Sihanouk Mariona

Sihanouk is an Emmy-award winning stop-motion animator. He has lived in Seattle since 2011.
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Japantown’s Panama Hotel hides a treasure trove of history

by Sihanouk Mariona
In 1942, in a fervor of wartime paranoia, President Roosevelt ordered Japanese-Americans into internment camps for the duration of WWII. The internment had an especially large impact in Seattle’s Japantown, where Japanese-Americans, many of them US-born citizens, were forced to abandon their homes and businesses almost overnight. Before they were led away to the camps, some […]
Jun 6, 2012

A slice of Scandinavia at the Swedish Cultural Center

by Sihanouk Mariona
Throwing back beers in a sleek lounge, surrounded by sharp distinct accents, and gazing out on across an ancient lake to snow-capped mountains, I could almost convince myself I was huddled in a stylish resort somewhere in Scandinavia. But in reality, I was settling in for dinner and drinks and at the Swedish Cultural Center […]
Jan 30, 2012