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ArtSEA: New Northwest things to do when the news is getting to you
With bonsai treehouses, a wooden womb, angelic paintings and an astrological symphony, Seattle arts events provide an escape from the headline churn.
Brangien Davis
Brangien Davis is the arts and culture editor at Cascade PBS, where she hosts the series Art by Northwest and writes the weekly Art x NW newsletter.
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ArtSEA: Seattle art museums give pixilated political perspectives
Shows at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and National Nordic Museum take a pointillist approach to telling timely stories.
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ArtSEA: Amid threats to forests, a Seattle show of endangered birds
Plus, a ballet that swarms with bees, the Sea Slug Animation Festival, a sad but soft zebra and other artistic escape routes.
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ArtSEA: A ceramics show with sharp edges in La Conner
Plus, Seattle has a new Civic Poet, and a crop of fresh books by Northwest authors hits the shelves.
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ArtSEA: Seattle’s theater scene loses two devoted players
Plus, Seattle Opera stages a wildly animated take on a classic, and more theater picks — from nonlinear dramas to a big Broadway hit.