News The Washington mental health lifeline made for and by Native people The Native and Strong Lifeline provides connection and culturally specific care to callers in crisis. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Indian Country Today and Underscore News / June 19, 2023
Indigenous Affairs Yakama Nation’s new public safety campus gives justice room to grow The tribal court system, which had occupied a cluster of trailers since the ’50s, plans to add services like a mental health or a veterans court. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore News and ICT / January 9, 2024
Equity Snoqualmie Tribe starts land protection sales tax at Salish Lodge The 2% tax will preserve ancestral sites such as Snoqualmie Falls, and could be a model for other Indigenous nations. by Nika Bartoo-Smith Underscore/ICT / July 17, 2023
Musical genius verges on maniacal in new Eastside play Salieri (Gerald Browning) seeks to destroy rival composer Mozart (Brandon Ryan). by katherineluck / April 9, 2012
Hold the romance: A play about women turns on a friendship Katie Driscoll (center) with Teri Lazzara (left) and Michelle Chiachiere (right) in Lark Eden. by katherineluck / March 22, 2012
New musical upends the traditional marriage plot Kat Ramsburg as sister of the bride, Jenny, and Josh Carter as the bride's ex, Marty. by katherineluck / March 20, 2012
Play on Cambodians' experience cracks open a horrifying door SIS Productions presents the Northwest premiere of "Year Zero" by Michael Golamco, featuring (L to r) Christian Ver, Elizabeth Daruthayan, Johnny Patchamatla and Moses Yim. by katherineluck / October 12, 2011
A charming play at The Rep, but a dark question beneath In "Humor Abuse" at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Lorenzo Pisoni recounts a childhood spent in the family circus. by katherineluck / October 8, 2011
ACT's 'In the Next Room' is easy but too chipper Jennifer Sue Johnson as Mrs. Givings and Deborah King as Mrs. Daldry, in In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl, at ACT. by katherineluck / August 5, 2011
Politics The country’s bad mood may doom state heritage-tourism plan Cape Flattery, the farthest northwest point of the contiguous U.S. by Joe Follansbee / June 29, 2010