Queen Anne News 2-8-2023

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SECRET WEAPON FOR MUSEUMS

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By Laura Marie Rivera Contributing writer

From her home in Magnolia, Susie Wilkening is hard at work to save and improve museums everywhere.

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Wilkening, originally from Georgia, is the founder and principal of Wilkening Consulting. Her small but mighty rm explores the role of museums in American society and attempts to nd ways that they can matter more to residents.

Each year, Wilkening and her team sets out to explore the country’s thoughts about museums because, according to her website, “Museums desperately need highquality research that explores their role in our society.”

Not only that, Wilkening said museums need an expert to sift through all of the research, trends, reports and articles and make sense of it all. To synthesize all of the information and share the relevance with each of the participating organizations, Wilkening devel-

oped a process she calls Knowledge Creation, and even trademarked the name. By gathering the most recent data and ltering it through her own expert lens, she can provide museums with the important data that can help them better engage with their audiences.

To do this, each year, her rm embarks on its Annual Survey of Museum-Goers in partnership with the American Alliance of Museums.

is survey is distributed to museums and other organizations like zoos, aquariums, science centers and

botanical gardens and is a major e ort to gather data about both frequent museum-goers as well as more casual and sporadic visitors. Wilkening said they typically have about 200 museums participating each year.

Grassroots group advocating for a ‘people rst’ Aurora through Seattle

Coalition welcomes members, ideas from Queen Anne

By Jessica Keller | QA&Mag News editor

A grassroots organization is looking for interested community members to get involved in their mission to advocate for an improved Aurora Avenue/state Route 99 in Seattle.

Tom Lang, the Aurora Reimagined Coalition’s founder, spoke at the Queen Anne Community Council on Feb. 1 and explained ARC’s history and purpose before discussing projects planned for Aurora Avenue in Seattle.

ARC is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization that formed in 2021 and is made up of neighborhood groups, businesses and residents representing communities along Aurora. Lang said many members are from neighborhood greenways associations.

“We’re really grassroots right now and really trying to keep it like that because we think the most e ective thing we can do is gather people together and not try to make it too formal of an endeavor but instead make it organic as much as possible,” Lang said.

Members are interested in an improved Aurora because it touches on a large number of Seattle neighborhoods, including Queen Anne, and in uences how people move

throughout the city.

“It’s a dividing line for some neighborhoods,” Lang said. “In other neighborhoods, it’s, for lack of a better place, the heart of a neighborhood.”

Its strategy is to bring together the community, public agencies and stakeholders to “catalyze transformative change along the Aurora Avenue corridor” with a vision that:

• Puts people rst with an equitable design for all people walking, rolling, biking, riding transit and driving;

• Supports thriving businesses;

• Fosters diverse communities; and

• Mitigates the impacts of climate change and reduces the urban heat island e ect, ensuring more people can live and work along the corridor and travel safely to destinations beyond.

“Everyone moves up and down the corridor in some way,” Lang said. “We want to make sure that people are put rst and not anything else.”

BUSY CORRIDOR

He said a lot of change is taking place or will take place on Aurora, necessitating a transformation. He said more than 1,000 homes, including multi-story apartment buildings and townhouses, are being built or are approved,

and urban villages, like in Bitter Lake and Fremont, will only continue to grow. Lang said the E Line, which travels the corridor, is the “busiest bus line” in the entire state, and 12 public schools and more than 30 preschools and daycares are within a half-mile of Aurora.

“ ere are hundreds of students that cross Aurora every day, so we need to make those crossings safer and more pleasant for our students and families,” he said.

Lang then spoke brie y about a $2,5 million study for Aurora being conducted by the Seattle Department of Transportation and is funded by the Washington Department of Transportation and SDOT. Because Aurora Avenue is part of the larger state highway, WSDOT must sign o on any improvements, as well.

Lang said Seattle Metro is also a big part of this project and is looking at things that can be done to enhance bus system along the corridor, improve station/bus stop access and lighting, and make the E Line faster and safer.

“I think this is one of the things that can really apply to Queen Anne’s segment in particular,” he said.

Lastly, Seattle Public Utilities and City Light are also interested in making improvements during any construction phases, as well.

“So, people are paying attention to this

project,” Lang said. “A lot of di erent agencies are interested in what’s going to come out of the study, period, and what actually ends up happening.”

