The International Examiner

A comprehensive list of Arts Events happening around Seattle. Updated August 18th 2010.

I realized I could have described our travels better in previous posts, telling you of women gracing the streets in white dresses bordered with colorful embroidered flowers, and cafes where mariachis in full regalia serenade sighing lovers sipping margaritas while the scent of roasting meat wafts over from street carts selling tacos and tostadas, pungent [...]

I recently made my annual summer visit to Whistler, B.C. Unlike my high expectations for great food in Vancouver and Richmond, I usually have low expectations for the restaurants in Whistler. However, I finally found a restaurant that I am excited to return to. The Rimrock Café is not for the budget minded, but well [...]

For women in the U.S., breaking the glass ceiling remains a daunting challenge, particularly in the fast-paced world of computer science. Paradoxically, while the U.S is still at the forefront of the international field of information technology, women continue to lag behind men in the workforce. Experts agree that there continues to be a gender [...]

The financial crisis and the slow healing from the recession has plummeted employment opportunities. While every group is suffering, the Asian Pacific Islander community seems to inch slightly better than the rest. Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the API community has the overall lowest unemployment rate in the country. Perhaps employers are grouping [...]

Social Security turned 75 on Aug. 14, and to read major media reports it should be excoriated for robbing our children of their future security rather than celebrated for what it has achieved in keeping millions of Americans above the poverty line. The program’s recent annual report, shows a very healthy program needing important, but [...]

There are approximately fifty thousand households in the United States who do not use banks. Many of these unbanked households are comprised of low-income, minority families that see no need to open a bank account. The reasons these households are hesitant to use banks are many, but several studies have been conducted by financial institutions [...]

The “glass ceiling” refers to the roadblock that minorities and women often confront on their path to reach the higher ranks in corporate America. Many minorities working to rise to the top in their workplaces often face a steep, uphill battle with obstacles such as prejudice and inequalities. But with perseverance, a strive for learning, [...]

My friend and I watched looters gleefully make mad dashes into the corner grocery store. Their arms bulged with liquor bottles and cigarette cartons. Suddenly, my friend shouted out as if he was speaking to an audience: “Maybe now they’ll see how rotten they treat us.” The “they” was the white man. My friend’s words [...]

Your house is the biggest investment you can have in life, and it just makes sense for you to take good care of it. Maintaining its upkeep is sure to make your life more comfortable, and will also lessen the risk of quick deterioration. And since good, common sense might not be too common these [...]

Chamber of Commerce officials and business owners say that federal stimulus money has not been effective at helping minority-owned businesses in Washington even though $5.4 billion was awarded to the state, according to the Web Site: www.recovery.gov. According to the most recent data published by the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency on [...]

There’s a popular term known as “a happy accident”, although a press screening gone awry hardly seems the setting for one. Several days ago as the lights dimmed and a reel began to un-spool, voices speaking Japanese along with English subtitles appeared onscreen. That shouldn’t have seemed strange except that the animated characters in the [...]

Bruce Beresford’s presentation of “Mao’s Last Dancer” appears to be all black and white, or perhaps the director wanted to tell a complicated story in a simplistic way. In any case, Beresford ends up with a good film that could have been a great film had he allowed a little more gray to seep through [...]

When we think back on the people who influenced our lives, we often remember our teachers. These individuals, perhaps in the school classroom or even outside in the “classroom” of daily living, endure as indelible impressions that shaped who we are today. Scholar Joseph Campbell in the PBS film “Mythos I: The Shaping of Our [...]