Sorrowful Waltz in the Garden – Kelli Russell Agodon
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:52 — 0 Comments
Beauty is imperfect and messy. God
Bomb – Jennifer Martelli
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:19 — 1 Comment
After they started the morphine drip after they took out the breathing tubes
Thinking About AWP 2014 in Seattle – Scott T. Starbuck
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:11 — 0 Comments
As poets and story tellers met, sea stars melted unexplainably
Three Songs To The Head vol. 10
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:07 — 0 Comments
Hello and welcome to our latest in the running series, Three Songs To The Head. Here we offer three songs we can’t stop thinking about, three songs we love, three songs we want to share with you. In this installment we feature Inly, Three Ninjas and Little Chief.Â
Kris Orlowski And Friends At The Showbox
Sunday, April 13, 2014 13:25 — 0 Comments
St Paul de Vence arrived on paired harmonies of trumpet and trombone, instantly transforming the Showbox into the city’s biggest mood-lit living room.Â
A Benefit for the Oso Mudslide Victims
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 12:56 — 0 Comments
The Monarch Review is hosting a benefit show at the Tractor Tavern on May 12th (doors at 8pm) for the victims of the tragic Oso mudslide. Dozens of people have lost their lives and hundreds of people have lost their homes. We are hoping to raise some money to help these folks, our Washington family. We are pleased and thankful that Mary Lambert, La Luz and Star Anna have signed on to perform. Tickets are $25 and all of the money goes to the Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation. Check out their videos below to get hyped then buy tickets here!
Seattle’s Brick Lane Records
Monday, April 7, 2014 11:14 — 0 Comments
The independent record label, Brick Lane Records, is home to Iska Dhaaf, Benjamin Verdoes, Mayors of Liberty and more. Seattle, a city that fosters its burgeoning culture of independent producers (like this here magazine), is producing some of the most interesting music and artistic work in the country. We caught up with Brick Lane founder Kirt Debique to find out what drives him toward his indie label success, why he started in Seattle and what, exactly, he thinks about the idea of artistic community.Â
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney

Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]