Stories for April 17, 2012

Crosscut's Membership Drive: a healthy 'almost'

Tue, Apr 17, 4:17 p.m.

Plus: the last round of winners and the grand prize.

Crosscut Tout: Social business arrives on the big screen

Tue, Apr 17, 3 p.m.

Join Seattle's coolest do-gooders Wednesday night for the citywide premiere of "Bonsai People," a documentary about Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and social business.

Midday Scan: McGinn stadium kerfluffle, Pulitzer upsets and congrats, the Space Needle goes gold

Tue, Apr 17, 11 a.m.

By Zachariah Bryan

Seattle journalists score Pulitzer gold just in time for the Space Needle to, literally, go gold.

C.R. Douglas and KCTS reach for the intelligent viewer

Tue, Apr 17, 2 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

A new program debuts tonight with the unlikely goal of pairing TV and the Socratic method to promote discussion of public issues. Without the public.

New PNB performance shows evidence of the corps' growing strength

Tue, Apr 17, 2 a.m.

By Alice Kaderlan

PNB's latest dance coupling - "Apollo" and "Carmina Burana" - is a study in balance and contrast and, as studies go, a show of strength.

Bellyaching about the GOP attack on science

Tue, Apr 17, 2 a.m.

By Steve Clifford

Flip Side: A gastronomic scientist in Seattle deplores the decline of proper research in his field. Here's how you can help fund his breakthrough research in Paris restaurants.

The strange new world of the 1st Congressional District

Tue, Apr 17, 2 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

Republican John Koster has an easy road to his party's nomination for a congressional seat while five Democrats stage a brawl. It's wild even if Dennis Kucinich doesn't land here.