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5 outings to see spring flowers around Seattle

Seattle Japanese Garden (iStock.com)

April 27, 2024, 6:02am Life

March around the Seattle area is known for cherry blossoms. April is for the tulips. But even as May rolls closer, flower season is far from over. Read story

An upholstered side chair adds an instant pop of color in an otherwise neutral color scheme.

How to add pop of color

An upholstered side chair adds an instant pop of color in an otherwise neutral color scheme.

April 27, 2024, 6:02am Life

While neutral color palettes and “tone on tone” may appeal to those who love minimalism, adding a “pop of color” can help to energize a space. Read story

A reading nook offers many options for customization.

Are built-in fixtures right for me?

A reading nook offers many options for customization.

April 27, 2024, 6:01am Life

Nothing quite makes a home distinctively your own like built-in storage and features. Read story

Patti Smith performs in Ancona, Italy in 2023.

Taylor Swift song prompts searches for punk icon Patti Smith

Patti Smith performs in Ancona, Italy in 2023.

April 27, 2024, 5:59am Entertainment

Two years ago, Swifties were Googling Joni Mitchell due to “whispers” of Taylor Swift portraying the folk legend in a biopic. Read story

TV Questions: What is ‘The Talk’ on why CBS show is ending?

April 27, 2024, 5:59am Entertainment

You have questions. I have some answers. Read story

Diners eat noodles at Shinbusakiya, a ramen shop which offers &ldquo;Hokkaido classics,&rdquo; during Tokyo Ramen Tours at Shibuya district on April 2 in Tokyo.

More than just a bowl of noodles, ramen in Japan is an experience and a tourist attraction

Diners eat noodles at Shinbusakiya, a ramen shop which offers &ldquo;Hokkaido classics,&rdquo; during Tokyo Ramen Tours at Shibuya district on April 2 in Tokyo.

April 27, 2024, 5:54am Food

Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. Read story

FILE - A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards, March 2, 2023, in New York. Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers&rsquo; group PEN America on Monday, April 22, 2024, called off its annual awards ceremony.

PEN America calls off awards ceremony

FILE - A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards, March 2, 2023, in New York. Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers&rsquo; group PEN America on Monday, April 22, 2024, called off its annual awards ceremony.

April 27, 2024, 5:53am Entertainment

Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. Read story

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura poses for a portrait in the street in Havana, Cuba, April 10. Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana.

Writer Padura chronicles life in Cuba

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura poses for a portrait in the street in Havana, Cuba, April 10. Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana.

April 27, 2024, 5:53am Entertainment

His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. Read story

Screenwriter collaborates with ghost

April 27, 2024, 5:53am Entertainment

Therein is just one piece philosophy from William Shakespeare — or, shall we say, the ghost of William Shakespeare, an apparition who plays a key role in the plot and in helping to explain matters of the human soul in Thomas Garlinghouse’s entertaining and inventive novel, “Such Stuff As Dreams”… Read story

Devin Lenz puts a frame of a full-suspension mountain bike on a welding board at his workshop this week in Fort Lupton. Lenz builds high-performance mountain bikes and ski bikes.

Man crafts ‘boutique’ mountain bikes, ski bikes

Devin Lenz puts a frame of a full-suspension mountain bike on a welding board at his workshop this week in Fort Lupton. Lenz builds high-performance mountain bikes and ski bikes.

April 27, 2024, 5:52am Life

In a backyard workshop behind his home in rural Weld County, Devin Lenz is explaining his obsession with designing and building things, a passion dating back to his boyhood in the 1970s when he was a BMX rider. His father was a guitar maker who also built drag racing cars.… Read story