Culture Brought to life in dance, Jacob Lawrence's vivid paintings The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company embodies artist Jacob Lawrence. (DCDC) by Spider Kedelsky / May 8, 2007
Reliving the second wave of modern American dance Kylee Kitchens and company dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet performing <i>Inlets 2</i> by Merce Cunningham. (Angela Sterling) by Spider Kedelsky / April 23, 2007
Mossback Podcast | How Frango candies became a Northwest fixture For decades, department stores competed for customers. Knute Berger recalls how Frederick & Nelson lured them in with a chocolate mint truffle. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 19, 2023
Environment Washington slates $50M for trees to shade salmon streams Gov. Jay Inslee and a bipartisan group of legislators are using a low-tech approach to combat deadly warming waters. by John Stang / May 16, 2023
Mossback Podcast | Meet Ernest Darling, the proto-hippie of 1907 The Portland-born 'Nature Man' was a regular kid until an illness inspired him to shed his clothes and take to the woods. Fame followed. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 12, 2023
Mossback Podcast | What Hollywood saw in Seattle The Emerald City has played many film roles, from gritty city to rom-com backdrop. Knute Berger reviews our cinematic history. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / May 5, 2023
Mossback Podcast | How giant tree stumps inspired a Northwest craze During the timber boom, opportunists turned the remains of old-growth trees into homes and postcard spectacles. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 28, 2023
Mossback Podcast | The Confederacy and Southern sympathizers in Seattle Decades after the Civil War, nostalgia for the 'Lost Cause' took hold in the Northwest. Knute Berger explains how. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 21, 2023
Environment To protect orcas, boats in Puget Sound must stay 1,000 yards away SB 5371 expands the buffer zone for endangered southern resident killer whales, who depend on sonar to hunt and communicate in the Salish Sea. by John Stang / April 18, 2023 / Updated at 4:20 p.m. on April 19
Environment Podcast | How a wayward whale foretold decades of exploitation People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 14, 2023