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Category Archives: local history
Happy National Bookmobile Day!
The Seattle Public Library Bookmobile Index Years of continuous Bookmobile service in Seattle: 70 Total vehicles in Seattle Public Library’s Mobile Services’ fleet: 4 (1 walk-on bookmobile, 2 step vans, & 1 little van) Age in years of oldest vehicle: … Continue reading
Posted in Library Services, local history
Tagged bookmobile, Carrie F., National Bookmobile Day
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New & Notable Northwest Nonfiction
A dozen new and updated books about Seattle and the great Northwest, past and present, are coming to shelves at a library near you. Building Tradition: Pan-Asian Seattle and Life in the Residential Hotels by Rose Marie Wong. This history of … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, local history, LOCAL INTEREST, Nonfiction, Northwest Authors
Tagged Frank B., hiking, Northwest, outdoors, Skid Road, walking
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A Day of Remembrance with Khizr Khan
Gold Star father Khizr Khan made headlines when he offered to lend his copy of the Constitution to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump during a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, asking him to read the document and “look for the words ‘liberty’ … Continue reading
Click! Photography through the Lens of History
Click! A photograph is a precise record of an irretrievable instant, locked within the borders of a frame that transcends time. Did you know that the history of the camera predates the history of photography? Check out 100 Ideas that … Continue reading
Posted in art, Art & Design, BOOKS, CULTURE, Library Events, local history, LOCAL INTEREST, Nonfiction
Tagged ArtTalk, Beyond the Frame, Chris, Edward Curtis, Living Cultures
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New to our digital collections: Seattle’s Town Crier Newspaper
We’ve just added over 1,200 issues from Seattle’s local arts periodical, The Town Crier, to our digital collections. The Town Crier was a weekly magazine focusing on Seattle’s news, arts and culture between 1910 and 1938. Over its lifetime, the … Continue reading
Posted in databases, local history, LOCAL INTEREST
Tagged digital collections, Jade D, periodicals, Seattle history, Special Collections
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Burlesque 101
Join us November 18th at Timbre Room, 7-8:30pm, for Carnal Knowledge, a burlesque show designed to educate and entertain. Performances featuring Miss Kitty Baby, The Marquis Façade, Mx. Pucks A’Plenty and more! Hosted by Donatella Howe this show will explore the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Art & Design, BOOKS, CULTURE, Fantasy, Fiction, FILM & TV, Historical Fiction, History and Biography, Library Events, local history, LOCAL INTEREST, Mystery and Crime, Nonfiction, Romance, Science Fiction, theater
Tagged burlesque, Kara P., Library Lounge, Misha S., timbre room
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Intiman’s Dragon Lady and Philippine Migration
The migration of a family from the Philippines to America has been explored in colorful form by Sara Porkalob in Dragon Lady, a one woman show at the Intiman Theater, closing October 1st. She revisits the arc of Philippine culture and assimilation from … Continue reading
Posted in CULTURE, Events, Library Events, local history, LOCAL INTEREST
Tagged Carl K., Filipino-Americans, Filipinos, Intiman, local history, Phillipines, Sarah Porkalab, Seattle history, theatre
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