David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Speight Jenkins sets 2013 for his retirement date and vows to help with a textbook transition at the Seattle Opera. At the symphony, indecision about whether it's time for a new conductor seems to have been resolved in favor of keeping the long-running Gerard Schwarz act.
As the team heads for the exits, it looks like everybody lost. In fact, Howard Schultz, the Oklahoma City gang, and Mayor Nickels may have all got exactly what they wanted (but dared not declare).
Two big unresolved transportation issues are back in the public's eye, reminding voters of the governor's biggest failure.
Two concerts, one by a string quartet and the other by a vocal trio, show how this music can be dramatic and accessible again. Maybe Seattle, too, is joining the parade to music that is contemporary, well staged, and far from routine.
