Arts & Culture
Building Connection, by Design
How Angela Dunleavy’s new venture is reimagining experiential marketing—and Seattle spaces.
After two decades running restaurants, a nonprofit, and a large-scale catering operation, Angela Dunleavy reached a familiar midcareer inflection point. She had helped build Ethan Stowell Restaurants, led FareStart through the pandemic, and returned to the private sector as CEO of Gourmondo. But something still felt unfinished. “What is it that I really want to…
The Best Outfit Might Already Be in Your Closet
LAYERED: Style in Motion turns previously owned pieces from Seattle closets into an Earth Day runway show.
You know that spring feeling where nothing in your closet looks right, even though it’s full of clothes you were perfectly happy with two weeks ago? The jeans you wore all winter suddenly feel too dark-wash for warmer weather, and your lightweight sweaters are covered in those little lint balls. That’s probably why this is…
Rearview Mirror: A Better Bath, a Bright Riesling, and Les Mis
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
Moon Bath Last week, I went to a spring workshop at SLU BRU, the newish beer hall at Dexter Yard in South Lake Union. Open since November 2025 and operated by Gourmondo, it’s definitely ready for nicer weather, with big garage-style windows that open onto the sidewalk. The night was hosted by Orange Moon, the…
Studio Sessions: Lauren Boilini
Seattle artist Lauren Boilini talks about animal behavior, field research, and the whale fall installation she counts among her proudest works.
Lauren Boilini has spent years building dense, teeming painted worlds full of animals, movement, and tension. Her work often starts with close observation—time in the field and conversations with scientists—and turns that research into large-scale paintings that feel charged, layered, and alive. Born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Boilini studied painting and art history at…
The Story Behind the Bing Cherry
A new picture book follows Ah Bing from orchard history into folklore.
Seattle illustrator Julia Kuo first came across Ah Bing in a history book. She was reading The Making of Asian America: A History when a detail caught her attention: the Bing cherry, the most popular sweet cherry in the United States and a signature fruit of the Pacific Northwest, was tied to a Chinese immigrant….
Staying in the Pocket with True Loves
The Seattle funk powerhouse heads to Jazz Alley for five soulful nights.
If you were to pull aside any casual music fan and ask them to cite quintessential Seattle music, you’d get a lot of grunge, the indie-rock explosion and folk revival of the ‘00s and ‘10s, and maybe some of the hip-hop that came bursting from the underground in the last 15 years. Your average person…
Rearview Mirror: Cool Jewels, a Record Store Relocation, and the Book the Internet Can’t Stop Talk About
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
Book Buzz If you’re in certain circles of the internet—or frankly, a follower of the New York Times—you’ve probably stumbled upon the recent discourse surrounding Lindy West’s new book, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane. I read and enjoyed her 2016 memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, which essentially cemented her place in the pantheon…
Woven Wonders: Textile-based Coast Salish Art Unravels Local History
Indigenous weaving, past and present, on view at the Burke Museum.
On display now at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving examines the traditional art form and its importance to Coast Salish communities. “This exhibition broadens the definition of American art by incorporating Indigenous voices and artistic practices historically marginalized due to biases…
Lifting the Fog
Beyond Mysticism at Seattle Art Museum broadens the old story of Northwest art.
For a long time, Northwest Modernism got boxed into one idea: mysticism—a way of describing the region’s art as inward-looking, spiritual, and closely tied to nature. That goes back to a 1953 Life magazine story about Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan, Guy Anderson, and Morris Graves, the four artists most associated with the Northwest School. Beyond…
Studio Sessions: Cristina Martinez
On the cusp of a new group show, Northwest artist Cristina Martinez reflects on storytelling, motherhood, and personal success.
Artistically inclined from a young age, Cristina Martinez was attending fashion school when she had a realization: Her passion wasn’t necessarily sparked by the clothes she was sketching, but by the stories behind her work. Drawing from her Black and Mexican roots, and from the lives, histories, and cultures of the community around her, Martinez…
Fave Five: Early Signs of Spring
Where to go when everything starts waking up.
March and April always blend together in my head. Around here, there’s still plenty of rain, but it feels a little more manageable as the green sprawls and the crocuses unfurl right before our eyes. This is the time when things respond to moisture and attention, and when getting back into it feels better than…
An Ear For Good Design
Integrated design firm Mithun creates impactful spaces through a culture of listening.
At design firm Mithun, communication plays an indispensable role in the workplace culture. It doesn’t have a single discipline—the practice encompasses architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban design. It doesn’t have a single specialty, with projects spanning educational, cultural, civic, and business sectors. And it doesn’t have visual trademarks: each project is hyper-tailored to…
Curmudgeonly Hope
The UK punk heroes Mclusky have returned, loud and pointed as ever.
When you listen to the sardonic, whip-smart, and perennially ornery UK band Mclusky, you get a certain impression of the type of person that must be behind it all. Frontman and founder Andrew Falkous was just home from having seen his daughter perform at a choir recital when he got on the phone, and he…
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