Marcie Sillman
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Arts & Life
Seattle dancer Liane Aung dreams of life---and art--after the pandemic
If we were living in normal times, Liane Aung would be in a dance studio right now.
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Arts & Life
The opera companies have closed their doors, but tenor Robert MacPherson is still singing.
Robert MacPherson has been singing since he was a very young boy. “I was a preacher’s kid, I grew up singing gospel,” he says.
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Arts & Life
"We've been through something major together. This virus doesn't discriminate based on race, class, creed," says Xavier Lopez Jr.
Xavier Lopez Jr. wears many hats. He writes a culture blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He holds down a day job to pay the bills. And “I’m a multi-media Latinx performance artist and conceptual sculptor.”
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Arts & Life
KUOW's audience members astound in the kitchen
We asked and you responded. KUOW food reporter Ruby de Luna, and arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman wondered what recipes you’ve turned to for comfort during the coronavirus crisis. Marcie is a stress baker; Ruby reached back to her Taiwanese/Filipino childhood for the recipes she loves. We wanted to know how cooking or baking is helping you cope, so we posted our food photos on the KUOW Facebook page and asked you to join us.
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Arts & Life
New relief is on the way for battered cultural groups
Arts advocates launched two new arts emergency funds on Friday. The money will help artists and nonprofit arts groups cope with the huge economic hits resulting from the COVID-19 public gathering ban.
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Arts & Life
Looking for your cultural fix? Here's a sample of online opportunities
Governor Jay Inslee’s public gathering restrictions are wreaking economic havoc in what was once a thriving, multi-million dollar cultural sector. To put it in perspective, last year almost 9 million Puget Sound residents went to arts events or science exhibitions; compare that to the 3.1 million who attended professional sports competitions here.
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Arts & Life
Seattle's independent culture workers brace for the worst case scenario
Last week Seattle artist Susie Lee and her colleagues were planning to open the first-ever performance festivals for babies and toddlers in April. The corona virus pandemic changed those plans.
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Arts & Life
With canceled performances, coronavirus leaves Seattle arts organizations reeling
Kim Malcolm talks with Marcie Sillman about the impact of coronavirus on Seattle's arts & culture community.
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Arts & Life
Marcie Sillman got to attend one last performance at McCaw Hall
I walked toward McCaw Hall Thursday evening full of my usual pre-performance anticipation. I’ve seen hundreds of Pacific Northwest Ballet shows over the past three decades, but I’d really been looking forward to this program, featuring the Seattle premiere of new PNB choreographer-in-residence Alejandro Cerrudo’s epic ballet “One Thousand Pieces.” The evening should have been like so many others over the years; instead, I was about to watch PNB’s last performance for at least a month.
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Arts & Life
For local arts organizations, the public gathering restrictions mean the show will not go on
Governor Jay Inslee’s new ban on large public gatherings left area cultural groups reeling, and worried about their futures.