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Join us for a free concert, cake and crafts at the Seattle Mural on Sunday

We’re teaming up with our friends at Seattle Center to host a party at the Seattle Mural on Sunday, May 2. Come on down to Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre, noon to 5 p.m., for an open house, featuring a free concert by Seattle indie-pop band Slender Means from 2 to 3… [ Keep reading ]

Arts Crush wants you to weigh in

We’re proud to support Arts Crush, a fall arts festival which is in the works. Planned for October, the month-long festival will connect artists and audiences with invigorating new experiences at hundreds of events across the region. Theatre Puget Sound (TPS), producers of the successful Live Theatre Week, will act as… [ Keep reading ]

Refresh your music playlist with Seattle OnHold

Are your ears tired of the same old music playlist? Check out the new Seattle OnHold lineup, and subscribe to the free Seattle OnHold podcast. Three times a month (sometimes more) we’ll dish up a tasty local music MP3. The latest mix ranges from the playful Russian folk melodies of… [ Keep reading ]

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Vote to make over the Mural, rock out at open house May 2

Bet you’ve had some memorable times at the Seattle Mural. It’s the setting for countless concerts and festivals. We need your VOTE to help us reel in six figures in preservation funds to restore this public artwork!

Musical master gets mega-toast at City Hall, April 29

The casts of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s On The Town and Candide, Seattle Jewish Chorale, and Seattle Women’s Chorus will rally their forces this Thursday, April 29 at City Hall to celebrate the musical genius of Leonard Bernstein. This massive tribute performance is part of the Seattle Celebrates Bernstein festival happening around… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor McGinn and the arts

The Stranger’s visual art critic Jen Graves asks what Mayor Mike McGinn’s mayorality means for the arts. Read all about it here.

City Hall exhibition explores Asian-American culture, reception April 22

Heritage, identity, history, memory, coexistence and freedom are just a few of the themes investigated in the exhibition American/Asian: A Tale of New Cultures on view April 15 through June 14 at City Hall.

Head south for artsy Earth Day celebration

If you missed Mandy Greer’s temporary public art installation, Mater, Matrix, Mother and Medium, at Camp Long last summer, check it out at the Herbert Bayer Earthworks at Earthworks Park in Kent on Earth Day, 7 to 8:30 p.m., this Thursday, April 22.

Make Over the Mural with your Vote!

Your vote can help us reel in six figures in preservation funds to restore the Seattle Mural. This mid-century, glass mosaic masterpiece serves as a colorful backdrop for the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center. It’s pushing 50, and it’s showing its age. Many of its pieces are missing, faded or… [ Keep reading ]