Culture Duwamish River: Should the cleanup make fish safe to eat regularly? The Duwamish River runs through Seattle's largest concentration of industry and past some of the city's poorest neighborhoods. by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / December 6, 2010
A clean and confident production of 'Hamlet' Darragh Kennan as Hamlet by Ben Rankin / November 11, 2010
Culture A quarter-century later, standing ovations for 'Fences' Playwright August Wilson by Ben Rankin / April 6, 2010
Depression-era 'Paradise Lost': Intiman's timely parable Intiman Theatre's production of Odets' 'Paradise Lost' by Ben Rankin / March 31, 2010
Fine acting makes for a memorable 'Nature of Dust' Amy Thone is natural and Michael Patten powerful in New Century's latest production. by Ben Rankin / May 25, 2010
Trying to make 'Henry V' into an anti-war play David S. Hogan as Bedford and Evan Whitfield as Henry V by Ben Rankin / April 26, 2010
Seattle Rep's 'Iliad' an outstanding adaptation Hans Altwies in <i>An Iliad</i> by Ben Rankin / April 23, 2010
Culture At Intiman, a potent rendering of a hardscrabble world Intiman's new artistic director, Kate Whoriskey, restages the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Ruined' by Ben Rankin / July 28, 2010
Doing Shakespeare proud at the Seattle Rep Christine Marie Brown as Viola and Barzin Akhavan as Orsinio in Shakespeare's <i>Twelfe Night</i> at the Seattle Rep. (Chris Bennion) by Ben Rankin / September 27, 2007
Politics Refinery chemical: Bellingham's safety at risk? Barbed wire surrounds the ConocoPhillips refinery near Ferndale, which uses a type of chemical regulated under both the Deparrtment of Homeland Security and the EPA. by Robert McClure for InvestigateWest / February 28, 2011