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(Runtime 0:47) By Diana RomeroA music festival is heading to Richland in June. Organizers of Fusion Fest plan to start releasing the line-up at an event…

(Runtime 4:01) When Chestina Dominguez was little, her maternal grandmother, her kuthla, wanted to teach her to weave.“I never wanted to learn. I always…

Award-winning poet Ricardo Ruiz focuses on telling the stories of his community, for his community. NWPB’s Rachel Sun interviewed Ruiz about that work, and his approach to collaborative storytelling through poetry.

El galardonado poeta Ricardo Ruiz se centra en contar las historias de su comunidad, para su comunidad.

Catherine McKinney is a sister of a person with developmental delays. She knows firsthand the joys and challenges families face when seeking opportunity and community for their loved ones.At Clallam Mosaic, where she is the program and communications director, McKinney helps families like hers find community through recreational programs that range from martial arts to quilting. Since 2019, the organization on the Olympic Peninsula has expanded its arts offerings.

(Runtime 3:46) Ever since Brent Bowen was a young boy, about eight or nine, he played the silver ball.It all started at a local hotspot in Kennewick,…

Moss drapes over trees in Olympic National Park like the table dressings of fairies and the blankets of sprites. This place inspires writers — from amateurs to poets to public radio reporters — and welcomes visitors each year into its majesty.Our national parks tend to do that; be places of awe-inspiring beauty, great adventures through bushwhacking and overnights surrounded by stars, or casual days trips on paved roads for vehicle passengers to marvel at the great outdoors from the comfort of a sedan.

Five years since it was first published, Maps, a collection of poems by Tacoma writer Christina Vega, is still relevant today as a response to social injustice, they said.“I'm asking readers to return to the work,” Vega said. “Let's look at it again, these issues are still here.”

A group of poets in Kittitas County will honor eight important Washington women in verse.March is Women’s History Month, and this Friday at Gallery One in Ellensburg, the poets will perform their crown of sonnets, a succession of seven, separate sonnets, at the Women’s History Month Poetry Extravaganza.

Can an instrument suit your personality? Dr. Jacqueline Wilson of Yakama would say so. She believes her personality fits best with a large, low sounding,…