Arts
Must List: Indie Crafts Galore, ‘Willy Wonka’ in Smell-O-Vision
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Get CraftyWinter Urban Craft Uprising at Seattle Center(12/5 to 12/6, times vary) Billed as Seattle’s largest indie craft show, the two-day Winter Urban Craft Uprising (there’s another show in the summer) at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall is free (a $1 donation is encouraged) and features more than 150 vendors of handcrafted goods. Must…
Instagram Inspiration: Holiday Lights
Seattle is sprinkled with lights and holiday spirit
‘Tis the season for twinkly lights! One of the main reasons I’m so obsessed with this time of year is the simple addition of stringed lights everywhere. I’m not sure why I love them so deeply; maybe it’s the added ambiance (I’m a sucker for dark spaces with soft lighting) or the simple reminder of…
Starbucks Delivery Launches in Seattle, Optimism Brewing Opens
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Order Starbucks without leaving your bed: Starbucks brightened many groggy mornings yesterday with the announcement of its new delivery service in partnership with Postmates. The service, “Starbucks Delivery by Postmates,” lets customers use the Starbucks mobile app to order food and drinks for delivery within an hour. This is the pilot stage of the service, and it is…
Seattle Native Zoe Rain to Photograph Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2016 Tour
The young photographer will again accompany the duo on their national tour
Five years ago Zoe Rain was failing her high school photography class. A self-described troubled kid, Rain took the class only to get an art credit at Roosevelt High and continued to shuffle through her curriculum, despite loving to shoot “insects and flowers and silly kids’ stuff” when she was younger. Her high school teacher…
‘Thrift Shop’ Singer Pens #TheBookofWanz
Seattle singer Wanz has written a new book full of inspirational quotes from the road
Michael A. Wansley wants to drive his own boat. But, to do this anytime soon he’s going to have to get over some pretty debilitating fears. Wansley, who famously sang the hook in the Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song, “Thrift Shop,” appears on the water in a scene for the song’s video, driving a boat…
Seattle Superheroes: Marco Collins
How the Hall of Fame DJ became a city superhero
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. No one knows exactly how he got here. But it’s safe to say that DJ Marco “Maneuver” Collins landed in Seattle…
Seahawks Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
Yesterday's big win against Pittsburgh keeps team on track
The matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the Pittsburgh Steelers felt just about as tense on Sunday as it did 10 years ago when they faced each other in Super Bowl XL. With yesterday’s win, the ‘Hawks stay alive in the 2015 playoff hunt. It was a penalty-filled contest (just like it was 10 years…
Creating an Alternative Religious Community for the 21st Century
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum cultivates a new kind of community
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum came to this city wanting to “thaw the freeze,” she says. In Seattle, she found, meeting people and building Jewish culture and community can be a challenge. That’s why Nussbaum, shortly after arriving here in 2004 with her husband, Noam Pianko, cofounded The Kavana Cooperative, a nondenominational Jewish community. “In a transplant…
“Rebel Rebel” at SAM to Run Through December 13
Seattle couple's generosity inspires Seattle Art Museum's disruptive Rebel Rebel exhibit
This season, amid the frenzy of downtown Seattle, where shoppers descend and office workers close out the fiscal year, there is an exhibit that disrupts our notions about artists and museums while affirming our faith in generosity and inclusion. Rebel Rebel, at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), appears at first to be a modest show…
A Helping Hand for Seattle’s Homeless Veterans
At Seattle Stand Down 5, many homeless veterans will be offered much-needed services
The Seattle area has the eighth-largest homeless veteran population in the country, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). With the help of the community, the veteran-led nonprofit One Less Mountain’s Seattle Stand Down project is working to change that. Throughout the year, volunteers have been calling on landlords and…
UW Researchers Find a Way to Link Two Brains Together
The power of the human mind makes brain-to-brain communication a possibility
Who would’ve thought that the old parlor game 20 Questions would help researchers link two brains together? University of Washington researchers at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences used the game to help them learn how to read minds. Who would’ve thought that the old parlor game 20 Questions would help researchers link two…
‘Come From Away’ is Entertaining, Thoroughly Absorbing
It's an uplifting look at the way a community coped in the wake of 9/11
On 9/11, 38 international flights were told they must land in Gander, Newfoundland, after the American government closed U.S. airspace. Most of us, traumatized by the events that day and glued to our screens, were unaware that nearly 7,000 people became unintended guests of this small Canadian community and several towns nearby. The theatrical production,…
WA Ranks 42nd for Love of Green Bean Casserole & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
According to a study conducted by DelMonte, Washington state ranks 42nd in the U.S. for our love of green bean casserole. DelMonte surveyed 3,000 Americans and asked them to divulge whether or not they would serve this time-honored classic at their Thanksgiving feast this year. Ranking just ahead of West Virginia, the survey showed that 21…
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