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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Growing up, Valerie Curtis-Newton knew how it felt to be the only African-American in the room.“There’s a picture of a club in high school. It’s me and a… -
Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about Katie Roiphe's "The Violet Hour." -
The woman with the dirty-blonde pixie cut sits before a mirror.Plastic bags with jars of yellow foundation and purple and blue glitters sit in front of… -
Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about the novel "Imagine Me Gone" by Adam Haslett.
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Francisco Hernandez ushers guests into the tiny living room of his modest White Center apartment.He shows off what looks like a large, colorful painting… -
Snoqualmie native Terry Crane has always been a climber.“There are pictures of me climbing fences when I was two,” he laughs.But Crane didn’t find his… -
The Burke Museum breaks ground Wednesday for a major new facility.The Burke Museum has been located at the northwest corner of the University of…
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Marcie Sillman talks with "Book Lust" author Nancy Pearl about "The Color of Lightning" by Paulette Jiles.
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Beth Barrett cheerfully confesses that she almost flunked the only film studies class she took when she was a student at the University of Iowa.“I failed… -
Hundreds of boaters will converge at Seattle’s Montlake Cut Saturday for opening day of the boating season.The Windermere Cup rowing regatta is a chance…
