Author Bio
Brangien Davis
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Brangien Davis has a huge, embarrassing crush on Seattle’s arts scene. Before becoming Seattle’s arts & culture editor, she spent five years as a freelancer, writing arts and entertainment stories for various publications, including The Seattle Times, ReadyMade and Seattle. During that time she also founded her own literary magazine, Swivel (a labor of love devoted to smart, funny writing by women), and taught writing classes for Seattle Central and Richard Hugo House. Just before joining the Seattle staff, she served as lead editor on two books for local publishers, A Woman Trapped in a Woman’s Body, (a hilarious memoir by Lauren Weedman), and Wake Up and Smell the Planet (a witty eco-guidebook for Grist.org). Previous to freelancing, she spent five years as a books and film editor at Amazon.com. She’s served on several local arts boards and coordinated/emcee’d large-scale artsy events… did she mention how much she loves local art?
Brangien accepts pitches for arts, pop culture, trends, as well as for our Scoop section, Urban Safari neighborhood and Datebook (upcoming cultural events) departments. She also accepts pitches for the Summer Guide issue (June) and Fall Arts Preview issue (September).
Blog Entries
ScoopEat + Drink
- A Blissful Trio at Cupcake Royale
- I'm Dreaming of a Goat Cheese Turnover
- Has Seattle's "Gun Club" Been Shot Down?
Artbreaker
- GOALLLL! Artist Diem Chau scores at the World Cup
- SIFF Begins! Checking in with Carl Spence
- Last Chance to See "An Iliad" at The Rep!
- A Chat with Lauren Weedman
- The SIFF List Is Here!
- SODO Showgirls Invades Seattle Mag's Space
- Anna Peters at SoDo Macrina
- On the Boards Launches OTBTV
- Only four more chances to see Electra!
- Seattle's short film animators totally rule
- Sonicsgate at SIFF Through December 17
- Isabella Rossellini Speaks at SAL
- Psycho at the Psymphony
- New Century Theatre Wins Big at the Gregory Awards
- Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith at On the Boards
- Seattle City of Music Awards this Wednesday
- It's Alive! The new City Arts/Sound mag hybrid
- Yellow Terror at Wing Luke: Shocking and Sublime
- Herb & Dorothy Bring Art Down to Earth
- Hit Ctrl Alt Design at Ouch My Eye
- Debra Baxter Defies Physics at Howard House
- Holy Shorts! Day 5, 6, 7 and We Have A Winner!
- Holy Shorts! Day 4: Faith in Shorts Restored
- Holy Shorts! Day 3: A Plea for Humans
- Holy Shorts! Day 2: Blood, Sex and A Giant Mall
- Holy Shorts! So Many Short Films, So Little Time
- SIFF Opens and Offers a Way-Cool iPhone App
- Muppet Rawk at Ouch My Eye gallery
- Arts Minute: Watch the Humpday Trailer Online
- Check In to Art Break Hotel
Articles
08/16/10 Datebook: 40th Bumbershoot--Bob Dylan and More08/16/10 Scoop:Eddie Bauer Archival Revival
08/10/10 2010 Spotlight Award: Macklemore
08/10/10 2010 Spotlight Award: Cherie Priest
08/10/10 2010 Spotlight Award: Drew Christie
08/10/10 2010 Spotlight Award: Debra Baxter
08/10/10 2010 Spotlight Award: Jody Kuehner & Ricki Mason
08/10/10 Fall Arts Preview 2010
08/09/10 Spotlight: Kate Whoriskey
07/30/10 Brangien Interviews Brangäne
06/30/10 HEY, Now
06/18/10 Best Camping Spots In The State
06/11/10 Spotlight: One Man's Trash
06/10/10 Scoop: Coops De Ville
05/20/10 Seattle Summer Guide 2010
05/12/10 Scoop: Friday Night Bikes
04/07/10 Spotlight: Marya Sea Kaminski
04/07/10 Scoop: Seattle Soul
03/10/10 Spotlight: Megan Kelso’s Graphic Art
03/10/10 Scoop: Assemble merges art, craft and commerce
02/22/10 Seattle's Indie Animators
02/17/10 Feature: Seattle's Indie Animator Tess Martin
02/17/10 Feature: Seattle's Indie Animator Clyde Petersen
02/17/10 Feature: Seattle's Indie Animator Webster Cromwell
02/17/10 Feature: Seattle's Indie Animator Britta Johnson
02/17/10 Feature: Seattle's Indie Animator Stefan Gruber
02/10/10 Scoop: The Seattle Sounders Second Season
02/05/10 Datebook: SAM Gallery’s Annual Introductions Show
02/05/10 Pleased to meet you
01/20/10 Sex in our City: Eat, Dine, Love
01/20/10 Sex in our City: Seattle as the Romantic Lead