Lang said, in addition, there is a $50 million fund for an Aurora Licton Urban Village segment of the highway, from 90th to 105th, that was put into the state budget by the Legislature last year. It will fund a number of projects as a demonstration project of what can be done up and down the corridor in di erent neighborhoods.

He said ARC is advocating the $50 million demonstration project include ADA accessible sidewalks and crosswalks; bike opportunities for all ages; transit reliability; resiliency in a changing climate; and belongingness/community connection.

“We want to make sure that communities are not divided by the highway, especially if you look at Fremont and Queen Anne, as you are aware, it really does divide the neighborhood,” Lang said. “We want to make sure we can connect the neighborhoods, reconnect them and produce a sense of belongingness in the corridor itself.”

e planning for the $50 million demonstration project will not begin until after the entire $2.5 million corridor study is complete.

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consultant’s research helps cultural institutions stay relevant

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Susie Wilkening lives in Magnolia but focuses her attention on museums and other cultural organizations across the country and their roles in communities and relevance to people.

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e surveys allow Wilkening to understand who visits museums, why they visit, the impact they think they receive from those museum visits and, crucially, how their values in uence their museum experience.

“We are in the eld right now, so if you are on the email list of a local museum, you may be getting a survey request from that museum soon,” Wilkening said.

EARLY QUESTIONS

e origins of her research date back to her early years as a museum professional. After earning a history degree from Georgia Tech and a Master of Arts from Winterthur Program in Early American Culture in Maryland, she spent ve years running a small historical society in upstate New York where her job responsibilities ran from “administration to fundraising to marketing to, sure, cleaning the toilets” she said.

Around this time, she started grappling with the question of relevance: “Why did this organization exist? Why did people care about the history of that community? What about those who were not visiting? Did they not care, or was it a relevance issue? Why did we matter?”

She continued to wonder about these questions as she moved on to a larger historic site and felt disheartened when she couldn’t nd any research out there that helped backed up her instinctive feeling that history, history museums and museums, in general, deeply mattered. And when a research rm reached out to her for help completing a museum project, she parlayed that into the next chapter of her career.

at six-week project turned into 10 years where she developed and led a full-museum research practice. en seven years ago, she branched out on her own and created Wilkening Consulting, LLC, a team of people working across the country, elding audience research for museums.

Wilkening said the annual survey began in 2017, “… because museums across the country were grappling with those big questions I have been grappling with for 25plus years now.”

“Every year, we get better at answering those questions,” she added.

THE 2023 SURVEY

In addition to regular trends and visitor demographics, this year’s Annual Survey is examining four things:

• How to increase visitation to pre-pandemic levels

• Understanding the role people want museums to

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have in encouraging civic engagement and community.

• Understanding attitudes towards inclusions. Wilkening said while many museums are doing increasingly good work in this area, there are audiences that are more ambivalent about inclusion, as well as those who are antiinclusive.

• Connection to humanity: Last year, the survey found that individuals who feel only a weak or no connection to humanity were far less likely to have inclusive attitudes toward diversity, climate change, and more. is led to a lot of questions about how important it is for people to feel connected to broader humanity as a way of cultivating empathy and compassion.

Since she can work from anywhere and her husband works in a ordable housing, they set up shop in Seattle with their two children. Wilkening works out of her Magnolia basement, which she says, “… is great because I have the exibility to walk my dogs, organize my family and be home at the end of the school day.”

She said besides the additional travel time associated with living in the far corner of the country, the biggest problem of living in Seattle is that its politics are di erent from many other places in the country.

“I live in a blue, liberal bubble, and I have to constantly remind myself that the rest of the United States is a very di erent place, and ‘my’ museums are in communities very di erent than Seattle,” she said.

In addition to local institutions like Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Aquarium, Henry Art Gallery, Museum of Flight, the Washington State History Museum and the Seattle Art Museum, Wilkening has also worked with organizations large and small across the country including: History Nebraska, Omaha Children’s Museum, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Smithsonian Museums, Mount Vernon and Monticello.

at variety gives her a more comprehensive picture of the people who live in the country, their worldviews, attitudes and values. She said that each morning she reminds herself to leave her Seattle bubble and face all of the complexities of the country with an open mind in a practice she calls “radical curiosity and courageous empathy.”

