The Evergreen Echo

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

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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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

INTERVIEW: Local Tavia Rhodes Chats First Album, Inspirations, Musical Journey By Maxwell Meier Photo of Tavia Rhodes The Evergreen Echo

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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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...

@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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OVERVIEWS Local Sightings Film Fest Starts Today! Written By Andre Stackhouse 2025 festival artwork by Levi Hastings The Evergreen Echo

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 HUMP! Returns to Seattle for 20th Anniversary Tour ARTICLE By Gray Harrison PHOTO from HUMP! "Oui Oiu" The Evergreen Echo

"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

We’ve updated our starter packs!

A list of elected officials in WA:

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

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

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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 ...

Read more:
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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.

READ MORE:

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

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

"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

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...

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...

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

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!!!"

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

So back up your work!!!

Purrlease wait till the end 🐈‍⬛🤍

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

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

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!

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

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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.

Hey Seattle you should read this

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

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ECHO THIS: Resounding Words Public Reading of Original Works by Echo Creatives At The Elliot Bay Book Company Friday August 29th, 7:00-9:00pm Free Entry The Evergreen Echo Powered by Shunpike

Our next Public Reading is happening on Friday!

Our talented Creatives will be reading some of their original works at Elliott Bay Book Company. Q&A and mingling with the Creatives and Echo crew will be possible after the readers finish.

Echo This: Resounding Words Public Reading of Original Works by Echo Creatives At The Elliot Bay Book Company, Friday, August 29, 7-9pm, Free Entry 1521 10th Ave Seattle, WA The Evergreen Echo Powered by Shunpike

Our next Public Reading Event will be in the heart of Cap Hill 😍

We hope to see you there!

A Letter From the Editor: ... I joined The Echo because I see the same spark and desire in everyone who creates with us. ... May our love for each other and the stories we tell be a lighthouse in the fog. Kindly, Mary Adner, Editor The Evergreen Echo Logo

Mary is the one who uplifts our spirits when we need it the most and grounds us when our heads are a little too far in the clouds. Without her, The Echo as we know it wouldn't be possible. 🌹💚

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Some powerful art spotted on the streets of Seattle

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It's more important now than ever to support local media. Consider donating to The Echo to support the work we are doing and wish to continue creating for all of our readers 💚

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Parker’s Pages: We Are Not Strangers — The Evergreen Echo Written and illustrated by Josh Tuininga, We Are Not Strangers explores the relationship between Marco, a Jewish immigrant, and his friend, Sam Akiyama, a first generation Japanese American. Marco and...

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