Culture (general)
The treasures of Tut
King Tut Seattle exhibit last chance to see it in U.S. (gallery)
Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News
Penn Cove fest features NW tribe canoe races
Canoe races have always been the centerpiece of the Penn Cove Water Festival and Saturday's event is no exception.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Entertainment
Women's tales and tunes
Open up the MusicBox Project, a rich chorus of roots music
Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News
Take Mom for a free cruise Saturday on historic boats
Go sailing: If you are still splashing about for last-minute Mother's Day ideas, why not take her out to Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island for a scenic ride on a historic vessel.And the price is right: free.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Life
'Push + Pull' at EdCC blends visual arts, music, dance
This is the kind of performance that stretches the envelope.As Edmonds Community College music department Chairman John Sanders describes, it's a "one of a kind improvisational" experience.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Entertainment
Rhymes with Everett finds the words that speak to us
When Kathleen Flenniken was a graduate student at the University of Washington, she happened on a poem by Theodore Roethke.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Local News
Front Porch: An evening with native music and dance
Native music, danceSkykomish Valley Indian Education is hosting an evening of native music and dance March 31.Doors open at 6:15 p.m. at the Monroe High School Performing Arts Center, 17001 Tester Road. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Local News
It's game on for geek girls at AFK Tavern
Girls, it's time to get your game on.Board game that is.The gaming groups GeekGirlCon and Dragonflight are inviting geek girls to test their mettle during a board game party Sunday at AFK Tavern in Everett.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Life
Iranian cops renew Barbie crackdown
Police in Iran have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown against "manifestations of Western culture," the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday.
Date: 01/21/2012 | Business
Virtual bowling for fitness
Motion video games help elders socialize, stay active
Date: 01/10/2012 | Life
Time for Yulefest, you betcha
If you want a Scandinavian flavor to start your holidays, the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle invites everyone to its Yulefest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Life
Make room for malasadas: Lynnwood man masters the Portuguese treat
LYNNWOOD -- When Tom West and his wife, Vi, visited the Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival in Seattle three years ago, they realized something was missing. No one was serving malasadas.
Date: 10/31/2011 | Local News
'Remarkable' Edmonds woman thought of life as a journey
As a child in Germany in the 1930s, Brigette Bjorn peeked at her parent's lavish New Years Eve parties before being tucked into bed.Her warm, secure family life imploded when she was barely a teen.
Date: 10/23/2011 | Local News
EdCC performance pays tribute to flamenco singing, guitar and dance
Some say flamenco has a magic that evokes many human emotions.The performance, "3 Glorias, Flamenco en Vivo," aims to bring out a spectrum of those emotions.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Entertainment
Everett Jews cast away sins with ‘tashlich’ ceremony
EVERETT -- The Hebrew word "tashlich" means "to cast away."Members of Temple Beth Or, a Reform synagogue in Everett, came to the 10th Street boat launch Thursday afternoon to cast away their sins, errors and transgressions.
Date: 10/01/2011 | Local News
Kamiak student embraces Ghana orphanage
Helping Ghana is a passion for the Bervell family.Rachel Bervell founded Hugs for Ghana when she was a student at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo. She is a junior at Harvard University.
Date: 09/26/2011 | Local News
Darrington’s Sauk-Suiattle Tribe welcomes first dugout canoe in generations
DARRINGTON -- For the first time in generations, the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe has a new shovel-nose dugout river canoe.The cedar canoe was delivered to the tribe Sept. 17 by Lummi tribal artist and Salish cultural scholar Felix Solomon, who had been commissioned to carve the canoe.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Local News
A quieter Belfast offers rewards to its visitors
A visit to the Emerald Isle is not complete without including Northern Ireland. It offers the tourist a very different but still very Irish world.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Life
Give Latin dishes a try, even if the sun's not shining
EVERETT -- This hasn't been much of a summer for outdoor dining, but climate disruption hasn't stopped Sol Food Bar & Grill from trying.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Entertainment
Nations will do battle
Thousands will gather for stick game tourney in Tulalip
Date: 08/19/2011 | Local News
Founding town celebrates birth of the Jeep
PITTSBURGH -- Thirty miles north of Pittsburgh, where industrial giants like U.S. Steel were just beginning to forge the metallic backbone of the nation's upcoming World War II machine, a tiny company that made even tinier cars developed the prototype for a vehicle that would revolutionize the way...
Date: 08/13/2011 | Business
African Children Choir’s mission: Raise awareness
Kids from the African Children's Choir have performed for Nelson Mandela and the queen of England. They have sung with Bono, Paul McCartney and Alicia Keys.Next week, they are coming to Snohomish County.
Date: 07/30/2011 | Local News
Coast Salish tribes gather
78 canoes arrive in Swinomish, part of annual journey (video)
Date: 07/26/2011 | Local News
Vikings landing in Ballard
All things Nordic will be proudly on display Saturday and Sunday at the Viking Days festival in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
Date: 07/12/2011 | Life
Tulalip graduate's short film honored by film competition
TULALIP -- Aaron Jones hopes to see his film this August when it's part of the Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase in Santa Fe, N.M.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Local News
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