Welcome back to New Day Northwest.
If you didn't know that iconic actor
Bruce Lee had strong ties to Seattle,
a brand new exhibit at the Wing Luke
Museum in the International District
will show you here to tell us about the
new exhibit called be water, my friend.
The teachings of Bruce Lee is
exhibit director Jessica Rubenacker.
Thank you so much for being
here and welcome to the show.
Thank you for having me.
It's exciting to be here.
So for those who may not know,
tell us all about the wing Luke Museum.
The wing Luke museum.
We're located in Chinatown
International District in Seattle.
And we are one of the only Pan Asian
Pacific Islander museums in the
nation in the nation and the nation.
So we focus on the history,
culture and art of Asian Pacific Americans.
So how did this new exhibit come about?
Well, this is actually the 5th Bruce
Lee exhibition that we have produced and
we've been working hand in hand with
the Bruce Lee Foundation for years.
So it's very exciting to have
this fifth exhibition up.
It opened on July 7th.
I cannot wait to see. And July.
7th and we're lucky to know that
it's going to be there for a while,
but tell us a little bit about
Bruce Lee's ties to Seattle.
So many folks don't know that
Bruce Lee really spent his
formative years in Seattle.
He attended the University of
Washington and was a philosophy major,
so he has a degree in philosophy.
And that's also where he met his wife Linda,
and he opened his studio,
his martial arts studio in EU District,
and spent a lot of time.
In Chinatown,
so it's a very significant
neighborhood for Bruce Lee and his
his. You know, we were looking at
some of the pictures there that I
am assuming are being on exhibit.
I love the picture of him
sitting in the Lotus position.
Could be one of my favorite pictures
I've ever seen of Bruce Lee.
Yeah, some things that are about
Bruce Lee that people may find
out that will surprise them.
So this particular exhibition be water.
My friend really is an interactive
and immersive exhibition.
It's a a newer type of exhibition for us.
And it really focuses on Bruce Lee's library.
He owned over 2800 books.
His personal library now resides
with the wing Luke Museum and was
the basis for this exhibition.
So through the exhibition,
visitors are invited to step into the mind,
body and spirit of Bruce Lee
through the knowledge that he
gained from his personal library.
I had no idea he was a philosophy major.
He is a philosophy major.
He was a philosopher.
It really informed his practice.
He cultivated his mind and his energy,
in addition to his body.
I know where we know Bruce Lee as
this iconic mixed martial artist,
but he really did focus on mind,
body and spirit
mindfulness. What is can you talk to us
about the title? Be water my friend.
Yes it actually it well it comes
from Bruce Lee's philosophy
of being be water my friend.
Be fluid, be formless.
It's also the title of Shannon
Lee's new book or newish.
Book it came out in 2021 and we
work hand in hand with Shannon.
She wrote the exhibit text for
this exhibition and she has been
such a joy to work with on all
of our Bruce Lee exhibitions.
I cannot wait to come see this.
I'm learning so much just by
chatting with you already a big
we're all big fans of Bruce Lee
but understanding this other side,
this close tie to Seattle means so much.
Where can people see it?
When does it start? You said July,
July 9th. I misspoke.
We opened it July.
9th so we have the be water my friend
exhibition on our first floor.
On our mezzanine level,
you're able to dive more into
Bruce Lee's Seattle story.
And then we also on our third floor,
feature collectibles that
feature Bruce Lee's film
and television career Fun.
Yeah. Thank you so much.
Thank you for having me.
You soon. Sounds great.
Please come down. Of course.
And just a reminder, like I said before,
this new exhibit at the Wing
Luke Museum has a long run,
at least two years.
But don't wait.
Go check it out now.