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Filipina chef and small business owner Jan Parker pushes for new standards of support...

When Jan Parker eats chicken adobo, her mind is cast back to her earliest memory of food: her mother’s chicken adobo, served with rice. Now a professional chef based in Tacoma, Parker pulls on...

From murals and record covers to water bottles and bicycle art, artist Shogo Ota...

If you’ve ever traveled through Terminal B at the SeaTac airport, you’ve probably walked past the black and white mural running the back wall of the Starbucks. The person behind that mural is Japanese-American...

“24 Ways to Move More” will break its readers out of exercise ruts and...

Nicole Tsong is a well-versed columnist, yoga teacher, life coach, and author. But after publishing two successful books about yoga, Yoga for Hikers and Yoga for Climbers, Tsong decided to try something new, and...

Pilgrimages happen virtually in 2020 as COVID-19 prevents Japanese American community from gathering

In 1942, Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 forced Japanese Americans into incarceration camps for three years under the pretense of national security. Nearly 80 years later, the internees and their descendents ensure this racist and...

“A Thousand Cuts” shows a threat to journalism in the Philippines that feels eerily...

Award-winning filmmaker Ramona Diaz decided to create a documentary about the ongoing drug war in the Philippines. But when she arrived, something surprised her that changed the entire course of the documentary. “I wanted to...

Unconventional teen-led art gallery in Washington rallies for change

When aspiring artists Alice Mao and Taylor Wang recognized the lack of representation for young artists of color in the creative world, they decided to rewrite the narrative. Now holding their second gallery on...

James Harris Gallery captures 20 years of work in the exhibit, Akio Takamori: To...

The late artist Akio Takamori had a fascination with the sensuality of the sexes and explored his interest through a series of prints and sculptures. Showcasing prints from Takamori’s beginning pieces to his last...