Seattle, February 2012
Features
Polished Punk
Linda Derschang mixes high, low and humor to create the perfect hangout at home.
There are no skulls or safety pin sculptures on display in Linda Derschang’s home, but it still...
Loft Life
Inside the century-old home of the city's newest architecture star.
“When I designed my current home, I based it on the space itself. It’s a 1906 loft—it’s not modern, but it has...
Decorating by Memory
How Valerie Sloan transformed a house full of junk into a home full of meaning.
Growing up in small-town Connecticut, teacher Valerie Sloane was raised with an appreciation for...
Untitled
Emily was always late. She couldn’t help it. She tried waking up earlier, skipping meals, packing her bag the night before, laying out tomorrow’s clothes, getting angry at...
Orchestrated
Jherek Bischoff makes his heroes sing.
Jherek Bischoff plays bass, banjo, piano, ukelele and drums. But he does not sing and he does not write lyrics. So when the 32-year-old...
Printed Matters
There’s probably never been a more compelling time to be a writer than now. There are more ways of becoming a writer, and getting published, instantly, than have ever presented...
Penglai
40 x 30 inches, acrylic on canvas, 2011On view at Greenwood's Herkimer Coffee through Feb. 29
Here & Now
Dr. Optimist! Treating our ailing culture since 2012
Guess what I learned today on Wikipedia? The aphorism "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat itî was written in 1905 by George Santayana, a Spanish-born,...
Escape Artist
Damien Jurado’s Latest Conjures Worlds
Among the fiery, fuzzy swirl of sounds in “Nothing Is the News,” the song Damien Jurado released last month in advance of his tenth album,...
Somewhere in the Details
Pat Thomas’ new book Listen, Whitey!, excerpted on page 32, traces the currents of pop culture in the 1960s and ’70s, weaving together details about the genesis of “What’s Going...
Myth Takers
Musée d’Orsay curator Stéphane Guégan talks about the modern unmaking of Paul Gauguin and why the colonial-era painter deserves a break.
I was 14 or 15 when I discovered Paul...
Hand-Made, Mass Produced
Theo Chocolate walks a fine, sugary line
Fremont-based Theo Chocolate was founded on values of fair trade, organic ingredients and adventurous flavors. Their artisanal sweets...
Flower Power
The right arrangement can change everything.
My first job, at age 16, was as a flower delivery girl for my parents. Roses, carnations and Bird of Paradise blooms were transported...
Paradise Found
The Northwest music community fought to free the West Memphis 3. Now one of them calls Seattle home.
In 1996, Teen Angels bandleader Kelly Canary and Supersuckers manager Danny...
Q&A with Susie Lee
Of Breath and Rain is on view at the Frye Art Museum from Feb. 18–April 15
New media artist Susie J. Lee holds degrees in molecular biophysics and science education, along with a...
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