Culture In losing Pike Place Market’s iconic newsstand, Seattle loses a place for connection After 40 years, the stand’s ‘father figure’ owner closes up shop. by Laura Kaufman / December 23, 2019
Politics Can we stop Seattle's film industry talent exodus? 1978 Datsun 280Z with director Colin Trevorrow and actor Mark Duplass by Laura Kaufman / April 11, 2012
Tech Seattle: more than ever a poetry center Several events this month suggest the depth of Seattle's writing talent, and raise questions about why there is so much good poetry here. by KaschaSemonovitch / April 2, 2012
Dreamy Eastside exhibits upstage Seattle arts scene Margarita Cabrera's Vocho at the Bellevue Art Museum. by KaschaSemonovitch / October 5, 2011
Equity Eat tacos, fund the arts: a new hyper-local approach in Seattle Sprout is a local dinner, including locally sourced foods, where people dine and vote on funding for arts projects. by KaschaSemonovitch / August 21, 2011
Culture Tales from the bus tunnel: Love and Lemony Does Metro need Prop One - or just better management? by Laura Kaufman / May 9, 2013
Culture Tales from the bus tunnel: Things that make a driver tense King County Metro Route 72x by Laura Kaufman / May 2, 2013
Culture Sausage Links, Caddyshack edition The Oregonian reports that a popular driving range in Oregon is asking golfers to cast their "swing votes" by aiming practice shots at 8-feet-tall metal likenesses of John McCain and Barack Obama... by Clark Fredricksen / September 10, 2008
Politics Dino Rossi, ladies' man Dino Rossi. (Crosscut Flickr pool contributor <a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcwestbrook/' target='_blank'>J.C. Westerbrook</a>). by Clark Fredricksen / September 9, 2008
Politics Sausage Links, assisted suicide edition Geov at Horse's Ass is making his case for Initiative 1000, or the "death with dignity" measure. It is powerful stuff. He was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 1991, and through various surgeries... by Clark Fredricksen / September 9, 2008