Complete Contributions: Seattle Times
As someone who never went to J-school or interned for an alt-weekly, getting to write for a major metropolitan newspaper is valuable external validation. It has also meant getting to work on a bunch of really fun and interesting stories. I’ve collected my work for the Seattle Times here.
2024
Seattle dance group launches new international exchange program
Done something socially awkward? This play’s got you
Seattle Men’s Chorus celebrates the courage of LGBTQ+ refugees
Karin Stevens Dance melds movement and kinship
Fourth Quarter 2023
Meet the Seattle company combining burlesque with literature
Emerald City Music explores connections between classical and jazz
Third Quarter 2023
Seattle Public Theater sets sail with ‘Titanish,’ partnership with Macha
Dacha Thatre’s newest play riffs on Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales
Second Quarter 2023
Taproot Theatre takes on story of American women who helped win WWI
Seattle Opera: The true story of a teenage girl jailed for truancy
Frustrated by limited opportunities, 3 Seattle friends started own opera company
Meet the Seattle composer who’s scored big Hollywood films
First Quarter 2023
Comedians create what’s believed to be the PNW’s first disability-focused comedy festival
Seattle’s first Iranian theater company is ready for its first live show
New opera takes on Tacoma’s past expulsion of Chinese residents
Fourth Quarter 2022
‘Paddington Saves Christmas’ at Seattle Children’s Theatre
Third Quarter 2022
Five Great Reasons to see SAAM’s new exhibition
Seattle-area museums have something for everyone in fall 2022
Second Quarter 2022
The 5th Ave offers an emotional ‘Prom’ during Pride month
Catching up with Amanda Morgan
How a play inspired the term ‘gaslighting’
Seattle Boylesque Festival returns in full to the Triple Door
First Quarter 2022
Meet the Seattle resident starring in new dating show ‘The Courtship’
Arts, Beats + Lyrics brings to Seattle its celebration of urban art, music — and cocktails
Intiman Theatre taps into the enduring appeal of ‘Irma Vep’
Meet the new artistic force behind one of Seattle’s biggest theater companies
Fourth Quarter 2021
Review: Tina Fey’s ‘Mean Girls’ musical comes to Seattle
Seattle trapeze artists team up with live orchestra
Review: A brisk ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ marks the return of Broadway at the Paramount
Phillip Levine, whose sculptures dot the Northwest landscape, dies at 90
Where to see music, theater and art at Pike Place Market
Third Quarter 2021
This show is only 17 minutes long and performed just once – Dear LSD Fairy
MOHAI Lets You Test Da Vinci’s Inventions
Second Quarter 2021
How Seattle Opera became one of few companies nationwide to pull off an all-digital season
Why Seattle Opera’s ‘Tosca’ is worth staying indoors for
Meet the man behind Woodland Park Zoo’s life-size dinosaur exhibit
Seattle-area teens start online magazine to share Asian American stories
MOHAI Reopens with a New Exhibit on Democracy
Bellingham Middle Schoolers Design a City on the Moon
First Quarter 2021
Seattle-area Young People Create 31st Panel for Jacob Lawrence Exhibit
Audio Drama Weaves Spanish, English, and Hamlet in an autobiographical tale
Kid-Friendly Venues Reopening in Seattle Area
Northwest African American Museum and Seattle Opera Team Up
Meet Book the Future Founder Andrea Liao
Second Half of 2020
Local Students Illustrate J.K. Rowling’s Ickabog
Second Quarter 2020
Four Ways to Celebrate the Fourth
Seattle Aquarium and Woodland Park Zoo to Reopen
Books for Kids about Race, Racism, and Police Violence
First Quarter 2020
Resources for child care and at-home learning as we wait out coronavirus
Meet the new leader of Seattle’s youth orchestra
Lina Gonzalez-Granados, among first Latinas conducting Seattle Symphony
What do kid reviewers and their mom think of ‘Bliss’ at 5th Avenue Theatre?
Seattle Opera’s scholar in residence
‘Frozen’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre
2019
Can’t wait for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’? Get ready with these Seattle-area events.
Douglas Q. Barnett, a Seattle pioneer of African American theater, dies at 88
There’s a mystique surrounding box seats. But are they really all that? We find out.
What is there to do in Seattle with kids in November? Try these 5 fun events.
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition takes an inclusive approach
9 Best Family-Friendly Arts and Entertainment Events for Families This Fall
YouTube Helps Sequim-based Musician Makes Billboard Charts
Seattle International Dance Festival highlights both local and international companies
What does a mother’s love sound like? Seattle Symphony’s Lullaby Project finds out.
Seattle Opera’s ‘Carmen’ is tremendous fun until it’s horrifying — as it should be
Opera in a dive bar proves to be a perfect pairing at Seattle’s Blue Moon tavern