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What to Watch Online: BenDeLaCreme, 12 Seconds Max, and More
As artists find new ways to connect, things are getting weird and wonderful
4/17 and 4/15BenDeLaCreme: Terminally DetainedThis hometown drag hero may have recently relocated, but no matter, I’m a forever fan of her perpetually perky persona, and the seriously clever writing chops she brings to all her shows. Terminally Detained, a new quarantine-centric show (part of Digital Drag Fest 2020), includes both original music, parodies and stories,…
All Signs Point to #WeGotThisSeattle
From Belltown to Ballard and beyond, these murals by local artists are bringing beauty to businesses' boarded-up windows
Leave it to a bunch of artists to turn tragedy into joy. Due to the Stay Home, Stay Healthy ordinance, restaurants and small businesses have shuttered all over town, many boarding up the windows until they’re able to get back to serving customers. But those pieces of plywood are the perfect canvases for some inspirational…
This Week Then: Washington Territory and the Civil War
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Marching Forth On April 12, 1861, Washington Territory’s former governor, Isaac Stevens, returned to the Pacific Northwest to campaign for reelection to a third term as the territory’s delegate to the U. S. Congress. On that same day, the Civil War began with the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. News of that event didn’t arrive here until more…
Stories from Seattle: Something to Keep Your Mind Off the News
Writer Drew Zandonella-Stannard launches a free text subscription service based on light-hearted laughs—just the thing we need right now
“The sign urges our neighbors to sign up for The Good List, even though it might pigeonhole me as the local eccentric shut-in.”
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