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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 Greening Seattle Center A slice of Scheme 3 out of four suggested for the future Seattle Center. (Seattle Center Century 21 Committee) by David Brewster / April 22, 2007
Politics Viaduct redux King Couny Executive Ron Sims and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels decide to work together, and the shape of a grand compromise begins to appear. by David Brewster / April 18, 2007
Politics A comeback scenario for the Seattle Public Schools Threatened with extinction, the School Board got its act together. Meanwhile, a coalition of moderate reformers could dramatically improve it. by David Brewster / April 12, 2007
Politics Sen. Maria Cantwell is a big gainer in the latest Congress power rankings Congress.org ranks the current Congress according to various indicators of power. by David Brewster / April 4, 2007
Culture After raising $1.75M for Austin musicians, Black Fret hopes to keep the music playing in Seattle The nonprofit operates on the radical notion that musicians should be paid to make music. by Charles R. Cross / January 22, 2020
Culture Will the last person to leave Northgate Mall turn out the lights? Over piroshky and pink socks, a Seattle writer ponders the death of America's first mall. by Charles R. Cross / November 27, 2019
Culture Bumbershoot’s producer declines to renew contract, putting the festival’s future in doubt With the iconic summer music event in flux, the city of Seattle and One Reel seek a viable new model. by Charles R. Cross / November 1, 2019 / Updated Nov. 2 at 2 p.m.