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Henry Art Gallery’s New Senior Curator on the Role of Art in Challenging Times
Her first installation, Edgar Arceneaux’s "Library of Black Lies," explores "how history is constructed—for and by whom—and the multiplicity of 'truth'”
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Shamim Momin arrives at a time when many artists, arts administrators and museums are feeling a new sense of urgency in the face of the country’s political and cultural divide. Now more than ever, she says, an arts organization’s role is to directly ask…
Must List: Northwest Chocolate Festival, Seattle International Comedy Festival, Seattle Winter Ciderfest
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MUST INDULGE The Northwest Chocolate Festival(11/10–11/11) This delicious festival bills itself as “the best show in the world for artisan chocolate,” which, to us, sounds pretty sweet. Learn about the chocolate industry, meet cacao farmers, watch demos by world-famous chefs and, of course, taste chocolate to your heart’s content. Times and prices vary. Smith Cove…
Seattle Cartoonist Puts Sidekicks in Spotlight
Cartoonist Jon Morris’ new book assembles a motley crew of unfortunately named hero helpers
This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Batman’s Robin, The Green Hornet’s Kato—eventually, all sidekicks have their day. And whether they want it or not, their day has arrived with Seattle cartoonist Jon Morris’ recently released The League of Regrettable Sidekicks (Quirk Books, $24.95). This is the third installment of his…
The New Online Washington Jewish Museum Makes Room for Jewish History and Culture in an Increasingly Intolerant World
And it offers a purpose and mission that calls to us from history
Rebecca “Becky” Benaroya, pictured here as a child with her family (first row, middle), is one of 20 honorees included in the virtual museum
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