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Latino Literary/Cultural Event Is Friday, Dec. 5th

[ December 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

The House of Writers/Casa de Escritores is sponsoring a special literary and cultural event this Friday, Dec 5, from 6-9pm at the White Center Taqueria del Rio, located at 10230 16th Ave SW (map below).

There you’ll enjoy a variety of readings, music and food.

This is a FREE event for the community, so please spread the [...]

White Center Blog Now Available In Vietnamese

Back in early September, we unveiled a new, one-of-a-kind feature on this blog: an Automatic Translation service, which is located on the right of the page, under the “Local Weather” section.
On launch, our translation services were for three languages:

Korean
Chinese
Spanish

While not covering the entirety of diverse languages spoken in the Dub-C, it was a start.
Today, we’re [...]

PHOTOS:Scenes From Dia de los Muertos Celebration

We dropped by the Dia de los Muertos celebration going on a few miles south at the Burien Community Center Saturday and took these photos:
This altar was created by Spanish II students at Highline's Global Connections High School (formerly Tyee).
The altar is aimed at African children who died in conflict.
You'll see sugar skulls at many [...]

Dia de los Muertos Celebration This Weekend

[ November 1, 2008; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ]

A special Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead” celebration will take place this weekend (Sat. and Sun. Nov. 1-2) from 10am to 6pm at the Burien Community Center, which is about three miles south of the Dub-C at 425 SW 144th Street (map below).

This is a first-time collaboration between Burien Parks, the [...]

Speed Video Drawing Of White Center Artist

Found this impressive “speed video” of a local White Center artist named Wes doing his rendition of a “FOB”:

(for reference of what a “FOB” is, click here)
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White Center Blog Announces Translation Feature

Far as we know, no other local neighborhood blog in the Seattle area is utilizing this feature, which is now active and available on our right sidebar, directly underneath the “Local Weather” section – we at the White Center Blog proudly announce:

AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATION!
To see it in action, just click on either the Korean, [...]