SEATTLE, Wash. – KIRO Television is proud to present the summer edition of Emmy award-winning “InColor” hosted by Deborah Horne on Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. This thirty-minute program features the following issues and people who make up our Pacific Northwest communities.

A local newspaper publisher has come a long way since her early days of publishing in the basement of a historic movie theater. These days, Assunta Ng, publisher for the Seattle Chinese Post and the Northwest Asian Weekly, works in a state-of-the-art facility in Seattle’s International district. She was just named alumni of the year by the University Of Washington School Of Communication and on July 4th she will receive the Spirit of Liberty Award at the Citizenship Ceremony at the Seattle Center. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News anchor Mona Locke introduces us to this pioneering journalist.

Four local performers call themselves the “Dark Divas.” They’re a group of women who trace the history of black women in the arts by bringing them to life. Now, they've been invited to take their show on the road to an arts festival in Ghana. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Karen O'Leary introduces us to these amazing women and tells us why Ghana all ready holds a special place in the heart of Diva Kibibi Monet.

The ancient art of the puppeteer known as Bunraku was performed for a thousand years by male Japanese masters. But that changed in the 1920’s when the National Theater in Osaka burned to the ground. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Stacy Sakamoto introduces us to Masaya Kiritake, one of the few women artists carrying on this ancient tradition now called Otome-Bunraku.

This edition of “InColor” also highlights the remarkable work of Native American artist Kay Miller whose work is currently on display at the Daybreak Star Cultural Arts Center at Discovery Park. And KIRO 7 Eyewitness News senior political reporter Essex Porter tells us about a groundbreaking initiative headed by a group of African-Americans and Latino-Americans to stop the criminals who prey on their own.

And finally, host Deborah Horne introduces us to two local authors. Doctor Charley Ferrar was the first Latina to earn a degree in the United States in human sexuality and has just published a new book, “The Latina Kama Sutra: The Ultimate Guide to Dating, Sex & Erotic Pleasure,” and first-time author Tash Aw is being hailed an authentic Malaysian voice with his novel, “Harmony Silk Factory.”

This edition of “InColor” is hosted from the newly reopened Bellevue Arts Museum. “InColor” is an on-going special series that examines issues regarding people of color in the Pacific Northwest.

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