Western State's most famous victim, film star Frances Farmer, inspired Kurt Cobain, Tom Cruise, Madonna and a lost biographical masterpiece that may come back to life.
The former Western State Hill Ward asylum becomes a haunted, beautiful memorial park.
Born in Brooklyn, poet Lucas Smiraldo has transformed himself into a Tacoma spoken-word star known as Vanilla Soul.
Our reporter takes a spin around Tacoma's Record Store Row and returns with a handy guide to its niches and not-to-miss riches.
YMCA gets a new mural courtesy a local graffiti artist, 253 Collective is a neat art co-op and Fab-5 is helping kids find their creative side.
If you're an artist, you double your odds of unemployment. Local artists reveal how they're coping in our Hard Times Survival Guide. Read online via our Seattle issue this month.
By day, fireman Jesse Fox saves lives; by night, he plays drums for Seaweed
Photographer Steve Naccarato, selected by Robert Stocker, Robert Daniel Gallery
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