Women
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In the Spotlight | Gennette Cordova

PR for People Team
April 06, 2017

We recently had the opportunity to interview Gennette Cordova, founder of Via Seattle

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African American
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Meet the Women of Via Seattle

Patricia Vaccarino
April 06, 2017

The March 18 panel featured a stellar line-up of creative talent: Essayist Emery Desper; Katrina Felicitas, Owner and Creative Director of Genuine Gem; Cristina Martinez, Designer, Owner of June & Mars; the singer and songwriter Alana Belle; the HellaBlackHellaSeattle Podcasters Jasmine Jackson and Alaina Caldwell; Visual Artist Yasmin Almo YASSA; and Photographer Erica Daniels, Owner of Emazing Photography. 

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Women
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Via Seattle is the start of something big

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Patricia Vaccarino
April 06, 2017

​On Saturday March 18, Via Seattle launched its first public event—a panel named Artists We Will Be. The event drew a sizable crowd of mostly women, and most important of all, the sea of faces was dominated by women of color.  The panel was composed of eight women artists and creative talents, all of whom are emerging stars in their own right.

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Politics
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Channeling Nelson Mandela

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Annie Searle
April 04, 2017

How far can our great institutions, whether courts of law, public libraries or even universities go to preserve the values and freedoms most of us have enjoyed? If the three branches of government were designed to provide a system of checks and balances on power, then where are we on the spectrum right now? How much worse will it get before course corrections begin? 

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Entertainment
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Jumping Around with Jeffrey Gurian

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Jeffrey Gurian
March 31, 2017

Jumping Around with Jeffrey Gurian: Nikki Glaser, Jeffrey Ross, Shawn Wayans & Chaunté Wayans

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Politics
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Postpone elections or brave the blizzard?

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 31, 2017

Last month in the Connector we examined the feasibility of voter fraud in New Hampshire that had been alleged by President Trump. Here is our follow-up report. Photo credit: two cold gulls on Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

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Books
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Ancient Animal Rights Tale Gets a Human Menagerie

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 28, 2017

Two Rabbis, a Kentucky Sufi, a Christian editor, a Muslim artist, a Saudi Arabian princess.

Two American Rabbis translated and adapted an ancient Iraqi tale into what is believed to be the first English adaptation---The Animals’ Lawsuit Against Humanity.  Rabbi Dan Bridge and Rabbi Anson Laytner put more action into the story, jazzed up the ending, and personified both the animals and the humans. The book...

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Politics
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Masquerading as Manly

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Patricia Vaccarino
March 27, 2017

Beware of pasty-white, soft-handed men who masquerade as manly.

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