Arts & Life The great 'Die Hard' debate: Yes, it's a Christmas movie (or not?) When the holiday season arrives, with the tree decorated, and the stockings hung, I will gather my loved ones close for an annual Christmas tradition — watching my favorite Christmas movie "Die Hard." Dyer Oxley
Education Cornish and Seattle U announce plans to merge as higher ed storm looms Two of Seattle's private colleges are merging — Seattle University and Cornish College of the Arts. Sami West
Arts & Life Seattle Art Museum guards strike for better pay and benefits Unionized security guards at Seattle Art Museum are striking this week after failing to secure a contract. Monica Nickelsburg
Arts & Life Under the bridge: Seattle's renegade raves Somewhere hidden deep in the snarl of train tracks and warehouses of Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, there's live music that makes the ground shake. Tucked beneath a bridge is the dusty, gravel lot music lovers whisper about online. Megan Farmer Casey Martin Teo Popescu
Arts & Life Seattle's historic Georgetown Steam Plant still burns for the arts The Georgetown Steam Plant used to generate power for Seattle's trolley system. Now, it's serving as a source of inspiration for arts organizations. Joshua McNichols
Arts & Life 'Love Hurts': Former Seahawk Marshawn Lynch steps further onto the big screen Watching the recently released trailer for "Love Hurts," it won't take long for Seattleites to gasp, hit pause, and ask, "Is that Marshawn Lynch?!" Dyer Oxley
Arts & Life Seattle Opera brings the spiritual to the stage in 'Jubilee' A new opera called "Jubilee" based on the Fisk University Jubilee Singers makes its world debut this month with the Seattle Opera. Diana Opong Alec Cowan
Arts & Life Seattle's underground rave scene is raging, from underpasses to rooftops These days you can pay big bucks to go to a rave in Seattle, usually at a nightclub or even a stadium. But many ravers in town are looking for secret, underground shows. We went out to find these supposed "renegades." Casey Martin
Movies In 'Joker: Folie à Deux,' the joke's on you With "Joker: Folie à Deux," general audiences will still get a story that does not at all feel like a comic book movie, while fans of the first film may be scratching their heads over what they are seeing. Dyer Oxley
