8 to Watch

by Tim Appelo

Real filmmakers wear Gortex, as we illustrate in our survey of important people in the movies who live and work here. Their work is celebrated at SIFF and Sundance and even the Oscars. But Seattle is where they want to play, far from the unnecessary sunshine of Hollywood.

I Could Go On Like This Forever

by David Shields

David Shields says all writing is fiction, see? The lyric essay is the most compelling form for creative expression. A selection from his forthcoming manifesto on reality-based lit uncovers the writer as collage artist, while his correspondence with Bond Huberman, a former student, reveals the mind contemplating the world in real time.

Curator's Eye

Dorothy Rissman, Artist

selected by Betsy Fetherston

A local curator selects an artist whose work they think more people should see.