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
Culture City launches real estate company to save and create Seattle art spaces The new agency plans to combat gentrification by securing venues for arts and cultural groups. by Margo Vansynghel / November 9, 2020
Politics Seattle celebrates Biden win, end of the Trump presidency After days of counting, The Associated Press called the race for the former vice president. Supporters responded with relief and excitement. by Margo Vansynghel & Melissa Santos & Donna Gordon Blankinship / November 7, 2020 / Updated at 5:58 p.m.
Culture New Bellevue Arts Museum show brings technicolor to dark days Irreverent Seattle artist and curator Tariqa Waters thinks the art world shouldn’t take itself so seriously. by Margo Vansynghel / November 5, 2020
Culture Coronavirus sparks a radio drama revival in Seattle With live theater on hold, local venues find that an old form of storytelling is new again. by Margo Vansynghel / October 28, 2020
Culture Seattle’s cultural innovators of 2020 The pandemic threw the arts scene a curveball — these creatives hit it out of the park. by Margo Vansynghel / December 21, 2020
Culture Seattle author depicts isolation and gentrification in new book In ‘The Freezer Door,’ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore searches for glimmers of connection in a changed city. by Margo Vansynghel / December 9, 2020