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1) The much talked about (lately) album cover for Nirvana’s Nevermind was a concept planned by Kurt... But his initial vision of the album cover was actually for this: A) A baby swimming with a shark B) A mother giving birth under water C) A baby swimming in a sea of fire D) An undead baby skeleton swimming in a fish tank 2) A couple of months ago, a Nevada woman was arrested for breaking into her old place of employment, which was a dental office, to steal a bunch of shit. During her interview with police, she confessed that she has also previously done THIS while at the dental office she used to work at, which ended up making her criminal punishment even worse: A) Started shooting onlyfans pornography in the dental chairs during office hours B) Would clock off to sit in a breakroom and huff laughing gas for hours at a time C) Stole a collection of children’s abstracted teeth which she turned into sellable jewelry D) Pulled nearly a dozen teeth from an unwilling patient that was under anesthetic

3) Back in May, Elon Musk announced that the new model of the Tesla Roadster premium electric car coming out this year will feature a “SpaceX” package. What does the SpaceX package add to the car? A) A screen the size of a business card that will show updates images of unexplored space beamed down from his satellites B) A spaceX hood ornament in the shape of a rocket C) 10 small SpaceX rocket thrusters that will take you from 0-60 in 1.1 seconds D) All of the fucking above 4) Skater Tony Hawk has just announced a partnership with Liquid Death water. Tony is going to be releasing a very special limited edition line of skateboard decks. They only made 100 decks, and even at the price point of $500, they sold out instantly. What was special about the skateboard decks, though? A) They were each infused with Tony Hawk’s blood B) Every single deck had been reclaimed and refurbished from Tony’s personally used skateboards C) The hardwood maple used in each deck was grown by Tony on his own property D) Tony designed each skateboard deck individually using a red sharpie and a black sharpie 5) Back in June, Google Trends released a bunch of state by state statistics about search terms. Currently, for Washington state, what is our most misspelled word? A) Theirs B) Affected C) Definitely D) Quarantine 6) There’s no question that as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continued to unfold, some genuine movie stars were born. But it’s a bit shocking to learn just how much more Robert Downey Jr. made on his later films in the MCU vs the earlier ones. In fact, RDJ made this much more on Iron Man 3 than he made on Iron Man 1:

A) 5 times more B) 10 times more C) 20 times more D) 100 times more

BY LINDSAY BREIDENTHAL

We are excited to say that the first steps towards a new Alliance for the Arts in the region are underway. After strong interest was shown in last month’s survey, a steering committee has been formed and we have begun the logistics and planning process, already making progress with legal foundations and conversations with regional peers. The committee looks to keep everyone updated as we work to build the structure for the new entity on behalf of you, the greater community.

To everyone who participated in the survey last month regarding arts and culture in our area, THANK YOU! If you missed it, that’s okay! You didn’t actually miss it! We are still accepting responses. Just go to the link at the end of this article and get on it.

It is clear from the survey responses that we have an abundance of creativity and culture. There are many local creative orgs, businesses, and artists out there! What’s missing is a centralized hub of information about events, classes and important news. Survey respondents want to see us bring a greater variety of artistic voices and mediums to the area, emphasizing inclusion and representation, connectivity, support for makers, and integration of creative perspective with city planning.

Besides the survey, the committee is getting started with establishing a legal foundation and looking to build a strong plan for the startup. The committee is made up of seven representatives from the local community. This handful of people have been meeting with a non profit consultant whose specialty is helping creative organizations get started and/or re-structure.

As a part of this planning, we have held conversations with other NCW arts entities such as Methow Arts (Twisp), Icicle Fund (Leavenworth) and Gallery One (Ellensburg). They are helping us figure out what is already established, what is working, and what they are changing.

We are excited and we hope you are too.

More zooms with rad folks are planned. People are stepping forward with administrative and legal skills as well as offers for other types of support.

The time is nnnnooowwww (that’s a slow-motion now) and the momentum is strong for an arts-driven effort toward greater connectivity!

So please don’t feel overlooked as you hear bits and pieces of information. The thing doesn’t even have a name yet and it’s very much a work in progress. Work is being done on the (dull, legal, operational) aspects of forming a structure that is strong enough to handle what this community has to offer...which is a lot.