Arts and Leisure

Mist hung low in the valley over the marshes and fields. It hovered ghost-like against a backdrop of evergreens, barns and distant mountains.

Head to downtown Anacortes this Friday evening for First Friday Artwalk. We've got a list of locations open Friday night.

Building on the remarkable legacy of Smith & Vallee’s beloved Bird Invitational, the Anacortes Arts Festival is bringing the Skagit Valley Bird Show to the Depot in Anacortes.

 We're used to garden-variety frost and ice this time of year. Starry winter nights often lead to slippery winter mornings.

Sixty years ago in Seattle, when the tide pulled back on a crisp, calm winter night, my dad would round up my two brothers and me to hunt crabs at the beach below our house near North Beach in Ballard.

It’s the big dark. Dark heavy clouds blanket our skies, our hills, our spirits; rain turns fields and trails to mud; trees hang brooding above us, dripping, dank and damp, shielding the sky from view.