Freddy Monares
Arts & Culture ReporterFreddy Monares has covered politics, housing inequalities and Native American communities for a newspaper and a public radio station in Montana. He grew up in East Los Angeles, California, and moved to Missoula, Montana, in 2015 with the goal of growing in his career. Get in touch at fmonares@knkx.org.
Outside of work, Freddy enjoys hikes, bike rides and trying new restaurants. He is excited to learn from and get to know the people at KNKX and in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and producers of the music fest, Bumbershoot, are working together to operate Cannonball Arts on 3rd Avenue.
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The paintings aren't related to soccer, instead they touch on themes such as equality, human rights and environmental sustainability. -
More than a dozen bronze statues in Seattle have been vandalized or stolen since 2020. There's an effort underway to replace the beloved Sadako and the Thousand Cranes statue. -
The new rented space is actually smaller than the previous headquarters, but its layout will allow the birding nonprofit to put on events that happened offsite or didn't exist. -
According to a poll ahead of the Aug. 5 primary, worker's advocate Katie Wilson is giving the incumbent a run for his money.
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About one out of every five workers in Washington State was born in another country. Labor organizers say federal immigration enforcement actions are making it difficult to recruit new members.
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Seattle Theatre Group said it's canceling THING Festival’s Latin Day, which was scheduled for August 16 at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington.
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The nonprofit that puts on the festival said they considered scaling down the festival, but that the risk and potential trauma associated with that risk was too great. -
Immigrant advocacy groups tracking deportation flights say the number of ICE detainees flying out of King County has already surpassed last year’s total.
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The project builds off Shaudi Bianca Vahdat's thesis she started in 2017 while at the Berklee School of Music in Valencia, Spain.
