I had the chance to catch an early screening of The Sheep Detectives and went in unsure of what to expect. I thought it might not be my kind of film, but it turned out to be a delightful surprise — one that moved me to tears. This warm, endearing family movie...
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When I was still a small child, my well-meaning parents nearly ruined me for Carmen by purchasing a record of opera arias with lyrics for kids. The songs immediately became earworms. To this day, when I hear a performance of the seductive Habanera, one of the...
Classified as an art film, Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery, weaves together complex emotions and quiet moments. Like many films in this genre, it relies more on mood, atmosphere, and subtext than on a straightforward plot. Throughout the movie, this...
Dr. Henry Anton Kuharic, a pioneering physician, humanitarian, and lifelong advocate for public health and environmental stewardship, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2026, at the age of 98. Born April 5, 1928, in Newcastle, Washington, he was the son of...
As lawmakers across the country continue to advance legislation targeting the LGBTQIA+ community, Washington state ended its 2025-26 legislative session by reinforcing its reputation as one of the nation’s most protective states for Queer communities. This...
On a rainy evening, while ensconced within his I-5 adjacent Eastlake residence, 87-year-old George Freeman got serious about an issue that has been negatively impacting him and other Capitol Hill seniors for years. “The bathrooms were fine until about 2020,”...
The 10th annual CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival in Bellingham returns on April 30 with a gala screening of the New Zealand documentary TENOR: My Name Is Pati, written and directed by Rebecca Tansley. The fest’s in-theater component continues...
The first album I ever bought with my own money was Michael Jackson’s Thriller. I must have played that sucker a few thousand times. Song after song blared through our Spokane home. My mom would dance around the kitchen. By the end of the summer of 1982, even...
How much power do our dreams have? For one young woman living in the American South, dreams had the power to take her far away, into the new life she’d longed for. After a year of manifesting new possibilities, Madeline Clere found that maybe dreams can have...
Any film starring Ian McKellen is bound to be good, and The Christophers is no exception. This 2025 comedy-drama, directed by Steven Soderbergh, delivers a perfect blend of humor and heartfelt moments that keep viewers engaged throughout its...