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People with Disabilities, Gender Non-Conforming, Immigrant/Refugee, LGBTQ2S+, Women, BIPOC, For All, Multicultural Location
Seattle, WA Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) is a nonprofit that serves young women, trans, and non-binary people ages 13-26.
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People with Disabilities, Gender Non-Conforming, LGBTQ2S+, BIPOC, For All Location
Tacoma, WA Destiny City Film Festival’s mission is to use the power of vibrant cinematic storytelling to curate an engaged community audience for independent film. Part of that mission is providing a safe space for stories that have not historically received equal representation. We strive to be inclusive, welcoming, accessible and encouraging of all BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Disability communities and all marginalized voices as we continue to evolve and learn.
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Faith, Middle East Location
Seattle, WA In 2009, a small group of tabla students, teachers, musicians and tabla enthusiasts came together with the idea of creating a learning community in Seattle. In the Spring of 2010 we launched our website, held our first workshops, tabla performance and master class at the University of Washington in Seattle. The majority of our activities, are organized and produced entirely through volunteer hours and other donations. Since 2010, STI has provided thousands of participants with over 25,000 hours of educational music programming.
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Faith, Middle East Location
Seattle, WA Shawn's Kugel was formed in the 1997 and has performed all over the NorthWest in festivals and simcha's. We are considered the premier Jewish band in the Northwest.
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Faith, Middle East Location
Seattle, WA Carl Shutoff (clarinet in C) and Laurie Andres (accordion) constitute the Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo in Seattle, WA, where we have been playing together for the last 16 years. Our name comes from the way Yiddish-speaking Jews pronounced "Castle Garden", the facility on the southern tip of Manhattan where Jewish immigrants entered this country prior to the opening of Ellis Island in 1892.
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Faith, Middle East Location
Seattle, WA The Klez Katz are dedicated to the preservation and encouragement of the rich musical heritage of the Yiddish diaspora. Their repertoire encompasses freilach, bulgar, sher, terkishe, khosidl, theater music, folk songs and even the odd klezmer-influenced jazz tune, performed on tenor and soprano saxes, clarinet, flute, trombone, bass, accordion and vocals. Perfect for parties and special events, concerts, dances and incidental music, the Klez Katz are klezmorim ready to play!
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People with Disabilities Location
Seattle, WA Deaf Spotlight illuminates the artist within every Deaf person.
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Caribbean, Latina/e/o/x Location
Seattle, WA Founded in 2010, eSe Teatro honors self-definition and inclusion, striving to represent all the colors in the “rainbow of brown” of our Latinidad. Our affiliated artists range from immigrants to U.S. born, Spanish-speaking and non Spanish-speaking, representing cultures and heritages from all over The Americas and Caribbean.
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Women, Caribbean Location
Seattle, WA The Seattle Women's Steel Pan Project gives women and girls the opportunity to learn how to play and perform Caribbean steel drums and is dedicated to creating a space for women and girls in music through arts education.
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Southeastern Asia Location
Everett, WA Hướng Việt Performing Arts Group is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by Dr. Hai Viet Hong with the goal to study, promote, preserve, and popularize Vietnamese traditional music and arts. Hướng Việt Performing Arts Group focuses on the musical techniques and traditions of our ancestral Vietnam.
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Southeastern Asia, North America Location
Seattle, WA Tết In Seattle (T-I-S.) organizes the annual Tết Festival, a free celebration event held at the Seattle Center as part of Seattle Center's Festal world cultural program. The Tết Festival celebrates the cultural roots of Vietnamese-Americans through the celebration of Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, by presenting, promoting, and providing hands-on experience in the arts, musics, performances, and foods that are unique to Vietnam.
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South America Location
Vancouver, WA Asi Somos brings to Vancouver the Venezuelan folk music.
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Eastern Europe Location
Bellevue, WA Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble was founded in 2004 under the auspices of the Ukrainian Association of Washington State. Currently we are the only dance school that offers Ukrainian Folk Dance classes in Washington State. Over the past decade our students have performed for various audiences, at cultural festivals and private events, and participated in many competitions. Our dedicated instructors are experienced and aim to give each student personalized attention while keeping an encouraging attitude.
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Western Asia Location
Seattle, WA Seattle Center Festál presents Turkfest in partnership with the Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA). The festival boasts a lively marketplace, food, music, dance, and more.
Turkfest is an annual cultural festival in Seattle, whose mission is to foster friendship, to highlight the diversity and richness of Turkish culture and Turkish speaking countries, and cooperate throughout the greater community by organizing educational, entertaining, and engaging cultural programs that celebrate Turkish and Turkic cultures and heritage.
This event is free and open to the public.
Turkfest is an annual cultural festival in Seattle, whose mission is to foster friendship, to highlight the diversity and richness of Turkish culture and Turkish speaking countries, and cooperate throughout the greater community by organizing educational, entertaining, and engaging cultural programs that celebrate Turkish and Turkic cultures and heritage.
This event is free and open to the public.
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Alaska Native Location
Spanaway, WA We are members of many tribes. Many are from Alaska - the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and the Aleut. Some are from Washington state. They are the Muckleshoot and Quileute tribes. We invite you to accept the gift of our dance and to listen to our songs, which were passed on through the generations of our people.
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Southeastern Asia Location
Seattle, WA Our ensemble performs Thai classical and folk music on traditional Thai instruments as well as a wide range of dances, from lively regional folk dances to the graceful and stylish court dances.
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Pasifika, Polynesia Location
Renton, WA Te Fare O Tamatoa is a non-profit organization with the sole purpose of spreading knowledge of Tahitian culture through dance and music.
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Pasifika, Polynesia Location
Seattle, WA 'O Huraiti Mana tātou | we are Huraiti Mana
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Northern Europe, Men, North America Location
Seattle, WA The Swedish Women’s Chorus and the Svea Male Chorus are Swedish heritage choirs and jubilee members of the American Union of Swedish Singers.
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Southern Europe, Eastern Europe Location
Seattle, WA The Kosher Red Hots open the treasury of Jewish music. They embrace a timeless world-café of folk songs, whirlwind klezmer music from Eastern Europe, Judeo-Spanish romances from the eastern Mediterranean, and songs from New York's Yiddish theater. They have collaborated with NPR's Susan Stamberg and have inspired dancing in the aisles on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.