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MoPOP's Horror Movie Watchalong Continues This Friday With Special Guest, Nikko Hurtado
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2020
MoPOPa??s a??It's Coming from Inside the House!a?? presents a virtual screening of The Return of the Living Dead this Friday night. The screening features special live commentary from Nikko Hurtado, a giant in the tattooing world having built an empire out of just a couple of shops and a tattooing academy.
Seattle Opera Announces New 'Creation Lab'
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2020
Seattle Opera is announcing a new initiative to help cultivate and develop the next generation of opera composers and librettists in Washington State. Creation Lab seeks 16 emerging composers and writers of all genres to give way to the creation of short operatic pieces, which will be performed during the 2020/21 Season.
Whidbey Island Center For The Arts Seeks Actors For Upcoming Production
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2020
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts seeks two, male-identifying actors for its October production of Harold Pinter's 'Betrayal.' Auditions will take place on August 31; call-backs on September 2.
August Packs A Punch Of VIrtual Activity At Seattle Center
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2020
A typical August is bustling at Seattle Center, however, this year, the action is online. Seattle Center and its resident organizations offer multiple virtual options this month.
Velocity Dance Center Presents Vladimir Kremenović UTOPIA: TOUCH
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020
Velocity Dance Center partners with the Design in Public Festival, CommonForm, and inter/national performance organizations in the US and the Balkans to present our first performance premiere since the beginning of the pandemic: UTOPIA: touch, an hour-long live virtual performance choreographed by Vladimir Kremenović. 
Seattle Opera Presents Racial Justice Dialogue
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2020
The global pandemic has created a setback for arts groups across the Pacific Northwest. But despite challenges, Seattle Opera is using this moment as an opportunity to create equity in their art form through its next Community Conversation: Crescendo for Racial Justice in Opera.
Anonymous Donor Pays Off Warehouse Theatre Company's Mortgage
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2020
Warehouse Theatre Company's mortgage was paid in full by an anonymous donor recently.
Seattle Center Festál: BrasilFest Offers Virtual Music, Dance, Creation And Culture
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2020
Seattle Center Festál: Virtual BrasilFest takes place, 12 p.m.-3:20 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 16. The festival seeks to provide a safe space, free of stereotypes, for its own community and the community at-large, where people of all ages and backgrounds can come together to preserve Brazilian culture and create new ways to communicate using their Brazilian roots. 
Seattle Opera To Hold Pop-up Blood Drive
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2020
As summer historically signals a dip in the blood supply, Seattle Opera is offering a blood drive to provide a lifeline for local patients. In partnership with Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle Opera will utilize its Tagney Jones Hall at the Opera Center to host a pop-up center for donating blood this August 2020.
Seattle Rep Postpones 2020-21 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2020
Seattle Rep has announced the postponement of its 2020-21 season.
VIDEO: Watch the Opening Number From The 5th Avenue Theatre Awards 2020 Roadtrip, Featuring Marc delaCruz
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2020
The 5th Avenue Theatre Awards honors outstanding achievement in high schools and celebrates the hard work and dedication of the Washington State high school students and educators. The theatre has released a video of the opening number, a performance of 'Beautiful City' by over 75 Washington state high school students, featuring Broadway's Marc delaCruz.
ArtsWest Playhouse Announce THEATRE FOR AN EMPTY SPACE
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2020
ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery announced Theatre for an Empty Space.
Seattle Shakespeare Postpones And Rearranges 30th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2020
Today Seattle Shakespeare Company announced that due to the ongoing public health crisis, it is postponing its productions of Richard II with upstart crow collective and Long Day's Journey into Night. The fall production of Volpone will move to spring 2021 to join a previously scheduled production of Much Ado About Nothing.
Warehouse Theatre Company Postpones 2020-21 Season Indefinitely
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2020
The Warehouse Theatre Company has announced the indefinite postponement of its 2020 a?" 2021 season. 
Mary Elizabeth Williams Concludes SONGS OF SUMMER for Seattle Opera
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2020
Seattle Opera is announcing the final singers to perform in its online recital series, Songs of Summer. Artists include beloved soprano Mary Elizabeth Williamsa?"star of Tosca, Nabucco, and Mary Stuart.
STG Announces Marisol Sanchez-Best As New Director Of Education & Community Engagement
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2020
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announced today that Marisol Sanchez-Best will be its new Director of Education and Community Engagement effective August 3, 2020. Sanchez-Best will fill this position after the departure of Vicky Lee, Director of Education and Performance Programs, who established the department in 1999 and has held this position for 22 years, building an expansive and impactful lineup of programs focusing on artist development, access, and education opportunities.  
POP TALKS to Welcome Moses Sumney This Week
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2020
NPR Music x Pop Conference in collaboration  with The Museum of Pop Culture present POP TALKS: Moses Sumney, Thursday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m. PDT.
Meany Center Announces Fall Schedule Changes; Season Opening Postponed To January
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2020
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington will not be presenting live, in-person performances during the fall of 2020. The season opening has been moved back to January 2021, and some fall performances have been canceled or rescheduled for late winter or spring. Virtual programming is being developed with many of the artists as an alternative to live performances. Events planned for January through May 2021 are anticipated to go forward when state, county and university guidelines permit. 
LGBTQ Theatre Couple Launches Sunglasses Company
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2020
Actors Adam Kern and Jeffrey Willey have launched Pride Shades LLC, a small boutique e-commerce sunglasses company dedicated to making limited edition sunglasses for the LGBTQ Community and their allies. The company released their first pair on July 16th. They started the company as a way of raising funds for their wedding, originally scheduled for October 2020, now pushed back to October 2021 (due to Covid-19).
Seattle Opera Launches 'Community Serenades'
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2020
Seattle Opera is launching a new performance series meant to bring joy to vulnerable community members. Community Serenades will bring an opera singer and pianist to perform in various settings for seniors and people experiencing homelessness. The artists will maintain a recommended distance and practice safety protocols, while residents listen from the safety of their homes/rooms or in large outdoor spaces. The first serenade, presented in partnership with Path with Art, is set for 3 p.m. on July 23 (weather dependent) outside of Plymouth Place. Featured performers include soprano Tess Altiveros and pianist Elisabeth Ellis.  
BWW Review: “SONGS OF SUMMER” WITH SHELLY TRAVERSE at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - July 15, 2020
Seattle Opera's innovative 'Songs of Summer' recital series has been bringing some of the company's most valued singers to an electronic stage
Tacoma Little Theatre Announces Virtual Summer Camp Classes
by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2020
Tacoma Little Theatre will continue its next four weeks of Summer Camp classes now available for enrollment. To make sure that students and staff are safe, and have an opportunity to experience the Performing Arts, TLT has moved to a Virtual Camp model.
Unexpected Productions Is Using Improv Skills To Combat Zoom Fatigue
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2020
Businesses are starting to struggle with Zoom fatigue. Unexpected Productions, which has been teaching improv skills team building classes for over 30 years has pivoted to assisting teams in creating productive, but entertaining meetings on Zoom, Google Hangouts and Microsoft's Teams.
5th Avenue Theatre Announces Virtual Awards Ceremony
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2020
Seattle Symphony Brings 2019–2020 Season To A Close With July Concert Broadcasts
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2020
Since Benaroya Hall closed its doors in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle Symphony has remained committed to sharing music every week with audiences at home in Seattle and around the world through free online broadcasts and livestreams.

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