Happening Tomorrow, 5/22 – Lunch & Learn: Celebrating Thai Food and Community in the U.S.

Event flyer featuring a photo of Dr. Padoongpatt and his book.

The WAVES Center presents Lunch & Learn: Celebrating Thai Food and Community in the U.S.

  • WHEN: Thurs, 5/22 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm
  • WHERE: Quiet Dining Room (9208).

Dr. Mark Padoongpatt will discuss his book “Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America,” which explores how and why Thai food shaped the contours of Thai American community and identity.

A light lunch from Eat & Go Thai Street Food will be served.

Dr. Padoongpatt is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program at the University of Las Vegas.

Piano Class Showcase

Illustration of piano keys and flowers.

Swing by the 800 Building on Friday, May 30 at 12:30 PM for a lunchtime piano party! Our talented class pianists are ready to wow you — don’t miss the music, the vibes, and the fun!

Lunchtime Music Recital Vol.2

Illustration of a piano.

Lunch just got a whole lot cooler! Come hang out at the Pub and enjoy live tunes from our talented student performers. Vol. 2 is bringing the fun with an upbeat band performance you won’t want to miss!

  • WHEN: 5/29, 11:30am – 1:00pm
  • WHERE: PUB 9000 Lounge

AA/PI Heritage Month Luncheon Keynote: Tues, 5/20

Event flyer featuring photo of Michael Spencer smiling.

Join us for our Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Luncheon Keynote: Health & Wellness for Native Hawaiians and Indigenous Peoples.

The WAVES Asian and Pacific Islander Student Center presents a lecture by University of Washington Dean of Social Work Michael Spencer. Spencer was appointed dean of the UW School of Social Work in July 2023—the first Native Hawaiian dean at the UW. His research examines health and wellness among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, focusing on interventions that promote health among Native Hawaiians through Indigenous practices and values.

  • DATE: 5/20/2025
  • TIME: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
  • PLACE: Room 1508

Hawaiian plate lunch from The Box provided for attendees who register! Click here to register for this event.

SIFF Screenings on Campus This Week, 5/19 – 5/23

Seattle International Film Festival logo.

Shoreline Community College is proud to be a venue for the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, running from May 15 – May 25 with an amazing lineup of films from around the world!

See below for the films being screened this week in the SCC Theater.

Monday 5/19 

  • 5:45pm: Blue Sun Palace (116 minutes), United States: In Constance Tsang’s strikingly original, Cannes-winning social realist debut, two Queens-based Chinese immigrants find solace in their shared grief over a massage parlor worker they each loved in their own way before tragedy struck. Purchase tickets for Blue Sun Palace.
  • 8:30pm: Fly Me to the Moon (112 minutes), Hong Kong: In Sasha Chuk’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama, young Yuen struggles to adapt to her new surroundings and social class when she and her mother emigrate from Mainland China to 1990s Hong Kong to reunite with the family patriarch. Purchase tickets for Fly Me to the Moon.

Tuesday 5/20 

  • 6:00pm:  Drowned Land (86 minutes), United States: The Choctaw Nation of southeastern Oklahoma fights against cultural displacement and the developers who wish to dam and divert the Kiamichi River, one of the most ecologically diverse bodies of water in the state, in this call to action from SIFF 4th World Media Lab alum Colleen Thurston. Purchase tickets for Drowned Land.
  • 8:30pm: Under the Volcano (102 minutes), Poland: A Ukrainian family on vacation in the Canary Islands suddenly find themselves stranded upon Russia’s invasion of their home country, sending them into fits of desperation and introspection as they wander the beaches speculating what comes next. Purchase tickets for Under the Volcano.

Wednesday 5/21 

  • 6:00pm: Sally (103 minutes), United States: Award-winning documentarian Cristina Costantini directs this peek into the personal life of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. But as Ride journeyed among the stars, she kept a nearly three-decade romance with author and tennis player Tam O’Shaughnessy a secret. Purchase tickets for Sally.
  • 8:30pm: Waves (131 Minutes), Czech Republic: It’s 1967 Czechoslovakia, and technician Tomás has just started working at the country’s most renowned radio station. But as the Soviets crack down on any dissenting opinions, Tomás must either become an informant or protect his activist younger brother in this nerve-wracking journalism thriller. Purchase tickets for Waves.

Thursday 5/22 

  • 6:00pm The Safe House (90 minutes), Switzerland:  In this sincere and impeccably art-directed Wes Anderson-esque film based on Christophe Boltanski’s memoir “La Cache,” a nine-year-old boy and his quirky, artistic family experience the turbulence of 1968 Paris from the relative safety of their multigenerational home. Purchase tickets for The Safe House.
  • 8:30pm: Drowning Dry  (88 minutes), Lithuania: In this elliptically told melodrama that was Lithuania’s submission for the 2025 Academy Awards®, two families must confront lingering resentments when tragedy strikes during a lakeside weekend summer vacation. Winner of Best Director at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival. Purchase tickets for Drowning Dry.

Friday 5/23 

  • 3:30pm: Paul Anka: His Way (99 minutes), United States:  He faced it all, stood tall, and did it his way. Get the inside scoop on the life and career of Paul Anka, the Canadian-born son of immigrants who rocketed to the top of the charts not just as a teen heartthrob, but as the songwriter of some of America’s greatest standards. Purchase tickets for Paul Anka.
  • 6:00pm: Know Her Name (80 minutes), Canada: In this amazing slice of film herstory, learn the legacy of women directors who have fought to be seen and heard and have their films preserved…and how to not let the next generation get lost in the same inequitable and homogenized system. Purchase tickets for Know Her Name.
  • 8:30pm: I Am Nevenka (112 minutes), Spain: Nevenka Fernández, the town’s finance councilor, is relentlessly pursued by the mayor, a man used to always getting what he wants politically and personally. Nevenka decides to report him, turning her courageous fight into Spain’s first #MeToo case. Purchase tickets for I Am Nevenka.

Be sure to visit the SIFF website to see the full lineup of amazing films happening at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival.