrombie & Fitch; it is the abbreviation for “Asian and Fabulous”: the theme for the third annual Mr. and Miss Gay Asian/Pacific Islander International Pageant. This year’s pageant is scheduled for Jan 28 at 7 p.m. in [...]
The New Year brings new life to an aging former grocery store as Head Start preschoolers from immigrant families move into renovated space on Beacon Hill. Construction was completed in November on Denise Louie Education Center’s new Beacon Hill facility, which opened its doors to children, staff and parents Jan. 3. It replaces a leased [...]
Safeco Insurance Invests in Community Safety Safeco Insurance has awarded Seattle Chinatown-ID Public Development Authority’s Community Action Partnership (CAP) public safety program a $5000 grant for 2006 Community Safety Workshops, according to the SCIDPDA newsletter. The workshops will provide neighborhood residents and business owners and workers with the tools to increase personal and vehicle safety, [...]
BY NHIEN NGUYEN Examiner Editor When Eric Liu was researching for his book, “Guiding Lights: The People Who Lead Us Toward Our Purpose in Life,” it was his dream to gather some of the “luminary” teachers and mentors he met for a roundtable discussion. This gathering happened when his book was released in 2004, two [...]
BY NHIEN NGUYEN The New Year has come and gone, along with New Year’s resolutions, already broken with only two weeks into 2006. Luckily, for those who celebrate the Lunar New Year coming up at the end of this month, we have another chance to make, re-new or re-define New Year’s resolutions for the ringing [...]
