Culture Seattle Opera's restrained staging of Gershwin's rousing 'Porgy' Alicia Hall Moran as Bess and Nathaniel Stampley as Porgy in the "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess." by Thomas May / August 1, 2011
Politics An exciting new orchestra in Seattle Julia Tai, co-artistic director of the Seattle Modern Orchestra. by Thomas May / November 15, 2010
Culture Lake Union Park, trail: Seattle could have done so much more Lake Union Park: a visual airway for the city, but a bleak landscape for a park. by Lawrence Cheek / October 20, 2010
An ambitious world premiere at Vancouver Opera Frederique Vezina and Aaron St. Clair Nicholson as Lillian Alling and Scotty MacDonald. by Thomas May / October 19, 2010
Politics Finally, a renaissance on UW's Gothic campus The "back" side of the UW's Paccar Hall, showing how the various boxes and planes fragment the large scale of the building (and make it a better neighbor). by Lawrence Cheek / October 14, 2010
How Crosscut is filling the gap in local arts criticism Stephen Milling as King Marke in 'Tristan und Isolde.' by Thomas May / October 6, 2010
Paul Thiry: pioneer of architectural modernism in Seattle Architect Paul Thiry, a proponent of modernism, designed the original Seattle Center Coliseum, now called KeyArena: This is structure as sculpture. by Lawrence Cheek / June 23, 2010
Politics The architectural pitfalls of refitting urban churches The Sanctuary in winter by Lawrence Cheek / February 2, 2012