Spotlight Award Winners

July 21, 2011 4:53 PM
If you were one of the estimated 10,000 people who happened to be near the Harbor Steps last May Day, you have already experienced one of...
July 21, 2011 4:52 PM
“Do you consider yourself mumblecore?” The question was lobbed from the back of the Egyptian Theatre, over the heads of a full-house crowd...
July 21, 2011 4:50 PM
Being an artist, says musician Paul Rucker, is like constantly being on a job interview. “If you’re an actor or a musician, you’re looking...
July 21, 2011 4:48 PM
When Diem Chau wanders through thrift stores, she hears a cacophony of voices: A ceramic rice bowl whispers of family dinners, a porcelain...
July 21, 2011 4:35 PM
When it comes to big local art news, we all know it's been Seattle Art Museum's year. This past January the Olympic Sculpture Park opened,...
July 21, 2011 4:33 PM
It's common knowledge that Seattleites rarely bother to dress up for anything, not even the symphony. But retirees in jeans and Tevas are...
July 21, 2011 4:32 PM
On a sunny afternoon last May, a Seattle mother had a perplexing conversation with her 6-year-old daughter at the Olympic Sculpture Park...
July 21, 2011 4:31 PM
Much of the buzz surrounding Seattle Repertory Theatre's controversial spring 2007 production, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, centered around...
July 21, 2011 4:29 PM
KT Niehoff isn't normally the life of a party. Throw her into a roomful of strangers, she says, and she feels deeply uncomfortable. But...
July 21, 2011 4:27 PM
If the Seattle Art Museum had sat in psychotherapy five years ago, its diagnosis would have been simple: Patient suffered from severe...