Seattle & King County
Taking chamber music to the clubs
Chiara String Quartet plays a lively set at Chop Suey: contemporary musicians making a contemporary world of sound.
Ray Gastil
Ray Gastil is a planner and urban designer whose most recent publication is Success Looks Different Now: Design and Cultural Vitality in Lower Manhattan (Architectural League, 2013). He has served a
Latest work
Politics
NW Urban: Art and history remake Tacoma
The Tacoma Art Museum wants to be the "heart of the city." Its new wing is driving an enlightened downtown redevelopment.
Intiman's 'Hedda Gabler': You better believe
The production is well-acted and the lines are delivered with relish. But at some critical moments, things are pushed too far and we lose belief in the passionately authentic quest of the heroine.
Culture
Shaw's churning and authentic mind lives on in 'Arms and the Man'
Seattle Public Theater's production of the George Bernard Shaw comedy is straightforward and fresh. It works because the actors seem genuinely surprised as they play various sides of their characters.
A contemporary spin on 'The Scarlet Letter'
Intiman takes a risk with its modern version of the Puritan classic, and that risk pays off marvelously, though the production leaves its audience wanting a little more.