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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 4h

This silent auction will fund operating costs for The Echo for the first half of 2026, allowing us to continue our vital coverage of underrepresented arts and culture in the PNW. To help us achieve our goal, we have secured donations from incredible local businesses to pass on to our community!

The Evergreen Echo Silent Auction
Goes live 10/17 at noon and closes on 10/25 at Boos and Bingo Event
October 25th 5-7pm, Saint Johns Bar and Eatery, Free Entry, Cash Bar.
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Auction Items From:

Emerald City Comic Con, sophisticated, upscale restaurant House of Eve, Crypticon Seattle, Seattle Tall Ships, Seattle Pole Dance, Incredible portrait photographer Vera Pash, HUMP! Film Festival, Waterways Cruises & Events, Geek Girl Con, artist Meghan Thréinfhir, and more!

The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 1d

This is a story of the gods. Silent tears fell in thick drops from the corners of her eyes. A baptism of hallucinogenics. #originalstory #column #echothearts

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 2d

We are having our Fall 2025 Fundraiser and Celebration: Boos & BINGO Karaoke Bash at Saint John's Capitol Hill. Costumes encouraged, not required. Come celebrate The Echo and Spooky Season with us!

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The Evergreen Echo
Boos & BINGO Karaoke Bash
Costumes, Karaoke & Silent Auction
Saturday, October 25, 2025
5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Saint John's
719 East Pike Street
Free Entry, Cash Bar

Sponsors include: Seattle Sailing Ship, Crypticon Seattle, HUMP! Film Fest, Seattle Pole Dance, Meghan Thréinfhir Art, Geek Girl Con, Vera Pash Photography, House of Eve, Emerald City Comicon, Waterways Cruises and Events, Whidbey Island Seafoods, Emerald City Trapeze Arts and School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, and Crystallography Gems

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 3d

Just a quick walk from the Westlake Lightrail Station and a few blocks inland from the bustling Pike Place Market, Fossil & Stone Fine Art Gallery stands still and quiet amongst the normal chaos of downtown Seattle. #echothearts #fossils #coolrocks #artgallery

The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 4d

Read more about @/ taviarhodesmusic (Insta) in Maxwell's interview ahead of her first album, HER SAY, happening in October.

@/ madame_lous (Insta)

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INTERVIEW:
Local Tavia Rhodes Chats First Album, Inspirations, Musical Journey
By Maxwell Meier
Photo of Tavia Rhodes
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HUMP! Film Festival. @humpfilmfest.bsky.social · 13d

@echothearts.bsky.social came out to our Seattle show at On the Boards and had some great words to say about what HUMP! is like to experience as an audience and community member. Check it out ❤️‍🔥

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HUMP! Redefines Community with Humans’ Most Basic Instinct — The Evergreen Echo

On The Boards hosted the “pervs” of Seattle for part two of its 20th anniversary year. Submissions from all over the world to our backyards were carefully curated down to a selection of erotic short f...

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 20d

Get Film Festival insight from Andre Stackhouse on 4 of the films showing now! 🎥

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Festival from @nwfilmforum
Artwork by @levihastingsart.bsky.social

OVERVIEWS
Local Sightings Film Fest Starts Today!
Written By Andre Stackhouse

2025 festival artwork by Levi Hastings

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 20d

"HUMP! places an emphasis on DIY culture, inclusivity, and resisting commercial porn conventions." - Gray Harrison

Learn more about HUMP! Festival in 3 Seattle locations this fall from our website.

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#echothearts

OVERVIEWS
HUMP! Returns to Seattle for 20th Anniversary Tour
ARTICLE By Gray Harrison
PHOTO from HUMP! "Oui Oiu"
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Hacks & Wonks @hacksandwonks.bsky.social · 24d

We’ve updated our starter packs!

A list of elected officials in WA:

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GeekGirlCon @geekgirlcon.bsky.social · 25d

Guess who’s coming to GeekGirlCon 2025!??

Hint # 1:
There will be dungeons!
Hint # 2:
There will be drag queens!!

🔗 dndq.live
🔗 www.GeekGirlCon.com/schedule

#DungeonsAndDragQueens #dnd #LiveShow #SeattleEvents #GeekGirlCon

Three drag queens sit at a table on stage during a live show of Dungeons & Drag Queens.

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 25d

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 26d

For Colored Boyz Beautifully Presents Black Men in Their Own Words and Worlds — The Evergreen Echo

I attended the West Coast premiere of For Colored Boyz (On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown/When Freedom Ain’t Enuff), written by Bryan-Keyth Wilson with direction by Lynette Winters and Ry Armstrong ...

