http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=683029 AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. Thu, 24 May 2012 09:29:53 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682711 Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africas most famous township in Sowetos first fashion week opening Thursday. The township on Johannesburgs southwestern edge was the natural place for a show for new designers, said 23-year-old entrepreneur and Soweto Fashion Week organizer Stephen Manzini. "You walk around Soweto, you see creativity everywhere," Manzini said. Manzini didnt ask designers to show extensive collections or charge them take part, unlike the countrys more established fashion weeks. Thu, 24 May 2012 08:06:58 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682676 Associated Press ST. Thu, 24 May 2012 06:59:39 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682695 Associated Press NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) - A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerers hometown opened Thursday, bringing together works by the German Renaissance artist from a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years. The Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum is the largest in Germany in 40 years, encompassing the artists creative period until 1505, including self-portraits and portraits of family and friends, as well as his ambitious nature studies and drawings. "It made a lot of sense for us to focus on Duerers development until the year 1505," said curator Daniel Hess. Thu, 24 May 2012 06:24:23 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682559 Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) - If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read. Cin Ali, a village character who was created around 1970, is out of sorts in Turkeys brash new world, epitomized by the perpetual buzz of Istanbul, its continent-straddling biggest city. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:26:12 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682710 Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africas most famous township in Sowetos first fashion week opening Thursday. The township on Johannesburgs southwestern edge was the natural place for a show for new designers, said 23-year-old entrepreneur and Soweto Fashion Week organizer Stephen Manzini. "You walk around Soweto, you see creativity everywhere," Manzini said. Manzini didnt ask designers to show extensive collections or charge them take part, unlike the countrys more established fashion weeks. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:19:17 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682694 NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) - A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerers hometown brings together works by the Renaissance artist from galleries in a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years. The Germanisches Nationalmuseum says the Duerer exhibition opening Thursday is the largest in Germany in 40 years, encompassing the artists work until 1505, including self-portraits and portraits of family and friends, as well as his ambitious nature studies and drawings. The oldest work _ "Self-Portrait" from the Albertina in Vienna _ dates to 1484 while the latest, from 1504, is the "Adoration of the Magi" from the Uffizi in Florence. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:08:08 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682677 Associated Press ST. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:07:24 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682582 AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - When architect Wang Shu accepts his fields richest prize in a ceremony Friday at the seat of Chinas legislature, a symbolic second winner will be waiting in the background _ Hyatt Hotels. The Pritzker Architecture Prize has special resonance for communist leaders who want to promote China as a global cultural power. Thu, 24 May 2012 02:22:46 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=19&sid=682453 PORTLAND, Ore. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:16:39 PST