Battle of the 12s, Manspreading & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Sara Jones January 16, 2015
In the NFC Championship game this weekend, it’s a battle of the 12s: Seahawks fans versus the Green Bay Packers’ #12, quarterback Aaron Rodgers. MyNorthwest.com reports on the sparring of fans from each side happening on Twitter, reminiscent of Seattle Mag’s Twitter pitch war with San Francisco Mag last year at this time. Ah, memories. Bottom line: ESPN predicts the Hawks have got this. Help pump them up at today’s Westlake Center rally from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Gentlemen, please: Accusations about guys intentionally occupying too much space on public transit have escalated to the extent that there’s now a term for the behavior: manspreading. Check out a visual and Komo’s coverage here to see if this resonates.
Local restaurateur Tom Douglas hosted a Shark Tank-esque business incubator competition last night in the Palace Ballroom in efforts to unearth the next great area startup. Follow Geekwire’s play-by-play blog on Douglas’ aptly named Lion’s Den event here.
Think you’re paying too much in taxes? It’s not just you: According to a national study, “Washington State has, by far, the US’s most regressive state tax system”–where the poorest are taxed at 16.8 percent and the top 1 percent is taxed at just 2.4 percent. The Stranger gives the full report, and recalls how they were “yelling about this same problem” in 2010.
Bertha’s day has come: An enormous red crane will soon pry our beloved 4-million-pound tunnel-boring device (the world’s largest) from the waterfront hole where it has been stranded for over a year. Find complete Seattle Times coverage here.
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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…