Visual Arts Bainbridge Arts and Crafts. Working in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community and guest curator Michiko Olson, BAC presents — Exhibition: “Intersections: Contemporary Work by Japanese American Artists” Oct. 6-31. Reception: Friday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m. Lecture: Mira Nakashima, on the life and work of George Nakashima: Oct. 7, 7 p.m., [...]
BY NHIEN NGUYEN Examiner Editor When times got rough for young Meg Tilly, she climbed up apple trees, seeking solace in the woods, meadows and nature. It was natural then for Tilly to use the Pacific Northwest as settings in her writing and settle in a region where nature can readily soothe her soul. The [...]
BY KEN MOCHIZUKI Examiner Staff Five years after the short film “Beacon Hill Boys” was released and made it rounds, I was invited to speak at a teachers’ seminar at Seattle’s Antioch College. Then working for the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs, I addressed the history and current issues of the Japanese American [...]
BY TRACEY FUGAMI Examiner Contributor If you wait until next year to visit the Seattle Art Museum when their expanded new home opens to the public, you will miss one of the most significant additions to their collection. On view until Oct. 15 is Shirin Neshat’s “Tooba,” (2002). Originally commissioned for Documenta 11 in Kassel, [...]
2006 marks the five-year anniversary of the events of Sept. 11. As communities across the nation organize memorials to the tragic day in history, the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College Campus Library & Media Center is participating in The September Project. The September Project is a global grassroots effort to encourage public [...]
Story by DIEM LY Examiner Contributor Asian American Studies is nearing middle age. What has it learned? What conflicts has it faced and triumphs can it boast? Arguably, AAS has had to struggle all its life against the same adversity that its very establishment tried to abolish. They had to fight university administrators to be [...]
The sun is gone and the leaves are falling, marking the start of education season. In this special feature, the International Examiner goes inside the Univerisity of Washington, interviewing professors of two popular majors — graphic design and architecture. We have a special report on the state of Asian American Studies, a program growing in [...]
UW Professor Ken Oshima looks to history, design and the younger generation of international architects BY AMY HARTWELL GGLO Architects There is no doubt that the urban landscape of Seattle has been directly influenced by Asian aesthetics and sensibilities. This is true of most metropolitan centers, particularly those along the Asian-Pacific rim, and the study [...]
BY NHIEN NGUYEN Examiner Editor Nonprofits around the region convened at South Seattle Community College on Tuesday, Sept. 19 for the Nonprofit Assistance Center Sixth Annual Community Building Conference. This year’s conference focused on the theme, “Race Forward: Transforming Communities Through Racial Justice.” The all-day conference included speakers and panelists about how poverty, institutions and [...]
BY ELAINE KO Director, Inter*Im Community Development Association Our agency recently completed a new building for 50 families, Nihonmachi Terrace (NT), on the top of Main Street in the ID. Our new offices are located on the street level and it is really great to be able to greet our newest neighbors each day on [...]
Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) Executive Director Ellen Abellera invited the community for a briefing on Governor Gregoire’s “Next Washington” initiative on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Director Eva Santos of the Department of Personnel and Director Carolyn Crowson of the Office of Minority Womens’ Business Enterprises unveiled [...]
On Friday, Sept. 29, former Washington Governor Gary Locke and leaders from Washington’s Asian Pacific American (APA) community formally endorsed U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell for re-election and launched “Asian Pacific Americans for Cantwell” at an event at the Panama Tea and Coffee House in Seattle’s International District. The leaders thanked Cantwell for her work on [...]
King County Executive Ron Sims will present awards for exemplary service in the mental health field to five organizations, including Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS), at a ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle. ACRS Executive Director Diane Narasaki and Consejo Counseling and Referral [...]
BY CAMILLE T. TAIARA NEW AMERICAN MEDIA SAN FRANCISCO -— On April 30, U.S. agents removed human rights lawyer and prominent Sikh nationalist Harpal Singh Cheema from his Yuba County jail cell, told him to change into the musty old clothes he’d been wearing when he was taken into custody in 1997, and transported him, [...]
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BY NHIEN NGUYEN Over 125 members of ethnic media and immigrants rights groups across the country convened in the basement of the Japanese American Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 21. None of us seemed to care that we were crammed in the JACC conference room, stuffy from the warmth of a typical [...]
Story by KEN MOCHIZUKI Examiner Staff Are you baby boomers ready to get old, or ready to care for aging family members? “Options For Aging Services,” a two-hour seminar held at the Kawabe Memorial House on Saturday, Sept. 30 put the baby boomer generation on notice to confront some issues it may be reluctant to [...]
BY KEN MOCHIZUKI Examiner Staff Umbrella dancers from the Huayin Performing Arts Group, organized by Xiaoming Wu, perform in front of an audience at Hing Hay Park in Chinatown/International District on Saturday, Sept. 30. The dancers were part of the 2006 Moon Festival, hosted by The Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce on behalf of CID [...]
