Mason Yu assumed the position of Branch Chief of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT)’s Kaohsiung Branch Office in August 2020. A native of Seattle, Yu joined the U.S. Department of State in 2001 and most recently served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Administration. A native of Seattle, Yu […]

“Quieter Days,” a solo exhibition by Alan Lau, is opening on Sept. 3. Lau is a painter, poet, and journalist who was awarded the Mayor’s Arts Award by the City of Seattle in 2014. In “Quieter Days,” Lau reflects on his recent years—time spent walking through a gentrifying neighborhood to his small Ballard studio, solitude […]

A short video on the Ruth Woo Fellows program, produced by Eric Keto for KCTV, won two awards in the 2020 National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Government Programming Awards. KCTV won under the Community Awareness and Video Journalism categories. King County’s Ruth Woo Emerging Leaders Fellowship is a full-time, year-long program for […]

Live2Dance Seattle—which seeks to promote Bollywood and Indian culture—has been hit hard due to COVID-19. Its website states, “During these past 5 months, we’ve done everything we could to not just pivot our services, but also maintain sanity in our community and keep a positive outlook during these dark times. However, despite all of our […]

Winners of the recent CID Community art mural contest were honored in an Aug. 29 Facebook live event emceed by Geoteaming CEO John Chen. Sponsored by Union Bank, DA LI Development USA, Ellen Ferguson, Albert Chun, Puget Sound Energy, Rocky Fong, China Harbor Restaurant, Jim Doane, and Ling Chinn, every winner got a CID restaurant […]