April 2021
Trailblazing Women: Shin Yu Pai
Civic poet of Seattle, Host KUOW's Ten Thousand Things
I made the decision to move back to Seattle in 2012, after working in arts jobs in the Austin, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas, areas. I’d worked here as a grad student in the University of Washington museology program and loved the small, community-based cultural organizations that characterize our city — like the Wing Luke
Must List: This Week’s Top 6 Picks
Father's Day, festivals, yachts, and Pride
Catch the Edmonds Arts Festival, celebrate Pride with a family picnic on Mercer Island, or admire more than 40 classic yachts. Feel the power of resistance music, or check out a thought-provoking talk on power dynamics in the digital age with author Renée DiResta. And don’t miss Vampire Weekend at Climate Pledge Arena.
Hidden Washington: Leavenworth All Year
This Bavarian-style village in the Cascade Mountains offers more than just Oktoberfest and Christmas celebrations
Beyond the beer and bratwurst and lively seasonal celebrations — notably Oktoberfest with a “K” and Christmas with a heaping dose of Nutcrackers — Leavenworth is a fabulous place to spend a long weekend...
Finding Freedom
Seattle author Stacey Levine’s new book, Mice 1961, follows two sisters during a single day of their fraught relationship
From the get-go, Stacey Levine’s latest novel, Mice 1961, plunges the reader into a story of motion. “I’m interested in playing with language,” says Levine, who, in addition to authoring several novels and a book of short stories, teaches English composition and creative writing at Seattle Central College. “I’m also intrigued by the drama of
Trailblazing Women: Lynne Varner
CEO, Washington STEM
I don’t see myself as a trailblazer. Instead, call me a trail runner nimbly following paths laid by so many brilliant, amazing women who came before me. Some of those women are mentors who showed me not just who I could be, but how I could be. We tell young people...
