Culture Festivities in Focus | The ritual baptism Timket returns to Seattle Thousands gathered on Sunday to mark the two-day Ethiopian Orthodox holiday after two years of the pandemic and the Tigray war. by Amanda Snyder / January 26, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Celebrants dance, reflect through Kwanzaa A NAAM gathering on the fourth day of the secular pan-African holiday honored the principle of Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. by Amanda Snyder / January 2, 2023
Culture Festivities in Focus | Filipino Catholics gather for Simbang Gabi St. James's nine-day Advent Mass draws hundreds from all over Western Washington. by Amanda Snyder / December 13, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | Día de los Muertos celebrates life, death After a pandemic hiatus, the Day of the Dead event returned to Seattle's El Centro de la Raza. by Amanda Snyder / November 8, 2022
Culture Festivities in Focus | The return of Diwali lights up Bellevue People gathered on Monday night — some for the first time since 2019 — to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights. by Amanda Snyder / October 28, 2022
Culture Visiting in Holland, a view of a crisis Amsterdam's main department store, where shopping seemed to be brisk despite the Euro crisis. by Matt A. Fikse / December 5, 2011
Culture A year without Recalling "Bandit" in a trip to Disneyland, as grief slowly begins to receed. by Matt A. Fikse / December 15, 2009
Culture Microsoft to XP Crowd: 'And we'll be honest, it could take you a couple of hours' Upgrading to Windows 7? Redmond's video guide, while helpful, seems almost like an Apple-produced parody. by Matt A. Fikse / October 14, 2009
Culture Braised words: 'Julie & Julia' inspires a retro writing experiment The popular movie about Julia Child inspires our writer — not to cook with lots of butter, but to write longhand, and then use a typewriter and carbon paper. Tasty lessons result. by Matt A. Fikse / September 24, 2009
Culture Guardians against farelessness A light rail train in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel by Matt A. Fikse / September 20, 2009
