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Seattle is a UNESCO City of Literature. Advocates want you to read all about it

Seattle has been part of the global network of Cities of Literature since 2017. This month, they're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the City of Literature designation in Edinburgh, the first city to receive the title.
Katie Campbell
Books

Reporter's Notebook: The Jaipur Literature Festival debuts in Seattle in spectacular fashion

JLF Seattle featured dozens of authors and creative speakers to Town Hall Seattle over the weekend; if you missed it, don't worry — the plan is for this literary event to join the city's summer festival pantheon.
Katie Campbell
Arts & Life

KEXP's Kevin Cole retires and reflects on his friendship with Prince ahead of Purple Rain's 40th Anniversary
Angela King
Arts & Life

This Seattle b-boy helped select Team USA's first Olympic breakdancers

Thirty-two b-boys and b-girls will vie for Gold in Paris as break dancing makes its debut as a sport in the Summer Olympics. Meet a Seattle break dancing judge who helped select Team USA’s top breakers.
Ruby de Luna
Sports

Seattle caught Caitlin Clark fever, but the night belonged to the Storm

Climate Pledge Arena hosted the largest crowd in the Seattle Storm’s 25-year history Wednesday. While the game drew fervent Storm fans, perhaps the main attraction wasn’t from Seattle. Many came for a rival player, Indiana Fever’s rookie phenom Caitlin Clark.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
Arts & Life

Dungeons & Dragons is headed to a Washington state library near you
Dyer Oxley
Arts & Life

Seattle's karaoke hotspot Bush Garden looks to late 2024 reopening, new future

Before it closed, Bush Garden was the hangout of choice in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District — not just for drinks but also for some serious karaoke. Later this year the karaoke hotspot will reopen, entering a new chapter in a new home.
Ruby de Luna
From Vegas to Waitsburg, classroom a new stage for former showgirl

If you went to Las Vegas in the 1980s, you might have seen dancers covered in feathers and rhinestones. A former Tropicana showgirl now lives in Waitsburg – and she’s bringing her life’s story and the lessons she’s learned to a Walla Walla classroom.
Courtney Flatt
Arts & Life

Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back

Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back
Ruby de Luna
Arts & Life

On the count of 3...Go! Rapper Common surprises fans with dance solo at Seattle breaking competition

Amid his performance of "Universal Mind Control," which samples the 1982 electro hit "Planet Rock" — widely considered an old-school breakdance anthem — Common surprised fans when he erupted into an impromptu breakdance number of his own.
Liz Brazile

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