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The new Burke Museum lets visitors peek behind the scenes
Seattle's new Burke Museum turns the museum "inside out," giving visitors the chance to interact with artifacts and peer through windows into curators' workshops.
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ArtsUW Roundup: Hugo House documentary, exhibition opening at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, concert in the library, and more!
Attend a film screening about Hugo House produced by Frances McCue and directed by Ryan K. Adams, go to an exhibition opening, buy tickets for the Burke Opening, and more!
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Valerie Curtis-Newton Receives Highest Honor at 2019 Gregory Awards
Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) announces today that Valerie Curtis-Newton will be the recipient of the 2019 Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award.
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Every meal tells a story at Archipelago, one of Seattle’s hottest new restaurants
Alumni Aaron Verzosa (BFA, 2009, Linguistics) and Amber Manuguid's (BFA, 2009, Digital Arts and Experimental Media) have opened a new Filipino restaurant, Archipelago.
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ArtsUW Roundup; William Morris and the Kelmscott Press Exhibition, Closing soon – Cecilia Vicuña’s About to Happen, and more
In the arts, purchase tickets for the New Burke Opening Weekend, attend a rare duet setting performance by two School of Music faculty members, and more!
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‘Butterfly Lovers,’ a classical Chinese dance, flies into McCaw Hall
'Butterfly Lovers' is presented by American Asian Performing Arts Theater, a local nonprofit founded by dancer/choreographer Li Hengda, a UW MFA graduate.
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The Burke, unwrapped
"Washington’s oldest museum gets a new home and a bold new approach — an open design that puts both artifacts and researchers on display."
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Native American Food Truck Off the Rez Plans Permanent Outpost at New Burke Museum
Off the Rez food truck — which has been serving acclaimed Native American cuisine around the city since 2011 — will open a permanent location at the new Burke.
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Mayor's Arts Awards
Department of Dance Professor Dani Tirrell receives the 2019 Mayor's Arts Award from the Office of Arts & Culture Seattle.
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New Burke Museum will have a striking and symbolic work of art
As the grand opening of the new Burke Museum gets closer, workers have been busy installing a large mural in the new natural-history museum.
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ArtsUW Roundup: Creating Alternative Worlds, Bulrusher, Final Week of James Coupe: Exercises in Passivity and more!
Celebrate the accomplishments of the 2019 Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities undergraduate researchers, attend Bulrusher - directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, and more!
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New Burke Museum opens Oct. 12
Check out the grand opening lineup of events and activities for the weekend of Oct. 12-14, 2019.
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Behind the Byline: Meet arts critic Moira Macdonald
The Seattle Times interviews Moira Macdonald (MA, English, 1987 | BA, Drama / English, 1984), the Seattle Times arts critic, about what influenced her to become a critic.
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Chinese Romeo & Juliet — A dance concert of Butterfly Lovers
The famous Chinese love story, The Butterfly Lovers, is coming to McCaw Hall in September, with the Beijing Dance Academy, thanks to Li Hengda (MFA, Dance, 2006) of Hengda Dance Academy.
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Staff Story: Holly Arsenault
As a playwright, Holly Arsenault writes mostly comedies, but she takes her work as director of engagement for the UW School of Drama very seriously.