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Burke Trivia at College Inn Pub

Thursday, August 22, 2024
7 p.m.

Burke Trivia at the College Inn Pub is BACK!

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Kim Bong Jun in the Artist Studio

Thursday, June 6
1–5 p.m.

Renown artist Kim Bong Jun (Corean) will be demonstrating traditional Corean calligraphy in the Artist Studio. He will also share about Corean Indigenous cultural heritage in connection with the Indigenous peoples living here in Seattle!
 

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Kimberly Willie and Bruce Alfred in the Artist Studio

Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23, 2024
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Kimberly Willie and Bruce Alfred are visiting the Burke and will be working in the Artist Studio.

 

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James Johnson (Tlingit) works on a carving

James Johnson in the Artist Studio

Sunday, May 5
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

James Johnson (Tlingit) will be working on carvings in the Artist Studio.

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Danielle Morsette weaves at her loom

Danielle Morsette in the Artist Studio

Saturday, November 9, 2024
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Learn about Coast Salish weaving from Danielle Morsette (Suquamish and Sto:lo) in the Artist Studio.

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A Tyrant's Rise: The evolution of T. rex | Dino Lecture

Saturday, May 17, 2025
6:30 p.m.

Join paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno as she reveals what new dinosaur discoveries from the dawn of the Cretaceous are teaching us about T. rex.

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Curated Conversations | On Our Terms: Reflections and Stories

Thursday, April 11
6 p.m.

Join producers Aaron McCanna (Yup’ik) and Timothy Kenney for a conversation about how they made On Our Terms, how they incorporated decolonized thought, and what they learned from the process. 

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Fossil Finders | Ancient Environments

Sunday, March 30, 2025
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Learn more about the work of the Burke paleobotany team and find out what plants looked like during the Age of Dinosaurs.

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Fossil Finders | Flight and Feathers

Sunday, November 24
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Learn about flying reptiles and feathered dinosaurs.

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Marshallese master weaver Emma Joran in the Artist Studio

Sunday, December 15, 2024
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Marshallese master weaver Emma Joran will share artwork and weaving from the Marshall Islands.

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