David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Witold Rybczynski makes a quick tour (with camera) of the changing Seattle cityscape and discovers a new style for a new kind of city, where a hard-edged, unpretty design sense matches the city's smart, unconventional population.
The stage is set now for a three-year, $70 million endowment campaign.
Rookie mayor Ed Murray has jumped onto the new urban progressive bandwagon. His timing is right, but is the fit?
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.
Summer amenities have made chamber music festivals a national phenomenon, with one of the best in Portland. Now in its 37th season, Chamber Music Northwest exemplifies high standards, teamwork, and the pursuit of the elusive magic in a once-central musical form.
