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Festival Sundiata Presents Black Arts Fest Offers Music, History and Culture

Seattle Center Festál: Festival Sundiata Presents Black Arts Fest, starting at 1 p.m., Sunday, June 21, online at: https://festivalsundiata.org or https://www.facebook.com/FestivalSundiataBlackArtsFest, shares traditional and contemporary African American heritage by showcasing local and national artists. This year’s virtual presentation includes dance, music, art, a history exhibit, special “Sundiata Moments” and more. The engaging… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Rep Creative Conversations Series

This Wednesday, June 10 at 5 p.m. PT, we are kicking off our Creative Conversations series, which features Artistic Director Braden Abraham in conversation with creators from across the nation. Our first Creative Convo will feature David Byrne of Talking Heads, and creator of audience-favorite musical Here Lies Love. Tune in live on Seattle Rep’s YouTube… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Center Monorail is open!

They’re operating in limited service, visit www.seattlemonorail.com for hours of service and information about their new safety measures. For now, to reduce the spread of germs, the Monorail is only accepting ORCA, debit/credit cards, and mobile tickets from the Transit GO Ticket app (no cash please). Hop on the Monorail… [ Keep reading ]

Scam Alert: Spot It, Report It, Stop It

Seattle City Light wants to empower and protect customers from falling victim to scam attacks. City Light customers, and utility customers around the nation, have been receiving calls by scammers posing as utility employees threatening to shut off power if a payment is not immediately made. The scammers are targeting… [ Keep reading ]

Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival Offers Virtual Music, Creativity and Culture

June 6 and 7 starting at 11:00 a.m. Seattle Center Festál: Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, starting online at 11 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7, reveals the beauty and strength of the Filipino culture through art, music, martial arts, literature, theater, photography, film and demonstrations. This Independence Day festival… [ Keep reading ]

6/1: Mayor Durkan Issues Emergency Order to Implement Another Temporary Citywide Curfew Tonight from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m

Seattle (June 1, 2020) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today signed an Emergency Order to place another temporary citywide curfew tonight at 6 p.m., June 1 to 5 a.m., June 2. During these hours, residents and visitors should remain in their home to the extent possible and should refrain from traveling… [ Keep reading ]

Spirit of Africa Festival Live Streams from Dakar, Senegal

Saturday, May 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PST) Seattle Center Festál: Spirit of Africa goes virtual from Dakar, Senegal, 11 a.m. – 12 noon, Saturday, May 30. The 90-minute music event will be streamed simultaneously from Mobile Sound Studio in Dakar and posted on YouTube and Facebook. It will… [ Keep reading ]

City of Seattle Launches Seattle Together Initiative

The City of Seattle is launching the Seattle Together initiative, which is designed to celebrate ideas, share resources and events, and connect community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seattle Together initiative asks community members to amplify stories of good work and resiliency by residents, elevate resources and share best practices,… [ Keep reading ]

May 23-25: Seattle Center–Northwest Folklife Festival Partnership Continues Virtually

Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, From Home to Home: Northwest Folklife Festival takes this annual Memorial Day weekend extravaganza and turns it into a dynamic, multi-channel, online celebration, May 23-25 at nwfolklifestreaming.org. Created in partnership with Seattle Center, Home to Home brings together local culture bearers, artists, creatives, sponsors… [ Keep reading ]

Wear A Face Covering

Countywide Health Directive Beginning May 18, 2020 .@KCPubHealth issued a countywide health directive instructing residents to wear cloth face coverings in confined public spaces. This effort is critical to slowing the spread of #COVID19 in our communities. Learn more: kingcounty.gov/masks The @CDC recommends that people wear cloth face coverings to… [ Keep reading ]