One of the things her research is uncovering is the role museums play in helping people forge connections with humanity and how important that is.

“Because museums allow people, whether in their hometown or when they travel, to explore the worlds and experiences of people of di erent times, places, cultures and worldviews,” Wilkening said. “ ey help us consider what it means to be human, both today and in the past.”

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ARC has identi ed a few project ideas that could be implemented in the Licton Springs Urban Village, but Lang noted that many things can be done that don’t require reducing lanes of tra c. Some easy improvements could be adding in crosswalks, add pleasant places for people to congregate, plant trees, etc.

ere’s a lot of things we can do to fundamentally change the highway but as soon as people hear ‘change,’ they get nervous because change is di cult and strange,” Lang said. “We want people to think of the change as a positive and is all about how we change it.”

followed the same idea because each neighborhood has di erent needs and challenges, Lang said. SDOT, however, is looking at the entire corridor as a whole and how everyone moves up and down and across the corridor as a whole, and segment by segment. e study should be complete late next year or 2025. During that time, SDOT should be able to bring 90 percent design to three spot improvements. ey won’t be done until more funding become available, but 90 percent design is a big start, Lang said.

could be xed in the Queen Anne neighborhood, but fundamentally, the idea is let’s reconnect the neighborhood and not make Aurora a dividing line in the future like it has been in the past,” Lang said.

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He said ARC encourages everyone to “think big” and transformational and not to be afraid of the change, which is coming, regardless. Lang said, based on the growth and the current projects under way and the city-wide interest by organizations and Seattle government departments, ARC thinks it is important to stay ahead of the change and advocate for changes and funding for projects that will bene t the neighborhoods and people living along the Aurora corridor.

“We want to embrace the change and make sure it’s a positive one for everyone,” Lang said.

For its SDOT’s $2.5 million Aurora corridor study, SDOT has divided the Aurora corridor into di erent segments to study, and ARC has

In Fremont, Lang said ARC is going to advocate for a spot improvement at the 41st street pedestrian bridge, which needs to be seismically retro tted. He said ARC members don’t know if the bridge will stay or go, but they think what would be better than a non-accessible bridge is a crossing that knits back together the neighborhood, allowing people to get from one side to the other easily.

QUEEN ANNE

For Queen Anne, Lang said ARC envisions a reconnected street grid, such as a crossing at Raye Street that would allow people to walk or bike safely over to Canlis and on to omas Wales Park. People can go down to Lake Union from there. He said people driving would also be able to turn safely on and o from 99 and reduce congestion at the ve-way stop. He said Aloha would be another ideal location, as well as Galer.

“So, there’s a lot of things that

Ultimately, Lang said that SDOT and WSDOT will have ultimate authority over any projects that take place along the corridor, and ARC’s function is just to advocate and gather momentum from residents to put pressure on elected o cials at the city, county and state levels to fund improvements that SDOT comes up with and to make sure those projects are designs that the community wants to see.

GET INVOLVED

Members of the Queen Anne Community Council will participate in future ARC discussions and invite residents to watch out for outreach to form a working group representing Queen Anne and Uptown.

Coalition members would like more engagement from the community as a whole. ose who have questions, ideas, concerns or would like to join the coalition can email AuroraReimaginedCoalition@ gmail.com. People can also join the ARC Google Group, groups.google. com/g/aurorareimaginedcoalition, or attend a volunteer orientation March 16 to participate in upcoming business outreach days.

Visit got99problems.org/ for more information about the Aurora Reimagined Coalition.

Fountainhead Gallery hosting reading of late Queen Anne author’s book

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e Fountainhead Gallery will host a reading of Madeleine Wilde’s “Notes from the Garden: Creating a Paci c Northwest Sanctuary” at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at the gallery on upper Queen Anne (625 W. McGraw St.).

Wilde’s column “Notes from the Garden” appeared in the Queen Anne & Magnolia News for more than two decades starting in the early 1990s. After Wilde’s death in 2018, Mike Dillon, publisher from 1992-2013, gathered her best columns into a manuscript, which was published by Seattle’s Chatwin Books in late 2021.

Dillon, the book’s editor, wrote the introduction and Wilde’s husband, David Streateld, professor emeritus in the department of landscape architecture at the University of Washington, wrote the foreword. e book is illustrated by architect Mark Hinshaw, former architectural critic at the Seattle Times and Crosscut.

