ArtSEA: A peek into Seattle’s past via 60K newly digitized photos

These days we’re being photographed pretty much all the time, so perhaps it helps to think of yourself as a testament to what people were like in Seattle during the 2020s. Who knows, maybe you’ll show up in some historic photo archive? Get on out there and show our future robot overlords how we spent summers.

The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival is happening this weekend (July 13 – 14) at Volunteer Park. This superfun, thespian-forward event might be the best way to experience Shakespeare, with multiple plays, spinoffs and spoofs happening simultaneously on various stages. 

Georgetown Art Attack (July 13) features a whole lot of arts goodness, including a beautiful show of prints by legendary Seattle artist Fay Jones at studio e (opening reception July 13, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.; through Aug. 10); and Trash Talking, an exhibit of mind-blowing shoes, guns and gas nozzles made from packaging waste by Seattle’s Mike Leavitt at Mini Mart City Park (opening July 13, 2 – 9 p.m.; through Aug. 18).

And! We are deep in the belly of music festival season, so here are a few upcoming:

< West Seattle Summer Fest (July 12 – 14), including Girl Trouble, Chimurenga Renaissance, The Walking Papers, Sonny & the Sunsets and The Long Winters.

< NW Tune Up Fest in Bellingham (July 12 – 14), including Lupe Fiasco, Yonder Mountain String Band, the Moondoggies and Dengue Fever.

< Downtown Summer Sounds (all summer), which this Saturday (July 13, 4:30-6 p.m.) features the electrifying Ural Thomas and The Pain at Bell Street Park.

< Darrington Bluegrass Festival (July 19 – 21), including a whole lot of picking and grinning, such as Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands and Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa.

< Capitol Hill Block Party (July 19 – 21), including Remi Wolf, Chappell Roan, Girl Talk, The Beaches, Warren Dunes, Balcony Bridge and Linda from Work.

< Timber! Outdoor Music Festival in Carnation (July 25 – 27), including Deer Tick, Y La Bamba, Kimya Dawson, Black Ends, Your Heart Breaks and Adra Boo.