Tech Amazon's new campus: stiff architecture that stints on the fun Seattle artist Ann Gardner's glass-tile mosaic, "Convergence," is on a facade of the NBBJ-designged building on the Amazon complex. by Lawrence Cheek / August 3, 2011
Politics Gates Foundation campus: Can everyday function and global ambition coexist? The cantilevered ends of hallways are like compact glass nests, some with stunning views. by Lawrence Cheek / June 2, 2011
Tech 'Star Wars' and science: an exhibit with galactic potential The traveling exhibit 'Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination' opens this weekend (March 19-20) at Pacific Science Center and runs through May 8. by TravisHay / March 19, 2011
Tech One Reel tweaks Bumbershoot after a disappointing year The nonprofit group that runs the annual three-day Labor Day music and arts festival will return to its one-price ticket structure and will move mainstage acts inside, to Key Arena. by TravisHay / March 15, 2011
Culture Crosscut Tout: A tour of rock history through the lens of a Northwest treasure Rock-music photographer Jini Dellaccio: a Northwest legend of sorts, and the subject of a documentary in the works. by TravisHay / March 10, 2011
Culture Catch EMP's 'Northwest Passage' exhibit while you can EMP's 'Northwest Passage' exhibit includes memorabilia from Seattle's Jackson Street jazz scene of the 1940s. by TravisHay / December 20, 2010
Tech A music-crammed gift guide you can use to shop locally Membership in the Showbox VIP Club is one music-related gift idea. Look, hon, no waiting in line. by TravisHay / December 16, 2010
Tech Crosscut Tout: A Sub Pop benefit for one of its own Andy Kotowicz by TravisHay / December 2, 2010
Culture 'A difficult yet beautiful life,' and a school without walls in Laos The Ban Na Muang elementary school in Laos. by TravisHay / December 1, 2010
Tech Historic Neptune Theatre will survive as a venue for music and other live shows The undersea-themed interior of the Neptune Theatre by TravisHay / November 30, 2010