For these dancer-choreographers, social engagement takes center stage.

Teachers and parents at Arbor Heights are eyeing Tuesday's school levies vote hopefully. Built in 1948, Arbor Heights Elementary School does not hide its age. Lines that were drawn on the asphalt for ...

The regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards four Crosscut writers in its online-news category. Four Crosscut writers won awards in the 2009 Northwest Excellence in ...

Mayor Durkan talks Seattle police, protests, homelessness and how reimagining public safety is just one part of a bigger evolution the city must make to combat inequities.

With a rash of recent free trade agreements under their belts, the international trade community has much to celebrate, but even more still left to do. Here are four international trade battles ...

A Crosscut consumer report: At the downtown Seattle Art Museum, you can pay the suggested admission price – or whatever you want, including nothing. We rely on donations from readers like you to ...

Scientists seek ways to protect PNW rainforests from wildfires Old-growth forests of the West Coast store about five gigatons of carbon, but researchers are still learning how climate change will ...

You don't have to look very far to find Northwest ties to the flotilla confrontation. The Northwest's connections to the tensions over aid to Gaza will get some stark underlining, if only because of ...

A CD release party celebrates young rising stars from this year's Sound Off! competition. A few months back Crosscut reported on EMP'ê s Sound Off! competition, a battle of the bands for local ...

Charles Falco will lecture on how research in optics changed art history. Remember the back-page cartoon ads in comics and popular magazines urging you to "Become an Artist!"? You only needed to buy a ...