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Mike's adventures in art: 'Between Two Knees'

If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture

Soundside

'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is a journey through three decades of Afghan life

Last month, the Seattle Opera hosted “Jashin: a celebration of Afghan arts," highlighting Afghan history, culture, and arts — topics that can be lost between constant news stories of war and violence. That show led to the opera's current production — the world premiere of "A Thousand Splendid Suns."

RadioActive

‘I can take on the persona of someone else’: What four years of high school musical theater taught my best friend

Alika Khun recently graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, where she performed in the school’s musical theater program all four years. Looking back, she says her senior year experience was a lot different than her freshman year. RadioActive’s Kea Lani Diamond talked to Alika, and has more.

Soundside

How 2 Seattle productions tackle race, social justice, and the right to just be

“This Bitter Earth” and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” are both playing this month in Seattle.

KUOW Newsroom

Mike's adventures in art: Seattle Opera celebrates Afghan art

If you are looking for some tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you are in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW Arts Reporter Mike Davis gives you tips on what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.

Soundside

Soundside presents: NO SPOILERS

Host Libby Denkmann is joined by a panel of the nerdiest folks at KUOW to discuss "Dungeons & Dragons" and the anticipated but not yet confirmed closure of the Regal 16 in downtown Seattle.

Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice

With ticket sales way down and government relief mostly at an end, business as usual is not an option for nonprofit performing arts groups.