Susan Abulhawa Saturday, September 12, 2015 1pm Orca Books Olympia, WA & 7pm Elliott Bay Book Company Seattle, WA   About  The Blue Between Sky and Water: It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed […]

Produced by master filmmakers, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing. In this powerfully moving film, survivors of the 1965 Indonesian genocide face the men responsible for incomprehensible atrocities. The focus is on Adi, a traveling optometrist, whose family was devastated […]

Visit the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural during the 2015 Fall Arts Walk for an interactive exhibition of community mural projects. FALL ARTS WALK October 2nd & 3rd Friday: 5-10pm Saturday: noon-8pm State Ave & Capitol Way, Olympia WA Murals of Solidarity: From the Local to the Global showcases the mural projects of Art Forces. These projects […]

The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice Presents Peace Works 2016 The Inaugural Rachel Corrie Memorial Lecture Featuring world-renowned historian & activist  Ilan Pappé "Why is Palestine Still the Issue?" May 3, 2016 -- 6:30 PM The Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College This event is free and open to the public, but you […]

7:30PM, Friday, March 11thTown Hall Seattle - Great Hall 1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue), Seattle Doors open at 6 p.m. During Israel's 51-day attack on Gaza in 2014, Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert rushed to the scene to assist. Working day and night, he documented his work at al-Shifa Hospital, wanting the rest of the world […]