Chinese-Americans

A small Vietnamese woman poses at the register in a hair salon decorated with red decorations and yellow flowers in honor of the Lunar New Year

‘Our time to shine' Tacoma’s Lincoln District prepares to celebrate Lunar New Year

Mayowa Aina

Several blocks along Tacoma’s 38th Street will be shut down Jan. 28 as the Lincoln Business District celebrates the Lunar New Year. Local businesses owners are excited to celebrate the holiday but also their tight knit community.

Seattle bakers Leann Dang, Cndy Yuong, Tanantha Couilliard and Kat Lieu created a unique Lunar New Year box for donors contributing to the Very Asian Creators Fund.

Arts & Culture

At Lunar New Year, desserts can be customary or 'cute-ified'

The Associated Press

Unlike Thanksgiving, when pie is a given in many households, desserts and confections celebrating the Lunar New Year are as varied as the Asian diasporas around the world that celebrate it. Families from China to the U.S. to Vietnam will mark the new year on Sunday. Seattle-based author Kat Lieu plans to celebrate with both customary sweets and new creations.

A trans man who is naked sits on a giant peach with White Lillies in his hand. Two jade rings are on either side of him and the character for double happiness is painted in red against the pink background.

Arts & Culture

Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit

Grace Madigan

This year marks the Year of the Water Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. There are a number of events happening around Seattle and Tacoma to celebrate, including a new art installation honoring the Chinese rabbit deity, Tu'er Shen.

The Mississippi Delta is known for sharecroppers, cotton fields and blues music, but it has also been a hub to Chinese immigrants over the last century.

The Legacy Of The Mississippi Delta Chinese

Melissa Block

Chinese immigrants came to the Mississippi Delta as agricultural laborers. Many moved on to become grocers in African-American neighborhoods. Some stores remain, but many folks have moved on and away.