The International Examiner

An in depth list of upcoming Arts Events happening around Seattle.

For some reason, I feel extremely appreciative of stuff lately. It’s a very strange feeling, since I’m so used to bitterness and sarcasm, but it made me realize just how lucky all of us are, to be alive, to have shelter, Netflix, access to flushing toilets, and tiny jars of jam at hotel continental breakfasts. [...]

Writing a column twice a month is really something new to me, in more ways than one. My experience working with Diem, the editor, on my very first column is testament to what I’d like to see more in the community. I was indignant at edits to my column at first, but realized that I [...]

“Well, at least you know you’re doing something right,” multiple people responded when I told them about the white supremacist vandalism that hit my organization’s office late April. They meant that my social, racial and economic justice organization, Washington CAN!, had been doing enough good work to put us on the target list of our [...]

Look around your neighborhood. How far is the nearest grocery store? The nearest hospital? Where is the nearest bus stop and when does the next one arrive? Would you even take the bus? The answers determine our everyday lives and they vary depending on where we live. They depend on city public planning. “Nowadays we [...]

The present rests on the past and the future surely surpasses both. This thought circled in my mind at the tail end of my interview with long-time Beacon Hill resident Jack Eng. Eng’s origins are squarely located in Seattle. However, his parentage originated in China. “My grandfather had a place in Port Townsend, Wash., a [...]

After spending his education in the sciences and even traveling to Panama to work in ecology conservation, Andrew Hida called it quits. His itch for the sciences waned. Years of building his resume for the science field suddenly lost its appeal. His niche and calling made a 360 degree turn when he picked up a [...]

The Community Voice Awards, hosted by the International Examiner on Wed., May 19, was attended by approximately 400 people. Guests gathered for an evening of entertainment, inspired and empowering speeches and to honor the heroes of our community. The awardees were Sharon Maeda for the Lifetime Achievement Award; the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation [...]

Issues such as racism, homophobia and classism aren’t topics we typically include in our conversations with others. But the youth leaders at the Seattle Young People’s Project (SYPP) come face-to-face with these issues and aren’t afraid to do something about it. “I feel like I’ve experienced every kind of discrimination,” said Uuganbayar Yuki Lkahagvasuren. “And [...]

On April 17, 2010, a freelance photographer captured on videotape a scene in which Seattle police officers beat and stomped on a Hispanic man, who had supposedly participated in an armed robbery that had occurred earlier that night. In the video, police officers can be heard shouting racial epithets at the Latino man as he [...]

The election of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino as the new president of the Philippines doesn’t, at first glance, seem to represent any significant political change. Aquino, after all, belongs to one of the dynastic clans that have long taken turns ruling the republic in the service of their narrow interests. But despite Aquino’s privileged roots, [...]

In Cultural Transcendence, five Asian American artists bring distinctly individual styles to installation art, pushing new media forward in an intriguing way. Lost and Found, 2004. Horatio Law. “Lost and Found” by Horatio Hung-Yan Law is a lovely first course. On a delicate screen on one end of the room, the faces of Chinese children [...]

Even if you’re not an architect, you likely know the names Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Otto Wagner – the well-known titans of the International Style of modern architecture that defined the 1920s and 30s. Professor Ken Tadashi Oshima, an associate professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Architecture, traces the careers of three [...]

Kensuke Yamada’s Art Patti Warashina’s Art Relatively new to the figurative sculpture scene, Kensuke Yamada’s 20-piece collection at Catherine Person Gallery (running through June 26 in the Pioneer District) features several wall mounted heads resembling masks and sculpture capturing human interaction and movement. Whether it be a girl astride her companion’s back in “Piggyback Ride” [...]