During the hour-long program, Streateld will discuss the creation of the couple’s terraced garden on Queen Anne’s southwest slope, and Dillon will read his favorite selections from the book.

“COVID delayed our reading on Queen Anne,” Dillon said. “Madeleine and David had a close connection with the Fountainhead Gallery. is reading is a kind of homecoming in the best sense.”

Seattle Public Library o ers author readings and community events this month

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e Seattle Public Library’s author programs and community events in February feature a variety of o erings. Many events require registration, but all library events are free and open to the public. Find information and registration at spl. org/Calendar.

e library o ers a range of other free events and workshops in February, including services such as Tax Help (back this year at eight locations) and phone and service enrollment; and business workshops and consults.

EVENTS SCHEDULE

Ladies Musical Club Concert: From noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Central Library. e Ladies Musical Club concert this month features solo piano works and songs for soprano, including performances by Tiina Ritalahti (soprano), Joan Lundquist (piano) and Joyce Gibb (piano).

Virtual It’s About Time Writers’ Reading Series: From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., ursday, Feb. 9. Online. Join us for this virtual event hosted by the Ballard Branch, featuring Amanda Hartzell, Sylvia Pollack, and Jared Leising. New and experienced writers are always welcome to read for a three-minute open mic.

Show Talks With the 5th Avenue eatre - e Genius of Sondheim: From 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11. Central Library, Level 1 - Microsoft Auditorium. In this special musical tribute to one of “the most revered and in u-

ential composer-lyricists” in Broadway history, artistic director Emeritus of the Fifth Avenue eatre David Armstrong will share fascinating insights into Sondheim’s life, times, and career. is event will also include musical performances by guest artists.

Virtual Writers Read: From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12. Online. Presented in partnership with the AfricanAmerican Writers’ Alliance, this monthly reading series features an open mic and selected author readings from local writers who read from their diverse repertoires of poetry, short stories, novels and essays.

Write with Hugo House: Seattle Writes: From 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14 at the Fremont Branch and from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Douglass-Truth Branch. Attend this free multi-genre drop-in writing circle facilitated by an established local writer from Hugo House!

“Pelo Malo” with Claudia Castro Luna and Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra: From 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17 at the South Park Branch. Join us for a Spanish-language screening and discussion of the lm “Pelo Malo,” facilitated by guest curator and former Washington State poet Claudia Castro Luna and Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra of Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle.  is event is supported by e Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. Ven a ver la proyección y discusión de la película en español “Pelo Malo”, facilitada por la

curadora invitada Claudia Castro Luna y Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra del Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle.

Bonnie Garmus presents “Lessons in Chemistry”: From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., ursday, Feb. 23. Central Library, Level

1 Microsoft Auditorium. Bonnie Garmus will discuss her national bestselling debut novel “Lessons in Chemistry,” which tells the story of Elizabeth Zott, “a formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (Parade Magazine) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. e event will include a public signing and audience Q&A.

E. Lily Yu discusses “On Fragile Waves”: From 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, February 25 at the Central Library. Join us for a reading and conversation with E. Lily Yu, winner of the 2022 Washington State Book Award for Fiction. “Devastating and perfect” is how the New York Times Book Review described “On Fragile Waves,” the haunting story of a family of dreamers and tale-tellers looking for home in an unwelcoming world. Yu will be in conversation with Jenna Zarzycki, a librarian with the King County Library System and a Washington State Book Award judge.

If asked to describe the favored foods of Valentine’s Day in a single word, “decadent” might prove the most apt descriptor. Foodies and non-foodies alike recognize that Valentine’s Day and chocolate are

intertwined, making the day an ideal time to indulge in something decadent. This Valentine’s Day, couples can share their love for decadent delights by working alongside one another to whip up this recipe for “Devil’s Food Layer Cake” from Elisabeth M. Prueitt and Chad Robertson’s “Tartine” (Chronicle Books).

Devil’s Food Layer Cake

Yields 1 10-inch cake; 12 to 16 servings

Cake layers

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 4 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon baking soda

• 1 1/4 cups cocoa powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

• 2 3/4 cups sugar

• 5 large eggs

• 1 1/4 cups full-fat buttermilk

Chocolate Ganache

• 24 ounces or 32 ounces bittersweet chocolate

• 3 cups or 4 cups heavy cream

• ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon caramel

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter and lightly flour the sides of two 9-inch cake pans, knocking out the excess flour. Line the bottom of each pan with parchment paper cut to fit exactly.

