Seattle's first black Seafair queen and others from these forgotten photos A year ago, we published photos from the 1940s and 50s of black people in Seattle just living their lives. Isolde Raftery
She’s a theater legend. But still often the only black person in the room Growing up, Valerie Curtis-Newton knew how it felt to be the only African-American in the room. “There’s a picture of a club in high school. It’s me and... Marcie Sillman
A stellar night draws something out — and us in A recent poetry reading at Folio, The Seattle Athenaeum, featured three renowned Northwest poets: Heather McHugh, Lucia Perillo and Washington poet... John O'Brien
This June, go see art about dogs Bill Radke gets recommendations of what art to see in Seattle this June from Jen Graves, art critic for The Stranger. She recommends seeing Time to Take... Bill Radke
Nancy Pearl recommends a book about great writers and their ends Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about Katie Roiphe's "The Violet Hour." Marcie Sillman
Cherdonna shows there's more than one way to be a woman The woman with the dirty-blonde pixie cut sits before a mirror. Plastic bags with jars of yellow foundation and purple and blue glitters sit in front of... Marcie Sillman
Soldiers miss war. You would too, says Sebastian Junger Jeannie Yandel speaks with Sebastian Junger, author of the new book "TRIBE: On Homecoming and Belonging," about why soldiers long for war and what... Jeannie Yandel
50 years on, what can we learn from Star Trek? Fifty years ago, a new television series took us to space to touch on topics that were perhaps too challenging to discuss frankly back on Earth. Star... Caroline Chamberlain
Finding musical talent at low-income Seattle schools On Thursday afternoons at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, music lessons are everywhere you look. Woodwinds twittering in the breezeways. Violas... Ann Dornfeld
Three picks for SIFF from Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle filmmaker Megan Griffiths about her picks for the Seattle International Film Festival. Griffiths recommends "Captain... Kim Malcolm
