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Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Former General Director of the Seattle Opera, Aidan Lang

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Former General Director of the Seattle Opera, Aidan Lang

During his five-year tenure, Lang helped grow the opera's audience, especially with younger crowds

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Aidan Lang served as Seattle Opera’s general director for just five years prior to joining the Welsh National Opera, but he left a legacy that promises to set the tone for generations of opera fans. During…

SODO Community Market Offers New Approach to Tackling Hunger

SODO Community Market Offers New Approach to Tackling Hunger

The new facility serves as a traditional food bank but looks like a grocery store

SODO Community Market looks more like a grocery store than a food bank

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Common Ground Music Project Founder, Shontina Vernon

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Common Ground Music Project Founder, Shontina Vernon

In addition, her Visionary Justice StoryLab earned Vernon a fellowship from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Three years ago, Shontina Vernon took 11 other Seattle artists—in dance, music, spoken word and other arts—to Cuba to meet, learn from and collaborate with artists in that country. That trip served as the launch…

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: yəhaw̓ Curatorial Team

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: yəhaw̓ Curatorial Team

Satpreet Kahlon, Tracy Rector and Asia Tail have created an exhibit to recognize the work of Northwest indigenous artists

From left: Satpreet Kahlon, Tracy Rector and Asia Tail on site at King Street Station

Must List: Northwest Chocolate Festival, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival, Cinema Italian Style

Must List: Northwest Chocolate Festival, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival, Cinema Italian Style

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST BE SWEET Northwest Chocolate Festival (11/9-11/10) Get your fix of handmade truffles, caramels and quirky confections at the largest celebration in the world for chocolate lovers. Featuring about 100 artisanal chocolatiers from 20 countries, the event entices with handcrafted, dark and milk chocolate treats…

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz

Franz secured $50 million from the legislature this year to fund fire prevention efforts

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. After smoke loomed on seattle’s horizon for the two summers prior to this one, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is making her Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a more visible force. Elected in 2016,…

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Pupusas, Hawaiian BBQ and Steak Frites

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Pupusas, Hawaiian BBQ and Steak Frites

Plus: Where to take out-of-towners

Our Instagram is a great place to find amazing photography and get the scoop on what’s going on in the city. It’s also where our editor-in-chief, Chelsea Lin, answers reader questions about eating out in Seattle. Every Wednesday, she’s on our Instagram story uncovering the best spots to satisfy your cravings. We’ve got her answers from the…

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Spaceflight Industries CEO, Curt Blake

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Spaceflight Industries CEO, Curt Blake

Spaceflight will have overseen some 23 rocket launches ferrying 226 satellites into Earth’s orbit or beyond by year’s end

Spaceflight Industries CEO Curt Blake

15 Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner 2019

15 Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner 2019

Turn off the oven and let Seattle chefs make you a fantastic holiday meal

You can forego the hours of cooking and loads of dishes to clean on Thanksgiving with the many Seattle restaurants who are offering special, chef-prepared Thanksgiving meals this year. Vegetarian and vegan options are available at some as well as multi-course meals that range from four to nine dishes, some more traditional, others more experimental….

AIA Home of Distinction: Central District Triplex Provides a Blank Canvas for Bold Design Strokes Inside and Out

AIA Home of Distinction: Central District Triplex Provides a Blank Canvas for Bold Design Strokes Inside and Out

'We wanted to create a model for urban living, where we have potentially six homes: three townhomes and then the three Airbnb or mother-in-law units'

KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: Architects and partners Steven Lazen and Kailin Gregga live in one unit of the Central District triplex nicknamed Big Mouth House; Lazen loves to cook, so he opted for a big kitchen featuring this island with a six-burner stovetop

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Social Justice Fund Interim Program Director, Karen Toering

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Social Justice Fund Interim Program Director, Karen Toering

Toering's black-led Giving Project has raised more than $370,000 from 240 donors to boost black-led organizations

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. As interim program director of the Social Justice Fund, Karen Toering has directed her many talents—as a grassroots organizer, cultural worker, and nonprofit arts and social justice consultant—into the black-led Giving Project. The project, the…

Book Excerpt: Demystifying Mussels with 'The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook'

Book Excerpt: Demystifying Mussels with ‘The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook’

In her first cookbook, Seattle magazine contributor Naomi Tomky proffers a complete guide to preparing—and understanding—the region’s bounty of fresh seafood

This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Local food and travel writer Naomi Tomky’s work has been published in dozens of national magazines, but The Pacific Northwest Seafood Cookbook (November 5, The Countryman Press, $27.95) is her first foray into cookbook writing. In her signature relatable style, Tomky outlines everything there…

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Homelessness and Housing Advocates, Colleen Echohawk, Matt Hutchins, Nicole Macri and Paul Lambros

Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Homelessness and Housing Advocates, Colleen Echohawk, Matt Hutchins, Nicole Macri and Paul Lambros

These four locals are helping change the intertwined homelessness and housing crisis in Seattle

From left: Colleen Echohawk, Nicole Macri, Matt Hutchins and Paul Lambros

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