Join us as we take our Lunar New Year Fair outside! Explore the Chong Wa Playfield for an afternoon of fun with the Wing Luke Museum. Enjoy Lunar New Year-themed […]

Lan Su Chinese Garden is ringing in the Lunar New Year — the Year of the Tiger — with festive New Year decorations and more. Festivities kick off February 1 […]

Join us for our first meeting in 2022! We will discuss Andrus Kivirähk's The Man Who Spoke Snakish (translated into English by Christopher Moseley), with special guest Prof Guntis Šmidchens, […]

Every Monday, 7-9:30 pm, $7 drop-ins.  We dance and teach couple and circle dances and lively mixers from all Nordic countries. Lessons 7:15-8:15 p.m., September through May; open dancing year-round […]

Nordic Northwest is opening a new exhibit, Swedish Cabins: The Legacy of Henry Steiner and Fogelbo. The exhibit will be on display at Nordia House from January 17 through June […]

Ancestors through the Tacoma Family History Center.” *A full day of hands on personal genealogical work * Special Keynote speaker Beverly Grant *Anyone 16 & older are welcome to attend […]

What is in the suitcase of a refugee escaping from a politically oppressive regime? Drawing on Domnica Rădulescu's recent memoir Dream in a Suitcase: The Story of an Immigrant Life, […]

View “The Future of Chinatown: Decisive Moments,” an exhibit of original photography by Dean Wong depicting gentrification and displacement in four west coast Chinatowns. The Portland Chinatown Museum is located […]

For a second year CroatiaFest presented a virtual festival on Facebook and YouTube. Beginning on Saturday night and continuing through Sunday evening we aired three virtual sessions; each containing a […]

Join us for updates about a unique collaborative program, now in its second year, aiming to support access to heritage language education in our communities. The Global Competence Certificate is […]

Friday, February 11 at 7 pm Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski Polish Home Association invites everybody to a Valentine evening of romance and good Polish food. You can have it […]

Language teaching colleagues from the University of Washington and around the state join together for this 8th symposium on working with heritage language learners. In addition to the live keynote […]

Explore the depth and significance of African culture, from its communal philosophies to its lively song and dance. In this interactive talk—part presentation and part performance—artist Afua Kouyaté shares pieces […]

In 2019, Lonnie Bunch became the nation’s first African American Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in its 173-year history. Bunch, who was founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of […]

CulturalFest celebrates the diversity and talent that international students bring to our campus and region. This annual FIUTS community event welcomes globally-minded visitors of all ages and backgrounds to the […]

The International Mother Language Day (February 21) was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999 and has been observed every year to promote cultural diversity and multilingualism. Because change starts at home, […]

Third Place Books is proud to partner with Community Bookstore and the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith to welcome Nobel Prize–winner Olga Tokarczuk and her translator Jennifer Croft for […]

Third Place Books presents a virtual meeting with Olga Tokarczuk and translator Jennifer Croft discussing The Books of Jacob. Third Place Books partnered with Community Bookstore and the Transnational Literature […]

Remember and Resist: Day of Remembrance, 1942-2022 When: Saturday, February 19, 10am-1pm PST Where: Puyallup Fairgrounds and Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma Most Japanese Americans in the Seattle area spent their […]

The Negro Motorist Green Book was hailed as the “bible of Black travel”. First published from 1936 to 1967 during Jim Crow segregation, it identified state by state the establishments […]