The Future is in the Past
The Ghosts of Seattle Past anthology is less than a week from bookshelves, and you can preorder yours right now! This book is a lovefest, a funeral parade, a passionate and respectful conversation, a cross-section, a tree stump. It coalesces a year and a half of installations, interviews, parties, and public forums. We want to give…
The Ghosts of Seattle Past anthology is being printed as we write, and we can’t wait to gift the city a typeset-and-bound gift of all the stories it’s lent us. We’re putting together events across the country, and there are no holds barred (though there will occasionally be bars, and as of this blog post…
As covered in previous blog posts, the Ghosts of Seattle Past team is collaborating with the Center for Architecture and Design on their new BOOM: Changing Seattle exhibit. We are so proud to announce that our opening reception last night went off with a bang (no pun intended). When doors opened at 5 p.m., Seattle…
After Jaimee’s interview in KUOW and our feature in Real Change, we’ve been (pleasantly) overwhelmed with the submissions y’all sent it. Now, the Ghosts of Seattle Past team is back to announce the latest chance to share stories of lost Seattle places. We’re partnering up with the Center for Architecture and Design as part of their BOOM!…
Short Run Comix and Arts Festival was a whirlwind of awesome interactions, in the literal sense of the word “awesome.” We were grateful and humbled to be sharing space with so many brilliant artists and comic legends. In case you were unable to attend, here is a peek at our exhibit’s first installation! To the…
Dear Seattle: It’s only five days until the first viewing of our work-in-progress exhibit and anthology for the Ghosts of Seattle Past at Short Run Comix & Arts Festival! SPOILER ALERT! Here are some of the awesome things you will soon be able to see, read, devour: Paul Constant commemorates the Old Spaghetti Factory and American nostalgia…
Before gracing CMJ charts with his solo record and composing for a Lynn Shelton film. Before Grand Hallway become one of Seattle’s most beloved bands. Before gigs at Bumbershoot and write-ups on NPR, Tomo Nakayama first got started playing open mics at a divey little place called Coffee Messiah. The former café on Capitol Hill’s…
Words can’t express our delight at getting to publish The Here, a comic from one of our all-time favorite illustrators and artists, Eroyn Franklin. The Here is a panoramic comic depicting the paths of 4 people people traversing the Harvard Ave block between E. Mercer St. and E. Republican St. It deftly conveys a mix of nostalgia, disenchantment, confusion, and curiosity about…
Once upon a time in Belltown, there was a laundromat, music venue, and cafe called Sit & Spin, where dozens of Seattle’s punk icons played while locals separated their delicates from their towels. Talent buyer and event programmer Chris Porter met up with us in front of what is now Spitfire sports bar to share…
Midnight tonight is the deadline for public submissions to the Ghosts of Seattle Past! We are so moved and grateful by all that everyone has shared with us so far. If you’ve been holding off on sending in your work, now is the time. Upload your essays and art, pin memories to the map, and…