Arts & Life Seattle Art Museum guards strike for better pay and benefits Unionized security guards at Seattle Art Museum are striking this week after failing to secure a contract. Monica Nickelsburg
Arts & Life How EMTs gave a teenager some relief during the worst time in her life On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, A few years ago, when Clarice was 14, she experienced a mental health crisis and was sent to a psychiatric facility. Heroes stepped in.
Arts & Life That's how you say it?? The most mispronounced words of 2024 The language-learning company Babbel has released its list of the most mispronounced words and names of 2024, including semaglutide, Phryge and Barry Keoghan. Noah Caldwell Sarah Handel
Arts & Life 'Time of the Child' is a marvelous blend of despair and redemption Set in a small Irish village in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1962, Niall Williams' latest novel avoids cliché by investing specificity and life into characters and places. Maureen Corrigan
Arts & Life 'Beatles '64' revisits an intense two-week period in musical and cultural history A new Disney+ documentary chronicles the Beatles' first trip to America. By combining footage, stories and songs, Beatles '64 makes it clear why the group, and its music, continue to be revered. David Bianculli
Arts & Life 'Bread & Roses' is a guerrilla film about Afghan women protesters Getting footage from the ground was essential for filmmaker Sahra Mani, the director of Bread & Roses. Her documentary, which profiles three women who engage in protests, is now streaming on Apple TV+. Ruchi Kumar
Arts & Life Elton John says he could not see his own musical because of an eye infection Elton John said following a performance of The Devil Wears Prada, which he scored, that the effects of an eye infection have sharply limited his eyesight. Ayana Archie
Arts & Life The U.S. is facing a youth mental health crisis. These skaters want to help The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Arts & Life Writer Thoreau warned of brain rot in 1854. Now it's the Oxford Word of 2024 The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning? Bill Chappell
