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March 25, 2020 at 6:00 am

You can still immerse yourself in the arts with these online concerts, shows and more

Here in Seattle — and everywhere else — live arts events have been put on pause. But we can still immerse ourselves in the arts,...

Entertainment

March 20, 2020 at 1:59 pm

Vulcan, Allen Foundation donate $700,000 for Seattle-area coronavirus response

The money will aid community groups, arts organizations and restaurants hit economically by the coronavirus outbreak.

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Wicked is currently playing at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. Photographed Tuesday, June 18, 2019. 210592 210592

March 20, 2020 at 11:30 am

Emergency relief funds launching for Seattle-area arts organizations and artists

ArtsFund, along with a coalition of arts organizations, is working to launch an emergency relief fund for arts organizations in King County. Artist Trust is...

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March 18, 2020 at 11:27 am

Submit your events that have moved online due to the novel coronavirus outbreak

Due to restrictions on gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, many organizations are canceling public gatherings and social events around the city, and are,...

March 17, 2020 at 6:05 pm

City announces $1.1 million and rent relief to support arts organizations in the coronavirus economic crisis

On Tuesday, the City of Seattle announced a $1.1 million, arts-specific recovery package and rent suspension for cultural organizations, designed to help an arts sector...

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The Space Needle is one of many establishments that has closed its doors for the month due to novel coronavirus concerns. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times)

March 16, 2020 at 6:00 am

UPDATING: Seattle-area events that have been canceled, postponed or rescheduled due to novel coronavirus concerns

The list of events that have been canceled in the Seattle area continues to grow as we head into the third week of the novel...

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March 16, 2020 at 6:00 am

How to help arts and culture workers in the middle of the coronavirus crisis

Whatever comes of the novel coronavirus tumult, the economic crisis is happening now. The needs for arts workers — gigging artists, teachers, staffers at arts...

Entertainment

March 12, 2020 at 6:00 am

Coronavirus fears hit arts groups hard, even before ban on gatherings

Even before the ban, concern about the novel coronavirus fed into steep drops in ticket sales and canceled fundraising galas, school performances and corporate gigs....

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Fans watch Rock-and-Roll superstar Elton John perform “Tiny Dancer” during the Elton John Farewell Tour concert at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma on Sept. 17, 2019. 211445

March 11, 2020 at 12:16 pm

How ban on gatherings, to slow coronavirus spread, is affecting Seattle-area arts and music groups

Gov. Jay Inslee has banned event gatherings of more than 250 people in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. King and Snohomish counties went further, prohibiting...

Shealy (Harvy Blanks) and YoungBlood (Amari Cheatom) share a laugh in August Wilson’s “Jitney.”

March 9, 2020 at 6:00 am

A lauded ensemble brings the music of August Wilson’s dialogue to life in ‘Jitney’ at Seattle Rep

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play, set in an unlicensed cab station in Pittsburgh's Hill District in the 1970s, is being told at the...