2. To make the cake layers, sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt into a bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until light and creamy. Slowly add the sugar and continue to beat on the same speed light in color and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time,

mixing well after each addition until incorporated before adding the next egg. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with the rubber spatula. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in 3 equal batches alternately with the buttermilk in 2 batches, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Stop the mixer, scrape down the sides of the bowl and then mix again for another few seconds.

3. Divide the cake batter evenly between the prepared cake pans. Bake until the top springs back when lightly touched or a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let the cakes cool completely in the pans on a wire rack.

4. When the cakes are cool, turn them out by inverting the pans, and then turn the cakes upright. Using a serrated knife, slice off the domed portion from the top of each cake to make the tops flat. If you want to decorate the cake with crumbs as described in the headnote, reserve the slices for making the crumbs.

5. To make the crumbs, preheat the oven to 250 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick liner. Break up the cake slices and spread on the lined baking sheet. Place in the oven and toast until completely dry, about 1 hour. Let cool completely, then transfer to a food processor or blender and process until finely ground. Sift the crumbs through a medium-mesh sieve. (Don’t use a sieve with fine mesh or the crumbs won’t pass through.) Set aside.

6. To make the ganache, place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl, using the smaller amount of each ingredient if you will be decorating the cake with crumbs and the larger amount if you will

not. Bring the cream to just under a boil in a small saucepan. Pour the cream over the chocolate. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes without stirring until the chocolate is partially melted, and then stir with a rubber spatula until smooth and shiny.

7. To assemble the cake, split each cake into 2 layers to make 4 layers in all. Transfer 1 layer to a serving plate. Using an offset spatula, spread 3 tablespoons of the caramel evenly over the cake layer. Spread a thin layer of ganache (about 1/4inch thick) over the caramel. Top with a second cake layer, and again spread with 3 tablespoons caramel and then a thin layer of ganache. Top with the fourth cake layer. Refrigerate the cake until the center seems firm, 1 to 2 hours. Cover the remaining ganache with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for finishing the cake.

8. Remove the cake from the refrigerator. Using the rest of the ganache, frost the top and sides of the cake with the offset spatula. If you are going to coat the cake with the toasted cake crumbs, the cake must be evenly frosted and the ganache must be soft enough for the crumbs to adhere. If the ganache has hardened, use a kitchen torch to soften it slightly, or put the whole cake into a 400 F oven for 10 seconds or so, just until the chocolate looks shiny. Sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the top of the cake, then tilt and turn the cake so that they spill over the sides, adhering to them as they fall. If you are using only the ganache and not the crumbs, the ganache will be thicker on both the top and sides.

9. Serve the cake at room temperature. To store, cover tightly and keep in a cool place for up to 4 days. It is not necessary to keep this cake in the refrigerator.

Broadway at the Paramount announces

Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount recently announced its 2023-24 season of shows at The Paramount Theatre. The season brings a cache of highly anticipated touring productions direct from Broadway in addition to some returning crowd-pleasing favorites. Subscription renewals are open, and new subscriptions will be available in April. Patrons can visit STGPresents.org/Broadway to sign up for new subscription waitlist.

The season kicks off with two weeks of “Six,” the new original musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII as they remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a celebration of 21st century girl power.

Next up is the story of the Queen of Rock and Roll set to the soundtrack of her most beloved hits.

“Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” presents Tina’s journey against all odds to become one of the world’s most beloved artists of all time.

A Season Option follows next with Tony Award® and Grammy Award® winning Best Musical “Hadestown” making a quick Seattle return.

The multi-Tony Award®-winning “MJ” will be startin’ somethin’ when it comes to Seattle for a two-week engagement.

The next Season Option is the nine-time Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, “The Book of Mormon,” which returns to Seattle for the fifth time after selling out its previous four engagements.

Spring arrives and brings the Broadway smash-hit “Beetlejuice,” a musical based on Tim Burton’s film. It is followed by the last Season Option, with the return engagement of Disney’s “Aladdin.”

Summer arrives with “Girl from the North Country,” a reimagination of 20 legendary Bob Dylan songs shared through an early 20th century story of music, life and hope.

