Arts & culture stories
Hope You’re Hungry, SAM Opens Farm to Table Exhibit
Over 50 works by notable Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Eva Gonzalés and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, exploring the intersection of gastronomy and national identity in late 19th-century France, are presented in Farm to Table.
‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Features Donna Summer and Scheming Conmen
In the winter of 2024, the Seattle University Theatre Department produced ‘Glengarry Glen Ross.’ The orignial is predominatly male, but this version serves up gender-bending roles and cakes left in the rain.
Eight graduating students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program exhibited their photography to campus. Multi-media projects explore Seattle’s music scene, graffiti, heritage and more.
Identity and Reflection in Art: BFA Photography Exhibition Display
Local stories
Seattle Aquarium’s Ocean Pavilion Seeks to Connect History with Discovery
The opening of the Seattle Aquarium’s Ocean Pavilion in 2024 connected Pike Place Market to the waterfront park promenade. The Pavilion was designed with significant Indigenous input, sustainability considerations and a focus on education.
Social Housing Bill I-135 Promises Affordable Housing for Seattleites
Seattle was ranked the eighth most expensive city to live in the U.S. in 2022. Initiative 135 ( I-135) appeared on the Feb. 14. ballot in 2023 and the local voters pamphlet. The bill is concerned with developing and maintaining social housing in Seattle to tackle the ongoing housing and affordability crisis.
With a passion for knitting and crocheting, a local group of fabric artists, calling themselves the Knitters of Doom, left out an abundance of scarves, beanies, socks and mittens. The clothing was free for anybody to take, intended to help those needing a bit of extra warmth.
Knitters of Doom Spread Warmth in Cal Anderson Park
How Farm-to-Food Access is Making Our Food System More Equitable
9.5% of King County residents face food insecurity due to poverty, systemic inequities, and structural racism. In response, the Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets is making fresh, local foods accessible to all, regardless of income.
Seattle Joins Nationwide Mass Mobilization and Says ‘Hands Off!’
Demonstrators rallied together to protest the administration. Calling attention to human rights, the economy, immigration, cuts to government agencies and more, demonstrators mobilized nationwide to say, “Hands Off!”
Starbucks Stalls Progress in Labor Negotiations
Starbucks employees went on strike nationwide on the company’s annual Red Cup Day, the busiest and most profitable day of the year, as a motivated attempt to bring the company to the negotiating table. More than 100 stores were involved in protests, eight of them in Washington state alone.
Campus stories
Amidst Student Protest and Locked Doors, Administration Refuses Stance on Palestine
Detailing protests, challenging demonstration policies, staff concerns about professional repercussions, and student demands for Boeing divestment and endowment transparency, the 2023-2024 academic year witnessed a surge of student activism condemning the genocide in Gaza.
WGSS Holds Fourth Annual CurveCon
The Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department held their fourth annual “CurveCon” Feb. 2 2024. Three WGSS students were featured, each presenting works related to history and the illumination of specific topics.
Serena Chopra, an assistant professor of creative writing at Seattle University, is a writer, performer and multimedia artist. She was one of 35 awardees of the Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). But before she ever considered being a writer, she aspired to be a ballerina.
