Queen Anne

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Seattle poet hosts bilingual program series at Seattle Public Library ... (Queen Anne News)

Central Library, Level 4, Room 1. Afro-Latina dancer Milvia Pacheco, author Maria de Lourdes Victoria, and artist Adriana Morales will join Claudia Castro Luna ...

[#](#h161842-p20)Contact the Library’s Ask Us service by phone at 206-386-4636 or by email or chat at [spl.org/Ask](http://www.spl.org/Ask). to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 20](https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D164878634). Join us for the screening and discussion of a film centered on the Afro-Latino experience with Castro Luna and Milvia Pacheco, founder of [Movimiento Afro-Latino](https://movimientoafrolatino.org/en/). MÁS ( [Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle](https://movimientoafrolatino.org/en/)) has become the platform where she continues serving as a conduit for empowerment and beyond empowerment for herself and others. to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 30](https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D164877987). to 8:30 p.m., Sunday, April 16](https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D164931858). [#](#h161842-p19)The Library’s [guest curators](https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/authors-and-books/author-programs/guest-curated-author-series) are Seattle-area artists that create community-responsive programming to increase opportunities where Seattle’s community voices can be seen and heard. [#](#h161842-p1)Join award-winning poet Claudia Castro Luna for a bilingual [spring program series](https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/authors-and-books/author-programs/guest-curated-author-series) at The Seattle Public Library that explores how Seattle can keep creativity alive. [#](#h161842-p5)The guest-curated spring series is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation. [#](#h161842-p4)All Library events are free and open to the public. [#](#h161842-p8)• [From 7 p.m. The former Washington State Poet Laureate Castro Luna guest-curated the series, which kicks off with a program called [“Creativity Everyday / Creatividad Cotidiana,”](https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D164877987) which explores cultural practices around creativity.

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Businesses, community leaders sound off on crime in Upper Queen ... (Queen Anne News)

#While not many solutions came out of a public safety meeting focusing on crime last month, Queen Anne business and neighborhood leaders are hoping city ...

[#](#h161854-p9)Mueller said after the meeting that, having heard from the members of the business community who attended the meeting and from speaking to business owners in her capacity on the Queen Anne Community Council, their frustration runs deep. [#](#h161854-p21)“I heard a lot of frustration and angst from the members of the Queen Anne community, and we’re at a loss at what the next steps are,” he said. [#](#h161854-p10)“First, people are very frustrated with the lack of capacity at SPD to respond to all the crimes that are happening,” Mueller said. [#](#h161854-p15)“We went very light in what we submitted to insurance for fear that would happen,” Rinderle said. [#](#h161854-p2)The Queen Anne Community Council arranged for business owners and elected and police officials to meet via Zoom on Feb. [#](#h161854-p3)Kevin Rinderle, whose family owns Queen Anne Dispatch, experienced repeated break-ins late last year at his Queen Anne store and at his business in Wallingford, as well, and has spoken to city officials about the problem before.

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