Culture MoPOP’s battle of the bands continues — without an audience Like most of Seattle’s live music scene, this year’s 20th edition of ‘Sound Off!’ looks radically different. by Margo Vansynghel / May 14, 2021
Culture Seattle’s Asian Art Museum gets a second chance at opening After a yearslong renovation, the Volunteer Park museum had been open for just 35 days before closing for COVID. Now, it’s back. by Margo Vansynghel / April 28, 2021
Culture Five PNW memoirs to read for Independent Bookstore Day 2021 From Brandi Carlile’s ascent to stardom to an aching memoir of love in times of war, add these books to your spring reading list. by Margo Vansynghel / April 23, 2021
Culture How a Seattle game of ‘telephone’ became a worldwide art event What started early in the pandemic with a secret message grew into a global project with nearly 900 pieces of art — and debuts this Saturday. by Margo Vansynghel / April 9, 2021
Culture Seattle designers are making masks fashionable The pivot from apparel to protection has been a lifeline for some local creators. by Margo Vansynghel / July 22, 2020
Inside Crosscut The power of Seattle’s street art in a time of pandemics and protest What we learned about why some artists don’t want their work to be “saved.” by Margo Vansynghel / July 14, 2020
Culture Saving Seattle’s pandemic and protest murals With CHOP dismantled and businesses reopening, where will all the street art end up? by Margo Vansynghel / July 8, 2020 / Updated at 10:15 a.m. on July 11, 2020
Culture Erica C. Barnett talks addiction and sobriety in new memoir The Seattle journalist doesn’t pull any punches, even when writing about herself. by Margo Vansynghel / July 1, 2020
Culture Meet the citizen journalists inside Seattle’s CHOP An iPhone correspondent, comics illustrator and photographer talk about documenting history in the making. by Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores / June 26, 2020
Seattle could become the next 15-minute city By making sure essential services are just a short walk or ride away, the city could recover from the pandemic and fight climate change at the same time. by Margo Vansynghel / November 17, 2020