Arts & Life From 'E.T.' to 'Blade Runner,' how the summer of 1982 changed cinema forever In 1982, eight science fiction films were released within eight weeks of each other. In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty chronicles how those movies shaped the genre and the movie industry. Tonya Mosley
Food Chef Karen Akunowicz's cookbook gives you what you 'crave' Many know chef Karen Akunowicz from her appearances on Food Network’s cooking competitions, including the wildly popular "Tournament of Champions." But that’s just scratching the surface of the young chef’s already distinguished career.
Books Summer reading recommendation: Margaret Atwood's latest short story collection "Old Babes in the Woods" came out in paperback in March.
Books 'And now it was done.' The perfectly imperfect ending of Kristen Millares Young's novel 'Subduction' This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up Kristen Millares Young's novel "Subduction." Katie Campbell
Sports 'Three Kings' book explores swimming at the 1924 Olympics "Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Redefined Sports and Launched the Modern Olympic Age" tells the story of three swimmers who overcame discrimination and hardships on their road to becoming superstars.
Books ‘Flap Your Hands' breaks stimming stigma People with autism often face a stigma for stimming, repetitive behaviors to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers.
Books Inside the 'Passionate Mind' of civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune The educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune died in 1955.
Arts & Life Pulitzer Prize-winner Jesse Katz exposes the underside of immigration in LA "The Rent Collectors" by Jesse Katz tells the true story of two botched gang murders, and the immigrants stuck between the police and the gangs that run their downtrodden LA neighborhood. A Martínez
Books 'Others Were Emeralds' tells story of immigrant experience in Australia Author Lang Leav's novel "Others Were Emeralds" is set in Australia in the 1990s and centers around a group of teens who are the children of refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge.
Arts & Life These dictators are different. 'Autocracy, Inc.' explains how The dictators of today aren't united by ideology, writes Anne Applebaum: They operate like companies, focused on preserving their wealth, repressing their people and maintaining power at all costs. Frank Langfitt
