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Seattleite Seeking Snow
Timely Tut Tips
78th Annual MTR Western Sports Star of the Year
Si or Sigh – Hiking Mount Si without the crowds
Explore Your Inner Astronaut
Hoppy Holidays!
Tracey Wickersham
Tracey Wickersham is the Director of Cultural Tourism at Visit Seattle. In her off hours she’s the host of a weekly music program on KBCS 91.3 FM and a board member at a nonprofit that works to eliminate homelessness. She lives in West Seattle with her husband, one headstrong elderly Australian Cattle Dog, heaps of books and music, and an unwieldy garden.
Tracey Wickersham is the Director of Cultural Tourism at Visit Seattle. In her off hours she’s the host of a weekly music program on KBCS 91.3 FM and a board member at a nonprofit that works to eliminate homelessness. She lives in West Seattle with her husband, one headstrong elderly Australian Cattle Dog, heaps of books and music, and an unwieldy garden.
To Like or Not to Like
“I don’t really like this one.” I don’t think I’ve ever heard a curator say those words before. I have to say, it was refreshing. I had the pleasure of taking a tour of the Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The … Continue reading
Posted in: A&E, Family, Food & Drink, Things To Do
Tagged Art, Bol, European Masters, Kenwood House, Lawrence, London, old masters, painting, portraits, Rembrandt, Seattle Art Museum, Turner
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Lopez Island Idyll
Badabadabadabada…… I stood at the front rail of the M/V Yakima, the Washington State Ferry taking me from Anacortes, just 80 miles north of Seattle, up to the San Juan Islands, listening to the sound of the current as it … Continue reading
A MIRROR on Seattle
Picture this: 1000+ people gathered along a closed-off First Avenue between Union and University Streets in downtown Seattle, on a crisp March evening, awaiting a slightly delayed art installation unveiling because of……excess sunshine.
Posted in: A&E, Budget, Things To Do
Tagged Art, Doug Aitken, LED display, MIRROR, Mobile Melts, SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Great Wheel, Seattle Symphony, Skillet, Terry Riley
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Who Knew? History IS Fun!
Let’s play a little word association game. If I say “history museum,” do you think “fun”? Well, in the case of Seattle’s new MOHAI museum, you should! Now open in a new location at the south end of Lake Union, … Continue reading
Posted in: A&E, Budget, Family, Food & Drink, Hoods, Things To Do
Tagged Celluloid Seattle, Center for Wooden Boats, family friendly, Heritage, History, John Grade, Kenmore Air, Lake Union Park, Maritime, MOHAI, Museum, Museum of History & Industry, Naval Armory, Running Rainiers, Seattle, Seattle Great Fire, Seattle Streetcar, South Lake Union, Toe Truck, Wawona
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An Artful Center
Manhole covers. Bus shelters. Transit tunnels. Construction fences. These could be ugly and utilitarian, but in Seattle, they are often works of art, thanks to our long standing Art in Public Places program. Here in the upper Northwest corner of … Continue reading
