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Remembering Seattle print artist and muralist Kristen Ramirez
Shortly after, Ramirez’s mental well being deteriorated. Her spouse, her ex-spouse and numerous of the buddies I spoke with feel her sudden despair and anxiety was connected to the onset of perimenopause, the time of lifetime when hormones start out to change substantially, primary up to menopause. Signs can be significant, equally bodily and psychologically, and can manifest in various approaches for up to 10 decades (by way of illustration, I am at this time in my eighth 12 months of various symptoms). It’s a standard portion of growing old, still there nonetheless isn’t substantially health-related information about it — and the topic stays taboo, even among the women of…
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New Seattle program pairs vacant storefronts with artist pop-ups
Seattle Restored will set up artists in vacant storefronts in the hopes of drawing customers to different downtown neighborhoods. SEATTLE — A new Seattle program is aiming to pair vacant storefronts with pop-up shops and artists looking to sell their work. Seattle Restored is a joint effort between Seattle’s Office of Economic Development (OED), the Seattle Good Business Network, real estate broker Susanna Tran and the artist empowerment nonprofit Shunpike. The program aims to benefit neighborhoods, small businesses, artists and property owners by drawing customers to downtown Seattle while supporting local businesses and artists, particularly Black, Indigenous and other entrepreneurs and artists of color, according to the OED. The city…