Environment Nick on the Rocks: Mount Baker, the volcano born from volcanoes Shifting glaciers revealed the North Cascade peak’s origins, forged from three ancient volcanoes that lived and died over the past million years. by Shannen Ortale / January 12, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The North Cascades' gneiss-est bedrock The range’s oldest bedrock sits high in the mountains near Canada. But the yellow aster gneiss originated an ocean away 400 million years ago. by Shannen Ortale / January 19, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: The mystery of Waterville's basalt boulders Just north of Withrow, WA, pancake-flat fields are dotted with massive rocks that help us visualize an Ice Age glacier. by Shannen Ortale / January 26, 2024
Environment Nick on the Rocks: Why Mount Shuksan is made of sea green stone Greenschist gets its tint from minerals compressed under the ocean long ago. Now it caps an entire mountaintop in the North Cascades. Special thanks to Central Washington University as the original... by Shannen Ortale / January 5, 2024
News The Newsfeed: Key takeaways from the 2024 WA legislative session Lawmakers addressed guns and the environment, but housing was left behind. Also, the deaths of rideshare drivers leads to requests for more aid. by Shannen Ortale / March 21, 2024
Ah, Cappella! Arvo Pärt, a modern composer in the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition by Thomas May / August 10, 2009
At ACT, a tacky Texas sendup of Wagner's 'Ring' Richard Ziman as Wotan in ACT's <i>Das Barbecu</i> by Thomas May / August 8, 2009
Crosscut Tout: Theater productions around Seattle Michael Mitnick, playwright of "Babs the Dodo" by Thomas May / February 5, 2011
A Shakespearean rarity: 'Cymbeline' in Seattle Connor Toms as Posthumus and Jennifer Lee Taylor as Imogen in 'Cymbeline.' by Thomas May / January 11, 2011
Bringing it all back home: an operatic Odyssey John Oliver performs at The Paramount on Nov. 23 by Thomas May / March 13, 2009