Sitting in a Ravenna coffee shop, novelist Julia Sidorova is making sweeping gestures across a table, like a seamstress extending … More
Category: Artist Profile
New Memoir: Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin
While talking with West Seattle writer Nicole Hardy about her new memoir, Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, I mention British installation … More
Allison Narver Directs Boeing Boeing at Seattle Rep
Boeing-Boeing will remain forever a 1960s set piece for two reasons. First, the acrobatic machinations of the plot hinge on a … More
Trimpin: Seattle’s Most Innovative Piano Man
One of Seattle’s most renowned artists—boasting a MacArthur “Genius” award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an extensive profile in The New Yorker and a … More
Greg Lundgren’s Death Wish
Imagine you are dead. If you’re the type who thinks ahead, you’ve probably already told someone whether you’d rather be cremated … More
Cuong Vu: Horn of Plenty
When Cuong Vu plays trumpet, it can sound like he’s underwater, or facing gale force winds or maybe contacting us from … More
Stacey Rozich’s Animal Instinct
At the Capitol Hill Block Party in July, musicians on the main stage had special accompaniment: a tiger, a dragon and … More
Ben Kasulke: Lens Crafter
If you’ve seen any recent indie films set in Seattle, you’ve likely watched them through Ben Kasulke’s eyes. The cinematographer … More
Dan Webb’s Chiseled Features
An imposing figure stands at the back of Dan Webb’s Georgetown studio: a rectangular column of fir, 3 feet across and … More
Quinton Morris Takes on Carnegie Hall
Just as this issue hits the stands, a young concert violinist who went to high school in Renton and now … More