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
News The Seattle MacArthur Fellow who teaches common sense to computers UW researcher Dr. Yejin Choi has spent a career pursuing 'risky' AI research that bridges the communication gap between humans and technology. by Hannah Weinberger / November 1, 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
Culture The safe return of two bonsai trees restores a piece of Japanese American history One tree stolen from the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way began as a seed in a tin can at a World War II internment camp. by Hannah Weinberger / February 13, 2020 / Updated at 11:13 a.m. on February 14, 2020
Environment This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art Our waters contain many unknowns. These Washington researchers have made sure that the identities — and vivid colors — of the fish that live beneath the surface aren't among them. by Hannah Weinberger / June 17, 2019