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Seattle International Butoh Festival runs through July 15

by Andrew HamlinJul 7, 2018
The eight-member DAIPANButoh Collective hosts the ninth annual Seattle International Butoh Festival, running through July 15 at various spaces around Seattle and Shoreline, featuring both dancers from their own troupe and performers from around the world.

A “country girl” from Costa Rica in front of the White House

by Makenna DreherJul 4, 2018
Isabel Loomis first came to the United States in 1951 for a one-year scholarship program under the Truman Point Four Program in Washington D.C.

Puyallup Watershed Initiative connects sense of place, identity in environmental work

by Puget Sound Future-MakersJul 3, 2018

A birthday also becomes her anniversary of arrival

by Judy Furlong

Arts & Culture

Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a Latino/a Culture set to open in south Seattle next year

by John StangJul 10, 2018
The first major museum devoted to Latino history in Washington state, the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a Latino/a Culture, is slated to open in South Park in early 2019.

A 24-hour journey to the United States

by Bryan NakataJul 2, 2018
Bishara Kharoufeh, 50, was born in Palestine during the 1967 war between the Arabs and the Israelis.

Seattle church offers sanctuary to father facing deportation

by Jovelle TamayoJun 28, 2018

Artists bring spotlight to global refugee issues in ARTvocacy exhibit

by Kimberly Westenhiser

Race & Ethnicity

Seattle Eritrean community celebrates 27 years of independence

by Agazit AfeworkiJun 6, 2018
The celebration of Eritrean Independence Day included traditional coffee ceremonies, art, music and dances from the country's different ethnic groups.

A family faces racism at a memorial: “Hey. This is America.”

by James HongMay 31, 2018
James Hong says his family won't be intimidated by a racist encounter at a 9/11 memorial.

Immigration

Thousands gather in SeaTac to protest immigrant family separations

by Jovelle TamayoJun 30, 2018
Police estimated about 10,000 demonstrators attended the “Families Belong Together” event in SeaTac — one of more than 750 events taking place in all 50 states — to protest family separation at the border and immigrant detention.

Three asylum seekers file class action lawsuit to reunite with children

by Venice BuhainJun 25, 2018
The families, who are from Honduras and El Salvador, will ask the court for permission to represent all parents in Washington state who are separated from their children.