Crosscut Tout: Cafe Nordo dinners return to Fremont Serving chicken soup to a guest at last year's Great American Chicken by Ronald Holden / May 5, 2010
Politics Crosscut Tout: UW music department's spring opera gala Tess Altiveros as Cherubino by Ronald Holden / May 3, 2010
Christina's on Orcas Island gets a new owner, and a new name Lisa Nakamura: from Herbfarm to San Juans by Ronald Holden / May 2, 2010
Culture One Dish: A 'Dutch Baby' grows up in north Ballard A Dutch baby pancake with syrup on top by Ronald Holden / April 28, 2010
Culture A charming Italian film with a lousy title A scene from 'Mid-August Lunch' by Ronald Holden / April 26, 2010
Crosscut Tout: Puppet opera, Neapolitan-spiced Pulcinella, a.k.a Punch by Ronald Holden / April 23, 2010
Tech Microsoft gets 'busy,' but to what effect? A new WindowsLive ad campaign, created by an agency based on Capitol Hill, has some cute slogans but does little to show how the technology helps us. by Ronald Holden / April 20, 2010
Crosscut Tout: Pink Martini at Benaroya Pink Martini, a big band for our times, dispenses Portland-style irony by Ronald Holden / April 15, 2010
Culture Crosscut Tout: Charlotte Gainsbourg in Seattle Charlotte Gainsbourg, talking at Alliance Française in Wallingford, will appear at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle. by Ronald Holden / April 13, 2010
Updated: A troubled Belltown apartment tower pulls the plug The McGuire Apartments, sheathed in scaffolding, with Carpenter's Hall in lower left. by Ronald Holden / April 11, 2010