Arts
Seattle Social Media Stars: The Beautiful Life
Gorgeous interiors, impeccable fashion sense...get ready to feel inspired (or downright jealous)
Kate Murphy@katecph 2K An architectural designer and the marketing director for Belltown’s Suyama Peterson Deguchi, Kate Murphy has an amazing eye for design. The Capitol Hill resident’s Instagram stream reveals the beauty, symmetry and pattern in everyday scenes and objects, along with details of architectural design. Cassandra LaValle@coco.kelley 30K // @casslavalle 29K // “Coco +…
Seattle’s YouTube Millionaire
Social media is more than a past-time for north Seattle Judy Travis. It's a way of life
Judy Travis is undeniably one of social media’s biggest stars. The north Seattle resident, who got her start posting amateur makeup reviews and how-tos in 2008 just for fun, has parlayed her passion for beauty products into a career as a “YouTuber.” And it’s a lucrative gig—some reports estimate her net worth at more than…
Maple Valley Native Takes on Storms, Crabs and Reality TV
Danger is all in a day’s work for this Deadliest Catch captain
Johnathan Hillstrand was practically born with sea legs. The Maple Valley resident says his earliest memory is that of being on a boat with his father at age 3. He followed in his dad’s footsteps, becoming a crab fisherman right after high school, but never expected his work would make him famous. In 2005, when…
Seattle’s Social Media Stars
Meet the locals who know how to network
From Twitter addicts who know Seattle’s scene inside out to Instagrammers who share their artistic views of all the best things about this city, we’ve rounded up the local social media personalities who we think you’ll want to discover. Want to give a shout out for your favorite local media personalities? Share with us on…
How Elephant Car Wash Became an Unforgettable Icon
The rotating pink neon sign is said to be one of the most photographed landmarks in Seattle
You know what they say: Washing your car is the surest way to bring on rain. If that’s the case, many of Seattle’s drizzly days must be caused by Elephant Car Wash. The business traces its roots back to the 1940s, when Richmond Beach native Eldon Anderson and his business partners opened the Five Minute…
The 2016 Madaraka Festival Electrifies EMP this Month
Proceeds support the education, music and art program One Vibe
In 2013, writer and community organizer Simon Okelo had a vision: to start an education, music and arts program – called One Vibe – to benefit youth in Kenya. Since then, he has helped more than 500 youths in Manyatta, which is a slum in Kisumu and the third largest city in the country. It’s…
How the Name ‘Alaskan Way’ Came to Be (Hint: it Took Awhile)
Our revamped waterfront will need a new name. Should Seattle reconsider ‘Cosmos Quay'?’
Sometime after 2020, Seattle will wake up to a spanking new waterfront. Assuming Bertha finishes her work, the Alaskan Way Viaduct is replaced with a new street-level boulevard, the new seawall is finished, and the James Corner–designed “waterfront for all” park is completed, it will signal a massive transformation of the place where Seattle meets…
The Must List: Pierogi Festival, Sonic Evolution & More
What to do this weekend and beyond in Seattle
Must HearGet Ready for Sonic Evolution: This is IndieFriday (5/13, 8 p.m.) Filmmaker Bill Morrison joins forces with Bang on a Can cofounder Michael Gordon for a one-of-a-kind evening. Morrison uses archival Seattle footage as a backdrop for Gordon’s electrified concerto for virtuoso pianist and multimedia artist Tomoko Mukaiyama. Brooklyn-based composer William Brittelle presents a…
Midsummer Fun: Where to Celebrate the Solstice in Seattle
Celebrate the high point of summer, Scandinavian style
To say the summer solstice is a big deal in Scandinavia is an understatement: In Sweden, for instance, the midsummer holiday comes second only to Christmas in terms of the scale of celebration. After a season of short, dark days, it’s little wonder those Nordic types break open the schnapps and toast the high point…
Q&A with Seattle Rapper Raz Simone
The gravely-voiced Simone will be joining Macklemore on a U.S. tour
Sitting on the edge of the trunk of a Tesla, Seattle rapper Raz Simone greeted about two dozen fans near an apartment building off Cherry Street last Wednesday afternoon. The informal event was part of the kickoff for his upcoming tour with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. For a series of dates, Simone will open for…
SIFF Gets Real
Virtual reality may be the breakout star of this year’s film festival
For more than 40 years, the Seattle Independent Film Festival (SIFF) has introduced its patrons to up-and-coming talent and films not seen anywhere else in town. This year, a four-day festival within the festival will do more than show viewers new films—it will offer entirely new ways of experiencing film. Produced by Mad Eye Media…
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for the Rare “Scenic Drive” Sign
Seattle’s enigmatic reminders of roads less taken
These days, Seattle’s streets are peppered with signs proclaiming road closures, revised routes and reminders not to “block the box.” But keep your eyes peeled and you may spot a rare “Scenic Drive” sign. The signs are the legacies of a 1958 collaboration between the City of Seattle and the Chamber of Commerce, created to…
‘Young Blood’ Exhibit now on View at The Frye Art Museum
The Frye presents works of Seattle natives Noah Davis and Kahlil Joseph
Last August, painter and installation artist Noah Davis, who was raised in Seattle but based in Los Angeles, died of cancer at the age of 32. During his brief career, Davis established himself as a significant force in the art world and one of the country’s most prominent African-American artists. His somber, mysterious and emotionally…
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