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NAAM Is Putting on Its First Juneteenth Week
Across nine days, the museum presents 10 events to commemorate the holiday, both online and in person.
By
Stefan Milne
6/11/2021 at 9:50am
NAAM s choir on the steps of St. Therese Church.Â
On June 15, the BlkFreedom Collective, a group of 10 African American museums from across the country, will come together ahead of Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. and, as of May 13, is an official Washington holiday. Each museum has picked a word from the Negro National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing to represent its segment of the virtual event. For its part, Seattleâs Northwest African American Museum has taken that title to heart: NAAM picked the word âhopeâ andâsince president and CEO LaNesha DeBardelaben figured choirs are founts of itâstarted its own choir.Â
THROUGH AUGUST 15: BLACK REFRACTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM AT THE FRYE ART MUSEUM View this post on Instagram A post shared by Frye Art Museum (@fryeartmuseum) Right NOW is one of the best moments to see Black art in Seattle. A new show at the Frye, Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem, truly blessed our city. It features works by almost eighty artists over the past century from.
KUOW dropped some Durkan texts: The public radio station s story confirms a report from the
Seattle Times about the city s public records office recreating missing texts to and from Mayor Jenny Durkan during the protests and the rise of CHOP last summer. Those texts appear to come from group chats the Mayor had with staffers, and they re pre-ttay, pre-ttay, pre-ttaaaaaaaaay funny.
A couple quick takeaways: Durkan and former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best get pumped when Brandi Kruse, a news commentator for the local Fox affiliate, plans to shadow the cops. The vaunted former chief of police described the fallout of Sawant leading protests into City Hall thusly: no issues. (As I wrote yesterday, a reactionary group with dubious mailer strategies is trying to make that moment a very serious issue.) Durkan also politely condescends to