Amazon Haggling, Seahawks Likely to Win NFC West & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Sara Jones December 9, 2014
Washington marijuana companies report they are struggling to profit significantly due to a 25 percent excise tax the state collects on pot at each stage of processing: as it transfers from growers, to processors, to retailers. While Seattle’s Cannabis City has had over $2.5 million in sales in the past six months, owner James Lathrop told Crosscut, “We’re just struggling to stay alive.”
For renters and buyers both, it is grudgingly known that Seattle is becoming increasingly expensive. For those dreaming of buying here, Curbed now reports that you probably need to be making at least $75,000 annually to afford a median-priced house of $359,900. Find full details here.
Seattle-based beer maker PicoBrew released what they believe is the world’s first automatic beer brewing appliance. The Zymatic machine, selling for $1,700, is a Keurig for ale: Brewers attach a 5-gallon keg of water to the Zymatic, add grain and hops in their various compartments and let the brewing begin. Home brewers aren’t the only ones interested; Fremont Brewing recently bought their own Zymatic.
Students at Marysville Pilchuk High have had a challenging month since the October 24 shooting, but the girls basketball team received a lift yesterday when the Seattle Storm and Olympic basketball star Sue Bird made a surprise visit at practice. Bird told King 5 news her goal was to help the girls smile and get their thoughts off of the shooting briefly. “All the stuff you’re dealing with off the court? Let it go, school, homework, whatever it may be,” Bird told the team.
Finding the prices too high on Amazon? Now, with select products, you can click on “Make an Offer” to negotiate with the seller. The new program started yesterday with 150,000 collectible goods available for haggling, including sports memorabilia, coins, fine art and more.
Though this season has been rockier for the Seahawks, the Seattle PI predicts that according to new odds, our team—back in Beast Mode of late—will most likely win the NFC West division crown again and make the playoffs this winter.
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Seattle’s Big Holiday Arts Guide
A full lineup of seasonal performances across local theaters and venues.
In the words of William Shakespeare, “All’s well that ends well.” Local theater and arts organizations are hoping for exactly that. Holiday productions often account for as much as half of their annual ticket sales. A 2018 Dance/USA survey found that The Nutcracker alone represented 48% of yearly revenue for many companies producing the Tchaikovsky…
Outside The Frame
In their first solo museum exhibition in Seattle, artist Camille Trautman uses photography to reclaim history, narrative, and self-expression.
You have probably seen Camille Trautman’s work without even realizing it. A huge photograph—20 feet wide—is currently hanging across the exterior of the Frye Art Museum, visible to passersby driving along Boren Avenue. The image is of a wooded landscape in black and white. Its edges are vacuous, with trees swallowed by darkness, but the…
Holiday Hunt in Pioneer Square
A daily ornament drop turns December into a neighborhood-wide scavenger hunt.
The holidays tend to bring out the kid in all of us. And if opening presents and eating too many treats weren’t enough, there’s also a scavenger hunt in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood. Pioneer Square’s Holiday Ornament Scavenger Hunt has returned for its third year. Twenty-five handblown glass ornaments—all made at Glasshouse Studio—are hidden across 25…
Chit-Chat Kids
Phone a friend.
Twenty years ago, before everyone walked around with a device in their pocket, kids used to call each other on a landline—often tethered to the kitchen in their home. It was a simpler time, when parents didn’t have to worry (nearly as much) about a potential predator contacting their child. Nowadays, things are different, which…