Culture

163 Stories

Summer book club continues with an imaginative collection of speculative fiction

The KUOW Book Club and Seattle Public Library are continuing our summer reading series this month with "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" by Kim Fu.
- Katie Campbell
Books: Mike Curato Is A Main Character

This week we’re hitting the books with author and illustrator Mike Curato to discuss Gaysians, his debut adult graphic novel, about a queer Asian friend group becoming a chosen family in 2003 Seattle. And we'll hear about why Mike chose Queer/Bar in Seattle for his author event on June 17th instead of a bookstore.
- Katie Campbell
Why Pacific Northwesterners are driving tiny, right-hand drive firetrucks from Japan

They're tiny, they're bright red, and you've probably seen them scooting around Seattle: Mini Japanese firetrucks known as kei trucks. People here say they not only love the cars — but the culture surrounding them, too.
- Casey Martin
Books: Kevin Kwan Wants To Make You Laugh

This week we’re hitting the books with Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan. The internationally-best selling author rips open the world of the wealthy and indulges us in some behind the scenes bits about his latest book Lies and Wedding
- Katie Campbell
What's in an asterisk? Marvel's 'Thunderbolts*' is action with unexpected allegory

Perhaps the first thing audiences notice about Marvel's "Thunderbolts*" is that there is an asterisk at the end of the title. It's led to plenty of speculation about the film.
- Dyer Oxley
Seattleites garden naked to mark a holiday that started in their own backyard

World Naked Gardening Day, which this year falls on May 3, started with three Seattleites in a Shoreline living room 20 years ago trying to answer a simple question: How could they get more people in the city comfortable with non-sexualized nudity?
- Stephen Howie
The sleeping giant of Seattle's art walk scene

Seattle is home to a dozen neighborhood art walks (and counting). Where to start? Try the "sleeping giant" of art walks on Capitol Hill.
- Dyer Oxley
Beauty and the geek: Emerald City Comic Con swoons for romantasy

Among the comic book heroes and anime cosplayers of Emerald City Comic con, another fandom exists: romantasy readers.
- Katie Campbell
'Feasts of Good Fortune' is a delight for the senses and curious minds

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're cooking along with "Feasts of Good Fortune" by Hsiao-Ching Chou and Meilee Chou Riddle.
- Katie Campbell
2024: A year in KUOW's arts and pop culture

It wasn't just film reviews and arguments about whether or not "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. KUOW covered a lot of arts, a lot of culture, and bit of pop culture in 2024.
- KUOW Staff

1 of 17