Dec 28, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier, What Are People Doing
Every week the Town Crier blog will look back at Seattle’s near forgotten Town Crier magazine to see what was happening then and talk about what’s happening now. One of the largest sections of the original Town Crier was “What People Are Doing,” highlighting things...
Dec 28, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier
“Big houses at the Moore this week,” noted the January 11, 1919 issue of the Town Crier. “It might be added, ‘as usual,’” the story continued, “and the entertainers mostly come in pairs – pairs of peaches.” The story took note of Stanley and Birnes, who “sang a...
Dec 21, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier
Below, in full, is a piece that was in the December 22, 1923 edition of the Town Crier: The Winter Solstice Last night was the longest night of the year, and yesterday the shortest day. The seven days preceding and the seven days following the winter solstice are said...
Dec 21, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier, Uncategorized, What Are People Doing
Every week the Town Crier blog looks back at Seattle’s near-forgotten Town Crier magazine to see what was happening then and talk about what’s happening now. One of the largest sections of the original Town Crier was “What People Are Doing,” highlighting things like,...
Dec 19, 2018 | Feature, Featured, Town Crier
The March 12, 1921 edition of the Town Crier had on its cover Madame Mary Davenport Engberg. She was a violin virtuoso and became director of the Seattle Civic Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra’s first concert was April 24, 1921, and they held their last concert on...
Dec 17, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier
There is certainly no shortage of references to the Hotel Sorrento in the original Town Crier publication that ran locally from 1910 to 1938. In fact, if you do you a quick online search of the Seattle Public Library’s holdings of the Town Crier, there are 612...
Dec 14, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier, What Are People Doing
Every week the Town Crier blog looks back at Seattle’s near-forgotten Town Crier magazine to see what was happening then and talk about what’s happening now. One of the largest sections of the original Town Crier was “What People Are Doing,” highlighting things like,...
Dec 13, 2018 | Feature, Featured, Town Crier
Our 2018 Inside/Out season has come to a close, folks. We’ve had a wonderful time out in the community these past months offering up civic, arts, and educational programs that have reflected and inspired our region’s best impulses: creativity, empathy, and the belief...
Dec 11, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier
The October 9th, 1920 edition of the Town Crier has a small piece on the age of animals. It reads: Sparrows have lived to be forty years old. A horse does not live much more than twenty-seven years. Cats get to about thirteen years old. The tortoise is supposed to...
Dec 11, 2018 | Feature, Town Crier
Jazz legend Duke Ellington (1899-1974) called his sacred concerts “the most important thing I have ever done.” What he did: brought jazz into church. This year, Earshot Jazz is celebrating its 30th anniversary of presenting Ellington’s music. The concert will be held...
