Culture Festivities in Focus | The ritual baptism Timket returns to Seattle Thousands gathered on Sunday to mark the two-day Ethiopian Orthodox holiday after two years of the pandemic and the Tigray war. by Amanda Snyder / January 26, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Celebrants dance, reflect through Kwanzaa A NAAM gathering on the fourth day of the secular pan-African holiday honored the principle of Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. by Amanda Snyder / January 2, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Filipino Catholics gather for Simbang Gabi St. James's nine-day Advent Mass draws hundreds from all over Western Washington. by Amanda Snyder / December 13, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | Día de los Muertos celebrates life, death After a pandemic hiatus, the Day of the Dead event returned to Seattle's El Centro de la Raza. by Amanda Snyder / November 8, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | The return of Diwali lights up Bellevue People gathered on Monday night — some for the first time since 2019 — to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights. by Amanda Snyder / October 28, 2022
Photo Essay | Seattle, through the eyes of a tourist Over the past two months, photographer Amanda Snyder documented Seattle's most sacred visitor hotspots. by Amanda Snyder / June 30, 2022
Out-of-towners out-step locals at Bellevue dance fest BodyVox in "Advance." by Alice Kaderlan / February 13, 2012
OTB's new Argentinean play: Where's the character? "El Pasado es un animal grotesco" [The past is a grotesque animal] by Alice Kaderlan / February 10, 2012
Ratmansky's 'Don Quixote' at PNB is stunning balletic feat Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Carla Körbes and Karel Cruz with company dancers in Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quixote. by Alice Kaderlan / February 6, 2012
Alexei Ratmansky gives Seattle its own little piece of ballet genius Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky rehearses a scene with actor Tom Skerritt (back to camera) for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s American premiere of Don Quixote. by Alice Kaderlan / January 26, 2012