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Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease

By SAM McNEIL

Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the bottom of the world is soaring. And experts warn that with more visitors comes an increased risk of contamination, illness and other damage to the continent.


Still unsure about composting? Here's why and how to make ‘black gold' for the garden

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil type. Is your soil too sandy? Add compost. Too dense? Add compost. Lacking nutrients? Say it with me now: Add compost! That's why we gardeners call it “black gold.”



After Hours: Derby Days return to Redmond

By JOURNAL STAFF

Redmond's annual Derby Days festival will return July 24–25, bringing a weekend of live music, bicycle races and family-friendly events to the Redmond City Hall campus and the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome.


A real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after the sitcom about a fictional station

The call letters from the fictional radio station featured in a CBS sitcom were adopted by a trio of real “adult hits” stations in time for Monday's morning drive, and co-owner Jeff Ziesmann described listeners as “stoked.”


Exhibition blooms at the Frye

By JOURNAL STAFF

The Frye Art Museum is expanding its slate of creative aging and community programs as its immersive “Wallflowers” exhibition continues through May 17.


Opera premiering at Benaroya Hall

By JOURNAL STAFF

Seattle-based Music of Remembrance will present its 50th world premiere this month with “The Dialogue of Memories,” a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and journalist Howard Reich.


Features

At the Movies: Billie Eilish and James Cameron make concert movie magic with ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft'

By MARIA SHERMAN

Billie Eilish is levitating. Or so it seems. When the pop star first emerges on screen in the mouthful “Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),” she is suspended above a cube built of LED screens, surrounded by a sold-out crowd of over 23,000 fans in the center of the U.K.'s largest arena — Manchester's Co-op Live.



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