Anticipating upcoming budget cuts and what they means for the arts. Extended interviews from reporting for the article, "Seeing their Own Shadows," published in our January 2010 issues.
Maria Frank Abrams has spent a long time trying to shake the horrors of the Holocaust — and the associated expectations it has forced on her career as a artist. A new retrospective book of her work helps illuminate the misunderstandings about this local painter's work.
When word got out that Elliott Bay Book Company might leave its landmark 1890 Pioneer Square home, wailing e-mails flooded City Arts. Before we turn the page on this old friend, we gather the written recollections attached to this local, literary landmark and complement them with a beautiful photo essay shot inside the old space.
It takes a village to make Tomo Nakayama’s music. And while most of its eight members are involved in other projects, Grand Hallway remains organized. Writer Kim Ruehl takes stock of the group's success in songwriting so far and their plans for 2010.
Top Chef contestant and Crave founder Robin Leventhal reflects on the battle that inspired the tattoo on the back of her neck — and the reality television show battle that may inspire her next one.
