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Pulitzer Prizes

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Hilary Hahn Is Listening To Herself, Hauschka, and "No Diggity"

    As opposed to our favorite songs, or songs we'd like to think define our listening habits, taking a look at what a person actually listens to can be far more revealing. With that in mind, every Wednesday we ask an artist to take a look at the most-played songs in their iTunes libraries and share wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Was Stanley Ann Dunham, the President's Mother, Named for Bette Davis Character?

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 9, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    History has now recorded a second version of how Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, got her first name. Though Dunham told her Mercer Island High School classmates and others it was because her father Stanley Dunham wanted a boy, a relative says it was actually because her mother was such a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Boo Frickin' Hoo, Illegal Immigrants

    On Friday Seattle Weekly's Keegan Hamilton posted a Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who was scheduled to speak last night at the University of Washington.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Undocumented Immigrants and The 21st-Century Underground Railroad: Q&A With Jose Antonio Vargas

    Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he told the world about his precarious life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He speak ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 2, 2012

    Steve Coll

    Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he told the world about his precarious life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He speak ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 18, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he told the world about his precarious life as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. He speak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Seattle Times' Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong and The Strangers' Eli Sanders Win Pulitzers

    To say it was a big day in Seattle journalism would be an understatement. Monday was a huge day, with the announcement that The Stranger's Eli Sanders had taken home a Pulitzer in feature writing for his piece, "The Bravest Woman in Seattle," and the Seattle Times' Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Seattle Times, The Stranger Win 2012 Pulitzers

    You read that right. The Seattle Times won its 9th Pulitzer Prize today, sharing the Investigative Reporting Prize with The Associated Press. And The Stranger won its first, for Feature Writing, for what the judges called Eli Sanders' "haunting story" of Jennifer Hopper, "who survived a brutal attac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Paul Allen and His Big-Ass Yacht to the Rescue

    This is my second week working for The Seattle Weekly, doing what I can to live up to the lofty standards set forth by my predecessors. As an example of this quest for Daily Weekly excellence, I happily note that in only eight days on the job this marks my second post involving Northwest gazillionai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Oregon Paper Reports Editor Died in Bed with Woman Not His Wife - Too Much Information?

    The death of an Oregon editor suggests just how much today's newspapers have both changed and remain the same. The 63-year-old editorial writer for The Oregonian died in bed with a woman who was not his wife, something that happened to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer editor in the 1970s as well. But th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Watch Basketball the UCLA Way: Play This Drinking Game While The Huskies Take On The Bruins Saturday

    Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated published an exposé about UCLA basketball under head coach Ben Howland. Pulitzer-winning reporter George Dohrmann rakes some serious muck, detailing rampant drinking, drug use, and misbehavior by the team's players. The underachieving Bruins play their last reg ... More >>

  • Diversions

    February 29, 2012

    Ask a Mexican!

    Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated published an exposé about UCLA basketball under head coach Ben Howland. Pulitzer-winning reporter George Dohrmann rakes some serious muck, detailing rampant drinking, drug use, and misbehavior by the team's players. The underachieving Bruins play their last reg ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    Spring Arts: How an Awkward Date Became a Musical

    For a new stage musical about dating and romantic baggage, a talented young trio turns doubt into song.

  • Arts

    February 1, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    For a new stage musical about dating and romantic baggage, a talented young trio turns doubt into song.

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2012

    Jennifer Egan

    For a new stage musical about dating and romantic baggage, a talented young trio turns doubt into song.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    David Horsey Draws His Dream Job: Work for The Los Angeles Times While Living in Seattle

    ​So when he accepted the job at The Los Angeles Times the other day, longtime Seattle Post-Intelligencer Cartoonist David Horsey said to his new bosses, "If you need me to move down there, I will." They said naw, that's fine, you can stay in Seattle and work from there. "Well," Horsey said, "h ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 30, 2011

    Opening Nights: Beasley's Christmas Party

    Taproot's charming take on Booth Tarkington.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Nick Licata Moves Ahead with Writer's Park Plan, Proposes it for Downtown Waterfront

    ​Pushing for more public recognition of Seattle's literary heritage, City Council member Nick Licata has proposed several concepts including a new park space as part of the waterfront revitalization project. "I brought up the idea before our Council's briefing meeting this past Monday when P ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 14, 2011

    Fall Arts 2011 Calendar

    ​Pushing for more public recognition of Seattle's literary heritage, City Council member Nick Licata has proposed several concepts including a new park space as part of the waterfront revitalization project. "I brought up the idea before our Council's briefing meeting this past Monday when P ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2011

    Poet's Park

    Why doesn't Seattle have a green space for writers?

