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What to Do This Fall: Festivals, Conventions, Bar Hops and More

What to Do This Fall: Festivals, Conventions, Bar Hops and More

Not into carving pumpkins? Here's how to spend your October

Attendees at BrickCon check out the multitude of LEGO creations.

Kasee Bailey

Once a Dime a Dozen, Homes with Views are Now More Valuable than Ever

The need to accelerate efforts to protect and expand public access to views is high

The Escala building in downtown Seattle

Knute Berger

The Must List: Fremont Oktoberfest, Local Sightings Film Fest and More

What to do this weekend in Seattle

The 19th Annual Fremont Oktoberfest is this weekend, 9/23 to 9/25

Seattle magazine staff

Fall Book Events For Foodies

Fall Book Events For Foodies

Consider yourself a foodie? Attend local book signings and parties for some of the culinary world's biggest names

Prowling for new restaurants isn’t the only way that foodies can get their fix.   This fall, big name celeb chefs and authors are making their way to our fair city, giving you new culinary material to pour over.   Rowan Jacobsen   Food writer and James Beard Award-winner Rowan Jacobsen joins fellow James Beard…

Kasee Bailey

In Which We Take a Tour of Amazon’s Headquarters

What did you expect? Books?

In Amazon’s Van Vorst Building, techies relax in easy-chairs and dogs saunter through the lobby

David Volk

New Artwork Adorns Entrance to Wallingford’s North Transfer Station

Sculpture injects beauty into a former wasteland

Artist Jean Shin’s sculpture, constructed from recycled rebar, adorns the entrance to the North Transfer Station in Wallingford

Jim Demetre

8 Ways to Make Seattle Less Appealing

Some ideas for rebooting our defense mechanisms

I have argued that Seattle should deal with growth in two ways: more housing to increase the supply side, and making ourselves less appealing to reduce demand. Some critters in nature exude chemical to make them taste bad. A few species of tropical frogs are covered in a poisonous slime to make them untouchable, and…

Knute Berger

Local Art Installation "Cranes" Lights Up Westlake Park

Local Art Installation “Cranes” Lights Up Westlake Park

The artwork intends to highlight the change that's taking place in our city

“Cranes” art installation brings neon colors to Westlake Park

Kasee Bailey

The Must List: Luminata, Mini Maker Faire and Portland’s Epic Feast Festival

What to do in Seattle this weekend

The Luminata festival at Green Lake Park

Seattle magazine staff

Will Robots One Day Run Our Lives?

The future may finally be here, says Knute Berger, and it looks like robots will rule

A reporter interviews the Televox robot, made by Westinghouse Electric, in the Lloyd Building in 1928

Knute Berger

ICYMI: Occidental Park Art Installation

Local artist Sophia Wheelwright lights up Occidental Park with "Suspended Eddies"

Sophia Wheelwright’s art installation lights up Occidental Park in Pioneer Square

Kasee Bailey

Sex, Drugs and Sky River

Sex, Drugs and Sky River

Today we have Hempfest, legal marijuana retail outlets, and naked Fremont cyclists. Outdoor rock concerts thrive at places like The Gorge, White River and Marymoor Park. We have music and cultural events like Bumbershoot and Capitol Hill Block Party, and in 2017 Paul Allen’s Upstream to entertain music fans who want to stay in the…

Knute Berger

The Must List: Smith Tower Grand Reopening, Tall Ships Drop Anchor

The Must List: Smith Tower Grand Reopening, Tall Ships Drop Anchor

What to do this weekend in Seattle

Must Ooh and Ahh Smith Tower Grand Reopening Thursday (8/25, times vary) After a few nips and tucks, the historic 1914 Smith Tower officially reopens its 35th-floor observation deck today! Expect a new Prohibition era-inspired bar, a new general store and two ongoing tour options: the 40-minute self-guided “Legends of Smith Tower” and the “Straight…

Seattle magazine staff

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