Arts & Culture
Studio Sessions: Sangram Majumdar
Working at the confluence of history, culture, and various painting traditions, UW associate professor Sangram Majumdar is one of this year’s Neddy Artist Award winners.
Discover the art of UW professor Sangram Majumdar, a 2026 Neddy Artist Award winner. Learn about his inspiration and upcoming Seattle exhibition at Cornish.
Rearview Mirror: A Georgian Dinner, Sidewalk Sips, and One-of-a-Kind Clothing
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A new life for old clothes To celebrate one year in its current studio, the FXRY—a clothing repair service available via in-person appointments, home pickup, or mail-in drop off—is dropping its first collection. A small batch of reworked pieces, Second Mark will feature 13 vintage barn jackets, cropped, chain-stitched, and renewed into a completely unique, one-of-one…
Madrona Gets a New Gallery
Interior designer Michelle Dirkse and artist Jeremy Prim bring a new art-centered space to the neighborhood.
Interior designer Michelle Dirkse has centered art in her work for more than a decade. Since launching her firm in 2013, Dirkse has earned a reputation for building projects around unique, cheeky, and ultimately striking pieces. Even as a new designer, she supported local artists, often handing over the keys to her studio. “When I…
Rearview Mirror: Grants, Food Passports, and Private Spa Pods
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A Little Growth Money If you know a small nonprofit or microbusiness that could use a little breathing room, here’s one to pass along quickly. Verity Credit Union, a Seattle-based financial institution focused on socially responsible banking, is accepting nominations for its annual Grants for Growth program through May 31. The program will give out…
Studio Sessions: Timothy White Eagle
The multidisciplinary artist’s new Mini Mart City Park exhibition listens to the Duwamish River as a living force.
The river is still moving. That is the idea behind Once Wild River, Timothy White Eagle’s new exhibition. The artist has spent the past year thinking about the Duwamish River as a living force with a long memory and its own direction. Over time, the river has been straightened, dredged, filled, polluted, studied, cleaned, and…
Macy Gray Joins New Seattle Pride Gala
Lifelong’s first formal Pride fundraiser brings music, art, and big-name honorees together to support LGBTQ+ services and youth programs.
Seattle’s Pride calendar is getting a glamorous new addition this year. On June 13, Lifelong will debut the Pride Gala: An Evening for Equality, a new black-tie fundraising event blending entertainment, art, and advocacy at The Sanctuary at the Lotte Hotel in downtown Seattle. Billed as Seattle’s only formal Pride dinner, the inaugural gala aims…
Rearview Mirror: Don’t Miss Dance, Street Sips, and Notebooks Galore
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
Three’s the Charm It’s rare when I attend a mixed-bill dance performance and walk away liking all three pieces equally. Last weekend I attended Spring ’26, the show closing out contemporary dance company Whim W’Him’s 2025/26 season. Speaking before the show, artistic director Olivier Wevers warned the audience that we had no idea where we…
KEXP DJ Kevin Cole Broadcasts From the Heart
A new documentary follows the Seattle tastemaker through a remarkable life spent championing music.
For those of a certain generation, there may be no more trusted a voice when it comes to music than Kevin Cole. From navigating his way from the clubs of Minneapolis to DJing Prince’s birthday parties, to starting his own radio station, to revolutionizing how radio can function in the 21st century via KEXP, Cole…
Every Dress Tells a Story
Dhivya Balasubramanian’s new collection reworks fashion classics using Indian textiles.
For Dhivya Balasubramanian, the story often starts with a sari. Sometimes a client brings one in, folded carefully and full of family history. Other times, Balasubramanian pulls from the collection she has gathered on trips to India. Either way, the fabric usually comes first. At her Queen Anne studio, it might become a gown, a…
Beyond the Notes: Xian Zhang Expands Seattle Symphony’s Reach
The music director talks representation in classical music and the work of bringing new audiences into the concert hall.
As Xian Zhang prepares to lead the Seattle Symphony into its 2026/2027 season, the acclaimed conductor returns to one of the city’s most storied cultural institutions. A Grammy and Emmy-winning maestro with an international résumé spanning the New Jersey Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and major opera houses across Europe, Zhang’s relationship with…
Rearview Mirror: Lobster Rolls, Cold Plunges, and Opening Night at SIFF
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SIFF Goes Full Boots Last night, I covered the SIFF opening night red carpet for the first time, and it was as fun as I hoped. The festival opened at Paramount Theatre with I Love Boosters, Boots Riley’s new bonkers comedy about a group of professional shoplifters taking on a cold-blooded fashion girl boss. Keke…
Studio Sessions: Yaminee Patel
A second generation Indian American, artist Yaminee Patel uses her work to explore her heritage, a childhood growing up in the Midwest, and the larger economic and cultural factors surrounding agricultural practices around the world.
Over the past year, Yaminee Patel has narrowed her artistic focus, centering rice as the medium for her work. A symbol of sustenance, survival, hard work, and culinary tradition, rice is a deeply important element in many cultures around the world. It also represents the idea of sharing a meal together, creating human-to-human connection, which…
Capitol Hill Gets a Fashion Walk
The inaugural Pike Pine Social brings more than 50 businesses together for a weekend of style, food, music, and neighborhood fun.
Capitol Hill, like most Seattle neighborhoods, rewards a loose plan. You wander into a shop, follow music down the block, stop for a drink, admire a jacket in a window that you definitely do not need, and end up at the park watching an impromptu soccer game. That spirit is behind Pike Pine Social, a…
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