After Labor Day, Seattle Art Museum will be on a five-day rather than a six-day schedule, meaning it will be closed not only Mondays but Tuesdays as well.

This is an attempt to cut costs, said spokeswoman Nicole Griffin, but also an effort to focus more on late-night activities at the museum on Thursdays and Fridays, when SAM is open until 9. “The feedback we’ve gotten is that people want these late-night hours, but we’re not seeing the traffic,” she said. “Right now we’re going to be trying to promote those Thursday and Friday nights till 9.”

Hmm. At least some of that is spin, since it requires a logical contortion to need to save money so that it can be spent convincing people to want something they’ve already said they want. But what do I know about marketing?

I suppose missing Tuesdays isn’t that bad, but what about adding just a few hours on the other end, say on Saturday nights?

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...

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