Harborview nurse Guy Maddison has a new podcast about the pandemic experience of frontline health care workers.

Plus, in-person festivals return to On the Boards, Northwest Film Forum and Intiman Theatre.

*Delta dependent.

Prominent artists from the Puget Sound area tell us how they’re feeling (and what surprising hobbies they picked up during the pandemic).

From a trans retelling of the Icarus myth to a darkly funny tale about bulimia, the opera’s new mentorship program lets a new vanguard take the stage.

Plus, the “Secret Seattle” walking guide to the best coal chutes, fire hydrants and footbridges in the city.

Plus: This weekend’s Seattle Design Festival and a Kitsap art mystery solved.

Plus, the return of outdoor concerts — including a free show by Digable Planets — and Pilchuck Glass School turns 50.

Plus, a new show of contemporary Native art at Washington State History Museum, and free outdoor concerts at Hing Hay Park.

With live performance and improvisation integral to the genre, local musicians are thrilled to be lining up gigs again.

Plus, a pandemic time capsule at Photographic Center Northwest, a snake den at Method Gallery and new music from Ahamefule J. Oluo.

Plus, eye-opening new shows blending African American art and Black history at the Frye Art Museum and Tacoma Art Museum

Plus, Shakespeare returns to Puget Sound parks, Jazz Alley gets its groove back and more news of Northwest arts re-openings.