
Marcie Sillman
Arts and Culture ReporterYear started with KUOW: 1985
Marcie Sillman arrived at KUOW in 1985 to produce the station's daily public affairs program, Seattle After Noon. One year later, she became the local voice of All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon news magazine. After five years holding down the drive-time microphone, a new opportunity arose. Along with Dave Beck and Steve Scher, Marcie helped create Weekday, a daily, two-hour forum for newsmakers, artists and thinkers.
The new century brought new challenges. Marcie and Dave Beck created The Beat, Seattle's only broadcast program to focus specifically on arts and culture. In 2002, after more than 15 years as a daily host, Marcie decided to become a full-time cultural reporter. During her career, more than 100 of her stories have been heard on NPR's newsmagazines, as well as on The Voice of America. In 2005, she became KUOW's first special projects reporter. In this role, she produced in-depth audio portraits and documentary series about life and culture in the Puget Sound Region.
In September, 2013, Marcie was part of the team that created The Record, a daily news magazine focused on the issues and culture of the Puget Sound region. After two years as Senior Host of the program, Marcie returned to full-time cultural reporting.
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Lawrence Brownlee thinks of himself as a regular Joe.He grew up in a solid, working class household in Youngstown, Ohio, the fourth of six…
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The hit musical, “Billy Elliot,” tells the story of a British coal miner’s son who dreams of being a ballet dancer.Billy has to keep that dream secret…
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In the land of Microsoft and Amazon, a non-digital book almost seems like an anachronism. Why bother with paper and ink when you can download the latest…
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Varsha Raghavan defies the tech-bro stereotype.For one thing, as a woman, technically she’s not a bro. And while Raghavan works as an Amazon programmer,…
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Seattle’s historic Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute has new leadership, and a new mission.The new nonprofit group calls itself LANGSTON. Its…
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Marcie Sillman talks with Dennis Coleman about his long career with the Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus. Coleman is the outgoing artistic…
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Erin Josue was just 2-years-old when her grandmother took her to her first Seattle Chinese Community Girls’ Drill Team practice.“I started on her back,”…
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Marcie Sillman talks with Dennis Coleman, artistic director of the Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus, about the mass shooting in Orlando.…
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Some people make art in a sun-filled studio.Kevin Moulder creates his masterpieces in a hot, noisy kitchen.Moulder is a pastry chef. For the past decade,…
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Summer at the Seattle Art Museum usually means a blockbuster exhibition, designed to encourage visitors from all walks of life.This year, SAM’s show,…