Seattle, April 2009

Why Seattle Loved the P-I

In an exclusive essay for City Arts, a prizewinning author and New York Times contributor recalls the heady thrill of his days as a Seattle Post-Intelligencer intern and explains what the paper meant to us all before it died and went to online purgatory.

Features

January 26, 2010 | by Emily White

Urbanspoon Wins Big

April 1, 2009 | by Travis Nichols

Levi Fuller Is Listening

This musician knows how to make a scene Photo by Caleb Plowman It’s the second night of the Cumulus Festival, a weekend showcase of Pacific Northwest “post-rock” held in venues...

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Here & Now

January 8, 2010 | by the Editors

City Seen

Questions for Joshua Beckman, poet What was your last non-poetry job? Working on a farm in western Massachusetts; I worked from sunrise to dusk. I didn’t get a lot of writing...

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April 1, 2009 | by Ryan Molenkamp

Basic Training for the Avant Guard

The lessons museum guards learn to keep from going insane at work are more creative than you might think. Illustration by Demian Johnston for City Arts Those of you who have been...

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April 1, 2009 | by Tim Appelo

Still Crazy

Talking with Carrie Fisher as she prepares for her one-woman show at the Rep. Photo by Kevin Berne Carrie Fisher (above), who performs her memoir-monologue Wishful Drinking at...

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April 1, 2009 | by the Editors

The Curator's Eye

Transforming Visions | Evan Blackwell, Sculptor selected by Marita Holdoway, owner, Benham Gallery (Left) Life Cycle, 2007, 300 x 720 x 720 inches, latex, rubber, air pumps, ammo...

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