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This 'My Fair Lady' star knows the stigma of language firsthand

Arab-American actor Shereen Ahmed brings her own story to My Fair Lady's Eliza Doolittle.

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A Nutcracker performance that will be less overwhelming, for people with sensory issues

Snowflakes and sugar-plum ferries will dance across the stage as usual, but the show will be altered to have less crash, bang and strobe elements.

DIY funerals: Your family can be your own funeral director, if you want

An informal network of consumer activists, bereaved parents and green burial advocates are building websites to advise and empower families who may wish to handle funeral arrangements themselves. "Home funerals" are legal, yet just one of a widening set of options for how to lay a loved one to rest.

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Claudia Rankine on the unbearable lightness of whiteness in America

‘The indifference is impenetrable and reliable and distributed across centuries, and I am stupidly hurt when my friends can’t see that.’

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Weekend arts & culture picks: an immersive exhibition, and a gallery show with an amazing backstory

Paige Browning talks with Seattle Times features reporter Brendan Kiley about some of his favorite arts and culture events happening this weekend and beyond.

How Broccoli Guy became the mascot the Mariners didn't know they needed

The Major League Baseball season is over for Seattle this year. But the Mariners say it's only the beginning for their young, rising stars. That includes one super-fan who made a name for himself by going to dozens of games with fistfuls of vegetables.

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Seattle's Local Sightings Film Festival is happening in-person in 2021, with virtual options too

Kim Malcolm talks with Vivian Hua, executive director of the Northwest Film Forum about the 2021 Local Sightings Film Festival.

Seattle Kraken and the soundtrack of a hockey game

The Kraken team up with KEXP for a musical score.