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EXAMINER 🐉 are: • Facebook • Instagram • Threads • X Besides social media accounts, intlexaminer has populated their site with: • ANNOUNCEMENT: International Examiner announces transition in leadership • PHOTOS: Miss Island Goddess pageant celebrates the cultural riches of queer and trans Pacific Islanders, rebukes Trump administration • NEWS: Responding to violence against massage workers, Massage Parlor Outreach Project launches Midnight Supper Club in the Chinatown-ID • Q&A: An interview with Nak Bou on mark-making and memory • NEWS: New SPD Chief Shon Barnes shares public safety priorities with the CID • SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER 📫 • NEWS: Seattle streetcar adds Filipinotown to wrap design, recognizing overlooked Chinatown-ID history • READ THE IE 🌐 • ARTS: The rich heritage and tradition of what paper means to modern Indian artists • BECOME A MONTHLY DONOR 🗞️ • NEWS: Two new African diaspora businesses join the fabric of Little Saigon • NEWS: CCTV cameras to be installed throughout the Chinatown-ID under police pilot project, raising privacy, fiscal, and racial equity concerns • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: There are better solutions to safety than installing CCTV cameras in the Chinatown-ID • NEWS: Housing planned on vacant lot by 12th and King Street • OPS: Even on the inside, the celebratory spirit of cultural holidays remains the same • ARTS: '36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem' offers a poetry of transience and transformation amid war and violence • ARTS: The unreal and the exotic(ized) in Basil Pao’s retrospective 'Carnival of Dreams' • OPS: Dehumanizing strip searches as an incarcerated person in WA • ARTS: Robert Francis Flor’s radio play reveals the dark sides of world mythologies • NEWS: Remembering musician, educator Sumi Yoshioka’s quiet courage and determination • NEWS: Seattle Parks Department to install fencing closing Hoa Mai Park from 7:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. • OPS: On the ground in Zone 2, also known as Little Saigon • NEWS: Friends of Little Saigon launches place-based initiative to improve neighborhood safety and livability • NEWS: Harbor City dim sum restaurant closes after 37 years • NEWS: Sam Ung, founder of Phnom Penh Noodle House, passes away at age 70 • ARTS: Steeped in Korean shamanism, Samantha Yun Wall examines multiracial resilience • NEWS: After Pike Place Market cancels Day of Remembrance event, Japanese American community rallies to remember WWII incarceration, warn of Trump administration deportation policies • PHOTOS: Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church celebrates 120 years • WE'RE HIRING A DEVELOPMENT MANAGER! 📢 • ARTS: Soo Hong’s abstract pastel, deep-hued paintings offer hope for a new season • ARTS: In 'Mirror Nation,' poet Don Mee Choi pieces together Korea’s violent history • NEWS: Tsuru for Solidarity, community members respond to defaced Nihonmachi mural • PHOTOS: Nikkei community celebrates mochitsuki event at Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church • NEWS: 'Recipes of the CID' cookbook available to view or add to at mam’s bookstore • FROM DIRT, GROW LOTUSES: Introducing new column diving into Little Saigon • ARTS: Slow stitching with Korean textiles for peace of mind in these turbulent times • OPS: Proposition 1A is good for the city, good for the Chinatown International District • NEWS: Glenn Chinn, the first director of the Wing Luke Museum, passes away at 80 • NEWS: Wing Luke Museum and Little Saigon welcome Year of the Snake • ARTS: What are the ethics of socially reproducing historical figures in the present? • OPS: How Chinese history of eastern Washington is made, Chesaw remembered • ARTS: Catching up with Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn, who recently relocated home to Seattle • NEWS: Inscape Arts Building tenants worry new light rail station could force them out • ARTS: Exhibit captures scenes of liminal space, the in-between beauty of Nihonmachi • NEWS: Why some voters in the Chinatown International District shifted toward Trump • NEWS: Viet-Wah Asian Foods in Renton reopens after New Year’s Day fire • NEWS: DESC's Navigation Center shelter to close in Little Saigon in March as staff and guests move to new low-barrier shelter downtown • ARTS: Inaugural Asian American Zine Fest explores resistance through pen and paper • NEWS: Foodie event explores