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2020 Hugo House Fellows share works of ‘Luminosity’ for the new year

Poets and essayists conjure post-holiday light

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Seattle arts leader Randy Engstrom will leave Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture

After eight years heading up Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, Randy Engstrom says he’ll step down at the end of the year.

Seattle arts with Marcie Sillman: past, present, and future

As with most industries during the pandemic, it's a singular time in Seattle arts history. After 35 years of covering the scene, KUOW's longtime arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman gives us the 30,000

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Another Covid shutdown delays museum show, but doesn't stop this Seattle artist

It’s taken 40 years, but Barbara Earl Thomas finally will have her first solo show at Seattle Art Museum. Covid willing.

Lights, camera, action! 'Hollywood North' revved up despite Covid — and because of it

Filming of TV shows and movies is going gangbusters in the Vancouver area this fall, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.

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Will Seattle-area cultural groups survive the pandemic? Maybe, but it won't be business as usual.

Coronavirus is surging yet again in Washington State. Public health officials are on edge; so are businesses that depend on people gathering together in enclosed spaces. That includes the arts and culture sector.

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The pandemic eviscerated Seattle's club scene; can live music make it through the winter?

Seattle's live music clubs have been closed since March. With the music scene in crisis, artists and club owners wonder if they'll make it through the winter without help.

The Record

October 21st | The music that keeps us keeping on in a pandemic world

The disillusionment phase of the pandemic is finally here. How the tourism needs to change now and after COVID-19. And our favorite tunes for crying, laughing, and surviving in quarantine.

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Seattle arts community get some welcome $9 million news

Seattle’s beleaguered cultural community got some welcome news this week when the estate of the late art patrons Jane Lang Davis and Richard Lang announced awards totaling $9 million to nine different arts organizations.