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Many Negroes from the Bayou country could and did pass for white. They, too, had hank-straight black hair, dark eyes and shell-cream skin. —Maya Angoulou, “Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry like Christmas” For one of the most prolific and highly...

Picks From Seattle Art And Performance For March 1-June 6 by Julia Raban Find a complete list of readings and talks in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar. Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app—available now...

The Best Events From March 1-June 6 by Stranger Things To Do Staff MARCH 1 Ben Fountain Ben Fountain is one of those writers that makes you feel okay for not having published your groundbreaking novel before 40 years of age. He published his first...

I dust off this piece, which I wrote more than fifteen years ago, in celebration of Michael Tisserand's splendid new biography, Krazy: George Herriman, A Life in Black and White. I've revised a few things slightly to take Tisserand's research into account...

Each week, we’re schooled by an expert on some party-worthy topic. The topic today is New Orleans-born cartoonist George Herriman. During the 1910s, he created one of the greatest and most influential comic strips ever: “Krazy Kat.” Our Chat Class teacher...