Arts & Entertainment

August 18, 2017

Audobon honors

Heather Roskelley, ’83, made a magical image of a notoriously elusive bird.


July 17, 2017

Robert Osborne (1932-2017)

Remembering our famous host of Turner Classic Movies.


Age on your own terms

Anyone who is planning to get old should read this book.


March 3, 2017

Sol Moravia-Rosenberg, Sol, rap Seattle, UW poetry

Rhymes on the mic

Rooted in a rich legacy of rhymes, a new class of poets compose verses that channel their cultures and challenge the status quo.


March 2, 2017

‘Twin Peaks’ redux

Anchored by its UW star, “Twin Peaks” is coming back to the airwaves on May 21.


February 28, 2017

Emily Cabaniss

Libretti librarian

Emily Bolton Cabaniss, ’14, is the librarian for the Seattle Opera, one of only three opera companies in the entire U.S. to have their own librarian.


desert cathedral, Travis Gutierrez Senger

Reel success

Powered by a double degree in creative writing and drama from the UW, Travis Gutierrez Senger scored a breakthrough with his 2016 film, “Desert Cathedral."


A one-inch autograph

A high school essay by Bruce Lee is one of the earliest examples of his handwriting.


February 27, 2017

kathy hsieh

Dramatic dynamics

Stereotypes don't have a chance when Kathy Hsieh, '87, takes center stage.


January 26, 2017

Gregg Henry, Scandal, Hollis Doyle, ABC

Doing the Donald

Character actor Gregg Henry, '75, channels President Trump on ABC's "Scandal."


January 19, 2017

Drawing (for) a crowd

UW art professor David Brody is teaching the world to draw.


December 19, 2016

betty macdonald, paula becker, uw

From Betsy to Betty

Dropping out of college may be the best thing Betty MacDonald ever did. The irreverent author called it quits after studying design and drawing for one year at UW. A new book explores her outlandish life.


December 16, 2016

Up Close

A new exhibit surveying the work of Chuck Close, ’62, runs through April 2 at the Henry Art Gallery.


werner herzog, eric ames

Feel the Wern

Cinema professor Eric Ames, '93, is our guide through the mysterious mind of filmmaker Werner Herzog.


June 1, 2016

Nordic Noir

Scandinavian Studies Professor Andy Nestingen shares his research into the genre and how it contrasts with American Noir’s heroes and villains.


March 1, 2016

War is sexy. Huh?

David Shields, author, essayist and UW English professor, takes the New York Times to task in his book, "War Is Beautiful."


KEXP rocks its new digs

KEXP and its predecessor KCMU have been a staple of the Seattle music community for four decades. With new digs at the Seattle Center and a 30-year cooperative agreement with the UW, the station enters its next phase as an independent nonprofit.


September 1, 2015

25 years of dance

The UW's unique master's program influences dance education across the country.


UW Press at 100

The University of Washington's press dates back to Edmond Meany's 1915 book on the governors of the state and territory.


June 1, 2015

I, too, am America

The first time I visited the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, I was swept with grief. It was the first point during our UW-led Civil Rights pilgrimage where we faced the reality that the price of being black had been paid with innocent lives.