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Secret Agents Take the Stage
Throngs of fans lined the streets of South Downtown on a recent sunny Sunday. As they filtered through the doors of Showbox SoDo to kick-off this year’s International Secret Agents (ISA) concert tour on
Read More »Inspired by the Caricature of North Korea in “You For Me For You”
Intercultural translation always poses challenges. American playwright Mia Chung was intrigued by the challenge of understanding North Korean culture. “I felt very alienated from North Korea,” says Chung, who believed the isolated nation
Read More »Curtains Open for “Yellow Face”
A reunion is afoot in Seattle theatre during August. Local theatre producer and ReAct Theatre board member Roger Tang collaborates again with his college dorm-mate David Henry Hwang in ReAct’s production of Hwang’s play
Read More »The Popular Novel “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”
A spin-off from the sci-fi anime television series, “Trigun: Badlands Rumble” reintroduces its primary characters against a landscape that appears to be the American West in outer space. Based on the original story line
Read More »When the de la Cruz Family Danced
I loved “When the de la Cruz Family Danced”. There, I’ve erased any semblance of objectivity. Donna Miscolta’s first novel is set in San Diego, but it could be Seattle — or Chicago (where
Read More »Photographer to Crime Novelist “You Don’t Need to be There to Capture It”
Writer: “What’s the difference between photography and writing a novel?” Dean Wong: “Well, with photography, you have to be there. You have to see the scene in front of you, you have to be
Read More »A Controversial Film Unflinchingly Portrays the “City of Life and Death”
A series of postcards, bearing messages scrawled in bad handwriting, introduces the unfolding horror of 1937 Nanking, China. Japanese soldiers there have overtaken the capital city and no escape remains for its Chinese residents.
Read More »Derek Nguyen Talks Filmmaking and the “Wives of Norman Mao”
Derek Nguyen is a multifaceted artist with a diversity of career accomplishments and personal experiences. He has worked as a writer, director, producer, and playwright on both films and stage dramas. And he is
Read More »The Kore Ionz Present: Love You Better
The new “Love You Better (EP)” from Seattle reggae band Kore Ionz can be summarized in one word: awesome. The title track is a poignant love letter that once you hear it, you can’t
Read More »Calligrapher Yoko Murao: The Elements Within
“The Elements Within” exhibit at Mithun — running until June 21 — features a collaborative show of artisanal slab furniture and calligraphic wall hangings. Calligrapher and choreographer Yoko Murao was invited to include her
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