Roxanne Ray
Performance artist Moonyeka paves a career in the arts
When the International Examiner was last in touch with non-binary dancer and artist Moonyeka, they had just been selected as one of four individuals for 4Culture’s first cohort of Arc Artist Fellows, open to...
Singers Duke Kim and Joo Won Kang struggle through their thwarted love of Violetta...
Seattle Opera’s 2023 production of La traviata, focused on the search for love in the bygone days of Paris, is double-cast, and for the performances on May 7, 13, 19, and 21, tenor Duke...
Mystery writer Jennifer Chow advocates for underrepresented voices
Food and family history, cats and crime – these are the things that pique the interest of murder mystery writer Jennifer Chow. Before her current book, Death by Bubble Tea, Chow wrote two other...
The time is right for singer-songwriter Jed Crisologo
Singer-songwriter Jed Crisologo has a debut album, River, now out, and will be performing on April 13 at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center with fellow musicians The Hipocrats and Jerett Samples. Crisologo will be...
Kenny Endo brings enjoyable Japanese taiko drumming to Edmonds Center
In February, Yamato Drummers visited from Japan, and now, a local taiko drummer, Kenny Endo, will continue to spotlight taiko drumming with a performance on April 20 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts.
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Hawaiian dance artist explores genetics in Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence
This month, Hawaiian dance artist Christopher Morgan brings his company’s piece Native Intelligence/Innate Intelligence to On the Boards. The dance piece incorporates Hawaiian chant and percussion, cello, and multimedia scenic design, together with dance,...
Local performers portray overlooked history of expelled Chinese in new Tacoma opera
Two years ago, the IE spoke to librettist Zhang Er and composer Gregory Youtz, who were in the process of developing their new opera Tacoma Method about the November, 1885, expulsion of the Chinese population...
Anu-Ujin Batbaatar brings Mongolian music to The Moore
This month, STG Theatre Group continues its tradition of featuring youth musicians with its 22nd annual More Music @ The Moore. Among the lineup of nine musicians or groups is 14-year-old instrumentalist and throat...
Vancouver playwright and actor Rick Tae’s surreal rom-com play ‘My Little Tomato’ centers on...
Vancouver-based playwright, actor, and acting coach Rick Tae doesn’t take himself too seriously. While he does pursue his career with a relentless passion, his current rom-com play My Little Tomato, which will be produced...
Mother and daughter artistis directors Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy bring ‘Fires of Varanasi’ to...
Ragamala Dance Company just celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, and now, in February, the dance troupe brings its show Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim to Seattle’s Meany Center for the...