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Crazy Weather, Changing Capitol Hill & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
It’s 2015. You’re back in the office. Here’s what’s happening now around town.
Weather: Severe windy and rainy conditions have done a number on the Puget Sound region last night and this morning, including causing school closings, mud slides and power outages. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for parts of Western Washington. For live updates on the storm, check Kiro 7 News.
Capitol Hill sure looks different than it did even just a year ago. As buildings are strangely stripped down to their facades and new developments take root, more locals fear the neighborhood is losing its edge. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
As for all that change, Kiro Radio’s Jason Rantz of the Jason Rantz Show thinks we should embrace it. He postulates: “But things change all the time. And I’d argue you need change. The pain you feel by a neighborhood changing is short-lived and even a little selfish, if you think about it.” Excellent points. What do you think?
Here come the Carolina Panthers: Our Seahawks will take on Cam Newton and his 4-seed Panthers in the NFC divisional round on Saturday, January 10 at CenturyLink Field. KOMO News reports that the Seahawks have opened as an 11-point favorite.
In today’s baby news: Soon-to-be Mrs. Macklemore is expecting.
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Rearview Mirror: Spinasse at Home, a New Spa Experience, and Seattle Mag’s Reader’s Choice Awards
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
YOUR VOTE MATTERS Everyone has a favorite restaurant, coffee shop, or local boutique. Call me old-school, but I will die on the hill that Caffe Vita has the best coffee in town. Disagree with me? Now’s your moment to speak up. Each year, we survey Seattle magazine readers, asking them to weigh in on everything…
Studio Sessions: Ling Chun
The Seattle-based artist brings playful color to ceramics and neon while exploring memory, transformation, and life between cultures.
For Ling Chun, creating begins with something sensed before it can be named. Working with clay, glass, light, and sometimes synthetic hair, the Hong Kong-born artist gives physical form to things that words cannot always hold. “For me, the magnitude of making goes far beyond the object that is eventually produced,” Chun says. “The object…
The Magic of PAX Is Stronger Than Ever
PAX West draws more than 100,000 people to Seattle each year. Co-founder Jerry Holkins reflects on what the gaming convention set out to change, how its community has grown and why gathering face to face still matters.
Access to game news as it was happening was difficult back in the day. Even with the advent of the internet, communication between game publishers and journalists was still a very elite affair. I used to fake credentials—via fax machine!—to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo, mostly just known as E3. It was simultaneously as loud…
Your Guide to Bumbershoot 2026
Navigate Seattle’s wildest end-of-summer weekend with 20 picks spanning Death Cab for Cutie, Blood Orange, wrestling, skateboarding and—obviously—movies made in 48 hours.
Four years after Bumbershoot returned with its quirkiness revivified, Seattleites broadly acknowledge the two-day multimedia extravaganza as a welcome finale to the summer festival season. Fests like Bumbershoot are designed around a choose-your-own-adventure model, but if you’re the kind of person who looked at this year’s sprawling lineup—featuring multiple bands, artists, and exhibits happening at…