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Chinatown Records: A Music and Memory Project Comes to Seattle

Creative Currents: Arciniega Street Productions make space for queer, Latine and BIPOC artists

From The Alaska Current (by Samantha Davenport) – A new Anchorage production company looks to create a space for queer and BIPOC events and stories.

Culturally-specific campaign, ‘Cambodian Rock Band,’ a first for local theaters and Khmer community

From the International Examiner (by Bunthay Cheam) – ‘Cambodian Rock Band’, the musical by Lauren Yee, marks a new level of recognition and representation for the Khmer community. Playing through November 5th at ACT Theatre!

Seattle’s First-Ever BLASTFEST Celebrates Afrobeats Music and African Cultures

From South Seattle Emerald (by Patheresa Wells) – Seattle’s first-ever Afrobeats music festival will be held Saturday, July 29 at Seattle Center!

Indigenize the Airwaves

From Tulalip TV – An introduction to Daybreak Star Radio Network and how they’re using music education to reconnect Indigenous, Native American, and First Nations people to their heritage.

Black Arts Legacies: Ishmael Butler

From Crosscut (by Kemi Adeyemi) – A look at the life and career of celebrated Seattle rapper Ishmael Butler.

Kabby Mitchell: ‘Radically imaginative’ ballet dancer

From Crosscut (by Jasmine Mahmoud) – A retrospective on Kabby Mitchell, the first Black dancer in the Pacific Northwest Ballet and co-founder of the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center.
A singer stands next to a guitar player on stage performing.
Logan Ulavale and Nicole Suyama perform covers and other music in the lounge area at The Cove Restaurant and Lounge in Lynnwood, Jan. 28, 2021. (Via Real Change, Photos by Matthew S. Browning)

Soaring into community

From Real Change (by Ashley Archibald) – With program manager Nicole Suyama, Red Eagle Soaring provides a space for Indigenous youth to connect with their tribal customs through music and theatre.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: Healing, Truthmaking, & Revitalizing

This Thanksgiving, EchoX staff, Board members, & DIGITIZE youth members have curated media, music, and resources discussing both contemporary and historical issues Indigenous Americans have faced in the past and continue to face today.

Seattle welcomes musician Julian Saporiti of No-No Boy at Town Hall on November 12

From International Examiner (By Ben Henry) – Singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti explores the stories of Asian Americans – and the oppression they’ve faced – through folk Americana music.

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