Monyee Chau News Today

From activist groups and senior centers to cooking and dance classes, local organizations are creating spaces for locals to build stronger community ties.

One really great thing to do every day of the week.

Neighbors plan to speak in front of Sound Transit's board on Thursday.

Capitol Hill's FoodArt Collection is having a massive auction at Museums of Museums this weekend.

Plus, a new flower festival blooms in the Chinatown-International District.

Memorable conversations from the 2021 Crosscut Festival From local art and pandemic disruption to climate change and Black history, here are the discussions you dont want to miss. by From top left: Erin Johnson, Sonia Shah, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Carmen Best; second row: Tim Lennon, Heather Cox Richardson, Teddy Phillips (AKA Stat the Artist), and Vivian Hua; third row: Monyee Chau, Steven Miller, Peter Singer, and Michelle Nijhuis. After the onset of the pandemic canceled last years Crossc...

Plus, the backstory of Seattle’s resident dragons and earthy books for Mother’s Day. by Cast members (left to right) Brian Le, Andy Le and Phillip Dang rehearse a fight scene for ‘The Paper Tigers’ at an empty pool in Shoreline, Aug. 22, 2019. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) In most films set in Seattle, the “establishing shot” comes courtesy of the Space Needle — just a glimpse and we know exactly where we are. But in the new locally made movie The Paper Tigers, that job falls to a...

Seattle exhibit features works from artist of Taiwanese, Chinese diaspora The Paths Intertwined exhibit, which features the work of eight artists, is currently on display at Wing Luke Museum in Seattle. Author: Natalie Swaby Updated: 7:24 PM PDT May 3, 2021 SEATTLE — Shin Yu Pai is an award-winning writer who finds ways to extend her work into other realms by creating poetry-based objects, like photographs printed on leaves and poems hand-stitched on cloth. Si...

by Jasmyne Keimig • Mar 16, 2021 at 11:48 am The Eastside sucks. Courtesy of BAM In an open letter addressed to the Bellevue Arts Museums board of directors on Monday, several artists called for the removal of the museums executive director, Benedict Heywood. They also demanded greater transparency behind BAMs work around diversity, equity, and inclusion. The letter comes just a few weeks after writers and artists at both Hugo House and Pottery Northw...

A still from Anastacia-Reneés video “Alice in Parts,” part of a piercing show about the ruinous effects of white supremacy on the home and body, on view at Frye Art Museum. (Anastacia-Reneé)  A still from Anastacia-Reneés video “Alice in Parts,” part of a piercing show about the ruinous effects of white supremacy on the home and body, on view at Frye Art Museum. (Anastacia-Reneé)  The cancer of ‘keep going’ at the Frye Art Museum  “I do yoga. I read. I’m fine,” Al...