Culture Black Arts Legacies: Nate Long's fight to change the face of TV The late director, producer, stuntman and teacher used film and video production to lift up the voices of Seattle’s Black community. by Jas Keimig / May 9, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Milt Simons’ experimental artistic life Undersung in his time, the painter, teacher and multimedia artist wasn’t afraid to color outside the lines. by Jas Keimig / June 6, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Syvilla Fort helped put Seattle dance on the map The Seattle-born dancer/choreographer worked with artists from Merce Cunningham and John Cage to Eartha Kitt and James Dean. by Jas Keimig / June 30, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, cultural connector As a direct link to the Harlem Renaissance, this often overlooked painter inspired a generation of Seattle movers and shakers. by Jas Keimig / April 23, 2024
Culture Black Arts Legacies: Tee Dennard takes center stage After landing on the stage unexpectedly, this Seattle actor and director’s 50-year career played a major role in the city’s Black theater scene. by Jas Keimig / April 30, 2024
Culture This ‘slow-fashion’ Seattle designer says there’s enough clothing In a city often blasted for its casual dress, dan mcLean upcycles pre-worn finds into inventive statement pieces. by Jas Keimig / July 24, 2023
Culture Mechanical nature: The kinetic sculptures of an Okanogan artist WATCH: With wire, a welder and will, sculptor Loren Doner captures nature’s mechanics. by Nils Cowan / December 21, 2018
Politics How WA farmers are safeguarding migrant workers Migrant workers in Skagit Valley. by Nils Cowan / September 28, 2017
Culture From Uwajimaya to internment and back again Young entrepreneur Fujimatsu Moriguchi arrived in Tacoma in the 1920s, excited about the prospects this new land might offer and the wealth he hoped to bring back to his hometown of Uwajima, Japan. He... by Nils Cowan / March 20, 2017
Politics How saving a little red fish led to an urban refuge Kokanee salmon, a landlocked species that spends its entire life cycle in freshwater. by Nils Cowan for EarthFix / July 26, 2016