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‘Rock of Ages’ at 5th Avenue Theatre Hits a Timely, Local Note
With its cast of local rockers and a club on the line, 'Rock of Ages' hits home
WE’RE WITH THE BAND: From left: Rock of Ages local performers include Pickwick’s Galen Disston, Black Stax’s Felicia Loud, bassist Andy Stoller, and actors Nick DeSantis and Sara Porkalob
Must List: Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Fest, Winter Drams Spirits Festival, Masquerade XI
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DANCE Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Fest(1/25–1/26) Cyrus Khambatta and his Khambatta Dance Company have anchored this festival since its 2006 founding, and he’s invited three other choreographers this year to create dances for the company: Shura Baryshnikov (you’ll remember her famous dad),…
This Week Then: Remembering Civil Rights Leader Edwin Pratt
Plus: Looking back on the region's most powerful earthquake
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. A Life Cut Short Fifty years ago this week, on January 26, 1969, civil rights leader and Seattle Urban League Executive Director Edwin Pratt was killed by a shotgun blast outside his home in Shoreline. The assassin was never found. Pratt’s funeral at St. Mark’s…
Celebrate the Lunar New Year in Vancouver and Richmond, BC
Ancient traditions come to life in a modern setting to celebrate family, food and good fortune.
Sponsored by Lunar New Year Festival It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest can get a little gray in these winter months, but just a little ways up the I-5, the Lunar New Year Festival in British Columbia, Canada is a bright and colorful celebration that welcomes the coming of spring in fascinating style. A short…
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Seattle Streetcar Line
The streetcar still faces a number of hurdles, including the need for funding at the city and state levels
Last week, defying early expectations that she would abandon the planned downtown Seattle streetcar after pausing construction nearly a year ago, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced that she would ask the city council to proceed with the project. The caveat? The council will need to come up with additional $65 million to help the Seattle Department…
The Skagit Eagle Festival Is in Full Swing
Now is the time to see these majestic creatures
There’s still time to see the eagles—not the football team, our national symbol birds who flock by the hundreds to the Skagit River from December through February to feast on the dying chum salmon who have come home to spawn. Visit in the mornings and bring your binoculars to see trees filled with the noble…
