Culture Hurting for cash more than ever, event producers wait for Brown Paper Tickets to pay up Artists say their checks have bounced. The Seattle-based ticket agency claims a massive backlog. by Margo Vansynghel / April 1, 2020
Culture Seattle crafters are making DIY masks and face shields to help fight coronavirus Local makers get creative to counter the lack of medical gear on the COVID-19 front lines. by Margo Vansynghel / March 24, 2020
Culture Bellevue’s anti-Japanese history ‘censored’ at city-run arts festival, artists say Six months before the Bellevue College controversy, artists claim, mentions of the Freeman family were a no-go. by Margo Vansynghel / March 17, 2020
Culture Things to Do (to support the arts right now) After coronavirus cancellations, Seattle's creative economy needs help. by Brangien Davis & Margo Vansynghel & Agueda Pacheco Flores & Misha Berson / March 12, 2020
Culture New Northwest arts journal wants to know what’s on your walls With galleries closed due to coronavirus, this Seattle-based outlet seeks reviews from inside the house. by Margo Vansynghel / May 27, 2020
Culture Washington’s film industry prepares for a reboot Practicing safe sets and social distancing means “a whole new world” for making and seeing movies. by Margo Vansynghel / May 25, 2020
Culture Seattle artist fights anti-Asian racism in the Chinatown-International District As the pandemic emboldens bigotry, Monyee Chau tells her neighborhood: “We will survive this too.” by Margo Vansynghel / May 13, 2020
Inside Crosscut COVID-19 changed the stories we tell — and inspired a new podcast This Changes Everything host Sara Bernard focuses each show on a different aspect of life, and how we now have to navigate through it without a road map. by Sara Bernard / May 13, 2020
Culture Seattle theater’s next act could see masked actors, fewer seats Amid coronavirus, the show must go on differently. by Margo Vansynghel / May 7, 2020
Culture Seattle drive-in dance event is part scavenger hunt, part performance Amid COVID-19, choreographers offer culture at curbside so performers and audiences can be alone together. by Margo Vansynghel / April 29, 2020