Filipino variety show, Wowowee, is sweeping into town Sunday, September 13, for a live concert at the Tacoma Dome. With eighty eight thousand viewers world-wide, Wowowee is an international phenomenon that connects Filipinos from the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia and many other countries to the place many call “home.” The television show, hosted by singer [...]
On September 19, 2009, the Inter*im Community Development Association (Inter*im CDA) will celebrate its 40th Anniversary at the Waterfront Marriot. Formally incorporated in 1969 as the International District Improvement Association, Inter*im is the oldest neighborhood organization in Seattle’s International District (ID). Forty years ago, the International District had deteriorated into an area of urban blight, [...]
The New Look Beauty Salon in Wallingford, owned by Emily Nguyen, provides many styling services, including the new digital perm technology that is all the rage in Japan. But none of this would have been possible if she hadn’t been able to escape the war and conflict in her native Vietnam. “It was terrible, we [...]
It is estimated that one in nine Americans have some form of kidney disease. Dr. Frank Fung, medical director of the Auburn Kidney Center, said that the two main causes of renal failure are diabetes and hypertension. According to Dr. Fung, it is less common for those in their 20s or younger to be diagnosed [...]
Remember the good old days in elementary school on the playground chasing the cute boys (or girls)? Those days were so innocent. We were not much different from each other besides gender. We weren’t able to grasp the concept of race yet. Then, one day, I realized that I was different. I was in the [...]
In some Asian countries, the concept of “child abuse” is not a common one. But Asian Pacific Islander American children are among the estimated 5 percent of American children who are victims of abuse and neglect annually. In many Asian countries, parents have near-absolute power to discipline their children, uphold particular social mores or encourage [...]
You know you had one. It’s okay to admit it. At one point, we all had one. AzNpLaYeR, KpNaMja, PiNoYpRiNcEsS, ViEtSwEeTi: Instant Messenger screen names that compressed our ethnic identities into aliases of alternating capital and lower case letters. This period known as the “AznPride” sensation, predicated what would soon transform our entire platform of [...]
You’ve seen the signs. You’ve heard the supporters – and their opponents. The facts are scary enough without the fiction and that’s why there is such a strong push to pass national health care reform this year. The facts: runaway private health insurance costs, denial of coverage because of pre-existing conditions and the high unemployment [...]
On First Thursday September 3rd, fiber artist Tina Koyama celebrates a first showing of “My 50th Year” at the Toshiro Kaplan Studios. Together with three other recipients of the 2009 PONCHO/Pratt Artist In Residence Scholarships she shows work created during and thanks to the residency. A University of Washington Grad with a Masters degree in [...]
Highlights Wing Luke Asian Museum presents “Yellow Terror: The Collection and Paintings of Roger Shimomura” with two opening reception events on Sept. 10. First up is the members exclusive preview with the artists and co-curator Dr. Stacey Urodomo-Barre from 6 to 7p.m. RSVP by calling (206) 623-5124×126 or e-mail jaquino@wingluke.org Not a member? You can [...]
Local writer/director Tran Quoc Bao’s short film “Bookie” is now available for viewing online. Set in 1963 Seattle, and presented in stark black and white, it tells the tale of a gambling bookie who risks everything for a beautiful waitress down on her luck. View it here: http://bookiethemovie.com
“She smells of soil, of moss and snails under a canopy/dripping with mist. Her teeth in front are black/like cinder, her fingers/are fat as cigar stubs. With one hand she unfurls/concentric circles in the air.” Thus begins “Mme.”, a sorcery-laden poem by Kim-An Lieberman who says she strove to “capture a particular image and mood, [...]
Please join us for a book release event to celebrate the launch of the 2nd edition of “Seattle’s International District: The Making of a Pan-Asian American Community” on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, mezzanine, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Meet author Doug Chin, the unoffical historian of the Seattle C/ID, [...]
Dear International Examiner, (Re: “Little Saigon Takes a Walk with the Mayor” (Aug. 5 – 18, 2009, Vol. 36, No. 15) by Quang Nguyen. “People in media can help facilitate democracy or participate in its betrayal.” —B.J. Bullert On July 27th, something happened in Seattle’s Little Saigon that didn’t surprise anyone in the Vietnamese community. [...]
