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Emmett Montgomery, local wonderful person said it best: “This week the nameless new owners of the Rendezvous shut it down for renovation, laid off the staff and cancelled all of their shows with most if not all of the producers of events thdy had already put time and money onto finding out about it on social media. For almost two decades I have had the joy of being one of the ghosts in the odd haunted house that was this impossible beautiful thing. I have officiated weddings, produced shows there (including a weird basement variety show that ran for almost a decade,) been both audience and performer for burlesque and drag and puppet and comedy and storytelling shows and even opened for Greg Jacobs aka Shock G aka Humpty Hump amongst other brilliant and bizarre moments I was blessed to be part of. It was a place to take beautiful risks and an important part of Seattle’s ecosystem. I don’t know what type of community the “New Owners” think they will have after burning bridges with the artists and weirdos (many of them marginalized folks doing gorgeous and important things) who they have displaced and financially injured. This is a cruel and ignorant attack on the city I love and a desecration of a sacred space for Seattle strangeness. If you run a space that has a space for wonderful things please reach out to me because I know some folks that need a place to keep doing the things they do to keep this town wonderful and I would love to connect you to them.” So who are the “New Owners”? submitted by /u/ToriButtons |
