Arts & Life A 30-year-old movie that captured a singular moment in Seattle music history After thee decades, Cameron Crowe's "Singles" is most remembered for its soundtrack. Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson Play AudioListen 21 mins
Arts & Life 'Holiday Reflections': It's The Thought That Counts You've probably heard the phrase, "It's the thought that counts." That's the theme of a holiday series we're bringing you this month from the KUOW staff. Mike Davis Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 5 mins
Arts & Life Remembering the maestro behind 'Twin Peaks' sound With just three short notes, you’re there: the lumber yard, Snoqualmie Falls, and a pie-loving detective trying to solve the murder of a high school girl in the Cascade foothills. Libby Denkmann Noel Gasca Play AudioListen 14 mins
Arts & Life Impressions, misconceptions, and inspiration: How ballet in Seattle leapt beyond my reporting I expected to merely report a story, but I was moved by the whole experience. After 90 minutes of watching Batista in dance rehearsal, I was asking myself if it was too late to take up ballet. Diana Opong
Arts & Life 'Birthday Tree': It's The Thought That Counts You've probably heard the phrase, "It's the thought that counts." That's the theme of a holiday series we're bringing you this month from the KUOW staff. Noel Gasca Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 5 mins
Arts & Life A musician's love for Olympia inspires a 40-song album There are many things that inspire people to write songs, and for local musician Tom Dyer it was his hometown of Olympia. He was so inspired that he wrote not just one song about the state capitol, but 40. They make up his latest album, Olympia - A True Story. He shared an account of the album’s genesis and creation with KUOW’s “Soundside.” Alex Rochester Libby Denkmann Play AudioListen 7 mins
Arts & Life 'Night Market PJs': It's The Thought That Counts You've probably heard the phrase, "It's the thought that counts." That's the theme of a holiday series we're bringing you this month, because 'tis the season for a number of holiday traditions and feelings. Ruby de Luna Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 5 mins
Food Chief Seattle Club launches café showcasing Indigenous foods Chief Seattle Club, a nonprofit that provides social services to Seattle’s urban Native people, has a new café featuring Indigenous foods. The name of the café is ?ál?al, pronounced "ahl-ahl." Ruby de Luna
Arts & Life Pacific Northwest Ballet's first Black principal dancer will not be its last Dancer Jonathan Batista made history this fall as the first Black principal dancer in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s fifty-year history. Diana Opong Play AudioListen 5 mins
Arts & Life 'The Boy Who Kissed the Sky' explores Jimi Hendrix's childhood We know a lot about the man Hendrix became: the paratrooper who played in a band during his free time, the backup player for musicians like Sam Cooke, BB King, and Little Richard, and eventually, the world renowned rockstar. But there’s a chapter of Hendrix’s life that has gone largely unexplored: his childhood. A new production from playwright and Seattle Children’s Theatre Creative Director Idris Goodwin is inspired by Hendrix’s childhood growing up in Seattle’s Central District. It’s called “The Boy Who Kissed the Sky.” Libby Denkmann Mike Davis Noel Gasca Play AudioListen 23 mins
