Culture A tattoo artist learns the essential work of tending to the dead For one Seattleite, confronting mortality is hands-on during the pandemic. by Margo Vansynghel / June 9, 2020
Culture Food, medics, free rides home: Seattle protests see rush of volunteer support With a long history in citizen activism, ‘mutual aid’ helps sustain local demonstrations. by Margo Vansynghel / June 9, 2020
Support for The New Normal is provided by Comcast. The New Normal: When your lab becomes a center of hope in a pandemic Molecular virologist Dr. Jesse Erasmus works on a team at UW Medicine aiding the global effort to find a COVID-19 vaccine. by Sarah Hoffman / June 8, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: When art and protest unite Showing up for Black art and Black lives. by Brangien Davis / June 4, 2020
Support for The New Normal is provided by Comcast. The New Normal: Delivering hope to elders in isolation Equipped with emojis, volunteers and Sunny the dog, Henry Liu delivers groceries to seniors in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. by Aileen Imperial / June 1, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: Space, and other puzzling frontiers Plus: What we lose when we lose Cinerama. by Brangien Davis / May 28, 2020
Culture New Northwest arts journal wants to know what’s on your walls With galleries closed due to coronavirus, this Seattle-based outlet seeks reviews from inside the house. by Margo Vansynghel / May 27, 2020
Culture Washington’s film industry prepares for a reboot Practicing safe sets and social distancing means “a whole new world” for making and seeing movies. by Margo Vansynghel / May 25, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: How Lynn Shelton mapped our shifting sense of self Plus: Taking poetic shelter and making digital dates for dance. by Brangien Davis / May 21, 2020
Culture Remembering Lynn Shelton, filmmaker and friend The Seattle director brought her love of the Northwest to the screen, and her magnetic kindness to every interaction. by Brangien Davis / May 18, 2020
Culture Seattle artist fights anti-Asian racism in the Chinatown-International District As the pandemic emboldens bigotry, Monyee Chau tells her neighborhood: “We will survive this too.” by Margo Vansynghel / May 13, 2020
Culture Seattle World’s Fair meets ‘Salish geek’ in new (virtual) art show S’Klallam artist Jeffrey Veregge imagines ‘A Better Tomorrow’ for us all. by Agueda Pacheco Flores / May 12, 2020
News How to follow King County’s new face mask order Seattle and King County are strongly encouraging people to wear masks in grocery stores and other public spaces to help stop COVID-19 transmission. by Donna Gordon Blankinship / May 11, 2020
Culture Editor’s Notebook: What the secret geometry of orcas can teach us during a pandemic Art can shift our thinking, even when making it isn’t our forte. by Brangien Davis / May 7, 2020
Culture Seattle theater’s next act could see masked actors, fewer seats Amid coronavirus, the show must go on differently. by Margo Vansynghel / May 7, 2020