Opinion
Ignoring nursing homes denies our own humanity
As COVID-19 cases increase in these communities, a writer reflects on the lives behind the statistics.
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh is a longtime writer about classical music, books, and film. He was a staff writer for Eastsideweek and Seattle Weekly, and has taught creative writing and cinema studies in Seattle
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Jazz goes to the opera to honor Charlie Parker in ‘Yardbird’
Seattle Opera’s premiere production makes new rules, tells a more inclusive story.
Culture
‘No one can take your soul or ideas’: Seattle concert honors musicians killed in the Holocaust
‘Art from Ashes’ commemorates 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
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A Seattle carpenter goes from building a bookstore to publishing his first book
Once a journalist, grassroots activist and aid worker in war-torn Bosnia, Peter Lippman chronicles the country's troubled history.
Culture
This Seattle writer wants to change how we talk to kids about death
Facing her own terminal diagnosis, a cookbook author pivots to recipes for coping with grief.