Bellevue man at center of Washington’s long marriage equality battle dies at 65
A key figure in the decadeslong battle to legalize marriage equality in Washington and among the first gay couples to adopt children with his partner...
Tom Keogh
Nancy Bristow’s book about the 1970 Jackson State shooting is a valuable history lesson
Discovering a book by University of Puget Sound History Chair Nancy Bristow helped Tom Keogh learn about the fatal 1970 shooting at Jackson State College,...
Historical looks at a previous pandemic and fatal police shootings show familiar inequities VIEW
Nancy Bristow, chair of the History Department at the University of Puget Sound, is an expert on social change. Her books on the 1918 pandemic...
Future looks bright for Byron Schenkman & Friends as season ends with ‘Beethoven & the Schumanns’
With some new strategies in place, the Seattle chamber-music series Byron Schenkman & Friends could endure far into the future. Its eighth season comes to...
Indie folk-pop band Ivan & Alyosha to perform with Seattle Symphony
Seattle Symphony's Essential Series program invites different voices from Seattle’s music community to partner with the orchestra in novel kinships. Up next is a collaboration...
Seattle International Dance Festival’s virtual Mini Fest takes viewers from Capitol Hill to Israel
Here are some highlights of this year's Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Fest, which runs four nights, March 6-7 and 13-14, online. It's a...
Charlie Brydon, pioneering Seattle LGBTQ+ activist and entrepreneur, dies at 81
Charlie Brydon, a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist and successful entrepreneur in Seattle, died at age 81 on Feb. 9. He established the game-changing Dorian Group in...
Deems Tsutakawa, in-demand Seattle jazz pianist, dies at 69
Deems Tsutakawa, the Seattle-based, always-in-demand smooth jazz pianist who was born to one of the city's most esteemed family of artists, died Feb. 25, at...
11 movies that spotlight memorable presidents, real and imagined
The office of the president and all its power and challenges have long been a great subject for movies. Here is a list of films...
Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy VIEW
Poet Theodore Roethke won the Pulitzer Prize, along with the the hearts of his students at the University of Washington. His influence, along with his...