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Photo of poet Diana Khoi Nguyen (left) and her family. The negative space in the foreground used to be an image of her brother Oliver, who sliced himself out of the photos with a utility knife. Oliver would go on to commit suicide.

'I'm beginning to hear a needle drop.' Poet reflects on family ghosts

Denver poet Diana Khoi Nguyen's family is haunted by bees. It's easier for them to speak about the bees than it is to speak about her brother's suicide.…

Jonathan Carollo, 14, captured viral attention when he played his washing machine. Now he's part of an international video including child prodigies

WATCH: Seattle-area drummer boy in Michael Jackson tribute video

Four years ago a kid in Sammamish started playing a unique kind of instrument.The washing machine. Which, it turns out, is like a drum kit with a spin…

Protesters flooded Seattle again. This time they marched for immigrants

The protest was packed before it was scheduled to begin. Bodies were crowded in tight at Westlake Park as thousands of people gathered to protest…

Ask a Muslim participants at the New Holly Gathering Hall on April 2, 2017.

Ask a Muslim, go further than the political discourse

What if you lived in a place where people often looked at you with suspicion? How would you get past that — the stares, the mistrust, or worse? Given the…

Bertha To Get Send-Off Before Burrowing Below Seattle

Very soon, a massive piece of machinery will start to burrow two miles out from Seattle. It’s building the tunnel that will replace the Alaskan way…

U District Station, 90 percent designed, shows conservative art referencing the neighborhood's architectural heritage.

What Do You Think Of These U-District Light Rail Station Designs?

The public will have its last chance to weigh in on the design for the University District light rail station this Thursday. The project is 90 percent…

Sleep-Deprived Teenagers? Starting School Later Could Help Them Catch Up

It’s 6:35 a.m. on a recent school day: time for Wendy VanKoevering to do the rounds. Anyone who’s had to wake up a teenager in the morning knows it can be…

This Week In Olympia With Austin Jenkins

The Washington state legislature finally came to a budget proposal this week, narrowly avoiding a massive government shutdown. What held them up? How will…

Join KUOW for 'Heaven on Fire'

Front Row Center is headed to Bainbridge Island for Front Row Center for the first time ever!Visit the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art on Sunday,…

Songwriter David Bazan's ever changing identity

Bill Radke speaks with DJ Marco Collins about Seattle songwriter David Bazan's new album Blanco. Collins says this album is just the latest in Bazan's…

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