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    Spokane’s Black community newspaper is making a comeback

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    / February 27, 2024
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    / January 23, 2024
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    ArtSEA: ‘Malcolm X’ lands at Seattle Opera via spacecraft

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    • Brangien Davis
    / February 22, 2024
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    WA health officials throw away millions of pandemic supplies

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    / February 23, 2024
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    / February 16, 2024
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        AIDS memorial rises in Seattle 40 years after start of epidemic

        Seattle is one of the last major cities with a large LGBTQ+ population to get a permanent, public and physical space for grief and remembrance.

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        • Margo Vansynghel
        / June 21, 2021
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        MoPOP’s battle of the bands continues — without an audience

        Like most of Seattle’s live music scene, this year’s 20th edition of ‘Sound Off!’ looks radically different.

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        • Margo Vansynghel
        / May 14, 2021
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        ArtSEA: Putting Seattle’s jazz history on the record

        Plus, the Northwest animator bringing Sasquatch to life, and a new sea serpent on the South Lake Union scene.

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        • Brangien Davis
        / April 28, 2021
        Culture

        Shuttered and stressed, WA arts organizations are running out of cash

        After months of struggling under pandemic restrictions, they say going back to ‘normal’ is not an option.

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        • Margo Vansynghel
        / March 10, 2021
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        Flowers grow from crumbling towers in Seattle’s South Lake Union

        At MadArt gallery, artist Casey Curran is building a new world after a destructive year. It’s literally and figuratively moving.

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        / February 8, 2021
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        Culture

        The power of ‘Black Imagination’ shines in new Seattle art show

        Natasha Marin’s multimedia exhibit makes space for “the full range of humanity that is Blackness.”

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        • Margo Vansynghel
        / February 3, 2021
        Culture

        Editor’s Notebook: Jimi Hendrix’s anthem for 2021 America

        The Seattle musician’s iconic Woodstock performance resonates now more than ever.

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        • Brangien Davis
        / January 7, 2021
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        Editor’s Notebook: COVID sends Seattle's holiday shows a-streaming

        Plus, Dina Martina, Taylor Mac, Duke Ellington, Charlie Brown and a bowl full of Nutcrackers.

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        • Brangien Davis
        / December 10, 2020
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        Seattle author depicts isolation and gentrification in new book

        In ‘The Freezer Door,’ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore searches for glimmers of connection in a changed city.

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        • Margo Vansynghel
        / December 9, 2020
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        Bartell Drugs wants to give Seattle’s music scene a shot in the arm

        One longtime employee is leading the in-store effort to ensure the live music scene he loves survives.

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        • Alexa Peters
        / December 7, 2020
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