Arts & Life Yes, there are mermaids in the Pacific Northwest. They get their own museum now, too The Pacific Northwest might seem like an unlikely place for mermaids and mermaid culture to catch on given the cold water here. Yet, putting on an eye-catching tail and pretending to be a mythical sea being is a thing across the Northwest. There's even a brand new mermaid museum near Aberdeen, Washington. Tom Banse
Arts & Life We still spring forward this weekend despite votes to ditch daylight saving time Residents of the Pacific Northwest will have to set their clocks ahead by an hour this weekend to move onto daylight saving time. The Oregon and Washington legislatures voted nearly two years ago to stay on daylight time year-round -- joined later by Idaho and British Columbia -- but still the biannual time change ritual and associated grumbling persists. Tom Banse
Arts & Life Seattle's chief librarian is moving on: What will he remember, and be remembered for? The Seattle Public Library’s celebrated chief librarian is about to leave a big hole in the community. Marcellus Turner has served the library for a decade, earning accolades for expanding technology and digital services, especially during the pandemic. Angela King Katie Campbell
Law & Courts Supreme Court Says Germany Can't Be Sued In Nazi-Era Art Case The justices unanimously found that federal law barred suits against foreign governments accused of seizing their own citizens' property. The case now goes back to the lower court. Nina Totenberg
Arts & Life Film: Curiosity Club Turns Strangers into a Community Following a Fraught Election KUOW brings together ten strangers for a virtual dinner party to talk about pandemic roller skating, the #MeToo movement, and Seattle's shifting political landscape. Kristin Leong
Bridging the American divide: A search for civic responsibility An exploration of unsettling shifts and signs of hope in word and song Kristin Leong John O'Brien
Arts & Life This Seattle supper club invites tender hearts to the table The virtual-socially-distanced table. Bill Radke Brandi Fullwood
Arts & Life Washington's museums vs the pandemic One thing you’ve rarely been able to do since last March is visit a museum. For the most part, museums have been shuttered since the pandemic started. But almost all museums, big and small, expect to reopen. Meanwhile, they’re learning new tricks. Ross Reynolds
Arts & Life January 21st | The TV getting us through, and reacting to, the COVID-19 pandemic How much we do and don't want to see the pandemic reflected in our favorite TV. Tenants react to the extension of the federal eviction moratorium. And we talk policing and vaccines with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. Bill Radke
Arts & Life RadioActive's 2020 through stories and photos by teens Even though we couldn't meet in person for most of the year, RadioActive Youth Media still worked with about 300 young people in 2020 - creating 29 original radio stories, podcasts, and photojournalism essays. If you missed any of these incredible perspectives from young people, catch up here. RadioActive Youth Media
