In ‘Erosion,’ Terry Tempest Williams conducts a broad survey of all that wears away and disappears
Book review Before Diane Dixon Tempest, a Utah woman and a mother of four, died at age 54 of ovarian cancer, she told her eldest...
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Date night? Enjoy fish and chips on a retired state ferry as a singing group regales you with sea shanties
Is it “shanty” or “chantey”? Well, it’s both. Either way, the musical form is the same, and it's very popular in Seattle.
Karl Krogstad, prolific Seattle filmmaker, dies at 71
Karl Krogstad, an independent filmmaker and painter who had a strong following in Seattle and beyond, made more than 60 films during a half-century of...
‘It’s good, man’: Seattle Symphony Orchestra concertmaster offers a peek at Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra will perform Mozart’s final work — left unfinished at the time of his 1791 death — in three concerts Oct. 17-20 at...
Think you know what a stranger is up to? The latest from ‘Tipping Point’ author Malcolm Gladwell shows why you’re wrong.
Transparency is not the norm, but most of us believe it is. Gladwell calls this phenomenon a “default to truth,” meaning we think we know...
From playing music in a barn to a state park, Olympic Music Festival has been undergoing reinvention
Julio Elizalde, who became artistic director in 2014, has been steering Olympic Music Festival to a reinvention spurred by significant changes.
2 rising classical music stars make their Seattle Symphony debuts
This week, Seattle Symphony presents the U.S. premiere of composer Hannah Kendall’s orchestral work “The Spark Catchers,” conducted by fast-rising Jonathon Heyward.
Portland author Karen Russell explores human frailty in ‘Orange World and Other Stories’
Portland, Oregon author Karen Russell will be speaking at the Central Library on May 22.
‘Shadow’ review: Zhang Yimou returns to form with thrilling action epic WATCH
Following dismally received “The Great Wall,” director Zhang Yimou returns to rigorous and imaginative form in this tale of a slave posing as a king’s...
These musicians use cardboard boxes, books and rocks to create music focusing on wrongfully convicted prisoners
The Innocents is a performance-art and nontraditional music duo that attempts to bridge complex emotions of wrongful conviction to audience empathy. The duo performs in...