While COVID-19’s devastating toll has taken center stage over the past year, another health crisis has quietly raged on. Nationally, opioid overdoses have accelerated amid the pandemic’s daily life disruptions….
Coronavirus Chronicles
Coronavirus Chronicles: Jazz performer won’t let the pandemic silence her music
Musician Marina Christopher had her 2020 all planned. In January, she was in New York City playing bass with a touring group. She had other stops scheduled and was ready to…
Coronavirus Chronicles: Alley Bell pivots from in-person classes to virtual music-making
Making music in the time of COVID has called for inordinate creativity. Social distancing restrictions have made life especially difficult for performing artists whose life work—and livelihoods—normally depend on gathering…
Coronavirus Chronicles: UW student helps seniors go digital for health and connection
When she was 15, Nhu Nguyen came with her family to the Northwest from Vietnam, settling first in South Seattle then moving to Edmonds, where she attended Edmonds-Woodway High School…
Coronavirus Chronicles: Pivoting during a pandemic — local businesses share lessons learned
How do you keep moving your business or organization forward when the going gets tough? Five local managers from a range of organizations came together Tuesday for a one-hour webinar…
Coronavirus Chronicles: The Juiceman cometh
When the coronavirus lockdown began, Larry Clarke of Mountlake Terrace looked at his Oldskool Juice Co. inventory of freshly squeezed juices in dismay. His usual outlets — hotels and restaurants…
Coronavirus Chronicles: Wildlife artist invites you to put fun on your face with animal-art masks
Artist Cheryl King was just about to launch a new clothing line featuring her paintings of wildlife, “and then the lockdown hit,” she said, adding a bit ruefully, “at least…
Coronavirus Chronicles: Gardening provides antidote to quarantine anxiety
Staying home wIth an active 3 1/2-year-old boy, and having exhausted the usual entertainments in a pandemic such as virtual playdates and Cosmic Kids yoga classes, what’s a family to…