community and resilience in the aftermath of COVID-19 • OPS: Inmate events remind us to enjoy what we can, when we can • NEWS: Councilmember Tammy Morales announces resignation from the Seattle City Council • PHOTOS: CID residents stand together after attacks • NEWS: Sound Transit casts doubt on 4th Avenue station, resurrects controversial 5th Avenue option • NEWS: Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Seattle’s newest City Councilmember, speaks on CID stabbings, threats from the Trump administration, and setting a 20-year vision • ARTS: Louie Gong’s murals bring Bruce Lee’s spirit to life in the Chinatown-ID • ARTS: Culinary innovator Frankie Gaw’s book meshes cookbook and memoir, and foods from the Midwest with those of his Taiwanese grandmothers • NEWS: Perennial CID presence Hing W. Chinn passes at age 94 • NEWS: Stabbing attacks target CID unhoused community, leave neighbors feeling unsafe • ARTS: Louie Gong’s murals bring Bruce Lee’s spirit to life in the CID • ARTS: A preview of local filmmaker Vee Hua's upcoming multilingual buddy comedy feature • NEWS: Pradeepta Upadhyay retires from InterIm CDA, two co-executive directors step up • ARTS: Wuhan-based rock band Chinese Football takes stage in Seattle • NEWS: Kin On elder care moves to new Chinatown-ID office, expands services • OPS: New report confirms that fighting Islamophobia is vital to intersectional liberation • ARTS: Māori poet Tayi Tibble’s 'Rangikura' explores modern womanhood in New Zealand • NEWS: Toy Kay, founder of Olympia Area Chinese Association, celebrates 100th birthday • ARTS: In search of Chinese restaurants past, present, and future: An interview with professor Gabriel Jack Chin • ARTS: Remembering local community inspiration Reid Ozaki, Tacoma’s beloved ceramics teacher and potter • OPS: 10 years after Jennifer Laude’s death, we say: 'U.S. out of the Philippines!' • ARTS: Swing It Seattle holds the first live music social dance at Nippon Kan Theater since its 2024 reopening • Q&A: Artist Nadia Ahmed newly appointed at Seattle Office of Arts and Culture • OPS: Struggle, resistance, solidarity, and resilience: Celebrating Filipino American History • ARTS: The little plates take center stage in Caroline Choe’s new cookbook, 'Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious Sharable Sides' • ARTS: Tasveer Film Festival’s 2024 lineup highlights emergent South Asian cinema • NEWS: Chinatown-ID legacy business City Produce to relocate after ICHS acquires property for affordable housing project with LIHI • NEWS: Interim Wing Luke Museum director Kamahanahokulani Farrar Law seeks stability for the organization • OPS: How U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Vietnam united two immigrant communities • NEWS: Frank Irigon, Chinatown-ID activist and Asian American and Pacific Islander community leader, dies at 77 • NEWS: InterIm CDA to rehabilitate vacant Republic Hotel into affordable housing • CVA 2024: One of Chinatown-ID’s most inconspicuous icons, City Produce, receives ‘Leadership in Business’ award • ARTS: Bunthoeun Real's short film 'Donut Boy' follows a first generation Cambodian American living in Tacoma • ARTS: Feminist scholar Banu Sabramaniam investigates colonialism of botany and biology • KUOW + IE: CID POSTCARD 🐲 • OPS: A letter to the CID’s heroes. The neighborhood misses you, we all miss you • NEWS: Japanese Americans angered by decision to approve wind farm at Minidoka • NEWS: Artists Justin and Caitlin Truong pay homage to Little Saigon and seek a future of vitality • NEWS: Little Saigon unites to save guardian lions from Viet-Wah Supermarket fire • NEWS: Outdoor Asian inspires reflection at the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial • NEWS: With Grean Matcha, two UW graduates aim to bring Asian cafe culture to Seattle • NEWS: Seattle philanthropist and library advocate Maria Koh passes away at 91 • ARTS: In queer, Muslim memoir 'Hijab Butch Blues,' Lamya H opens herself up to the reader with generosity • NEWS: Storied Nippon Kan Theater in Nihonmachi reopens as performance venue • PHOTO ESSAY: Pride Asia Fest returns to Hing Hay Park with joyful performances and advocacy • NEWS: Wing Luke Museum workers walk out, saying exhibit falsely equates Palestinian liberation with anti-Semitism • NEWS: Former Eastern Cafe space will host community gathering space and offices for local architecture firm • ARTS: R.F. Kuang’s absurdist pandemic novel 'Yellowface' satirizes publishing industry • ARTS: An