Arts and Entertainment

Under the direction of conductor Julia Tai (DMA, 2010), Philharmonia Northwest presents "Seattle Sounds," representing a wide sample of composing ambitions from UW alumni.

The old Burke’s last hurrah will be a New Years Eve party.

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.

Stephen Groening, Professor of Cinema and Media, has studied how inflight entertainment might have unique effects on travelers.

Playwrights create written scripts; music composers write down scores. But how do you write down and save a dance?

UW Drama Mellon Creative Fellow Mrinalini Kamath discovered her passion for theatre when a professor suggested she take a playwriting class. 

“I want to recover these moments in which women were stepping out into the streets, onto the screen, and behind the camera and mobilizing."

NPR Kroc Fellowship selected Mayowa Aina (BA, International Studies, 2017) for the yearlong program designed to develop the next generation of extraordinary public media journalists.

With guitarist Bill Frisell in tow, Cuong Vu creates a dramatic set of all original tunes that reflects a cross-continental sensability on Change in the Air.

The UW's Henry Art Gallery is hosting "Muse," a show of Mickalene Thomas's photographs, bringing the well-known painter's photographic oeure to audiences in the PNW.

Carolyn Yuen-Marino (BA, English, 2010) wanted to see more Asian American representation in pop culture, so she took a leap of faith and produced her own web series.

Dudley teaches music of Latin America and the Caribbean, American popular music, Music and Community, Comparative Musicianship and Analysis, and graduate seminars in Ethnomusicology.

Seattle isn’t cheap, and that’s not changing anytime soon. But your budget shouldn’t stand in the way of seeing great art. Here’s how.

A conversation with Mickalene Thomas about her must-see exhibition MUSE at Henry Art Gallery.

Op-ed by American Ethnic Studies Assistant Professor, Vincent Schleitwiler