Article

Man of Many Acts

Bumbershoot booker Chris Porter tries to catch the trends, keep it Reel, and always have a backup when Devo bails for China.

12/27/2008 By Kevin Friedman

Article

The Art of Politics

12/27/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Article

Bidder Sweet

While Seattleites sat on their auction paddles, a Tacoma man took the lot.

12/20/2008

PASSING THROUGH

The Respectable Pervert

Trash auteur John Waters suits up for a talk.

12/20/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Article

Dancing with the Czars

The jig is up for a Seattle game developer.

12/20/2008 By Christopher Werner

Article

A Royal Pair

Two old friends find success as the Dutchess and the Duke.

12/19/2008

Article

Divided It Stands

The opening of the Northwest African American Museum last March was a long time in coming. Can it rise above the conflicts that delayed its debut for 30 years?

12/19/2008 By Juliette Guilbert

Article

Northwest College Rankings 2008

Find the college that best suits you.

12/19/2008 By Matthew Halverson and Stefan Durham With Megan Clark and Jessica Campbell

Article

Market Man

Rock Star Gavin Rossdale talks shop at Pike Place

12/18/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Article

Dead Can Dance

Twenty-five years after the King of Pop released his masterpiece, a zombie mob is keeping the music video undead.

12/18/2008 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Biblio File

Now that you’re older and wiser, hitting the books is actually fun.

12/18/2008 By Ben Schock

Article

Good Wheel Ambassadors

12/18/2008

Article

All Dolled Up

When a young girl came home from school in tears, her mother launched an ethnic pride campaign.

12/13/2008 By Terri Chung

PASSING THROUGH

Wait, Wait… She’ll Tell You

Comedian Paula Poundstone knows the answers—but not the questions.

12/13/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Style Counsel

From Russia with Style

A conversation with arts patrons Yelena and Igor Klimenkoff.

12/13/2008 By Laura Cassidy

Article

Bad to the Bone?

12/13/2008 By Megan Clark

Article

His and Hers

John Kelly makes his own kind of music, Joni Mitchell’s way.

12/09/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Slideshow

Slide Show: 50 Most Influential Musicians

12/09/2008

Article

50 Most Influential Musicians

Rock guitarists, jazz singers, folk pioneers, world-class cellists and more—these are the people who changed the sound of our lives.

12/09/2008 By Steve Wiecking, Bart Blasengame, Peter Blecha, Gillian Gaar, Hannah Levin, Michaelangelo Matos, Thomas May, Kurt B. Reighley, Riz Rollins, and John Ross

Article

American Idolatry

With his mile-wide smile, unreliable voice, and parade of hairdos, Sanjaya Malakar became a star—and a pop culture punch line—on American Idol.

12/09/2008 By Emily White