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 26d

READ MORE:

Masterful Morgue Anne Spills Rendezvous Tea, Urges Support for Displaced Performers — The Evergreen Echo

Over the past decade, Morgue Anne has forged a creative home at The Rendezvous, a historic venue in the heart of Belltown, where, until a few weeks ago, you could see everything from live music, to comedy shows, public figure drawing sessions, burlesque performances, and beyond.

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 26d

GET ALL THE TEA! (w/ screenshots)

"The message, signed only as “The New Owners,” announced the immediate closure of the century-old venue and cancellation of all shows on the full calendar of the upcoming busiest performing arts season." - @nicobookwitch.bsky.social

📷 @themorgueanne.bsky.social

PICTURED: Morgue Anne on stage
Interviews, Points of View
Masterful Morgue Anne Spills Rendezvous Tea, Urges Support for Displaced Performers
By Nicole Bearden

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 27d

"It was a masterpiece with a lot to say—because how can there not be a lot to say. Especially for voices typically silenced." -Raegan Ballard-Gennrich

Produced by: @ underground.theater /insta
Pictured: @ daniel.d.gage /insta
Showings September 13-21

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Nico B @nicobookwitch.bsky.social · 28d

Curious about where to see Burlesque in Seattle and wtf is going in with the Rendezvous? @themorgueanne.bsky.social spills the tea in my latest article @echothearts.bsky.social : theevergreenecho.org/echo/morguea...

Masterful Morgue Anne Spills Rendezvous Tea, Urges Support for Displaced Performers — The Evergreen Echo

Over the past decade, Morgue Anne has forged a creative home at The Rendezvous, a historic venue in the heart of Belltown, where, until a few weeks ago, you could see everything from live music, to co...

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · 29d

📅 Mark your calendar: Join us at Georgetown Liquor Company for our next Public Reading! Have a drink as we present some twisted, strange, unexpected, or unusual creative tales 👻

Free Entry, 21+

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 29d

My write-up on Seattle's surveillance expansion and the council meeting on Tuesday.

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 29d

NEW // Seattle Council Greenlights Police Surveillance Expansion, Ignoring Community Objections

By Amy Sundberg

via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/11/s...

Seattle Council Greenlights Police Surveillance Expansion, Ignoring Community Objections » The Urbanist

# This week, the Seattle City Council took a controversial 7-2 vote to greatly expand the Seattle Police Department’s surveillance pilot program, as proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell. Public comment was overwhelmingly against the idea, and progressive candidates also criticized the move.

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 29d

Good morning! The only thing worse than losing a chapter is losing multiple chapters

So back up your work!!!

Photo of a sunny summer beach overlaid with the words "Good morning! The only thing worse than losing a chapter is losing multiple chapters

So back up your work!!!"

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 29d

Purrlease wait till the end 🐈‍⬛🤍

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you to those who have come out in support of our writers at the first 2 Public Readings last month with Distant Worlds Coffeehouse and Elliot Bay Book Co.

We will have one more reading at George Town Liquor Co on Sunday, September 21, 4-6pm!

Top Row: Maxwell Meier and Zach Youngs
Lower Row: Parker Dean, Nisha Karanam and Gray Harrison

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(Left to Right) Gray Harrison, Zach Youngs, Maxwell Meier, Nisha Karanam and Izzy Christman

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · Aug 29

Zach has ya covered in our fall film fest roundup!
Happy viewing, movie geeks 📽️

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The Needling @theneedling.com · Aug 28

The largest wildfire burning in the state of Washington is still alive today thanks to brave federal U.S. Border Patrol and ICE agents who arrested firefighters caught in the act of attempting to kill it.

The Needling @theneedling.com · Aug 28

ICE Arrests Firefighters Caught Attempting to Murder Wildfire: tinyurl.com/255zs4c5

Real photo a firefighter took of federal agent staring down fire crew who had to stop fighting the largest wildfire in the state to be interrogated, which led to some being arrested

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hey Seattle you should read this

Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · Aug 28

A must read: The fantastic @katerqburns.bsky.social breaks down the controversy Christian Supremacist/Nationalist celeb Sean Feucht will try to manufacture in Seattle this weekend. You don't have to be a fortune teller to know what Feucht's up to.

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...

Decoding Christian Supremacists' Playbook Before Sean Feucht Takes Over Gas Works Park

Christian Supremacist worship leader Sean Feucht is heading back to Seattle for Revive in 25, and anyone paying attention should recognize this isn't just another stop on his revival tour. It's a calc...

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The Evergreen Echo @echothearts.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pretty sure our resident birder @parkerdeanwrites.bsky.social would agree this lil round bird is perfect 😍

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 29

Flashback Friday: Ruby-crowned kinglet, December 20th, 2022.

Don't think I ever posted this one—and if I did, I had about 200 followers here at the time.

Ruby-crowned kinglet, a small round bird with short yellow tail, in the snow

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