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Writers Park: A Toast to Scribes and Pigeons

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 29, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2011

    Picnic

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 25, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2011

    Page One: Inside The New York Times

    ​Seattle readily names some of its streets for sports figures - Edgar Martinez, Dave Niehaus, Royal Brougham - but, writes Knute Burger on Crosscut.com today, "Seattle is a far cry from San Francisco, where streets and alleys are named for the likes of Jack Kerouac and Dashiell Hammett." Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Carlton Smith, Former Times and Weekly Writer, Closes His Last Chapter at Age 64

    "Beer?"​As the Seattle Times newsroom transformed from the days of ink-stained bar flies towards today's serious if not somber journalism, Carlton Smith would say, between sips and drags at a bar across the street, "Jesus, these new people - they jog and eat granola. And they consider themselv ... More >>

  • Diversions

    April 27, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    "Beer?"​As the Seattle Times newsroom transformed from the days of ink-stained bar flies towards today's serious if not somber journalism, Carlton Smith would say, between sips and drags at a bar across the street, "Jesus, these new people - they jog and eat granola. And they consider themselv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    This Year's Pulitzer Prize Winner For Fiction is Also Some of the Best Music Writing You'll Read All Year

    ​The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday, and winning the award for fiction is Jennifer Egan's outstanding, heartbreaking novel A Visit From the Goon Squad--a book which is also, sneakily, some of the best writing about music to come out of the past year. The book follows a gr ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 2, 2011

    Opening Nights: Next to Normal

    The best rock opera since Tommy.

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2011

    Next to Normal

    The best rock opera since Tommy.

  • Arts

    February 16, 2011
  • Arts

    February 16, 2011

    Brian Yorkey: From Issaquah to a Tony Award

    The best rock opera since Tommy.

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2011

    How I Learned to Drive

    The best rock opera since Tommy.

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Here Are Some History Books That Won't Put You to Sleep, I Promise

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His ESPN.com column runs on Wednesday.​It may strike some as odd that I am not this week writing about my beloved Seahawks' huge playoff win last Saturday. If I didn't now also have an actual column solely dedicated to sports on ESPN.com, th ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2010

    Rabbit Hole: Nicole Kidman Can't Bring this Play to Life

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His ESPN.com column runs on Wednesday.​It may strike some as odd that I am not this week writing about my beloved Seahawks' huge playoff win last Saturday. If I didn't now also have an actual column solely dedicated to sports on ESPN.com, th ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

  • Arts

    September 16, 2009

    Fall Arts Calendar: October

    Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinching Americans.

  • Arts

    February 20, 2008

    What's Coming...

    Spring Arts Calendar

  • Arts

    November 8, 2006

    A Play a Day

    The largest theatrical collaboration in U.S. history.

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    Fall Lectures

    The largest theatrical collaboration in U.S. history.

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    Fall Books

    The largest theatrical collaboration in U.S. history.

  • Arts

    September 6, 2006

    Theater by Everyone, Everywhere

    Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Festival takes Seattle on a yearlong performance-art relay race.

  • Arts

    September 14, 2005

    Stage Favorites and Calendar

    Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Festival takes Seattle on a yearlong performance-art relay race.

  • Arts

    October 13, 2004

    Easy Writer

    The New York Times' Maureen Dowd makes it so easy to dis Dubya.

  • Arts

    February 4, 2004

    Opening Nights: Orwell's 1984

    Also: The Mineola Twins and Tibet Through the Red Box.

  • Arts

    September 17, 2003

    Brief Encounters

    A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Tapdog/Underdog.

  • Arts

    May 28, 2003

    How I Learned What I Learned, The Seagull, and 42nd Street

    A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Tapdog/Underdog.

  • Arts

    February 26, 2003

    Tearjerker

    ACT's demise would be a painful one for this critic.

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