April 7, 2023 to March 17, 2024. Artist and historian Tessa Hulls illuminates the businesses, homes, and people who were displaced when the I-5 freeway was built through the CID in the 1960s. Using historic photos, oral histories, and archival research, the exhibit connects these specific histories to broader themes of racist land use policy […]
February to April on select Saturdays. In the early 1900s, Seattle’s Japantown —Nihonmachi — stretched from 4th Avenue South to 23rd Avenue South, a bustling enclave of family homes and independently owned shops, grocery stores, and entertainment venues. In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor came Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which forced all persons of […]
March 30, 2024. The Commemoration of the 82nd Anniversary of Forced Removal will be held on March 30th, 11:00 a.m. at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. The theme of this year’s program is “Teach the Children,” addressing the need for a new generation to share the stories of incarceration survivors. The keynote speaker is […]
