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Memorable conversations from the 2021 Crosscut Festival

Memorable conversations from the 2021 Crosscut Festival From local art and pandemic disruption to climate change and Black history, here are the discussions you don t want to miss. by From top left: Erin Johnson, Sonia Shah, Abrahm Lustgarten, and Carmen Best; second row: Tim Lennon, Heather Cox Richardson, Teddy Phillips (AKA Stat the Artist), and Vivian Hua; third row: Monyee Chau, Steven Miller, Peter Singer, and Michelle Nijhuis. After the onset of the pandemic canceled last year s Crosscut Festival, we were thrilled we could bring you into 33 conversations over this last week. Thank you all so much for joining us and for asking our speakers such thoughtful questions!

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A Reason for Hope In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall traveled to what is now Tanzania and ventured into the little-known world of wild chimpanzees. Her work transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and redefined the relationship between humans and animals in ways that continue to resonate around the world. Over the past 60 years, Dr. Goodall has not only shown us the urgent need to protect chimpanzees from extinction; she has also redefined species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environment. Now, with climate change threatening ways of life around the globe, she remains determined and even hopeful. She will be joined in conversation with Bill Nye (the Science Guy), one of the world’s foremost advocates for a deeper understanding about our relationship to science and the natural world.

Art Mailbox: Greg Kucera Retires After 37 Years, Museums Re-Reopen, Chewing Gum Is on HBO Max

Greg Kucera is bidding adieu to Seattle and bonjour to a literal castle in France: The founder and director of Seattle s blue chip gallery for the past 37 years will retire starting sometime this year. But the space isn t going anywhere. Jim Wilcox, Kucera s employee of the past 21 years, bought the gallery along with his wife, Carol. Wilcox and Kucera will be co-directors of the space for several years, then Kucera s ownership will slowly decrease with time. In a blog post, Kucera said the gallery continued to have good business during the pandemic, which is a good sign for our future. I ll have more on this later, but if you want to check out Greg s medieval new digs, watch this video (turn the volume all the way up for effect).

Seattle s cultural innovators of 2020

Melonday, online. Local musician Gordon Brown debuted a KEXP radio DJ John Richards started But the quickest and most impressive musical pivot came courtesy of a 117-year old institution: the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, which proved itself a vanguard by streaming free, previously recorded concerts as soon as coronavirus precautions set in. When the pandemic first closed the doors of Benaroya Hall on March 11, the symphony moved fast and broadcast a previously recorded performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, for free the next day the first of many free livestreams.  In September, the symphony made waves again with a fall season opener like no other:

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