Arts & Life

This Port Townsend poetry outpost is celebrating 50 years of big impact

South Lake Union businesses welcome Amazon workers' return to office

It’s the news that downtown businesses have been waiting for: the return of thousands of Amazon workers to the office, after three years of working remotely. And shops that cater to the lunch crowd hope their presence signals a return to life before the pandemic.

Words In Review: Should we say 'assault weapons'?

Bill Radke discusses whether "assault weapons" is a fair and accurate term.

How have the Kraken gone from underperforming to unstoppable?

What a Game 7 it was in Denver. Kraken Right Wing Oliver Bjorkstrand slung a prayer of a shot and made one of the luckiest deflections you’ll ever see. The momentum from that goal led the Kraken to a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup Champions, The Colorado Avalanche.

This depressed voice actor turned to the sound of water for solace. It worked

It’s been nine years since Merk Nguyen shared her father’s journey with KUOW listeners. And since then, water has taken on a whole new meaning for Merk as she’s continued to grow as a daughter, friend, and creative.

Cookbook celebrates the tradition of Gullah Geechee cuisine

An 89-year-old first-time cookbook author, Emily Meggett, celebrates the cuisine of South Carolina's Gullah Geechee community and its African and Southern traditions.

Eastwind Books, an anchor for the SF Bay Area's Asian community, shuts its doors

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Harvey and Beatrice Dong about the closing of their Berkeley shop Eastwind Books and the decades they've spent promoting Asian-American authors.

Name

A name is an object that defines who we are. But what if our name is wrong?