actor's last gasp: Stephen Sumida to play his final role in 'Letters of Suresh' • NEWS: Local science reporter and fact-checker Wudan Yan's unconventional path through journalism • NEWS: As Navigation Center shelter prepares to leave Little Saigon, its legacy remains contentious • NEWS: After 50 years, Kau Kau BBQ Restaurant on King Street has new owner • NEWS: Remembering Matt Chan, Chinatown International District activist and TV producer • NEWS: Six “abandoned” Filipino migrant fishermen fight wage theft and labor trafficking, garner community support • OPS: Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom • ARTS: Tenor Duke Kim is thrilled to return to Seattle Opera in 'The Barber of Seville' this May • ARTS: Unraveling Western ideologies, Filipino identities through traditional tattoos • ARTS: Roger Shimomura’s 'More Little White Lies' upsets expectations and worldviews in 100 very small paintings • NEWS: Meet Angela Young, the South Seattle local whose ‘cupsleeve’ events are propping up the city’s K-pop community • ARTS: 'Chinese Prodigal' orbits familial ties, but overlooks class relations • NEWS: Japanese Americans organize ‘Day of Remembrance, Week of Action’ to shut down Washington state’s ICE detention center, end deportation flights • NEWS BRIEFS: Betsuin Buddhist Temple recovering from arson, new Little Saigon park opening delayed • OPS: Undoing Asian American Zionism in Seattle’s CID and the (mis)use of safety, trauma, and hate crimes • NEWS: Quiet community champion Paul Mar passes away at 83 • NEWS: Councilmember Tammy Morales shares legislative priorities for her second term • NEWS: Reciprocity and inner transformation shape Mother Yoga after two years • Check out the IE's Seattle Asian American Film Festlival 2024 coverage! • OPS: Fragments, memories, reflection between the lines at mam’s books • ARTS: Local artist Tessa Hulls to release moving nonfiction ‘Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir’ • OPS: Rumored fentanyl overdoses prompt searches disguised as fire drills • NEWS BRIEF: New canopy lighting illuminates Hing Hay Park • PHOTOS: New proclamation recognizes February 19 as Day of Remembrance for Japanese American incarceration • ARTS: Influenced by Japanese classical music, self-taught musician Hatis Noit visits Seattle • PHOTO ESSAY: U.S. Postal Service unveils new Year of the Dragon Forever stamp in the Chinatown-ID • NEWS: Bartell Drugs closures leave communities and individuals wounded • OPS: Caregiver training equips immigrants and refugees with professional benefits • OPS: The opposite of misgendering is love. How to support our trans community • ARTS: 'The East Indian' imagines an Indian boy’s assimilation into colonial Virginia and complex racial identity • NEWS: Chinatown International District community leader Tanya Woo appointed to fill City Council vacancy • NEWS: CID stakeholders not ready to sign SoDo shelter Good Neighbor Agreement • ARTS: Intended as a ‘third space,’ The Creative Café opens at historic Washington Hall • ARTS: Try your hand at Monica Lee’s recipes in Sohn-mat, a tribute to jjigae • NEWS: Local media workers hold vigil for journalists killed in Gaza • NEWS: CID grief and loss cultural center, A Resting Place, opens on King Street • NEWS: Uncle Herb Tsuchiya, a ‘Renaissance man’ of community service, dies at 90 • ARTS: Chao-Chen Yang’ first solo photo exhibition comes to Cascadia Art Museum • ARTS: Kerry Yo Nakagawa, founder of the Nisei Baseball Research Project, discusses the little known history of Japanese American baseball • ARTS: ‘We Cook Filipino’ offers heart-healthy recipes, stories from 36 Filipino chefs • ARTS: Satpreet Kahlon’s 'the inscrutable shape of longing' exhibit at the Bellevue Art Museum navigates sociopolitical struggle, personal inquiry • ARTS: KEXP debuts radio show celebrating music from Asia and the Asian diaspora • NEWS: On the precipice of Bush Garden’s return, owner Karen Sakata looks back • NEWS: Filipinotown Magazine highlights Seattle’s vibrant Filipino American community, "changes the narrative” of erasure in the CID • NEWS: Community health clinic ICHS reflects on 50 years of crisis and opportunity • ARTS: Paul Yoon’s stories reflect the indefinite nature of Asian American diasporic life • ARTS: ‘Good for Her Age’ meditates on aging, sexuality through movement • ON THE FENCE LINE: On being together, apart this holiday season • OPS: The outdoors should be more accessible, our aunties need its benefits too • CVA PHOTOBOOTH 🎉