Culture ArtSEA: A flock of bird art migrates to Northwest galleries Cuckoo clocks, carved feathers and avian paintings. Plus, Seattle music shows to lift your wings. by Brangien Davis / October 19, 2023
Culture Fall Arts: Seattle artist explores what it means to be a ‘soft boy’ Rafael Soldi uses video and a 19th-century printing technique to revisit rituals of masculinity from his Peruvian upbringing. by Brangien Davis / October 13, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Seattle art spaces for solace and contemplation Plus, picks for ‘Refract,’ the Northwest glass art festival, and a floating installation of nature as medicine. by Brangien Davis / October 12, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Arctic art for Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Seattle Plus, new installations at the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a frenzy of film festivals. by Brangien Davis / October 5, 2023
Culture WA authors are teaching AI how to write — without their consent Companies like Meta and Bloomberg draw upon a database of 191,000 books to train the tools. Local writers aren’t happy, and lawsuits are in the works. by Nimra Ahmad / October 5, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with NW art and poetry Plus, cultural histories and dark humor on stage in Seattle from Fremont to Queen Anne to Downtown. by Brangien Davis / September 28, 2023
Culture Fall Arts: A new Seattle play rustles up the history of Black cowboys Local playwright Andrew Lee Creech brings post-Emancipation Texas to life in a story of love, ambition and what it means to be free. by Brangien Davis / September 22, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Diving headfirst into Seattle’s fall arts season Plus, a 1903 throwback at Seattle Symphony, acrobatics at Seattle Rep and cavorting cacti at Pacific Northwest Ballet. by Brangien Davis / September 21, 2023
Culture Seattle fashion designer Katrina Hess’s future-noir outerwear Inspired by Pacific Northwest weather, her latest line pairs spy-wear with high fashion, and each garment has a story sewn into the seams. by Nimra Ahmad / September 19, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: A playful barrage of collage at Seattle arts spaces Plus, Local Sightings Film Festival picks and where to get your Tina Turner kicks. by Brangien Davis / September 14, 2023
Culture Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new guard brings diversity center stage Seattle’s largest dance company is at a turning point with a fall roster that’s younger and 50 percent BIPOC. by Marcie Sillman / September 13, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Back to school with new Seattle art shows and nature books Plus, workshops and classes for aspiring artists, from abstract painting to hip hop dance. by Brangien Davis / September 7, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Bumbershoot turns up the volume on visual arts Plus, the new ‘Femme Noire’ outdoor exhibit in Seattle’s Central District celebrates Black women artists from all over. by Brangien Davis / August 31, 2023
Culture Bumbershoot is back — and returning to its weird roots After a three-year hiatus, Seattle’s music and arts festival is reborn with extreme pogo sticking, performance rituals, a cat circus and an emphasis on local bands. by Charles R. Cross / August 31, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Seattle gets trolled by a Danish environmental artist Plus, a shimmering new tree-top sculpture now hanging at the Washington Park Arboretum. by Brangien Davis / August 24, 2023