This is the Life, Or, Folklife, that is, Seattle’s weekend of cultural festivities that marks the start of summer. Among the entertainers were the hugely popular, stilt-walking band, Marching Forth, left. Above, Senegalese-born master drummer Thione Diop leads an impromptu jam with Karim Koumbassa, a Guinean djembe/dunun player on the pavement outside the Center House.
Photos by Katia Roberts. To see both, click on picture and scroll through. ...