Chieng Di market fair in Van Ho commune, the northern mountainous province of Son La offers visitors a glimpse of local khen singing, traditional dance and staples.
Through its new Cultural Space Agency, Seattle hopes to seed a new pattern of cultural and commercial development led by the communities that development usually leaves behind or displaces.
ICYMI: Seattle's Cultural Space Agency made a second big acquisition. This time they partnered with Rainier Avenue Radio to buy Columbia City Theater. For the first time in the building's 100-year history, it will be Black-owned. According to a press release, the two organizations threw down $3.2 million for the theater with funds coming from the Strategic Investment Fund and private donors. The plan is to reopen Columbia City Theater next year after doing renovations..
Eve Blau, a renowned scholar of architecture and urbanism, has been named the director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Blau, who is .