Essays - Saturday, June 1, 2019 12:02
Culinary Change Agent
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in June 2019 For Los Angeles–based chef Roy Choi ... Read More
Essays - Wednesday, May 1, 2019 12:03
A 30/30 Vision
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in May 2019 Seattle music producer Ryan Lewis, one ... Read More
Poetry - Saturday, April 13, 2019 15:30
Three Poems – Richard Kenney
The Arcturan Vivisectionist Explains This specimen’s common name is Mirroreye. Observe (retractor, please) j ... Read More
Essays - Friday, April 12, 2019 17:36
HUMP, SPLIFF, Love And Advice: A Conversation With Dan Savage
Dan Savage, bestselling author and nationally syndicated sex advice columnist, likes to laugh. The pleasant ou ... Read More
Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty On Music, Love And Life, Itself
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 19:19 — 0 Comments
I didn’t have the heart to tell Patrick Haggerty, front man and songwriter for Lavender Country, the first openly gay country band to release an “out” album, that I wasn’t gay, though he lovingly assumed I was during our conversation. But not telling Haggerty about my sexuality is beside the point, of course. As you’ll see in the interview, it doesn’t take sexual orientation to make for kinship. By the end we were saying “I love you” to one another. Haggerty’s is a story of artistic success devoid of financial gain. But, later in his life, after a series of events […]
Opportunities To Succeed
Friday, February 8, 2019 16:39 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in February 2019 San Francisco Mayor London Breed knows the importance of community support at the right time. A native of the Bay Area, Breed grew up in the Western Addition housing project in San Francisco. However, an internship with the nonprofit Family School when she was a teenager helped change her life. Breed, who was elected mayor in June 2018, is partnering with Alaska Airlines and other businesses to give that same opportunity to thousands of low-income young people in the San Francisco area. The mayor’s new initiative, Opportunities for All, will place […]
Artists In Residence: Macklemore Helps Seattle-Area Youths Gain Experience In The Music Industry
Monday, January 7, 2019 17:41 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in January 2019 WHEN BEN HAGGERTY WAS 7 YEARS OLD, he already knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. The Seattle-based emcee/rapper, now better known as Macklemore, was aware even at this young age that he wanted to be onstage with a microphone, hearing his voice boom through speakers as he shared his music with an audience. Now, 28 years later, in the midst of his Grammy-winning career, Macklemore is helping to make similar dreams come true for young musicians through The Residency, a music-education program born […]
LOVE OVER HATE
Thursday, December 20, 2018 15:13 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in July 2018 Talking about the Holocaust is difficult, especially if you’ve lived through it. Yet, that’s precisely what 92-year-old survivor Sonia Warshawski does every day. She talks with people about the details of her time in concentration camps and being freed. It’s one of the many remarkable aspects of her vibrant daily life, which includes running a small tailor shop in Kansas City, Kansas, and, more recently, advocating her message of “love over hate” to the U.S. Congress. It was seven years ago that Sonia’s granddaughter, Seattle-based filmmaker Leah Warshawski, began […]
Spin Doctors Front Man, Chris Barron, Talks Comfy Sweaters, Befriending John Popper And Writing Songs
Monday, December 3, 2018 18:18 — 0 Comments
Growing up in Princeton, New Jersey, residents heard a lot about Chris Barron, the fun-loving, golden-voiced front man for the famed 90s rock band, Spin Doctors. From rumors spreading about the blond singer crooning from his window atop Farrington’s music shop near the library to hearing about his myriad poems depicting odd characters and indelible, quirky turns of phrase. Barron, whose band has been making music for thirty years, has seen and done a great deal in the business. Of course, everyone knows Spin Doctors from their two hits, “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” from the 1991 […]
A Changing Of The Guards
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 18:25 — 0 Comments
Below is a story that appeared in Alaska Beyond magazine in May 2018 In the final home game of the 2017 season, the WNBA Seattle Storm caught a promising glimpse of its future. Although the Storm lost that game to the Phoenix Mercury, the Storm’s young star guard, Jewell Loyd, scored a career-high 33 points and raised many eyebrows, including those belonging to teammate and shoo-in Hall of Fame point guard Sue Bird. “Jewell had an epic game that night,” recalls Bird, a two-time WNBA champion and the league’s all-time assists leader. “There were times when she had these moves that left […]
The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
Book Release and Reading Feb. 6
January 6th, 2016
Hello fellow readers, travelers and Monarchians! Our first book, Traveling Light, written by Seattle author, Jim Brantingham, is now for sale! And we will be throwing a release party for it Feb. 6 at 6pm in Ravenna Third Place Books (on the corner of 65th and 20th NE). Jim will be reading from the book and there will be guest readers accompanying him. Space is limited, so we suggest you come early. Books can be bought through this link here or at Ravenna Third Place Books (which just ordered it’s second wave of books). We are super excited for this release and […]
