Culture Why is jazz essential in Seattle schools? Ask Wynton Marsalis With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest. by Alexa Peters / April 14, 2023
Culture New Pike Place Market venue aims to rekindle Seattle’s arts scene With literary talks, live music and dinner theater, The Rabbit Box hopes to get audiences hopping back downtown. by Alexa Peters / November 4, 2022
Culture How Seattle indie bands are benefiting from big brand partnerships ‘No such thing as selling out,’ say young musicians buoyed by corporate support. by Alexa Peters / February 23, 2022
Culture Bartell Drugs wants to give Seattle’s music scene a shot in the arm One longtime employee is leading the in-store effort to ensure the live music scene he loves survives. by Alexa Peters / December 7, 2020
Culture Mosh pits in the era of social distancing How Seattle musicians are finding ways to make money amid the coronavirus. by Alexa Peters / March 16, 2020
Culture Can a Belltown community group save its neighborhood jazz club? Rise Up Belltown rallies to secure Tula's, a historic music venue. by Alexa Peters / May 1, 2019
Culture Seattle’s working women of World War II: An oral history How the future of women in the workplace was shaped in Puget Sound by Lorraine McConaghy / March 24, 2016
Culture A woman “found guilty of thinking” The times of Louise Olivereau, Seattle’s World War I radical by Lorraine McConaghy / January 30, 2016
Culture The High Life In a time of world wars, June Burn forged a life of adventure and simplicity. by Lorraine McConaghy / December 2, 2015
Culture Her feet complete a circle in time From top: A path at St. Edwards State Park, just feet from Juanita Drive; a residential view of Lake Washington from Juanita Drive; back home. by Lorraine McConaghy / August 30, 2007