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Amazon Backlash, Warhol’s Design Approved for Tacoma Dome & More

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Legendary artist Andy Warhol submitted a giant flower design back in 1982 as part of a contest to adorn the top of the Tacoma Dome. He lost the contest, but now more than 30 years later, the Tacoma City Council has approved the use of his art atop the structure. According to King 5, this approval doesn’t necessarily mean that Warhol’s masterpiece will be on display, as “$5 million in private dollars must be raised first. Supporters are clear no taxpayer funds can be used for the project.”

‘Amazon go home.’ An Amazon employee read those three words scrawled on a note stuffed under his car’s windshield wiper. His vehicle (it had an Amazon bumper sticker) was also vandalized while parked outside of his Capitol Hill apartment. The tech giant employee believes he was targeted because he works at Amazon and that it’s all part of a backlash to the increase in highly paid, highly skilled tech workers as the online retailer continues to expand.

Microsoft’s new leader Satya Nadella is doing a bang-up job in his first year. Business Insider recently polled employees and found that the new direction to end the company’s “Windows-first” culture has positively affected its business and earned Nadella an approval rating of 74 percent.

An early warning system for earthquakes could soon be a reality for Western Washington. Several local companies including Boeing and Alaska Airlines are testing a prototype system developed by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and the University of Washington that could provide up to a 30-second warning prior to a quake.

Italian chain restaurant Buca di Beppo will say goodbye to its South Lake Union location on Ninth Avenue N after real estate developers snapped up the property and plan to erect an office building in its place. Construction is set to begin in a year. There is no word on whether the displaced spaghetti joint will reopen elsewhere downtown, but you can trek up to its Lynnwood location if you’re craving a heaping plate of pasta.

 

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

COOKING WITH ASTER PANTRY A few leaves turn, my inbox fills with fall festival pitches and cozy brunch menus, and suddenly I want to stay home with a glass of wine and cook. I love this nesting season, though I’m not ready to give up summer produce. Earlier this year, I wrote about Seattle chefs…

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

In its second year, the free festival brings 200-plus artists to a 20-block route September 19, with a secret garden and a former 7-Eleven stocked with art.

Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for this year’s WALKDONTRUN. The free, all-ages art walk stretches across more than 20 blocks. From 11…

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

For nearly 20 years, the Seattle artist and her husband have welcomed artists, writers, and musicians to a historic Montana schoolhouse. Now they’re searching for its next stewards. 

At her solo exhibition last year at The Vestibule, Seattle artist Ruth Marie Tomlinson presented a new series of work inspired by her close readings of British nature writer J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine and Icelandic author Sjón’s The Blue Fox. As if on sheets torn from a sketchbook, her pages included excerpts and outtakes of…

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

HOOKED ON KNOCKS Admittedly, I am late to this one. The Seahawks’ first season of Hard Knocks, the HBO series that follows NFL teams through training camp, premiered in August, but until last week, I had never heard of it. To be honest, my football knowledge starts with knowing what a touchdown is and doesn’t…