Cartoon Demo
That time my husband’s sword school gave a demonstration at the Aki Matsuri and he turned into a cartoon character....
The Evolution of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake
Swan Lake is almost the definition of “canon” for classical ballet. What could be more rigid and tradition-bound than the most famous ballet? It turns...
Renaissance Man
The last time I could afford to go to Bumbershoot, I saw Chimurenga Renaissance, a project the Stranger called a wildly experimental hiphop collaboration between...
Pacific Bonsai Museum
Tucked in behind an office park in Federal Way, the Pacific Bonsai Museum is a treasure trove of carefully maintained bonsai in a series of...
Amazing
A couple years ago I attended Seattle’s Decibel Festival (the local electronic music festival, not the traveling heavy metal one sponsored by the magazine of...