Roxanne Ray
The Seattle International Dance Festival 2023 expands the bounds of movement
Each spring, the Seattle International Dance Festival hosts a wide variety of dance companies from around the world, and 2023 is no different. In the IE, we have featured SIDF in 2017, 2019, 2020,...
Mushroom lanterns are coming to the Fremont Troll, courtesy of artist Michiko Tanaka and...
In 2021, Michiko Tanaka in 2021 created the Moss Turtle at the Troll's Knoll by the Fremont Troll. Now, she’s teaming up with sculptor Haiying Wu to sculpt four large mushroom-shaped lanterns that will...
Exhibit tells the stories of those displaced by I-5, drawing parallels to present-day Chinatown-ID
During the first half of the 20th century, the Interstate highway now known simply as I-5 did not exist in Seattle. But as I-5 was constructed through the city, countless blocks of Seattle residents were...
Christine Heesun Hwang to star in The 5th Avenue Theatre production of Les Miserables
Theft is a multi-faceted phenomenon, as those who steal offer a range of justifications, from hunger, to desperation, to opportunism, to greed. This spring, The 5th Avenue Theatre explores criminality and idealism in the...
‘Hometown Boy’ by Keiko Green asks who gets to move on from memory?
Playwright and screenwriter Keiko Green has a lot of projects going in 2023, and locally, her play Hometown Boy is receiving its second production at Seattle Public Theater during May.
In Hometown Boy, James returns...
The Fremont Troll stars in a new play by musical theater duo Justin Huertas...
When the International Examiner last checked in with playwright and actor Justin Huertas and composer Steven Tran, they had collaborated on a pre-pandemic musical entitled The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion and then had...
In his stage performance NOTHINGBEING, multidisciplinary artist Takahiro Yamamoto interrogates the “unfiltered self”
This month, local presenting organization On the Boards is practicing its mission to explore and present provocative art and forward-thinking ideas by hosting multidisciplinary artist Takahiro Yamamoto and his new work NOTHINGBEING. As suggested...
Three choreographers explore the human condition through dance
For many years, Seattle dance company Whim W’Him has produced a Spring Fling fundraiser, and alongside it, the company will also present Spring ’23, featuring work by three choreographers, Emilie Leriche, Olivier Wevers, and...
The Swimmers author Julie Otsuka to visit for SPL Seattle Reads’ 25th Anniversary
Last year, novelist Julie Otsuka spoke with the International Examiner about her latest book The Swimmers, and this spring, she will be visiting Seattle to talk about her book by participating in the Seattle...
Wolf Play at ACT Theatre follows a Korean adoptee boy seeking his pack
Families come in all shapes and sizes, and this month, ACT Theatre explores the challenges and barriers faced by individuals seeking to create their own sense of belonging. Wolf Play by Hansol Jung focuses...