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24 Reasons We Love Seattle Right Now
The days may be darker and wetter this time of year, but there’s no shortage of ways to spend them
Clockwise from top left: Redmond Work & Western Wear; fried chicken Wednesdays at Bookstore Bar; Seattle Pinball Museum; Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park; Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar
The Seahawks Get the Win on a Missed Field Goal
How the Seahawks grabbed the win from the jaws of a missed kick
Whole-EEE crud. But first: that poor Vikings kicker. Somewhere Scott Norwood and Bill Buckner are shaking their heads knowingly. In less than 12 months, the Seattle Seahawks have been part of two of the most unpredictable plays in NFL playoff history. On Sunday, the team watched Minnesota Vikings kicker, Blair Walsh, hook a 27-yard field…
Must List: Italian Cinema, World’s Quickest Theater Fest at ACT
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must SeeItalian Cinema at SAM(1/7 to 3/17, times vary) Seattle Art Museum’s wide-ranging Italian film series includes classic films directed by Fellini, Antonioni and Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti, Toni Servillo and Clint Eastwood. 1/7, Il Grido (The Cry); 1/14, L’Avventura; 1/21, I Fidanzati (The Fiancés); 1/28, The Witches. Must HearPianist Garrick Ohlsson…
Bertha Gets Back To Work, Seahawks Head to Minneapolis & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Bertha the big tunnel-boring machine is ready to get back to work after multiple problems (overheating, a damaged cutter head and even the discovery of shells) caused delay after delay since the project began in 2013. According to Bloomberg Business, fixing the five-stories-tall, mostly underground drill was a giant task. To repair damages, a 120-feet…
Pae White’s Command-Shift-4 at Henry Art Gallery
An installation at the Henry Art Gallery draws a line between art and tech
Los Angeles artist Pae White’s current installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Command-Shift-4, transforms the spacious lower gallery into a dynamic space where visitors are subject to sudden, disorienting perceptual shifts as they slowly wander through it. Although the title refers to the Apple computer keyboard shortcut that allows the user to create a screenshot…
Seahawks vs. Minnesota in Round One
Seattle faces the Purple People Eaters in a frosty (and winnable) Round One
The Seattle Seahawks are headed to Minnesota. After crushing the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, the Seahawks found themselves watching the scoreboard. Depending on who won in the Minnesota Vikings/Green Bay Packers game, the Seahawks could have been traveling to Washington, D.C. or Minnesota. The Vikes won, so Seattle is Minnesota-bound. Sunday’s rout was thanks in part…
Must List: Polar Bear Plunge, Free Day at WA State Parks
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must RockPatti Smith Rocks The Moore(1/4 to 1/5, 8 p.m.) Punk rock songwriter, musician and poet Patti Smith brings her world tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of her seminal debut album, Horses, to the Moore Theatre. Hear her sing the songs that helped make her an icon. Must Get OutdoorsFree Day at…
Recline that Seat–You Paid for the Privilege
Holiday travel can be stressful. So go ahead and recline that seat
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com. Not long ago I was seated next to a female stranger on a flight from Seattle to Chicago. As we reached cruising altitude, the passenger in front of my seatmate reclined his seat. Her response was immediate: she promptly—and sharply—thumped the back of the “offender’s” seat with her left…
Empowering Teens Through Public Art
Local artist Kathleen Warren helps the youth of Seattle gain pride through creativity
Artist Kathleen Warren started volunteering with Urban ArtWorks after spotting some of the local nonprofit’s colorful murals around the city. Six years later, Warren, now the SoDo-based organization’s director, says she’s always been drawn to public art. “I’ve been in institutions like museums and galleries before that feel too sterile. It upsets me that it’s…
The Seahawks Lose Ugly in Week 16
The St. Louis Rams had the Hawks' number
What an ugly, ugly game. The question though is does that cruddy game–a loss to the St. Louis Rams 23-17–actually mean anything? It could mean a permanent fall (depending on the outcome of next Sunday’s games) to the sixth and final Wild Card spot for the ‘Hawks and a matchup against the Green Bay Packers…
Must List: Brian Setzer Orchestra, Book of Mormon & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must RockBrian Setzer Orchestra’s 12th Annual Christmas Rocks!(12/27, 7:30 p.m.) The three-time Grammy Award–winning musician will rock his new album, Rockin’ Rudolph, with his 18-piece orchestra at Benaroya Hall. Must Make ReservationsTop New Year’s Eve Dinners Around SeattleWe did our homework and sifted through some of the finest restaurants in town to bring you this…
Nine Reasons Why the Seahawks Shouldn’t be Playing this Well
But they are! And it's not smoke and mirrors, it's grit and guile
Whenever the Seahawks score a touchdown, the immediate–and appropriate–fan reaction is: again??? Over the past five games, the team has been beating their opponents by a margin of 20 points per game and the standout of standouts has been wide receiver Doug Baldwin, who’s caught 10 touchdown passes in the past four games. Since the…
New Video from Local Band The Great Um
The indie rock band splashes around in a cold Sound for its latest track 'Uptown'
In 2014, we named Seattle rock band The Great Um–which features our contributing writer Jake Uitti on bass, Caleb Thompson on vocals and guitar, Joel Myers on guitar and Dominic Cortese on drums–one of the 50 Bands Rocking Seattle Music Right Now. Their 5-track album Everybody Now was a must-listen “for rock ’n’ roll with…
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