Seattle Culture
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 Museum or the Densho Project — institutions that focus on storytelling…
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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.
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 small, unnoticed, everyday life things.”
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…
Trailblazing Women: Merrie Williamson
Executive Vice President, Chief Customer And Revenue Officer, Equinix
I’ve been in the technology industry for more than 25 years. I’ve had an incredible career journey taking me from building microchips in a silicon manufacturing plant for Intel, to the big stage recently with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella speaking to developers at this big AI moment. Along the way I have been asked…
Celebrating 50 Years of Seattle Pride
From 200 people in 1974 to more than 300,000 today, Seattle Pride has grown into Washington’s largest parade
Seattle’s LGBTQ+ history stretches back to the late 1800s when Pioneer Square, known at the time as “Fairyville,” was a sanctuary for the queer community, housing thriving gay bars and social spaces…
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Seattle Pride Art Walk, Elvis Costello and Daryl Hall, and a saucy musical comedy
June is here, and Seattle’s buzzing with events. It’s Pride Month, kicking off with an art walk tonight featuring the work of local LGBTQIA+ youth. Meanwhile, the city’s bagel scene is booming — perfect for your carb cravings. We’ve also got our first yaupon espresso roaster — definitely worth a try. In the arts world, ACT…
Trailblazing Women: Tahmina Watson
Founder, Watson Immigration Law
I am a servant leader who leads with love. It has taken four decades to know this about myself. And now I am unapologetically loving to everyone. My journey to this realization was paved by my dedication as an immigration lawyer, a profession where compassion is a key ingredient. Yet, being a lawyer and running a law firm are two different things. One you learn in law school; the other by being…
Clarity: Pete Carroll’s Quirky, Lasting Legacy
We won't see another NFL coach like him again
I covered sports for more than 20 years in this city, and I should know better than catching feelings for a coach. Besides, the most unusual thing about Carroll’s firing is that he lasted this long. Pete may not have been able to win forever, as his book proclaimed, but lasting 14 years is closer than almost everyone thought he’d come when he took the job.
Tacoma Art Museum Reckons With the Roots of One of its Biggest Collections
TAM’s latest show reconsiders the meaning of Western American art
On the night of Nov. 3, 1885, a mob composed of hundreds of people marched through Tacoma, expelling members of the Chinese community from their homes, intimidating them (with weapons and threats) into leaving the city permanently, and then burning down the remaining houses — often with all of the victim’s possessions still inside. The…
Trailblazing Women: Dr. Nwando Anyaoku
Chief Health Equity And Clinical Innovation Officer
Providence Swedish Health Services
As a female immigrant of color, I can attest to personal and professional triumphs by way of systemic barriers. While seemingly impossible at the time, each helped mold me into the woman I am today — a mother, caregiver, physician, and medical executive. But above all, I am a relentless problem solver…
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