Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Crosscut Festival 2021 headlined by trailblazing women Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Judy Woodruff and Jane Goodall are a few of the influential people attending this year’s virtual event. by Caroline Gerdes / March 22, 2021
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Culture Black Arts Legacies: Community and art collide Zoë Dusanne & Elisheba Johnson, two curators separated by decades, turn homes into galleries to support artists. by Tifa Tomb / July 1, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: The Reach of Dance For dancer-choreographers Donald Byrd and Jade Solomon Curtis, social engagement takes center stage. by Tifa Tomb / June 24, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Defining theater, past and future Douglas Q. Barnett and Sharon Nyree Williams, the driving forces behind Black Arts/West and CD Forum, share a mission to tell Black stories in the theater. by Tifa Tomb / June 10, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Shaping the Seattle sound Seattle music pioneer Dave Lewis defined Northwest rock. Now, The Black Tones are helping him carry the legacy forward. by Tifa Tomb / June 17, 2022
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Visual Arts and Vibrancy Two artists honor the history of Black art in Seattle while helping to reimagine the city. by Tifa Tomb / June 3, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Crosscut Festival puts environmental impacts and solutions on the agenda In honor of Earth Month, we’re celebrating our Environment & Outdoors sessions at this year’s Crosscut Festival. by Caroline Gerdes / April 6, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Bill McKibben on climate activism as a lifetime fight Activism over 60: Bill McKibben says teenagers shouldn’t be the only ones fighting climate change. by Caroline Gerdes / March 30, 2022
Crosscut Festival Support for this article is provided by Crosscut Festival 2023. Newspaper legend Carl Bernstein recounts bygone days in new memoir Chasing History highlights Carl Bernstein’s beginnings in a 1960s newsroom, going from copyboy to dictationist to city desk clerk. by Caroline Gerdes / March 23, 2022