Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA (2026)

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The Islamic School of Seattle was founded in 1980 by five white and African American women converts. They wanted a school that fostered a sense of community and helped their children understand the significance of their uniquely blended culture. They decided on Montessori, an unusual concept that required them to recruit a Pakistani Florida teacher, fo

r the first such Islamic nationwide program. After educating their community about Montessori, ISS grew rapidly and acquired the Talmud Torah Jewish school building in Seattle's Central Area to better serve its widely spread families. After more than 30 years of serving the Greater Seattle community, several other Islamic schools had begun, and the student body grew smaller. In June of 2012, ISS, one of the first Islamic Schools established in the United States closed its doors. Through the tireless efforts of one of the last Seattle-residing founding mothers, Ann El-Moslimany, ISS evolved into Cherry Street Mosque. As with ISS, the CSM community broke new ground locally by becoming one of the first openly progressive Islamic organizations in Seattle, with the mission of creating a welcoming and safe space for all, regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, or religion. The Cherry Street Village will be a collective interfaith community whose mission is to offer arts friendly groups a future event rental space, in a preserved historical landmark. Our goal is to offer the public a deeper appreciation of our interfaith community with cultural holiday celebrations enhancing that experience. CSV will house various interfaith and arts organizations that have agreed to work on the initial phase, all of them serving historically underserved communities. We are especially excited about uniting with partner communities to build a vibrant, shared culture and interfaith space. Dunya Productions would like to house its multicultural productions (and sets) in one location. The Kadima Reconstructionist (Jewish) Community envisions a permanent home, a place for its Sabbath school, celebratory gatherings, study and education, and social justice work. Salaam Cultural Museum envisions a space to house their educational and cultural collection from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Pre-Covid, on alternate weeks, Cherry Street Mosque hosted the Friday Prayer Circle, a woman-led devotional gathering under the spiritual guidance and direction of Ann Holmes Redding. These prayers in the Islamic tradition were established in 2014 by CSM’s big sister organization, the Interfaith Community Sanctuary. CSM envisions continuing offering prayer space that will welcome progressive congregations of all faiths, and dreams to include a spiritual day school, daycare, food bank, artist-in-residency studio, a pea patch and to develop low income housing on the adjacent commercial lot.

09/19/2025

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We’re excited to announce that TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for the world premiere of our new, full-length play by Hanna Eady, “Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin”! The play focuses on four people with inextricable ties to the historical village of Deir Yassin, the site of a massacre of Palestinian men, women, and children in 1948 by Zionist paramilitary troops. The village has now been replaced by an Israeli psychiatric hospital, and the play opens with the last surviving member of the Zionist militia being invited to the site of Deir Yassin for a ceremony honoring his heroic contribution to the founding of the State of Israel. The elderly militia commander finds that he must struggle with the demands of the State and with his own moral conscience as he converses with a young Israeli psychiatrist, as well as with a Palestinian woman who may or may not be a survivor of the massacre. With a multiplicity of voices and vividly surreal scenes, the play delves into Palestinian collective memory to deliver a profoundly relevant narrative about atrocity, displacement, human relationships, and hope.

Playwright Eady says, “Through remembrance, storytelling, and resilience, the play demonstrates the essence of Palestinian sumud, or steadfastness. This is not a passive quality, but an active one that perseveres through attempts to silence historical truths.”

The show will run Wednesday – Saturday nights at 7:30 pm, October 23 – November 15, 2025, at Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Ave, Seattle WA 98122. Previews on October 23 & 24. Opening night is October 25. For tickets (at a sliding scale) and the full schedule, visit:
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/dunya-productions/68a60cc29f23ba1000be2893/tickets #/productions-view

We would like to thank Donkeysaddle Projects as co-producer for this play. We'd also like to thank 4Culture, Office of Arts & Culture Seattle, National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, SCM, and Cherry Street Village for helping to make this production possible. We look forward to seeing you there!

03/01/2025

RSVP now for Iftar Havdalah at the . There is no charge unless you choose to donate. Link in bio.

Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

10/23/2024

Mommy Elna is at rest. Please help us complete the funding that brought her home.

Grandma Elna and her caregiver/daughter suffered a series of strokes which took the life of Elna and left her daughter disabled and financially devastated.

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720 25th Avenue
Seattle, WA
98122

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+12066182545

Website

http://cherrystreetvillage.org/

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