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PHOTOS: Dancing and Popcorn at the Othello Park International Festival

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by Carolyn Bick

Ilyas Abdis jumped up and down excitedly, as he waited in line for hot, fresh popcorn.

“Popcorn! Popcorn!” he exclaimed, pointing at the stall.

Beside him, his younger brother Idrees gazed hungrily at the puffy, yellow clouds falling from the popping pot inside the machine. The pair were two of thousands of children who, along with their families, trooped through Othello Park on Aug. 11 for the annual Othello Park International Festival.

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PHOTOS: Jewish Activists Say ‘Never Again Is Now’ At Rally Downtown

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Photos by Alex Garland
Story by Aaron Burkhalter

Emma Klein stood in a line of people locked together at the wrists outside of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters on the 29th floor of a building in Downtown Seattle Aug. 8. She was one of 10 people blocking two entrances into the office to disrupt business for ICE to protest the escalating actions against people seeking asylum and undocumented immigrants in the United States.

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PHOTOS: Umoja Fest is the Soul of Seafair and a Celebration of Seattle’s Black Community

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by Susan Fried

Thousands of people attended the annual Umoja Fest at Judkins Park Aug. 2–4. This year’s event was better than ever featuring the annual AfricanTown Heritage Parade, a youth football scrimmage, the Heal the Hood Basketball Tournament, more than 100 vendors, live music, delicious food, culture, and fashion.

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Arts & Culture

PHOTOS: Othello Block Party’s Second Volume

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by Naomi Ishisaka

The Othello Block Party reunited Abyssinian Creole (Gabriel Teodros and Khingz) on its stage along with music and poetry from DoNormaal and Rell Be Free among others at the the second volume of the event on July 27. Photographer Naomi Ishisaka attended to catch the sights of the festival.

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Dragon Fest Welcomes Crowds for Performance, Noodle-Eating Contest

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by Carolyn Bick

Noodles still spilling out of his mouth, Brandon T. raised his chopsticks in victory. Before anyone had realized it, he had demolished an entire takeaway container of noodles during the youth portion of the noodle-eating contest at this year’s Dragon Fest, hosted by the Chinatown-International Business District Improvement Area.

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