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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.

New weekly episodes start Wednesday, April 16. 

What are you doing this week?
Meet Me Here is your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle. In each episode, we&rsquo;re fighting the freeze and meeting you around the region for art shows, concerts, author talks, geeky get-togethers, and more. There&rsquo;s a lot to do in this region, so let&rsquo;s make some plans and go experience it together.
New weekly episodes start Wednesday, April 16.&nbsp;

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.

Meet Me Here&nbsp;is your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle. In each episode, we&rsquo;re fighting the freeze and meeting you around the region for art shows, concerts, author talks, geeky get-togethers, and more. There&rsquo;s a lot to do in this region, so let&rsquo;s make some plans and go experience it together.

Meet Me Here is your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle. 

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Introducing Meet Me Here, your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle.

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 friendship with Jacob and his wife Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, who’ve now both died.

Last fall Barbara contributed four of her own portraits of Jacob to accompany his debut in the Netherlands–his first solo show in Europe. The exhibit, and being there at the opening, were part of her promise. Barbara enlisted the help of her friend, the arts journalist and cultural strategist Leilani Lewis–to go on the trip, and to be part of stewarding Jacob and Gwendolyn’s artistic legacies. In this episode of Meet Me Here, Leilani and Barbara are in conversation about their trip, friendship, and art.

Barbara Earl Thomas’ website

Leilani Lewis’ article: The Barbara Earl Thomas’s High-Frequency Art Method

Leilani Lewis’ article: As the US Slides Into Tyranny, Europe Champions Black American Artists

Jacob and Gwen Knight Lawrence Information Center  

MoMA profile of Jacob Lawrence 

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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 friendship with Jacob and his wife Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, who&rsquo;ve now both died. Last fall Barbara contributed four of her own portraits of Jacob to accompany his debut in the Netherlands&ndash;his first solo show in Europe. The exhibit, and being there at the opening, were part of her promise. Barbara enlisted the help of her friend, the arts journalist and cultural strategist Leilani Lewis&ndash;to go on the trip, and to be part of stewarding Jacob and Gwendolyn&rsquo;s artistic legacies. In this episode of Meet Me Here, Leilani and Barbara are in conversation about their trip, friendship, and art.
<a href="https://barbaraearlthomas.com">Barbara Earl Thomas&rsquo; website</a>
Leilani Lewis&rsquo; article: <a href="https://publicdisplay.art/article/the-barbara-earl-thomas-s-high-f">The Barbara Earl Thomas&rsquo;s High-Frequency Art Method</a> Leilani Lewis&rsquo; article: <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/as-united-states-slide-into-tyranny-europe-champions-black-american-artists/">As the US Slides Into Tyranny, Europe Champions Black American Artists</a>
<a href="https://jacobandgwenlawrence.org">Jacob and Gwen Knight Lawrence Information Center</a> &nbsp;
<a href="https://www.moma.org/artists/3418-jacob-lawrence">MoMA profile of Jacob Lawrence</a>&nbsp; Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here! <a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/meetnotes">Become a KUOW member today</a>

Artist Barbara Earl Thomas holds hands with the past and the future

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 Home & Garden Show
Wintergrass Festival
Black History Month Soirée 2026 - Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Lunar New Year Family Festival | Seattle Art Museum
Cupid's Undie Run at The Dock in Fremont
Cardi B - Climate Pledge Arena

Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/meet 

Meet Me Here is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. 

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.&nbsp;
LINKS:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.gardenshow.com/">Northwest Flower &amp; Garden Festival</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.seattlehomeshow.com/">Seattle Home &amp; Garden Show</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wintergrass.com/">Wintergrass Festival</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.biartmuseum.org/event/black-history-month-soiree-2026/">Black History Month Soir&eacute;e 2026 - Bainbridge Island Museum of Art</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/whats-on/events/lunar-new-year-family-festival-feb-21">Lunar New Year Family Festival | Seattle Art Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="https://join.ctf.org/event/2026-cupids-undie-run-seattle/e705242">Cupid's Undie Run at The Dock in Fremont</a></li>
<li><a href="https://climatepledgearena.com/event/cardi-b-26/">Cardi B - Climate Pledge Arena</a></li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to <a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/meet">kuow.org/donate/meet&nbsp;</a>
Meet Me Here is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.&nbsp;

Meet Me Here presents KUOW's Weekend Warmup! Find all the events worthy of YOUR time off with host Jason Megatron Burrows.

Weekend Warmup for Feb 20-22

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 Central Library
Frye Parlor x Jayme Yen - Until January 2027 at Frye Art Museum

Have you gone to an event you heard about on Meet Me Here? Tell us how it went! Email us at meetmehere@kuow.org. 

Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here! 
Become a KUOW member today

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:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us/buy/tickets.html?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23341977966&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAClWY1FtDkij1hNC8vDmuGsGlOH01&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAtLvMBhB_EiwA1u6_Pkw_MjL3LZKMnboxTJbZuIjCBQdWQLTrOAxdy7O6ZXmSOztmad7YhRoCCoEQAvD_BwE">Emerald City Comic Con </a>- March 5-8 at the Seattle Convention Center&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kuow-book-talks-with-author-sasha-taqwsblu-lapointe-tickets-1977314666395">KUOW Book Talks with Author Sasha taqw&scaron;əblu LaPointe</a> - March 23 at Seattle Central Library</li>
<li><a href="https://fryemuseum.org/exhibitions/frye-parlor-x-jayme-yen">Frye Parlor x Jayme Yen </a>- Until January 2027 at Frye Art Museum</li>
</ul>
Have you gone to an event you heard about on Meet Me Here? Tell us how it went! Email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:meetmehere@kuow.org">meetmehere@kuow.org</a>.&nbsp;
Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here! <a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/meetnotes">Become a KUOW member today</a>

From geeking out at Seattle's premier pop culture event, to a new take on a local art museum, and a talk with an indigenous punk rock author - check out these upcoming happenings in Western Washington. 

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