'Don't Say Gay' Bill
Kate McKinnon joined Colin Jost on Weekend Update to comment on Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill, HB1557, as it passed its final state Senate committee last week.
McKinnon sets up the segment with blissful ignorance, "I heard about this law, and I think it's amazing!" She spins to her middle school experience and the impact of hearing "that's so gay" or "ew, you're gay," exclaiming how wonderful it is that Ron Desantis has taken a stand to say "No, you cannot say gay in school anymore."
Making Math Fabulous
For many of us parents, the pandemic forced us to face our children's relationships with math by addressing our own. From collective Google searching of "what in the hell is common core" to seeking out ways to make math fun, we have had to ask, "Is math just a drag?"
Now, it really is. Meet Kyne, the world-class drag queen math communicator. Kyne (the creation of Kyne Santos) began her drag career while studying Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, completing her major in Mathematical Finance, all while appearing on the wildly popular Canada's Drag Race. The idea to finally bridge her two loves of math and drag came to her when the global pandemic swept us all into many hours stuck in our homes.
Supperfield Museum of Contemporary Art
The Supperfield Museum of Contemporary Art is the only full-scale miniature art museum in Seattle, permanently housed inside First Hill’s Museum of Museums. Created by sculptor Jennifer McNeely, the SMCA began presenting its third show as the MOM re-opened earlier this month.
Unlike the recently opened 3,000 square-foot Seattle NFT Museum, the SMCA exists in a more tangible, albeit tiny plane. “It’s like a gem. If you discover it, you discover it. Any way that you experience it is good. You know it’s fun,” said McNeely.
Intiman Theater ready for Capital Hill Debut
In the face of the pandemic, Capitol Hill’s theater community is trying to grow. This February, Intiman Theatre debuts its first production in its new home on Capitol Hill. This will be Intiman’s first stage production since COVID cast theaters across the country into darkness — and first on Harvard Ave.
A 2022 Season In Motion
Velocity Dance Center has announced its 2022 season, its first season without a dedicated home on Capitol Hill. Interim artistic and managing director Erin Johnson shared with CHS how much the company has gone through in the past few years. “We went through two pretty substantial leadership transitions, we left our old space, we turned 25.”
Velocity left its Capitol Hill space on 12th Ave and has since developed a new strategic plan for what comes next. While its 25th season will be across a variety of venues, its future home will most likely not be on the Hill.