Arts and Entertainment

UW theater student Jarrett Johnson is among an entire class of emerging theater artists — fresh from drama programs, hustling between part-time jobs and busy audition schedules, or about to make their big breaks — whose careers have been stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UW's Odai Johnson, professor of theater history, and Stefka Mihaylova, assistant professor of theater theory and criticism, are quoted.

This week at the UW, attend Fermented Face with Candice Lin, the School of Drama's dis/re/connection, and more.

Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest bred little, fluffy white dogs that provided for them, both materially and spiritually. A discovery made by Coast Salish spinning researcher Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa at the UW’s Burke Museum is mentioned.

A new novel by Zoe Mikuta, a junior studying English, is being released this Spring.

A new zine from the Henry Art Gallery features the writers, poets, and artists from the Washington Corrections Center for Women.

This week at the UW, attend the Katz Distinguished Lecture, the 2021 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival with Ted Poor and Cuong Vu, and more.

UW student Zoe Mikuta’s first book, “Gearbreakers,” is set to come out June 29. Mikuta has sold the film rights to “Gearbreakers,” and she’s currently working on its sequel, due out in 2022. Shawn Wong, professor of English at the UW, is quoted.

Anand Yang, professor of history, and Patricia Shehan Campbell, professor of music education and ethnomusicology, have both authored new books.

“I caught the live telecast [of the presidential inauguration] just as Amanda Gorman was set to recite her soul-stirring poem ‘The Hill We Climb.’ As she took the stage, radiant in her bright yellow jacket and red headpiece, the morning’s frustrations began to recede. And when she gifted us her words, I could feel the nation let out a collective sigh of relief after four years of weathering trauma,” writes Maya Smith, associate professor of French and Italian studies at the UW.

"Descendance," an exhibition by 2021 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency and film-based multidisciplinary artist Ariel René Jackson, is on display at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.

There’s something both ancient and otherworldly about the stunning new sculpture that recently landed on the University of Washington campus. “The Seated IV,” by Nairobi-born and Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu, is a 7-foot-tall, cast-bronze female figure in a regal pose, as if on a throne. Shamim Momin, director of curatorial affairs at the UW’s Henry Art Gallery, is quoted.

Students in "Introduction to 3D4M" had the option to take the fall quarter course in person. One catch: it was held entirely outside.

“How do we atone for the worst thing we’ve ever done?” That is the question at the heart of the podcast “Making Amends,” which features men serving time in the Oregon State Penitentiary. Steve Herbert, professor of law, societies and justice and of geography at the UW, brought together a group of men at the prison for a class on atonement with the goal of creating a podcast.

The Daily reviews Meklit's Meany on Screen performance, which highlights the "power of folk music...from the many voices that are contained in one piece".

A family discovered a mammoth tooth on Camano Island while walking on the beach. The discovery was confirmed by the Burke Museum.