The Arts

Seattle Times books editor Mary Ann Gwinn and David Wright, reader services librarian for the Seattle Public Library, talked books on Tuesday with Seattle Times readers. Wright’s specialty:  if you tell him the last book you read and enjoyed, he can recommend the NEXT book you’re going to want to read. Read their recommendations below. Also see Mary Ann’s…

Seattle’s cultural institutions are not immune to Super Bowl fever. We already reported on the wager between Seattle Art Museum and Denver Art Museum (which morphed into a bit of a controversy). And yesterday, we noticed a video circulating on social media that shows the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra and Denver Philharmonic Orchestra facing off…

Colman Pool, by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times. This just in from Seattle Times reporter Hannah Leone: It’s hot. Where do you go to escape the heat? Here’s a list of seven places, one for each day of the week. (PS: Please share your favorite cooling-off spots with other readers on the comments thread.)