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  Speakers Forum

  'Attractive for an Asian man’: Photographer reframes Asian American masculinity

  Chinese American photographer Andrew Kung is reclaiming representation of the all-American man one portrait at a time.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Is Black and Asian solidarity possible? These artists say yes

  Inspired by a bold mural by Vietnamese artist Tân Nguyen and Black Seattle artist Moses Sun, KUOW's Kristin Leong saw the potential these communities held if they could come together for a common cause. But that meant overcoming two particularly steep challenges: that a lot of people just don't want to talk about race, and that there is long-standing tension between the Asian and Black communities.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Weekend arts & culture picks: a dazzling exhibition at the Frye, live music, and outdoor theatre

  Most Fridays on KUOW's All Things Considered, we're getting recommendations for the weekend. Today, our guide is Margo Vansynghel, arts & culture reporter for Crosscut.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  'Like finally coming back to church': Live audiences return to Seattle Symphony

  For the first time in over a year, applause echoed through Benaroya Hall Thursday as Seattle Symphony musicians performed for a live audience. Performances were cancelled last spring when the pandemic started. Symphony musicians eventually resumed playing on the stage, but to empty seats: the concerts were livestreamed. Now the symphony is carefully welcoming back members of the public.
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  Speakers Forum

  On Asian America: Sex, gender and the 'exotic other'

  From adult films to a portrait series on Asian men, stereotypes of Asian identity are being disrupted in surprising and creative ways.
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  The Record

  Fighting twitter zombies with toilet paper: Chanhee Choi and her game, "Pandemic 2020"

  The usual video game plot is that you're some kind of hero going to some kind of castle or stronghold, to defeat an evil villain and save someone. Very rarely do you see racism as the primary enemy in a video game. But that is the villain at the center of a new game from University of Washington Graduate Student Chahnee Choi.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  PHOTOS: A burlesque co-op forms as dancers step out of lockdown

  After more than a year without live, in-door audiences, arts venues around Seattle continue to struggle because of the pandemic. But one group of burlesque performers have teamed up to create a new co-op and performance space.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  When theatres went dark, stagehands worked to keep their unique community protected

  ‘Every time you let out an ooh or an aah because you've seen something on stage, there's someone backstage who worked really, really hard to make that happen. They live for those moments.’

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  Weekend arts picks: an eclectic mix of jazz, kung fu, and Brandi Carlile

  ‘At one point, there were 34 nightclubs along Jackson Street alone, during the jazz heyday.’
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  The Record

  April 22nd | A worldwide game of telephone, kicked off right here in Seattle

  A local Seattle artist plays a worldwide game of telephone, in which a passage about banyan trees is interpreted over 900 times into paintings, sculptures, music scores, and a range of art media. Plus, a look at how tele-medicine is helping diagnose and care for people with autism in rural Washington. And finally, our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.

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