A young woman who wants to run free clinics for girls and people of Polynesian descent, a baseball player who designs clothes, a softball player who wants to become an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, and more are among the latest to join the Seattle Mariners Hometown Nine.

The North American touring cast is led by Naomi Rodgers (Frozen) and Ari Groover (TINA Broadway, Head Over Heels, Holler If Ya Hear Me) who will evenly share the role of Tina Turner, each playing four (of eight) performances a week. Also starring are Roderick Lawrence as Ike Turner, Roz White as Zelma Bullock, Wydetta Carter as Gran Georgeanna and Sarah Bockel as Rhonda.

Rise Above, a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering Native youth, is hosting an Aug. 19 sports and wellness clinic for local youth with the support of sports hall-of-famers and celebrities.

Today, Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Arts & Music Festival reveals the set times for the beloved festival's 50th anniversary at Seattle Center this September 2 & 3.

The South Seattle Emerald is delighted to announce the appointment of Rosette Royale as our first full-time Managing Editor. Royale is set to join the team on August 14th, 2023. Their hiring marks a significant addition to the already talented and dedicated newsroom.

Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), the not-for-profit Washington-based managed-care organization, has hired Demetria Malloy, MD, MSHS as the new Chief Health Officer/Chief Medical Officer.

The General Baptist Convention (GBCNW) is making a return this summer with its “Unconventional Convention” — and is teaming up with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to bring the tobacco industry to account for its targeting of Blacks/African Americans across the nation with menthol, a key ingredient in its deadliest products. 

Will Willis and Randy Gilbert live by the same values. Connected by their pledge to serve God and the community, the men now regularly organize Red Cross blood drives sponsored by the Tacoma chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. 

For the third consecutive year, the Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL) will provide millions in relief to support and retain child care workers. Funded by the Payroll Expense Tax, up to $5.3 million–the City’s largest direct payment investment to date–is projected to reach approximately 4,500 child care workers across the city. Applications open Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

FREE SUMMER EVENTS ARE BACK AT PIER 62! With over 80,000 attendees at events held in 2022, Friends of Waterfront Seattle has been working with dozens of program partners to bring together a 2023 calendar that highlights Seattle’s diversity of cultures, depth of artistic talent, community-focused organizations, all while honoring and centering the Indigenous roots, cultures, and histories of our waterfront.

SEATTLE (May 24, 2023) – The City of Seattle has awarded $1,012,644 to support 25 community-initiated projects through Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF). Twenty-five community groups received awards ranging from $13,535 to $50,000 and have pledged $889,749 to match their award through local cash donations, volunteer hours, donated materials, and in-kind professional services.

Join together with students – past and present – to celebrate and commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Black Student Union (BSU).

Friends of Waterfront Seattle (Friends) is excited to announce its 2023 calendar of arts, culture, and movement programming on Pier 62, all open to the public. With over 80,000 attendees at events held last year, Friends has been working with dozens of program partners to bring together a 2023 calendar that highlights Seattle’s diversity of cultures, depth of artistic talent, community-focused organizations, all while honoring and centering the Indigenous roots, cultures, and histories of our waterfront.

Today, Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Arts & Music Festival announces the highly anticipated daily lineups and reveals new musical acts who will join in celebrating Bumbershoot’s 50-year anniversary at the Seattle Center this September 2 & 3. Additionally, producers have shared impressive details about the successful launch of their Workforce Development Program, supporting future generations of music festival producers and industry experts.

Doug Baldwin, Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett announced today the benefitting partners of their Champions of Change All-Star basketball game and gala. Two of the named organizations are well-established and respected in the Puget Sound region, and two will be introduced this year, addressing current voids in service and community. Each offer services based in dignity, with an understanding that basic needs are intrinsically linked. For this reason, low-barrier access and connected care are central to the operations of all four of the benefitting organizations.

Otherwise blank and unused spaces have been thoughtfully designed for increased activation, such as a nature play trail path adjacent to a ballfield viewing area, providing young users something to do while a ballgame is being played, and the benefits of a diversity of plantings to pollinators.

Garfield Super Block is a campus located in the heart of Seattle’s Central District containing Garfield High School, Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center, Garfield Teen Life Center, Medgar Evers Pool, Garfield Community Center, as well as the ballfields, tennis courts, and a playground. Adjacent to GSB is Nova High School, whose students frequently use the park.

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is allocating $1.1 Million to fourteen organizations across the city to support arts and cultural organizations impacted by the pandemic and increase citywide recovery efforts. These lead organizations will sub-contract with neighborhood-based organizations and small businesses to carry out inclusive and creative activation projects and events that further the neighborhoods’ and city’s pandemic recovery process.

The evening of March 16 marked a night of thrilling victory for The Anchor Group and its partner agency C+C, who took a stunning win at an awards ceremony widely known as “the Oscars for Public Relations.” Anchor not only won Best in Public Sector for its WeConsider campaign addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy; it was also the only Black agency represented on a national scale.

After a national search conducted in partnership with Management Consultants for the Arts, Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) last week announces that Idris Goodwin will be the company’s third artistic director, succeeding Courtney Sale, who left the post in 2020. Goodwin, an award-winning playwright, breakbeat poet, director, and educator, starts his tenure with the organization this month, serving as co-executive alongside managing director Kevin Malgesini.