After an inaugural 2019, THING festival returns to Fort Worden Historical State Park in Port Townsend this summer. (Michael Rietmulder / The Seattle Times)
(Michael Rietmulder / The Seattle Times, 2022)
Music

Seattle Theatre Group pulls music festival out of Port Townsend

The THING music and arts festival, which launched in 2019 at Fort Worden, will shift to a yet-to-be-announced location for 2024.

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FILE – Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in Manhattan, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. A New York appeals court judge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, paused gag orders on Trump and his lawyers that had prevented them from commenting on court staff in the civil fraud trial of the former president. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times) XNYT0122 XNYT0122

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Members of the far-right group Proud Boys and anti-fascist protesters spray bear mace at each other during clashes between the politically opposed groups on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Alex Milan Tracy)

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Business & Tech

A mix of Starbucks employees from other stores and labor supporters show solidarity outside the Starbucks at First and Pike, part of a nationwide strike early Thursday morning, although this is not a striking store, it is open and no employees walked out, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 in Seattle.

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Nation & World

A makeshift memorial for a high school student lines a fence along an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Authorities arrested eight teens Tuesday in connection with the beating of Jonathan Lewis Jr., who died a week after a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat) NVRY101 NVRY101

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