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.
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.
