Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The tiny oyster that made Washington The Pacific Coast’s only indigenous oyster, the Olympia, was eaten into near-extinction. It could be making a comeback. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 3, 2020
Culture Notes from the pandemic: Washington writers respond to coronavirus Anastacia-Reneé, Claudia Castro Luna, Kristen Millares Young and others on life at the national forefront of a global health crisis. by Crosscut contributors / March 20, 2020
Culture Art Seen: The language behind the baton How conductors convey musical ideas through movement. by Aileen Imperial & Stephen Hegg & Matt M. McKnight / March 13, 2020
Culture Seattle Symphony’s new conductor feels the music in his hair Meet the maestro whose moves make him stand out from the rest. by Stephen Hegg / January 29, 2020
Culture 10 things to do in Seattle Poet Morgan Parker, meteorite-influenced visual art, a celebration of Prince and more cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Jonathan Zwickel & Agueda Pacheco Flores & Stephen Hegg / April 4, 2019
Environment When Seattle cared more about coal than climate change Today we fight it, but generations ago the city thrived on it. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / March 5, 2019
Culture The movement that scorned Seattle's global ambitions 'Lesser Seattle' wanted to keep the city free of pretension — and Californians. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / February 19, 2019
Culture How to make art? It’s elemental What's the artistic significance of the stuff that’s all around us? by Stephen Hegg & Aileen Imperial / January 31, 2019 / Updated at 3:13 p.m.
Culture 326-year-old beeswax is washing up on Oregon beaches This ancient shipwreck may have caused the first-ever contact between Europeans and Northwest indigenous peoples. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 29, 2019
Culture 7 things to do in Seattle An homage to Seattle painting legend Robert C. Jones, Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a triple dance bill and other cultural happenings. by Brangien Davis & Stephen Hegg & Jonathan Zwickel / January 24, 2019