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Who We Are in Supporting the Humanities
Coming this year - Capitol Hill Pride in Development as its own 501(c)3!
The
Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore is a 501(c) 3
educational non-profit supporting the humanities and established its
first six years on Capitol Hill and is sponsored in part by the Raynier
Foundation founded by museum supporter James W. Ray - a Capitol Hill
Gay Philanthropist who supported the Humanities and created the Raynier
Foundation and namesake of the James W. Ray Orion Center Youth Center
for homeless youth.
The museum has scheduled events in the Northwest for
the past fourteen
years hosting many authors and lectures and cultural arts groups
including conferences at Seattle Center and most recently the Seattle
Faerie Festival. The museum still conducts the Capitol Hill Historical
Ghost Tour with an extensive knowlege of the area and history
highlighting the famous legends of Capitol Hill such as Bruce Lee, Kurt
Cobain, Jimi Henrix, Frances Farmer and historical figures such as
Bertha Knight Landes- Seattle's first woman Mayor, Roy Olmstead and
many others.
Now shifting to online, the museum
remains active with the community and the Broadway Business Owners
Association (BBOA) and has established the first Pride Asia at
Hing Hay park in the International District. Occasionally, the museum
can be seen on current Travel Channel shows such as "Mysteries at the
Museum" and the Discovery Channel.
Festival History
Director Charlette LeFevre as elected Vice-President of the Capitol
Hill Community Council in 2008 and Chair of the Arts and Events
Committee ran on a platform of establishing LGBT events and organized
the first Capitol Hill Pride Festival in 2009 as a two block festival.
That year the museum became the fiscal agent and organizers for the
festival as the Community Council lacked a business license and even
though approved by a community vote opposed the start fearing parking
meter fees. Despite obstacles, its first year, the festival drew 5,000
in attendance and in 2010 and 2011 the festival became a five block
festival drawing an estimate of 30,000 throughout the day.
The
event has become the largest single day event for Capitol Hill and
Seattle's and the Northwest's largest Pride Street festival.
The festival Directors are committed to keeping the festival a grass
roots social justice community festival on Capitol Hill as a fiscally
responsible agent and stewardship and showcasing new and emerging
artists on the festival stages as well as
furthering
the recognition of the Art of Drag as a cultural art form and expression.
New for
2013:
The festival is the site of the Rainbow Women's Health Fair in its
15th year and for the first time hosted the Navy.
Charlette
LeFevre - is current Director of the Northwest Museum of
Legend and Lore since 2004.
Combining science and events, Charlette shares a social justice
interest in her activities and writings.
Charlette has a BA in Research
and Design from Wright State University.
Past positions: 2008
Capitol Hill Community Council VP and currently contributes on social
justice for the Seattle
PI Capitol Hill Neighborhood Blog under the name Charlette Report.
Accomplishments: Saving four large trees on Capitol Hill's Broadway,
Receipient of BIA Leadership Award, helping establish the Seattle city
ordianance that bans the display of human remains without
the deceased's consent.
Philip Lipson -
Librarian has a Master's degree in Library Science from Wayne State
University in Detroit and has had experience in both public and
academic libraries. Co-Director of the museum since 2004, Philip Lipson
is writing a book on the Air Force's first military plane crash in
Kelso and is Booth Director for the Capitol
Hill Pride Festival. Philip Lipson has worked for the IRS and has
helped organized the budgets for many conferences.
In
1980 Philip ran for Sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan, Libertarian
Party. Lucky for the library he lost. His slogan was "Behave Yourself",
a motto he still lives by today - or so he says.
Member since 2012
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