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KEXP's Kevin Cole retires and reflects on his friendship with Prince ahead of Purple Rain's 40th Anniversary
Angela King
This Seattle b-boy helped select Team USA's first Olympic breakdancers

Thirty-two b-boys and b-girls will vie for Gold in Paris as break dancing makes its debut as a sport in the Summer Olympics. Meet a Seattle break dancing judge who helped select Team USA’s top breakers.
Ruby de Luna
Seattle caught Caitlin Clark fever, but the night belonged to the Storm

Climate Pledge Arena hosted the largest crowd in the Seattle Storm’s 25-year history Wednesday. While the game drew fervent Storm fans, perhaps the main attraction wasn’t from Seattle. Many came for a rival player, Indiana Fever’s rookie phenom Caitlin Clark.
Natalie Akane Newcomb
Dungeons & Dragons is headed to a Washington state library near you
Dyer Oxley
Seattle's karaoke hotspot Bush Garden looks to late 2024 reopening, new future

Before it closed, Bush Garden was the hangout of choice in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District — not just for drinks but also for some serious karaoke. Later this year the karaoke hotspot will reopen, entering a new chapter in a new home.
Ruby de Luna
From Vegas to Waitsburg, classroom a new stage for former showgirl

If you went to Las Vegas in the 1980s, you might have seen dancers covered in feathers and rhinestones. A former Tropicana showgirl now lives in Waitsburg – and she’s bringing her life’s story and the lessons she’s learned to a Walla Walla classroom.
Courtney Flatt
Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back

Cue the velvet ropes, movie passes, and popcorn: Seattle International Film Festival is back
Ruby de Luna
On the count of 3...Go! Rapper Common surprises fans with dance solo at Seattle breaking competition

Amid his performance of "Universal Mind Control," which samples the 1982 electro hit "Planet Rock" — widely considered an old-school breakdance anthem — Common surprised fans when he erupted into an impromptu breakdance number of his own.
Liz Brazile
Seattle's breakdance scene is center stage again — but don't call it a comeback

B-boys and b-girls from around the world — and Seattle’s own backyard — took the stage at WAMU Theater Saturday night for the Red Bull Lords of the Floor breakdance competition, back for the first time since 2002.
Liz Brazile
Meaty razor clams bring profits, protein to Quinault Nation in Washington state

Thousands of Washingtonians are expected to head to the beach to dig up razor clams for food and fun in March and April.
John Ryan

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