Grace Madigan
Arts & Culture ReporterGrace Madigan covers arts and culture with a focus on how people express themselves and connect to their communities through art, music, media, food, and sport.
Raised in Western Washington, Grace loves trying to answer all the questions rattling around her mind and reporting the stories of people she may not have met otherwise. Prior to KNKX, she freelanced for the International Examiner, KEXP, and Sip Northwest.
Grace also served as director for The Evergrey, a newsletter for Seattle locals. Outside of work, she likes to play and watch soccer, cook dumplings, and create playlists for herself and friends.
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KNKX Arts & Culture Reporter Grace Madigan recaps Bumbershoot's successful return and how local arts leaders, many of them newly appointed, are feeling heading into this fall season. -
The Tacoma-based nonprofit has occupied the Merlino Arts Center since its founding more than 26 years ago. Now they will work on raising $5 million to buy the building outright.
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If you're in the know, you can find the gravel parking lot where this DIY music scene lives.
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The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has published the largest list of Indian boarding schools in the U.S.
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It's the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and a pop-up exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture looks at the women who are a part of that history.
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CatVideoFest is an annual event featuring a 70-minute reel of over 200 cat videos. Organizer Will Braden is a former Seattle Film Institute student who has become a cat video connoisseur.
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16 producers will compete for a prize of $1,000 by impressing a panel of judges with their original beats. The annual Beat Masters event is put on by 206 Zulu.
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New updates following an investigation by KNKX that looked into allegations of abuse at the Redmond, Wash.-based soccer club, Crossfire Premier.
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Two players on the Philippines' national women's team roster grew up playing soccer in the Seattle area. And a third played for the University of Washington.
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Allegations of a culture of sexism, racism, and abuse at Crossfire Premier, a youth soccer club in Washington state mirror the findings of a 2022 report about systemic abuse at the pro level.
