Arts
Fall Into The Arts This Autumn
From a nationally recognized glass festival to dance of all types, this season’s happenings include world premieres, new books, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning play
For Seattle arts aficionados, fall is the most wonderful time of the year. Theaters and performance companies are back in action after a brief summer hiatus, and many arts organizations are kicking off their seasons in venues across the city. There’s a buzz in the air, even as it cools, as creatives debut work they’ve been incubating for months, or even years. And while it would take dozens of pages to cover all of the exciting shows and exhibitions launching this fall, we’ve rounded up a few of our most-anticipated debuts in theater, dance, visual art, and more…
Modern Love with a Jane Austen Twist
Author Christina Hwang Dudley brings a classic tale to modern Asian America
It’s universally known that a good enemies-to-lovers story never gets old. Among the most famous literary pairs in this genre are Lizzy Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice…
Why You Might See Mario and Pikachu in Seattle This Weekend
PAX West, one of the world’s biggest video game conventions, celebrates 20 years in Seattle
If you see Mario, Lara Croft, Link, or even Pikachu wandering around downtown Seattle this weekend, you can thank the West Coast’s most popular gaming event, PAX West. Think of it as the Burning Man for gamers — PAX West is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Seattle Convention Center from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. What began as a small gathering of 4,500 people in Bellevue in 2004 has since moved to Seattle and become a major event, now drawing more than 100,000 people annually. Visit Seattle is projecting an economic impact of $21.9 million for PAX West this year…
Seattle Once Banned Underaged Dancing — This Podcast Explains It All
Written by local journalist Jonathan Zwickel, Let the Kids Dance traces the origins and legacy of Seattle’s Teen Dance Ordinance.
Nearly 40 years ago, in 1985, the city of Seattle passed Ordinance 11237, the Teen Dance Ordinance (TDO) — a piece of legislation that essentially banned teen dances outside of schools and barred anyone under the age of 18 from attending a concert without a chaperone. If visions of a young, tank-top-clad Kevin Bacon clandestinely rage-dancing around an abandoned warehouse are starting to edge into your mind, then you’re not far off from reality…
Belltown Blooms
Celebrate Seattle’s creative core at the Mural Festival
Stroll down the streets of Belltown over the next five days, and you’re likely to see scissor lifts and cherry pickers hoisting local artists up the sides of buildings, with paint cans tucked around the corners of alleys, and a new bloom of vibrant color throughout the entire neighborhood…
Seattle Art Fair Opens With a Strong Showing
With work from around the world — and strengthened ties to the local creative community — the annual event drew big crowds on night one
Seattle Art Fair is officially open, kicking off its weekend-long run with a packed party at the Lumen Field Event Center last night. Abuzz with the who’s who of the Seattle art scene perusing booths from more than 90 international galleries, the fair had a fresh energy that seemed lacking over the past few years….
An Abundance of Art in Seattle this Week
Highlights from the Seattle Art Fair and other happenings in the creative community
It’s a busy week for art in the Emerald City. The summer’s flagship event, the Seattle Art Fair opens its eighth iteration this week with a bevy of new programs, collaborations, and creative partnerships. Held once again at the Lumen Field Event Center, the fair is just a stone’s throw away from Pioneer Square, where…
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