From March 12 to 18, 300,000 domestic and international visitors poured into Downtown and East Austin again to mix and mingle, and, of course, eat Texas BBQ. It was the 40th year of SXSW and...
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Jake RennOver 50 years after its inaugural fest, Seattle Center’s beloved Bumbershoot Festival returned for its latest celebration of arts and music over the Labor Day weekend, on August 30 and 31, 2025. This year’s lineup included various offerings...
Vee Hua 華婷婷With their third full-length record, Erospace, Portland-based electronic musician and producer Crystal Quartez — real name Crystal Cortez — offers a sonic reimagining of the definition of love. Based on years of self-reflection and...
Danish-Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel’s narrative film, To a Land Unknown, and the Sudanese documentary film Khartoum, which is directed by in multiple segments by multiple directors, both center around the immigrant refugee experience...
Before I even enter the apartment of Mexican artist Amecas — real name Américo Castillo, from which his artist name is born — I am greeted at the front door by Pakal, his hairless Mexican dog. Also known in Nahuatl as a Xoloitzcuintle...
Contemporary Icelandic artists have long been exemplary in their extra-sensorial willingness to merge artistic mediums, which are often inspired by the natural beauty around them. Films documenting live concerts that are played in outdoor settings...
As an immigrant who traversed multiple continents from a young age, self-taught Seattle-based artist Nahom Ghirmay has seen a lot of life. He incorporates his vast multicultural sensibilities into dreamy, color-forward paintings that evoke gentle...
There’s a moment, approximately 10 seconds into Brijean‘s “Get Lost” — the opening track of the duo’s third studio album on Ghostly International, Macro — where the individual who decided to press play is...