Seattle Opera’s ‘Aida’ spurs discussion of ways black people are misrepresented — or not represented — in opera
Seattle Opera is working to make black people feel more welcome in an art form with a history of excluding people of color. The ways...
Christy Karras
Head to Victoria, B.C., for a weekend of outdoor fun
"Water, wheels and walks" is the theme of this weekend itinerary for paddlers, bikers and hikers on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
Stravinsky’s ‘Persephone’ at Seattle Symphony goes big with puppets, dancers, singers and full orchestra WATCH
“Persephone” is just one example of the inventive ways Seattle Symphony and other orchestras are presenting some of their concerts these days.
7 spring hikes near Hood Canal: Waterfalls, streams and more
In springtime, mountain snow melts into rumbling rapids and swollen waterfalls along the Olympic Peninsula’s eastern edge.
Seattle Opera has big plans for its new headquarters at Seattle Center
Seattle Opera’s glass-clad, $60 million headquarters at Seattle Center, which the company plans to move into this fall, is representative of how it hopes to...
Ski and shoot: Biathlon gaining followers in the West
Olympic Games put winter’s mystery sport in the spotlight. In Washington, there are two places to try it.
Exploring by snowshoe near Stevens Pass
Snowshoeing while snow is falling is every bit as fun as hiking in the rain is not.
Welcome 2018 with polar-bear plunges and other Northwest outdoor adventures
The outdoors can focus our minds at any time of year, and it seems especially effective on a day when our thoughts turn to goals...
Shore fishing Puget Sound and Hood Canal for ‘harvest trout,’ aka cutthroat
Every coastal cutthroat is a wild fish from a native species that has lived in Pacific Northwest waters for eons.
3 enjoyable fall hikes on the Olympic Peninsula
Access to Olympic Hot Springs has reopened, and you can look for autumn beauty at Hurricane Ridge and the Quinault Valley.