What were you doing Labor Day weekend — last year, the year before, 20 years ago? For many of us the answer would be: grilling teriyaki chicken, hamburgers, or vegan tofu links. Thousands of writers would say, “I was writing.” And a smaller number was, in fact, hammering out 100 pages. Is that really possible, [...]
Arielle Jacobs, who originated the role of Gabriella in the national tour of Disney’s “High School Musical” and whose mother is Filipina, portrays the Puerto Rican character Nina Rosario in “In the Heights”. In this multiple Tony Award-winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, Jacobs’ crystal clear voice breathes a wide range of [...]
The release date of “Long for This World” by Sonya Chung was March 2nd. If it hadn’t been for Chang Rae Lee’s latest “The Surrendered” hitting the shelves two weeks later, everyone who reads the Sunday paper’s Parade Magazine would have come across a review of Chung’s debut novel. But hers was bumped for the [...]
Azby Brown, whose “The Very Small House” was reviewed in the International Examiner in 2005 has come out with another gem. In “Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan” (Kodansha International) Brown points to the past to show how we can live happy, fulfilled and responsible lives today. In my mind Azby Brown [...]
They met at the Village Theatre in Issaquah when he was the Music Director for “Evita” and she performed the leading role. Last summer he played piano at her wedding and now he’s got her “beat boxing” (voice percussion) at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Over late lunch a fortnight before “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor [...]
It’s been about five years since yours truly reported on Luly Yang and the imaginative window displays at her Studio Boutique on the corner of Fourth and University. Recent passers-by may also have to take a second look at the “mannequins” dressed in Luly Yang creations for Teatro Zinzanni. Imagine seeing the contortionist Vita Radionova, [...]
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 [...]
