Meet the inviting members of Seattle’s Sherlock Holmes book club
NO; MEMBERS OF your local Sherlock Holmes society do not wear deerstalker caps and smoke pipes when they meet. Not usually, anyway. They’re into mysteries,...
Christy Karras
Joining new groups is easier than it seems, and it might just restore your faith in humanity
A YEAR AGO, I ended my debut Gather column with, “We are not as alone as we might think.” Writing about how people around Seattle...
Volunteers at Guide Puppies of Seattle form a close-knit pack of their own as they train future guide dogs VIEW
Every thrice-monthly meeting is a chance for the puppies, mostly labs and golden retrievers, to practice sticking close to their humans’ sides and ignoring potential...
Skate Like a Girl welcomes everyone on deck, stressing acceptance, confidence and a couple kinds of safety VIEW
Instructors are trained in both skateboarding safety and in helping their students feel safe in the social environment.
Wheelchair basketball athletes find an outlet for intense competition, and a supportive community of teammates
The nonprofit Seattle Adaptive Sports, run entirely by volunteers, will hold an annual tournament the first week of December.
At Toastmasters meetings, the criticism is constructive, the applause is enthusiastic and the benefits speak for themselves
The Wallingford club takes a laid-back, positive approach to helping people master public speaking.
All kinds of good things are growing at Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands VIEW
Connections take root as public-garden volunteers from different cultures and generations contribute to shared work and delicious rewards.
Why are there so few women at the top in classical music? What’s being done about it in Seattle and elsewhere?
Seattle Opera's new general director, Christina Scheppelmann, is one of only two women heading a major opera company in the U.S. Meanwhile, there's only one...
Cricket is catching on in Seattle
LIKE MANY AMERICANS, I’ve spent my life largely clueless about cricket. I set out to at least partly remedy that when I took in a...
The peppy members of Dacha Theatre put on all sorts of plays, but their camaraderie is no act
There’s a real sense of physicality in this energy-producing company.