C. Davida Ingram, who leads the library’s civic engagement programs, inside the Central Library “living room.”

Senait Brown has been a leader in the movement to stop the proposed new youth jail.

In an era of “fake” news, Justin Mayo (left) and Mike Baker demonstrated the ongoing importance and power of in-depth reporting in their investigative series “Quantity of Care.”

Shefali Ranganathan, photographed by the University of Washington Link station on September 5, is helping to transform how Seattleites get around

Jeffery Lew, seen here at Seattle World School, led the charge to erase school lunch debt among students in Seattle—and across the state.

When Andrew Russell, Intiman Theatre’s artistic director, took the reins of the debt-ridden, Tony Award–winning Seattle theater institution—just after it cancelled its 2011 season and laid off its entire staff—the then 28-year-old faced an enormous question: “How do you heal a community and re-create a theater company in Seattle?” he says.  He turned to producer…

The work of artist Inye Wokoma, seen here outside his Central District home, often focuses on gentrification.

Paul Allen’s brought many artists and musicians to Seattle as part of his Seattle Art Fair and Upstream Music Fest.