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Is the Proposed Smoking Ban Unfairly Targeting the Homeless?
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Three cheers for Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, who nabbed his 2,000th strikeout during Sunday’s game against the Oakland A’s. King Felix is the fourth-youngest player to reach the exciting milestone, according to the Associated Press. The Mariners are currently in third place in the American League West and take on the San Diego Padres tomorrow at Safeco Field. Go M’s!
Is the proposed smoking ban in Seattle’s public parks targeting homeless and low-income people? The ACLU of Washington and several activists think so, saying the ban is “offensive to social justice.” Kiro Radio’s Jason Rantz disagrees: “How can you support forcing people to buy health insurance they don’t want or need, but then say it’s an overreach to ban smoking in parks because, according to you, it disproportionately hits people who are homeless?” What do you think? Read more of Rantz’s argument at MyNorthwest.com.
Seattle-based Zulily experienced more than a 13 percent increase in its stock price this morning after Chinese online retailer Alibaba announced a 9.3 percent stake in the company, reports Geekwire. “The stock is now trading near $15 per share — well below the company’s November 2013 IPO price of $22 per share.”
Meet the mini: Starbucks announced that it has begun selling a smaller, 10-ounce version of its Frappuccino through July 6. The coffee chain’s current small (tall) size measures at 12 ounces and contains around 180 calories. The mini version will sell for 20 to 30 cents less and will have around 120 calories.
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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…