Artscape: Stan Shikuma

May 31, 2018

This Artscapes radio piece was produced at Jack Straw as part of a series highlighting the work of Jack Straw’s resident artists. Stan Shikuma, of Seattle Kokon Taiko, talks about the history and evolution of Taiko drumming, and using Taiko performance to break stereotypes of the Japanese-American community.

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Isotopia – Ellie Belew

May 30, 2018

2017 Jack Straw Writer Ellie Belew’s mytho-historic novel, Isotopia, examines the intersection of science, one’s sense of place, and the personal life of a female physicist working on the Manhattan Project.  In her interview with Jourdan Imani Keith, Ellie discusses Post-WWII America, the emergence of the modern woman, and the ways in which these themes […]

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Charlie Burks – Dark Out

May 16, 2018

Jack Straw artist Charlie Burks produced Since the Ace, a combined book and CD of his poems, in 2000. Charlie passed away recently; his life and work will be celebrated at Open Books (2414 N 45th St., Seattle) on Thursday, May 24th, 7pm.

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