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Seattle Superheroes: Adra Boo
Seattle singer Adra Boo weaves hypnotizing songs
Seattle Superheroes is a regular series on seattlemag.com wherein artists depict standout people in our community as superheroes. While we’ve taken some artistic license with the narratives, the sentiment behind them is very real. Seattle’s Adra Boo hypnotizes. In an instant, after just one note or word, the listener’s mind is captive. It’s then up…
Will the Political Finger-Pointing Intensify with more Bertha Problems?
Bertha, Bertha, Bertha. Can she make real progress soon?
Need to start a conversation at any dinner party, just say “Bertha.” People will start asking questions, usually beginning with: WTF? The downtown tunnel boring machine began inching its way forward on schedule in late December, but has encounter new difficulties: a sinkhole near the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a barge that dumped dirt from the…
Introducing TigerOak’s Latest Publication, ‘Seattle Luxury Living’
The mag focuses on Seattle’s Chinese newcomers, visitors and investors
One of the most talked-about developments in our community over the past year has been the influx of Chinese residents—and investors—into the city. It’s a topic we explored last January, in a story about how purchases of both commercial and residential real estate are changing Seattle’s and the Eastside’s landscape and neighborhoods. Last September’s visit…
Three Ways to Celebrate MLK Day
Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. here in Seattle
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, you may be looking to find ways to celebrate his legacy. For some, that may mean to reflect on social justice and change while others choose to give back to the community throught volunteer work. However you decide to celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of local events to make…
Why We’re Looking Forward to the Seahawks’ Next Season
It was okay to lose Sunday... sort of
The Seahawks survived the stomach punch in Sunday’s opening minutes against the Carolina Panthers, took the contest a full 12 rounds, and in the end came up just short. After an emotional win last week against the Minnesota Vikings (a game Seattle shouldn’t have won), it feels okay to lose. Sort of. The season…
The Must List: ‘Marriage of Figaro’ Opens, ‘Citizen Activist’ Talk
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Pay HomageDavid Bowie Tribute Events Galore (Dates and times vary) Just days after his 69th birthday and the release of his latest album, Blackstar, rock legend David Bowie passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer. Celebrate the music genius’ life at several tribute events around the city. Must BravoSeattle Opera Presents The Marriage…
Hanford Project is Getting National Park Status and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
The Hanford Site, established in 1943 along the Columbia River as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project, near the present day Tri-Cities area of Richmond, Kennewick and Pasco, was home to the world’s first full-scale, plutonium-producing nuclear reactor (known as B Reactor). This weapons-grade plutonium was used in the first atomic bomb–the bomb that was…
Celebrating the Life of Rock Legend David Bowie
Where to say farewell to the music genius
It’s almost impossible to believe that this week, just days after his 69th birthday and the release of his latest album, Blackstar, rock legend David Bowie passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer. He had an incomparable sound, androgynous face and an inherent sense of cool. His ability to successfully and constantly reinvent himself…
A Reflection on Racism in Seattle
Knute Berger discusses Seattle's history of racism
We’re a progressive city with one of the most progressive mayors in America—Ed Murray—but we’re also one of the whitest. And we’re struggling with that. Seattleites—white Seattleites—have long fancied themselves as being above and beyond racial prejudice, ignoring the fact that many of our pioneer ancestors came to the Northwest to get away from racial…
Donald Byrd on Race Disruption and Dance
The Tony Award-nominated choreographer weighs in with Spectrum Dance Theater’s #RACEish season
Donald Byrd is a singular figure in Seattle’s art world. The Tony Award–nominated choreographer established his reputation in New York City and Los Angeles with his own eponymous company long before he arrived in Seattle to take the job of artistic director of Spectrum Dance Theater in 2002. He is at once an artist of…
Seattle’s First Cat Cafe is Now Open
Seattle Meowtropolitan opens its doors in Wallingford
Seattle has the second-highest number of “cat ladies” in the country, according to recent market data, which found that nearly one in 10 single women in the city live alone with at least one feline friend. And now there’s a place for all feline-philes—regardless of gender or relationship status—to enjoy the company of cats while…
Find Your Inspiration at CreativeMornings
Add a little motivation to your morning with this ongoing series of talks by creative locals
Sometimes it takes more than a cup of joe to kick-start the day. For those seeking extra inspiration, CreativeMornings could be just the ticket. Taking place at 8:30 a.m. on the second Friday of each month, CreativeMornings is an ongoing series of short talks—think TED Talks, but with coffee and pastries—by ingenious locals in fields…
After the Curtain: Reflections on PNB’s New ‘Nutcracker’
In which we reflect on the changing of the guards of this cherished local holiday tradition
Now that we’ve finally put away the holiday decorations and the first season of PNB’s spanking new custom-made production of The Nutcracker has wrapped, we reflect on the changing of the guards of this cherished local holiday tradition—and what it means when a local arts group commissions a piece. For a city with a population…
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