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Seahawks Delete Tweet, Porch.com Announces Celeb Investor & More

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

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When tweets go awry: Yes, the entire state of Washington was thrilled over the Seahawks incredible comeback over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game. But let’s not get too carried away. Yesterday, the Seattle Seahawks’ Twitter handle tweeted out a photo of a teary Russell Wilson juxtaposed with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. and the phrase “We Shall Overcome,” essentially trying to tie the team’s big win to, well, Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement. The Seahawks deleted the tweet, which you can see here, and sent out an apology.

Want to relive the magic of Jermaine Kearse’s game-winning touchdown? See it here, frame by frame.

For last year’s Super Bowl visit, the Seahawks arrived in grand style via a Boeing 747 bedecked with the ‘Hawks logo. Sadly, Boeing will not be providing the same pomp and circumstance this year. According to USA Today, the jetmaker “does not currently have any aircraft available to re-create last year’s Seahawks livery.”

Eastlake-based home improvement startup Porch.com announced today that renovation expert and former star of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Ty Pennington (also former carpentry star of TLC’s Trading Spaces, which I used to happily skip class in college to watch) has invested in the company. “Over the years, I have been invited to join or invest in many different “home related” businesses,” Pennington said. “Porch is a game changer for both homeowners and professionals and that is why I have decided to put my money where my mouth is.” The celebrity investor news comes on the heels of Porch.com’s other big announcement: Puget Sound Business Journal reports that the company has grown 1,300 percent in 16 months and raised $65M.

Yesterday’s protest in South Lake Union and near the Seattle Center caused a bit of a traffic mess as protesters jumped into the northbound lanes of Aurora Avenue N and laid down on the highway, bound together with PVC pipe. Nineteen people were arrested and one officer was hurt during the incident, according to Komo News.

 

SENSORIUM Takes on Our Screen Addiction

SENSORIUM Takes on Our Screen Addiction

Dance, drag, and immersive art collide in an eight-week exploration of our phone-obsessed lives, with a few surprises along the way. 

What do drag queens, smartphone addiction, art installations, and an old luggage shop have in common?  According to longtime Seattle choreographer Alana O’Farrell Rogers, a lot.  “There’s no dead time anymore,” says Rogers, explaining how the proliferation of smartphones fills the empty spaces that once served as time for rest or connection. Where we snuggled…

Salt-N-Pepa on Breaking Barriers and Staying Power

Salt-N-Pepa on Breaking Barriers and Staying Power

Ahead of their performance at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture gala, the hip-hop pioneers talk about creative ownership, connecting with new generations, and the songs that still resonate.

The Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) will host its annual ICONS of Pop Culture Gala in Seattle on October 22, honoring five artists and institutions whose work has helped shape entertainment and culture.  This year’s honorees are martial arts and film legend Bruce Lee, fashion designer Jeremy Scott, the video game franchise Halo, hip-hop pioneers…

Studio Sessions: Christopher Paul Jordan

Studio Sessions: Christopher Paul Jordan

Drawing on childhood memories, neighborhood history, and salvaged materials, Christopher Paul Jordan’s latest show at Cornish’s Behnke Family Gallery explores how the past stays with us.

Start in the middle. It’s good advice for telling a story, and a way into Christopher Paul Jordan’s paintings. By the time you encounter them, their materials have already been something else, and who knows what they might move on to become. The Tacoma interdisciplinary artist works with salvaged objects, including screens, picture frames, canvas,…

Rearview Mirror: Wedding Bells, A Furniture Launch, and the Symphony’s New Look 

Rearview Mirror: Wedding Bells, A Furniture Launch, and the Symphony’s New Look 

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

WEDDING BELLS I’ve been a bit absent from this column lately, but I think I have a pretty good excuse: I got married! It’s already been three weeks since my September 19 wedding, but I’m still reflecting on the magic of the day. My fiancé, well husband now (I can’t get used to saying it!),…