Local Japan-relief efforts and events
We feel completely helpless only as long as we do nothing. Here are a few of the ways you can help ease the horrendous impact on Japan of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Judy Lightfoot
Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
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S.A.M.’s exhibit of Nick Cave 'soundsuits': a smiling, sumptuous journey
Cave’s gorgeous creations, on display at the Seattle Art Museum through June 5, embody the spirit of human joy and knickknacks.
Crosscut Tout: Discussing how arts and humanities nourish a city (March 10)
A free seminar Thursday (March 10) will explore how a city's heartbeat draws strength from the quality of its arts and humanities.
Addressing the stigma associated with mental illness
A two-day event, 'Fighting Stigma - Finding Solutions,' will feature national mental-health advocate Jessie Close (sister of actress Glenn Close), along with Congressman Jim McDermott, a Seattle filmmaker/physician, and others.
Crosscut Tout: Tracy Kidder talks about writing at SAL Wednesday (March 2)
Pulitzer winner Tracy Kidder will give his Seattle Arts & Lectures audience an inside look at his writing process for such classic nonfiction works as "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer," "Among Schoolchildren," and most recently "Strength in What Remains."