Peter Herford

The Seattle-based author has many years of experience in national broadcast news, including years teaching journalism in mainland China.

The Impresario

Here in the Northwest this list of Impresarios has someone less well known: Leila Getz of Vancouver BC. Leila who? She is a modern Impresario scaled down.

Old Battleships Never Die. They Just Get Facelifts

Battleships had a sea life of about 20 years. The New Jersey served for almost 50 years, making it the longest serving battleship ever.

Edmonds: Chemistry of a Community Orchestra

The 2002-3 season was a resurrection season for the symphony. The threat of extinction helped Cascade musicians realize it was do or die.

Begging for Dollars: Daily Emails from Trump Get more Hysterical

"Trump's team is no longer a not-so-organized collection of family members and hangers-on. Instead, it's staffed with political veterans who are building robust get-out-the-vote campaigns in key states, starting in Iowa."

When the News was News in 22 Minutes

The "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" reached nearly 30 million viewers every night when the US population was 200 million. That’s more than the audience for all three network news broadcasts today.

Tale of Two Taylors: Live in the Seattle Concert, Live on the Movie Screen

You can also think of Taylor Swift as an international economy. The current Eras tour will play at least 151 concerts on 5 continents. The concert film has grossed more than $250 million globally, according to Variety.

Redeploying Carriers, the U.S. Navy Falls Further Behind

The Navy has never been able to fulfill its post-Cold War plan for a permanent aircraft carrier presence in three hubs—the Western Pacific, the wider Middle East, and Europe.

The U.S Navy and a Past that No Longer Exists

Put simply, the current Navy, the older Navy, is less operational every year. And efforts to replace the ships are foundering.

Bellingham Festival gets a New Music Director

Marcelo Lehninger says about the Bellingham post: “The reason I look forward to the Bellingham Festival is not only the quality of the orchestra made up of many first chair instrumentalists from orchestras around the country, but as a place to grow the Festival.”

A 5000-Mile Trek to Hear Perhaps the World’s Greatest Pianist

Martha Argerich, 82, is apart from her reputation as perhaps the greatest living pianist, also famous for last-minute cancellations, a risk for those who travel distances to hear her. But not this time.

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