BY JUDITH VAN PRAAG Examiner Contributor A journalist, a caregiver for the elderly, a fashion model, a veterinarian, a bank teller, and a voice actor/ narrator – all of them neighbors of Kate Klippensteen – lend their “saibashi” or cooking chopsticks to the author of “Cool Tools” to model for her partner, the photographer Yasuo [...]
Highlights Pinay SA Seattle, a Filipina American women’s organization in association with Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) and Youth Speaks Seattle, present a Seattle first-of-its-kind, all-women’s hip-hop event entitled “INDAYog: The Rhythm in the Movement” on Dec. 7 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle. Both local and out-of-town female artists will [...]
BY JUDITH VAN PRAAG Examiner Contributor“Cool Tools: Cooking Utensils from the Japanese Kitchen” by Kate Klippensteen, styling by Ori Koyama, photographs by Yasuo Konishi For more than four decades, Kodansha International has been publishing books with an emphasis on Japanese culture, exposing the English reading world to every subject from “Lullie the Iceberg” and “Pop [...]
BY KEN MOCHIZUKI Examiner Assistant Editor In her newly published book, “Lost & Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration,” author Karen L. Ishizuka has written what she calls her “prolonged meditation” on being senior curator of the multimedia exhibit, “America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience” produced by the Japanese American National Museum in [...]
BY DEAN WONG Examiner Contributor Michael Wang makes a living as a facilities assistant at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) but his true passion is photography. When doctors at PATH discovered Wang’s hidden talent, they helped him get an in-house ONP (Opportunity for New Professionals) grant. The grant enabled Wang to go to [...]
Story by BEN GARRISON UW News Lab Combining elements of Vietnamese, Thai and Malaysian cuisine, Made In Kitchen offers a unique blend of fusion food and modern architecture seldom brought together in the International District. The downfall at many restaurants in the area is usually not with the food. Having anything more than the compulsory [...]
BY BEN GARRISON UW News Lab Herb Tsuchiya describes his life philosophy as “Eat, eat, eat, talk, talk, talk, laugh, laugh, laugh, be kind, be kind, be kind.” He strives to live by this motto every day. In 16 years, he has helped to raise more than $840,000 for the Asian Counseling and Referral Service [...]
Sushi & Sake Fest Hundreds of people gathered for the annual, highly-anticipated Sushi & Sake Fest at the Westin Hotel on Nov. 9. The event was a benefit for Densho, a project that works to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II in interment camps. Over 13 restaurants and [...]
Tatsuo Nakata was the senior legislative aide and chief of staff for Seattle City Councilmember David Della. He was struck and killed by an automobile while in a West Seattle crosswalk on Nov. 14. A Tatsuo Nakata Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel of St. Ignatius on the Seattle University campus on Thursday, [...]
On Dec. 4, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding racial desegregation plans in the cases of Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al., and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, according to a press release. Civil rights groups Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and [...]
BY DIEM T. LY Examiner Contributor When Duc Nguyen was a child in Vietnam, his family would pray together every night. At age 24, Duc’s family emigrated from Vietnam to the United States where he entered seminary schools in Oregon and California. Nine years of schooling and three college degrees later, Father Duc or “Duke,” [...]
BY KEN MOCHIZUKI Examiner Assistant Editor On Nov. 28, during the coldest night of the year, the Dearborn Street Coalition for Livable Neighborhoods (DSCLN) made its presence known in City Hall when over 30 of its members voiced concern to the Seattle City Council over the proposed Dearborn Street project. The newly-formed DSCLN, a coalition [...]
BY SIAN WU Examiner Contributor As I mingled with the huge crowds of people to see the “Bodies” exhibit at 800 Pike St. in Seattle after Thanksgiving, I was struck by the sheer spectacle of the event. Statuesque Asian faces stand with their muscles flayed, their skin torn off and eyebrows and nipples adhered to [...]
