The Seattle Kraken blew out the Buffalo Sabres in the first game of the their homestand, thanks in large part to the fourth line of Brandon Tanev, Morgan Geekie, and Daniel Sprong. Seattle remains at third in the Pacific Division.

The second day of Converge Media’s Paramount takeover featured more exciting guests and moments. Trae Holiday and Besa Gordon returned with new guests, including Hill Harper, Rex Kinney, ProofNThePlay, Wyking Garrett, The Factorz, Cool Nutz, and Deaunte Damper.

It was an incredibly fashionable Friday earlier this month at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue as folks gathered for Fashion Week’s Posh Party Trend Show at the Bellevue Collection. The reception was packed as event-goers indulged in the 360 photo booth, cocktail bars and slew of vendors, from Lady Yum Macarons to In Spas On Site Manicures! Converge’s own Takiyah “T DUB” Ward and Jay Martin Jr. were there to catch all the looks for their first runway show experience.

Converge Media’s Deaunte Damper will be hosting an legislative forum on his show We Live In Color on Wednesday alongside Trae Holiday. The event is sponsored by the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Federal Way Black Collective, and Local Washington. The forum will feature the candidates for 37th district representative position , Emijah Smith and Chipalo Street. The candidates are vying for the seat of former representative Kristen Harris-Tally, who announced her retirement earlier this year.

Converge Media is broadcasting live from the Paramount for the second year in a row, bringing The Day With Trae and The Rewind With Besa to the historic building for two days. Both shows featured many special guests and exciting moments, including Jack McLarnan, Jay Martin Jr., Black Stax, KD Hall, Takiyah Ward, Marie T. Kidhe and George Northcroft.

On Saturday, the Seattle Association of Black Journalists once again partnered with Converge Media for the latest installment of Black Voices Matter an interview series that doubles as an annual fundraiser for the Patricia Fisher Scholarship fund.

From the economy to COVID, climate change to public safety, journalists from Washington state’s top news outlets will take the stage this week to query candidates for Congress in debates hosted by the Washington State Debate Coalition (WSDC).

On October 24th and 25th The Day With Trae hosted by Trae Holiday, and Rewind With Besa hosted by Besa Gordon will broadcast LIVE at the Paramount Theatre thanks to our friends over at Seattle Theatre Group! And YES, you can be live in the audience during the broadcast See below for who will be on The Day With Trae, and Rewind With Besa below, and head over to whereweconverge.com/paramount to RSVP!

Sociologist and prolific author, Ruha Benjamin, joined forces with Arte Noir founders Jazmyn Scott and Vivian Phillips at Town Hall Seattle to discuss the small, daily choices we make as individuals, and how those changes collectively lead to a better tomorrow.

On WEIRD at NIGHT we share art and surreal comedy sketches, poetry, music videos, drag, live performance pieces and more!  It is founded on four principles; Art is the antidote, time over money, people over profit, attack with love. Join the WANiverse this Saturday, October 22nd at 10PM on Converge Media!

The Washington State Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) provides support and federal relief funds to eligible Washington homeowners behind on their mortgage due to Covid-related hardships. HAF was created to help homeowners by providing funds to prevent mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities or home energy services, and displacements.

The Seattle Kraken finished off their three game homestand with a 4-3 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues. Seattle showed great signs throughout the game, as well as some really frustrating ones, which seems to be the trend for this Kraken team.

This past Tuesday TDUB (that's me) and Alaia D’Alessandro got to attend the event called Scope Screenings created by film maker Lex Scope. It's a night jam packed with awesome visuals by creatives from all over the Northwest. The event featured music videos, long and short form films and documentaries in an attempt to bring these incredible works to a larger audience. While also creating a movie-going atmosphere around content we normally consume via our phones or computers. Lex hopes to use this event to broaden the scope of possibility for up and coming filmmakers by putting their work on the big screen. You've never been to a movie theater to watch music videos until you've been to a Scope Screening, and tonight's sold out crowd loved every second of it.

The annual Terrain Arts Festival in Spokane returned after a two and a half year hiatus due to the pandemic. The event featured over 500 artists from a variety of disciplines, creating a festival inclusive of all art forms. There was visual art, dance performances, live music, film, literature and more throughout the night, bringing the region together to celebrate the beauty of creativity.

Seattle/King County Clinic returns to Seattle Center for a seventh year Oct. 20-23 with free eye exams and prescription eyeglasses for those who struggle to access or afford eye care.

In the second game of their opening homestand, the Seattle Kraken were again blown out, this time by the Carolina Hurricanes. Seattle falls to a 1-2-1 record, and are in the middle of a difficult stretch of their early schedule.

Don't miss Sounds of Hazel, a new work co-commissioned by STG and inspired by the life of jazz musician and civil rights activist, Hazel Scott. The Trinidad-born Hazel Scott was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer.

CHOOSE 180 invites community members to heal toward justice as its 6th annual Evening of Choice event. Evening of Choice is an opportunity to share space and stories as a community of support for young people. The celebration is on Wednesday, October 19 from 6:00-9:00 pm PDT at AXIS Pioneer Square.

This week we get to feature none other than Aramis Hamer. This woman comes to Seattle by way of Chicago, and you feel that when you're in her presence. The light shines very bright with this one.

Community residents and artists came together at Seattle’s historic Liberty Bank Building to attend the collaborative and immersive “P3: The Painting & Poetry Project 2022” event, orchestrated by poet, award-winning author and Seattle native, Lora-Ellen McKinney.