
Brangien Davis
Arts and Culture Editor at Cascade PBS
Arts & culture editor @crosscut. Music maker @argumentband. Writer and cat scratcher at large.
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2 weeks ago |
northwestprimetime.com | Brangien Davis
The unofficial start of the summer music season is here - along with what looks to be solid weather for outdoor frolicking. And while the grim reality of Juneuary is still ahead, the promise of listening to live music in the sunshine should be plenty to pull us through a few disappointingly damp days. The seasonal festivities kick off, as is the local custom, with the Northwest Folklife Festival (May 23 - 26).
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2 weeks ago |
cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis
Summer festivals include old favorites from Northwest Folklife to Bumbershoot, plus new waterfront concert venues Downtown and in Tacoma. The Crocodile is bringing a new summer concert series to Pier 62 at the revamped Seattle Waterfront. (Friends of Seattle Waterfront) The unofficial start of the summer music season is here — along with what looks to be solid weather for outdoor frolicking.
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3 weeks ago |
cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis
The festival showcases an inspiring array of international and regional voices in cinema, including a locally made doc about Seattle’s first disco. ‘Suburban Fury,’ by Seattle filmmaker Robinson Devor, is one of 245 films at this year's Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Last week, President Trump raised the specter of foreign film production as a “national security threat.” The solution?
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1 month ago |
cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis
Sent to NEA grantees (including those awaiting NEA-recommended funds), the after-hours Friday-night alert explained that the arts endowment “may terminate a federal award … if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.” The email included a list of new agency priorities, several of which seemed to suggest a surprising direction in funding, such as projects that: “celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence,” “foster AI competency,” “empower houses of...
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1 month ago |
cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis
‘Feeding Ghosts,’ a graphic memoir, traces three generations of Chinese women across time and continents, trauma and resilience. A spread from ‘Feeding Ghosts,’ the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir by Seattle writer/comics illustrator Tessa Hulls. (Macmillan Publishers) Seattle author and artist Tessa Hulls has won a 2025 Pulitzer Prize for her first book, Feeding Ghosts.
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We had big storyboard dreams for this episode, including a complicated street scene, but in the end @danielspils and I never left the bathroom. This is covid culture.

EP 9 of our COVID Covers: “Steppin’ Out” by @joejacksonmusic. Thrilling to decode these iconic piano chords. I used live drums, but in '82 Joe used a Korg KR-55 + live snare (he played all instruments). For our recently departed cat, Pete: “into the night, into the light.” https://t.co/hn05uM193W

I realllly miss going to the movies — even the annoying parts. Luckily there's terrific cinematic sustenance online this wknd, including the Seattle Black Film Festival @BlkFilmSeattle and the Seattle Deaf Film Festival @nwfilmforum. BYO 'corn. https://t.co/WXilGrXFMf