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In the ensuing five years, a growing collective of artists and community members came on to invest funding, sweat equity or both in a vacant historic theater. This December, the collective now a total of 33 community partners received city funding to buy the building outright. By the end of 2021, they hope, Black and Tan Hall will open as the community hub they originally envisioned.
“We’ve put a lot of sweat and dreaming into the 5608 property,” says Black and Tan partner Joe Seamons, referring to the venue’s address at 5608 Rainier Avenue South. “I’m excited about walking into our building and there’s a whole slew of programs an after school program, followed by a dinner theater event with food cooked by local chefs, and after that there’s a proper dance, and then there’s a late-night hour,” he adds. “All those things we can make happen in a single night.”
by Rich Smith • Dec 15, 2020 at 10:10 am
Some of that better be for the arts! Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images
Well here s some good news for Seattle s rapidly collapsing cultural sector: After a process that began about a year before she came into office, on Tuesday Mayor Jenny Durkan signed a charter establishing the Cultural Space Agency (CSA). Sponsored Tickets $15-$250. Aphrodesia delivery menu, incredible auction items, live streamed performances.
Seattle cultural space liaison Matt Richter said the new, independent, mission-driven public development authority will operate as a developer with a conscience.
Along with fulfilling other possible property acquisition and management roles, the CSA will lease spaces, buy buildings or shares in buildings, and partner with members of Seattle s cultural community to control those spaces. The agency essentially aims to slow displacement and prevent big corpor