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Playwright Julia Cho Tackles a Linguist’s Unraveling Marriage in ‘The Language Archive’

Playwright Julia Cho Tackles a Linguist’s Unraveling Marriage in ‘The Language Archive’

Roxanne Ray May 15, 2013 0

Photo caption: Playwright Julia Cho presents The Language Archive” at Seattle Public Theater from May 16 through June 9. Language is a living practice and it emerges from those who speak it.  If the

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Arts Etc. – 5/15/2013

Arts Etc. – 5/15/2013

Alan Chong Lau May 15, 2013 0

Visual Arts Highlights “Under My Skin – Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century” is now at the Wing. Work was selected from 27 artists after months of discussions and viewing.  Artists in this

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What Does Karen Maeda Allman Suggest Reading This Summer?

What Does Karen Maeda Allman Suggest Reading This Summer?

The International Examiner May 15, 2013 0

In an enduring effort to promote good reading and literacy, the IE will occasionally feature summer reading suggestions from remarkable people in our community. We hope our readers will be inspired to pick up

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‘Stuck Elevator’ Impresses at World Premiere: Immigrant Experience of Deliveryman Inspires Questions of the American Dream

‘Stuck Elevator’ Impresses at World Premiere: Immigrant Experience of Deliveryman Inspires Questions of the American Dream

Sujn Chon May 1, 2013 0

Opera singer Julius Ahn stars as Guang the deliveryman in “Stuck Elevator.” Byron Au Yong’s ‘Stuck Elevator’ Impresses San Francisco During World Musical Premiere Immigrant Experience of Everyday Deliveryman Inspires Questions of the American

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Jon Kimura Parker Plays at UW Campus

Jon Kimura Parker Plays at UW Campus

Sujn Chon May 1, 2013 0

Jon Kimura Parker performs May 8th as part of the UW World Concert Series. Photo credit: Tara McMullen. This month, Seattle welcomes an internationally-renowned pianist who has performed for prime ministers, supreme court justices

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Enfu: Making Art through a Child’s Eyes

Enfu: Making Art through a Child’s Eyes

Claire Emiko Fant May 1, 2013 0

Seattle Pop Artist Enfu on New Work and Seeing through a Child’s Eyes By Claire Emiko Fant By day Ken Taya pulls a full-time stint at his job where he creates fantastic environments for

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Wordless Discourses:  Art on Race for Wing Luke’s Under My Skin Exhibit

Wordless Discourses: Art on Race for Wing Luke’s Under My Skin Exhibit

Minh Nguyen May 1, 2013 0

Wordless Discourses:  Art on Race for Wing Luke’s Under My Skin Exhibit By Minh Nguyen IE Contributor In the first chapter of his book, “How Music Works,” David Byrne of the Talking Heads writes

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Gay Christian Experiences Worth Writing Home About

Gay Christian Experiences Worth Writing Home About

Vinh Do May 1, 2013 0

Book Review:  Does Jesus Really Love Me? By Vinh Do Stories of faith and religious experiences are inherently risky. They end up sounding simplistic, cliché, irrelevant or extreme. Rare are the stories that make

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Brotherly Love in a Multi-Culti World

Brotherly Love in a Multi-Culti World

Yayoi Lena Winfrey May 1, 2013 0

Fady Elsayed and James Floyd star as the brothers in “My Brother the Devil.” Photo by Simon Wheatley Brotherly Love in a Multi-Culti World by Yayoi L. Winfrey Featuring a multiethnic cast in a

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Asianphiles, Fundamentalists, Sex Slaves and Ukulele

Asianphiles, Fundamentalists, Sex Slaves and Ukulele

Yayoi Lena Winfrey May 1, 2013 0

“Seeking Asian Female.” Photo credit: Susan Munroe. Asianphiles, Fundamentalists, Sex Slaves and Ukuleles by Yayoi L. Winfrey With terrorism a buzzword of today’s media, internationally acclaimed director Mira Nair’s latest film is timely. In

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