Marcie Sillman
Stories
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Arts & Life
Make art and put it in your yards and windows, Seattle asks residents
Washingtonians have been sheltering in place since mid-March; we’ve gotten used to everything from online school to Zoom happy hours. Local artists also have become more skilled at migrating their output to various streaming platforms. Here are three weekend online cultural opportunities.
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Arts & Life
What isolation can do to our brains — and our lifespans
I’d been hunkered down at home for almost three weeks when Gov. Jay Inslee issued his stay-at-home order for Washington state in late March. Health officials had identified America’s first official Covid-19 death on February 29th, and they warned the novel coronavirus could be particularly dangerous for people over the age of 60. At 66, I wasn’t taking any chances.
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Arts & Life
21st century tech keeps 17th century play alive, thanks to Seattle teens
When Governor Jay Inslee announced his stay-at-home order in mid-March, theater artist Shana Bestock knew she had two choices: cancel her youth drama program’s spring production, or move it online.
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Arts & Life
Poets give voice to our deepest thoughts when it comes to this pandemic
Our state’s Stay Home/Stay Healthy order will remain in effect in some form for at least several more weeks. As we adapt to the new, temporary, normal, many of us our turning to the arts for diversion, comfort, or just a new perspective on the world. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman talked with three poets about how they’re responding to the pandemic.
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Arts & Life
Seattle artist hopes expanded unemployment benefits will help her make ends meet.
Jenny May Peterson is a Seattle dancer, visual artist and a licensed massage therapist. In normal times, she cobbles together enough money from these different vocations to support herself. But when the pandemic hit, Peterson’s revenue streams disappeared. “I really have no income, at all,” Peterson says.
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Arts & Life
Looking for a diversion? Surf social media for a little classical music
We’re into our second month of Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order. We’ve baked bread, cleaned cupboards, and binged on endless television shows. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman went online in search of some cultural respite. She found it in classical music; specifically short cello performances on social media.
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Arts & Life
'I don't want to just fade away' says retiring ballet dancer Benjamin Griffiths
Benjamin Griffiths is like so many of us who’ve been sequestered at home during the pandemic; He’s reading, streaming movies, and he works out every day. “I’m in pretty good shape for a normal person,” he says.
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Arts & Life
These south Seattle music students moved online effortlessly – and they’re asking for more
Quinton Morris was at a national music educators’ conference a couple of months ago when he got a feeling he’d have to move his after-school classical music program online.
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Arts & Life
Seattle Symphony musicians will take temporary unemployment in an effort to stabilize the orchestra
The Seattle Symphony musicians have
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Arts & Life
Seattle Symphony orchestra musicians play on, even in a pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to learn new ways to work, educate our kids, socializing, even new ways to make and distribute art. Classical artists are diving right into new technologies.