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Expedia Relocating to Seattle, Amazon Expands Prime Now Service

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

By Lauren Mang April 2, 2015

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Big moves: Online travel company Expedia is packing up its Bellevue headquarters and relocating to Seattle’s waterfront in the space formerly occupied by Amgen Helix. The official announcement came at a press conference this morning with Mayor Ed Murray.

Those lucky ducks in Atlanta join other lucky ducks in Dallas, New York City, Miami and Baltimore who get to experience Amazon’s Prime Now delivery service. The online retailer’s program allows customers to order items and have them delivered to their doors in two hours. Geekwire reports the Atlanta service (available in select zip codes) is up and running “from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.”

The Stranger reports on a massive transit bill that is currently making its way through Olympia. And our light rail connections to Ballard and West Seattle could be in jeopardy. “Everything depends on what happens down at the state capital over the course of the next month. If you’ve been nursing a sense of burning rage about all the traffic, you need to fire that rage toward your elected leaders,” writes The Stranger‘s Ansel Herz. Read more about the Sound Transit 3 measure here

 

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Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis  

Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis  

With an interest in how bodies retain memory, emotion, and experience, the award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Jade Solomon Curtis presents an immersive work at Seattle’s historic Union station. 

Discover choreographer Jade Solomon Curtis and her immersive dance installation, Keeper of Sadness, at Seattle’s historic Union Station this August.

Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham

Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham

The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.

If I were to summarize the sensation of attending Northwest Tune-Up, Bellingham’s three-day bike and music festival, in one image, it would be watching Tomomi Nishikubo—a Japanese street trials biker—doing acrobatic acts of derring-do on his bike while Seattle rockers Thunderpussy shred in the distance. My second lasting impression of the festival would be rounding…

Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride

Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride

Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.

Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…

Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae

Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae

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

SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS  The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…