Meet Me Here
Meet Me Here
Meet Me Here is your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle. In each episode, we’re fighting the freeze and meeting you around the region for art shows, concerts, author talks, geeky get-togethers, and more. There’s a lot to do in this region, so let’s make some plans and go experience it together.Social links:
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Has Star Trek jumped the shark?
You've heard “Beam me up,” “Resistance is futile,” and “Live long and prosper.” You live in a world with automatic doors and you can talk to your handheld computer. Star Trek has been influencing our culture for the past six decades with a unifying view of humanity, inspiring generations to create …
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Weekend Warmup for Mar 3-5
Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. Hosted by KUOW's Jason Megatron Burrows. LINKS: Emerald City Comic Con Tacoma Beer Week Winthr…
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The Art of Judging Book Covers
Artists who design book covers want you to judge the covers. The goal of the cover is to make you look twice...and, hopefully, pick the book up, open it, and walk it over to the cash register. Host Katie Campbell talks to Elisha Zepeda, a book cover designer based on the Northwest, about what it ta…
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BONUS: How shipwrecks transformed the PNW with Coll Thrush
When you think about shipwrecks in the Northwest, what comes to mind? Bad weather? Old English paintings? Maybe a Kraken? What about settler colonialism? That may not be one of the first things exactly, but author and historian Coll Thrush wants to change that. The KUOW Book Club read Coll’s …
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Weekend Warmup for Feb 27 - Mar 01
Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. Hosted by KUOW's Jason Megatron Burrows. LINKS: Mad Science: A night of Improv and Laughter Se…
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Artist Barbara Earl Thomas holds hands with the past and the future
The artist Barbara Earl Thomas has made a promise: to keep the artistic legacy of her mentor Jacob Lawrence alive and growing. Barbara met the Black modernist painter Jacob Lawrence as his student at the University of Washington in the 1970s. As her career and artistry developed, so did her friend…
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Weekend Warmup for Feb 20-22
Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. Hosted by KUOW's Jason Megatron Burrows. LINKS: Northwest Flower & Garden Festival Seattle Hom…
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Hot tips for Emerald City Comic Con and other events in March
We look ahead to March and the awesome arts and culture coming up, and we convince each other to go check out one new thing. Event Recommendations: Emerald City Comic Con - March 5-8 at the Seattle Convention Center KUOW Book Talks with Author Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe - March 23 at Seattle Centra…
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Weekend Warmup for Feb 13-15
Meet Me Here listeners, if you still don't have any plans for this weekend, fear not. The Weekend Warmup is here to help with a whole bunch of ideas for fun things to do around the region this weekend. Hosted by KUOW's Jason Megatron Burrows. LINKS: The Atomic Bombshells: J’ADORE 17 Year Anniver…
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What do Heated Rivalry and Sasquatch have in common?
Seattle readers are loving romance books. From heated hockey players to… yes, Bigfoot romance. Seattle bookstores can't keep them on the shelves. Katie Campbell chats with Ashley Adair, an owner of Beguiled Books, about why Seattle readers have caught the love bug for romance books. Hint: It’s roug…
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