01/13/10 The Nerd Report: Space Elevator
01/13/10 Scoop: Olympic Effort
01/13/10 Scoop: Seattle's Popular Curling Club
01/11/10 Beth Levine: First Lady of Shoes
12/11/09 Spotlight: Canoe Social Club
12/08/09 MTV Films Seattle Musicians
12/07/09 Scoop: Bellingham's New Museum
12/07/09 Nerd Report: 3-D Printers
11/11/09 Scoop: Shocking News about Trees
11/11/09 Upfront: Bellevue's Sky High Sports
11/06/09 Datebook: The Play's the Thing
10/16/09 Most Influential: Wade Weigel & Jeff Ofelt
10/16/09 Most Influential: Lynn Shelton
10/15/09 Most Influential: Lane Czaplinski
10/13/09 Scoop: November Nerd Report
10/13/09 Upfront: A Quirky Film Festival
10/09/09 Spotlight: Lucky Seven
10/02/09 Scene: Seattle's First Flying Trapeze School
09/21/09 Spotlight: Degenerate Art Ensemble
09/18/09 Scoop: The Nerd Report
09/16/09 Datebook: Magical Mischevious Tour
08/28/09 Entrance Denied: The Art of the Chastity Belt
08/21/09 Fall Arts Preview: Actor Ray Tagavilla
08/21/09 Fall Arts Preview: Artist Kristen T. Ramirez
08/21/09 Fall Arts Preview: Poet Karen Finneyfrock
08/21/09 Fall Arts Preview: Dancer Ellie Sandstrom
08/21/09 Fall Arts Spotlight: Filmmaker Bao Tran
08/19/09 A New EMP Exhibit Marries Music and Outer Space
08/18/09 Technology: Bill Gates Patents Keg
08/18/09 Scoop: Seattle Storm's Final Game
07/20/09 Scoop: These Books Were Made for Walkin'
07/20/09 Upfront: Bamboozle—A Tour of Tropical Home Bars
07/14/09 Datebook: The Ring at Seattle Opera
06/19/09 Datebook: Lip Service
06/11/09 Scoop: Urban Yoga Spa
06/10/09 Upfront: Catch Me If You Can
05/26/09 Datebook: Star Gazing
05/12/09 Scoop: Circus Couture
05/12/09 Scoop: Log Jam
05/12/09 Scoop: Pas de Adieu
05/04/09 Scoop: The Naked Truth from Jennifer Loomis
04/13/09 Datebook: Weld 'Em Cowboy
04/10/09 Scoop: World Music, World’s Fair
04/10/09 Scoop: Think Global, Act Local
04/10/09 Ready For Takeoff
03/31/09 Local Nonfiction: To Tell the Truth
03/12/09 Datebook: Celluloid Kids
03/10/09 Spotlight: Read It and Eat
03/10/09 Scoop: Poetry Course
03/09/09 Scoop: Cast-off Couture
02/19/09 Scoop: Pearl Jam Stages a Grunge Revival
02/12/09 Scoop: Beautiful Screamer
02/12/09 Scoop: Mount Vernon's Boo-Shoot Gardens
02/10/09 Datebook: Myth Congeniality
01/21/09 Review: Rock the Blues Away
01/21/09 Review: Epicurean Cure-All
01/21/09 Scoop: Top Five Reasons Not to Move to Portland
01/20/09 Upfront: Touchstone
01/20/09 Space Invaders
01/20/09 Recycle Repurpose Re-create
01/16/09 Datebook: Same As He ever Was
12/17/08 View Seattle with a Tilt-Shift Lens
12/15/08 Scoop: January 2009 Must List
12/12/08 Hail Mary
11/21/08 The Rise of the Independent Toy Store
11/21/08 Best or Worst? You Decide…
11/18/08 Best of 2008: Beauty
11/17/08 Spirit of the Sonics
11/17/08 Button Up!
11/17/08 Worst of 2008
11/14/08 Best of 2008: Random
11/14/08 Best of 2008: Sports
11/14/08 Best of 2008: Green
11/14/08 Best of 2008: Kids
11/13/08 Best of 2008: Food
11/13/08 Best of 2008: Pets
11/13/08 Best of Shopping
11/13/08 Best of 2008: Entertainment
11/13/08 Best of 2008: The Arts
11/13/08 A New Song to Lighten Up Your Holiday
11/13/08 December Must List
11/13/08 Busted
11/13/08 Suspension of Disbelief
11/13/08 Call for Artists
11/04/08 Must-see Holiday Hits
11/04/08 Under Wraps
10/21/08 The Pacific Northwest Ballet's New Works
10/20/08 2008 - 2009 Theater and Arts Preview
10/17/08 Frozen Treat
10/15/08 Lit City: Seattle's Writers on the Rise
10/14/08 Seattle's Most Influential People
10/14/08 Escape Art
08/21/08 Spotlight Award Winner - Savage Grace
08/21/08 Willie Nelson on the Road Again
07/07/08 Meet the Man Behind the Fourth of July Spectacle
06/19/08 Nerd Report: UW Engineers Create "Bionic" Contact Lenses
06/19/08 Scoop: How An Urban Planner's Blog Keeps Tabs On the Good, the Bad and the Monstrosities
06/17/08 Immigrant Song
06/13/08 Shelter: Second Time's A Charm
05/13/08 Scoop: Plane Spoken
04/22/08 Datebook: Devils Advocate
04/18/08 Calling All Prelutsky-Inspired Poets
04/09/08 Scoop: Bow Wow!
03/20/08 Profile: The Pun Slinger
03/19/08 Scoop: Fro-yo A-Go-Go
03/13/08 Upfront: All the Better to Eat You With My Dear