The season closes with “Company,” a story about a 35-year-old who discovers why being single, married or just alive in 21st century New York could drive a person crazy!

The 2023/2024 Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount Season schedule is as follows:

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TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

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MJ

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THE BOOK OF MORMON (Season Option)*

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Disney’s ALADDIN (Season Option)*

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GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

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COMPANY

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Requests for group tickets of 10 or more are now open for all shows.  Call the Group Sales department for more information, 206-701-8383, or email Groups@BroadwayatTheParamount.com.

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Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www.homeownership.wa.gov Dated: October , 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 8336388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 86857, Pub Dates:

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220403578-WA-MSO NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON CHAPTER 61.24 ET. SEQ. Grantor: FRANK N. BLACKBURN AND LAURA L. BLACKBURN, WHO ALSO APPEARS OF RECORD AS F. NICHOLAS BLACKBURN AND LAURA L. BLACKBURN, HUSBAND AND WIFE Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not as its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC

Valley Ave #3, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $308,096.44, together with interest as provided in the Note or other instrument secured, and such other costs and fees as are due under the Note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on March 10, 2023. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by February 27, 2023, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before February 27, 2023 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the February 27, 2023 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/ or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS

MATT P. GUILFOYLE 39219 200TH AVE SE, AUBURN, WA 98092-9750 SARA A. GUILFOYLE 39219 200TH AVE SE, AUBURN, WA 98092-9750 by both first class and certified mail on September 30, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place September 30, 2022 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale. X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT

2018-SP2 Trust Original Trustee of the Deed of Trust: STEWART TITLE COMPANY Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps Current Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. Reference Number of the Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 20090112000422 Parcel

Number: 8832900190 I. NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN that on February 17,

2023, 10:00 AM, at 4th Ave entrance King County Administration Building, located one block east of the Courthouse, 500 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, the undersigned Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable, in the form of cash, or cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of King, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT(S) 4, BLOCK 3, UPLAKE TERRACE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 51 OF PLATS, PAGE(S) 89, RECORDS OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF KING, STATE OF WASHINGTON. APN: 8832900190 More commonly known as 5536 NORTHEAST 182ND STREET, KENMORE, WA 98028 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated January 6, 2009, executed by FRANK N. BLACKBURN AND LAURA L. BLACKBURN, WHO ALSO APPEARS OF RECORD AS F. NICHOLAS BLACKBURN AND LAURA L. BLACKBURN, HUSBAND AND WIFE as Trustor(s), to secure obligations in favor of ING BANK, FSB as original Beneficiary recorded January 12, 2009 as Instrument No. 20090112000422 and the beneficial interest was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not as its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2018-SP2 Trust and recorded April 13, 2021 as Instrument Number 20210413002596 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of King County, Washington. II. No action commenced by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not as its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2018-SP2 Trust, the current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrowers’ or Grantors’ default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: FAILURE

on February 17, 2023. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by February 6, 2023, (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before February 6, 2023 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustees’ fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers’ or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the February 6, 2023 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults. VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the current Beneficiary, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not as its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2018SP2 Trust or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): ADDRESS FRANK N BLACKBURN 5536 NORTHEAST 182ND STREET, KENMORE, WA 98028 FRANK N BLACKBURN 8830 LAKE CITY NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125 FRANK N BLACKBURN C/O MONIQUE GILSON-MOREAU, 410 BELLEVUE WAY SE #304, BELLEVUE, WA 98004 FRANK N BLACKBURN RANDY LINQUIST, WILD WEST CARS AND TRUCKS, 8850 LAKE CITY NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125 LAURA L BLACKBURN 5536 NORTHEAST 182ND STREET, KENMORE, WA 98028 LAURA L BLACKBURN 1321 SO. 7TH ST, LAS VEGAS, NV 89104 LAURA L BLACKBURN 2490 SABADO ST , LAS VEGAS, NV 89121 LAURA L BLACKBURN 8830 LAKE CITY NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125 LAURA L BLACKBURN C/O MONIQUE GILSONMOREAU, 410 BELLEVUE WAY SE #304, BELLEVUE, WA 98004 LAURA L BLACKBURN RANDY LINQUIST, WILD WEST CARS AND TRUCKS, 8850 LAKE CITY NE, SEATTLE, WA 98125 by both first class and certified mail on September 1, 2022, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place August 31, 2022 on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting. VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale. VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustees’ Sale.

