Weekend America Voices
David Weinberg
Recent Stories
-
East Meets West, Past Meets Present in Seattle
This weekend finds us at the Panama Hotel in Seattle's Japantown, which has been around for more than a century. It was once home to Japanese immigrants at the turn of the century and literally comes with its own emotional baggage. David Weinberg went to Nihonmachi (a local name for Japantown) to get this story for our summer travel series.
-
An Unlikely Ascent from Ex-Con to Artist
Before his debut into the art world, Eppiphonio "Epi" Lopez was a drug smuggler. After his release from prison in 2006, he gained local fame for a role in a rock opera. Now his prison sketches are on display at a New Orleans gallery.
