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8 PNW-Inspired Books to Read This Fall

8 PNW-Inspired Books to Read This Fall

Relax and settle into the season with this Pacific Northwest-themed reading list

Between traveling and turkeys, you need to unwind. Here are eight literary picks to help you do it.

Kasee Bailey

Here's Your Post-Election Neko Case, in Tacoma Tonight

Here’s Your Post-Election Neko Case, in Tacoma Tonight

Unless you already have tickets, you won’t be able to see Neko Case tonight when she visits the Pantages Theatre in Tacoma, her former hometown, for a sold out show. It’s sure to be one to remember; Case is a vocal advocate of progressive issues across the board. “In my beloved hometown, Tacoma tonight to…

Gwendolyn Elliott

Gray Matters: A Short History of Pike Place Market Tiles, Including Barack Obama's

Gray Matters: A Short History of Pike Place Market Tiles, Including Barack Obama’s

Selling tiles to raise funds for the Pike Place Market started in the 1980s. Today, you can buy a steel “charm” to help fund the market’s expansion

Knute Berger

'Dangerous Liaisons' Lands Safely at ACT

‘Dangerous Liaisons’ Lands Safely at ACT

The story—which follows the manipulations and maneuverings of members of pre-revolutionary France’s 18th century royal court—is a familiar one, yet still timely

Dangerous Liaisons runs through November 20th at ACT Theatre.

D. Scully

The Secret Lives of Owls

The Secret Lives of Owls

Learn about 19 species of North American owls in Paul Bannick’s new book, including this inquisitive short-eared owl

Rebecca Ratterman

Joel McHale, Funny Man

Joel McHale, Funny Man

The former Seattleite riffs on fame, fortune and life’s pinnacles

Joel McHale, born in Rome, Italy, and raised on Mercer Island, cut his performing teeth on KING-TV’s Almost Live before taking on Hollywood, where he’s appeared on Community, The Soup and the new CBS comedy The Great Indoors. We caught him between takes for a chat about his new half-memoir, half-self-help book, Thanks for the…

D. Scully

Seattle's Hall of Fame: Rising Stars

Seattle’s Hall of Fame: Rising Stars

Quinton Morris

Seattle Magazine Staff

The Must List: The Letter Farmer, Paychi Guh Trunk Sale and the 37th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition

The Must List: The Letter Farmer, Paychi Guh Trunk Sale and the 37th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition

Rachel Brandzel Weil in front of her mobile stationery truck.

Seattle Mag

The 50-year Evolution of Seattle Magazine

The 50-year Evolution of Seattle Magazine

A look at the interestingly twisted branches of the 'Seattle' family tree

Steve Pool on a 1993 cover

Tim Appelo with additional reporting by Eva Seelye

Seattle's Hoop Dreams Grow Again, Raising More Arena Questions

Seattle’s Hoop Dreams Grow Again, Raising More Arena Questions

KeyArena, back in play again.

Knute Berger

Seattle's Hall of Fame: Education, Health Care and Research/Medicine/Science

Seattle’s Hall of Fame: Education, Health Care and Research/Medicine/Science

From left: Ron Sims, Mary-Claire King, Estela Ortega, Pramila Jayapal, Norm Rice, Patricia Kuhl, Ed Lazowska, Jeff Brotman

Seattle Magazine Staff

Seattle's Hall of Fame: Politics, History/Preservation and Media/Journalism

Seattle’s Hall of Fame: Politics, History/Preservation and Media/Journalism

David Brewster

Seattle Magazine Staff

Seattle's Hall of Fame: Activism/Social Justice, Civic Discourse and Community Leaders, Civil Rights and Cannabis

Seattle’s Hall of Fame: Activism/Social Justice, Civic Discourse and Community Leaders, Civil Rights and Cannabis

The Gates Family

Seattle Magazine Staff

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