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New KUOW Podcast Follows the Trail of Nature
Ecologist Chris Morgan's podcast, 'The Wild,' discusses human encroachment on nature and the strategies we can adopt to coexist with the creatures who dwell there
CONSERVATION CONNECTION: Chris Morgan explores the coexistence of humans with wild animals in the modern world in his new podcast, The Wild
5th Avenue Theatre’s ‘West Side Story’: Big on Sound, Light on Fury
A new louder-than-life production exacerbates a masterpiece’s one problem
Only a bit of the slang has aged (as slang always does) in West Side Story. The rest of it, including probably the greatest score (by Leonard Bernstein) and choreography (by Jerome Robbins) in Broadway history, is as fresh as the day in 1957 it exploded onstage, as the 5th Avenue’s current production proves. It closes Sunday, so…
This Week Then: Celebrating Seattle’s Pride
Plus: Looking back on UFO sightings near Mt. Rainier
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Seattle Pride During the last week of June 1974, local lesbians and gays celebrated Seattle’s first Gay Pride Week, which included the opening of the Gay Community Center, a picnic in Occidental Park, and a “Gay-In” at Seattle Center. The celebration has grown over the…
Must List: ‘West Side Story,’ Solstice Parade, Make Music Seattle
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST ATTEND West Side Story(Through 6/23) Sure, it’s based on Shakespeare, but as long as one tribe feels threatened by a more recently arrived tribe—and every single day brings more tragic evidence that they do—Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece will never stop being as timely as a…
The Latest Battle Over the Showbox
Attorneys for the city of Seattle and the owners of the music venue will face off in court on June 21
This Friday, June 21, attorneys for the city of Seattle and the owners of the Showbox building will face off in King County Superior Court Judge Patrick Oishi’s courtroom in the latest battle over the fate of the downtown music venue. Last month, the Seattle City Council extended a temporary expansion of the Pike Place…