Hobbies To Consider For The New Year: Linoleum Block Print Cutting As 2020 approaches, consider taking up a new hobby! Layne Scherer of Washington, D.C., shares her passion for linoleum block print cutting.
Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You The movement coach has taught at Juilliard for 50 years. Stars of stage and screen credit him with helping them create physically demanding roles by manipulating their bodies. Alexandra Starr
Nancy Pearl's best books of the 2010s We never quite figured out what to call this decade: the teens? The tens? In any event, it's ending tomorrow and to send it off in style, we're sharing the decade's best books with you. Marcie Sillman
Favorite Photos And Illustrations Of 2019 Here are images that resonated from the year: photos of families facing difficult decisions on the U.S. border, illustrations showing the struggles of student loan debt and otherworldly portraits. Emily Bogle
'Disinformation' Is The Word Of The Year — And A Sign Of What's To Come Foreign nations have been systematically spreading falsehoods on social media for years; in 2019, it seemed like the world began to fully grasp the ramifications of disinformation campaigns. Geoff Nunberg
A Holiday Feast Of 'Fry Bread'? Yes, Please! Our kids' books columnist, Juanita Giles, gave her daughter Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story for Christmas; she says the book's depiction of food and history mirrors her family's experiences. Juanita Giles
1924 Copyrighted Works To Become Part Of The Public Domain A number of important literary and musical works are headed for the public domain on New Year's Day — including George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
The 2010s: Slang That Stuck Adulting in the 2010s involved some shade, some tea, especially if you were hanging with your bae, rocking some mom jeans in that selfie. We round up the slang that stuck in this decade.
Marcie Sillman's culture picks: Looking back at the year and the decade in Seattle arts 2019 was a year of transition for Seattle’s cultural community. Marcie Sillman
Tradition is the key to progress for these Native storytellers In an age of technology and speedy progress, traditions can even be seen as a roadblock towards change and societal growth. But according to the speakers of this talk, traditional storytelling is a key asset to forward, progressive thinking. Sonya Harris