X. Notice to Occupants or Tenants. The purchaser at the Trustee’s sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. Notice to Borrower(s) who received a letter under RCW 61.24.031: THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date on this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you might eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help.

SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Telephone: (877) 894-4663 or (800) 606-4819

Website: www.wshfc.org The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Telephone: (800) 569-4287 Website: www.hud.gov The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: (800) 606-4819 Website: www. homeownership.wa.gov Dated: October 13, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as Duly Appointed Successor Trustee By: Alan Burton, Vice President MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps 606 W. Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032 Toll Free Number: (844) 367-8456 TDD: (800) 8336388 For Reinstatement/Pay Off Quotes, contact MTC Financial Inc. DBA Trustee Corps Order Number 86440, Pub Dates: 1/18/2023, 2/8/2023, QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS

YES, YOUR GARDEN NEEDS MORE WATER

As I write, the day’s rain is well underway, dripping down our gutters and spraying o the tires of passing cars. My purple trug by the kitchen steps is over owing. ere was about an hour this morning when the rain took a breather, which I used to watch a webinar discussing,

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among other things, water conservation.

Winter is the time of year when a “sun-break” is cause for celebration in the Paci c Northwest. In one “Portlandia” episode, people followed the sun with pop-up barbecues in the middle of the street.

Despite its national reputation for being pelted year-round, Seattle has a bipolar weather system presenting as winter (sopping) wet and summer (bone) dry. As the climate becomes more erratic, our summers are getting hotter and drier.

e good news is that even a small garden can make a big di erence in preserving the soil’s water reserves, supporting the ora and fauna, while saving time and money spent on summer watering.

e tips come from across “the pond” as they say in the United Kingdom, from British garden designer Arit Anderson, who has interviewed countless experts on ecological gardening for “Gardeners World,” the BBC television show and podcast.

Anderson, in a webinar for the Northwest Horticultural Society, urged gardeners to look at gardens in a new way — not just as objects of beauty, but as gifts that renew the planet. For centuries, ornamental gardening has been something we do to the land for our bene t, but today we want to create spaces that bene t both us and the land. As water becomes scarcer, this is more important than ever.

e best way to create a water-saving garden is to create an ecosystem that happens to also be a garden — where the soil, climate, wildlife (above ground and below) and plants suit each other, thriving with little help from the gardener.

Re-examine your plants

Gardeners learn the wisdom of the saying “Right plant, right place” quickly

– usually after planting a cherished plant in the wrong place. ere’s a reason I rarely water the ferns, hostas and sarcoccocas in the wet clay on one side of our yard — because those plants love the situation there.

In contrast, think about growing a thirsty gardenia on a sandy slope, dahlias in clay or roses in your street strip. I have done all of these and may still be doing the last one – and it hasn’t gone so well. e rose ekes out a life, but not a great one, despite pruning and organic fertilizers.

So, choose plants that love where they live, move misplaced ones or trade them with neighbors.

Plant more

A great deal of water is lost by evaporation on bare soil. Plant densely, in multiples (it looks better, and will attract more pollinators as applicable) and in layers, with groundcover, midlayers, shrubs and trees for canopy cover.

e more variety you have in species, the more stability you’ll have in your ecosystem.

Does it hold water?

As water becomes more precious, keeping water in our ecosystem becomes paramount. Using self-watering planting containers with reservoirs, standard containers with saucers and just keeping open vessels like buckets, trugs and rain barrels around will help retain some water in your garden that you can use during dry spells.

Water less often, but more deeply

Plants watered lightly develop short, thin, fragile roots that are more vulnerable to drought or breaking in a storm. Watering once a week for an hour or two depending on the size of your garden space is far better for

take di erent steps to maximize water usage in their garden. e best way to create a water-saving garden is to create an ecosystem that happens to also be a garden — where the soil, climate, wildlife and plants suit each other.

the plants and the soil than o ering a spritz every other day.

ese are just a few ways to reconsider our relationship with the land and how we can support it in the future. You can learn more from Arit Anderson at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show where she is speaking, gardenshow.com/seminars/speakers, on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16.

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Photo by Erica B. Grivas Achillea ‘Terracotta’ is a droughtresistant plant. People can