KEXP DJ shares three local bands you should know Bill Radke speaks with KEXP DJ Sharlese Metcalf. She hosts the local music show Audioasis on Saturday evenings. She came in to KUOW to talk about three... Bill Radke Matt Martin
King County art tax faces uncertain future A sales tax to fund arts and culture in King County will not go to voters this summer after all. King County Council member and budget chair Dave... Marcie Sillman
What myths can tell us about a modern world awash in information Human beings have depended on mythology since the beginning of our existence. Myths told us how the world began, how to understand its trials and... John O'Brien
Still crazy about Betty MacDonald after all these years There are many reasons to be thankful for the life and work of author Betty MacDonald. If you have a love/hate relationship with chickens, her best... John O'Brien
A onetime Vietnamese refugee on the complex road to American greatness Before Viet Thanh Nguyen became the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel “The Sympathizers,” he was a 4-year-old boy uprooted from war-torn... John O'Brien
Try out a Sad Bath. You just might like it From Seattle's Macefield Music Festival in Ballard DJ Michael Stevens shares with Bill Radke some local bands you ought to know about. Bill Radke Matt Martin
When is cultural appropriation OK? Never, say some Native Americans The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 makes it illegal to knowingly sell non-Native made goods as authentic Native American art or craft. More than 600... Marcie Sillman
The million-dollar market for Seattle's Native American legacy Traces of Seattle’s Native American heritage are everywhere, from the Seahawks logo to totem poles at the Pike Place Market. After all, Seattle is the... Marcie Sillman
How to keep young readers from ditching Dickens and chucking Chaucer Breaking up with Shakespeare? Done with Dickens? Between misrepresentations, boring language, and distracting covers, reading classical literature can... Soraya Marashi Zuheera Ali Milla Espinoza
Trump's arts cuts will most hurt youth and rural programs in WA Last fall the National Endowment for the Arts awarded almost a million dollars in grants to 34 arts groups across the state, large and small. That money... Marcie Sillman