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The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

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Rumors are swirling that Bellevue-based Expedia could be packing up and moving its headquarters to Seattle. Among the options the online travel giant is potentially considering? The Puget Sound Business Journal reports Expedia “was looking at moving to Amgen’s Helix campus next to marine shipping Terminals 90 and 91 on Smith Cove.” That now-vacant facility measures around 750,000 square feet and Expedia is currently interested in a space that offers 700,000 square feet. 

Better late than never? The first of six street cars slated to run on tracks along Broadway in First Hill down to South Jackson Street in Pioneer Square arrived this weekend. The trains, made by a Czech company, were supposed to have been delivered in early 2014, but that date was then pushed to this past October. Delivery is expected to be completed in April and the Seattle Department of Transportation says “route testing will begin and conclude in June.” Fingers crossed.

Will you eat at Chik-fil-A when it opens next month in Bellevue? Or will you boycott the fast food chain for its president Dan Cathy’s controversial and unabashed views on same-sex marriage? In case you need a refresher:

“We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that…we know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”

Kiro Radio’s Jason Rantz says that while Seattleites love to boycott, they’ll push their feelings aside and eat at Chik-fil-A. What do you think?

The fields of Skagit Valley are alive with the signs of blooming tulips. Our recent warm weather has confused blooms across the state, including the tulips that normally spring to life in April for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. According to Komo News, “this year, they’re blooming early, and that has Tulip Town opening a few days ahead of schedule to take advantage of the weekend and to make sure people can come while the flowers are out.”

Seattle recently welcomed its sixth parklet as part of our city’s parklet pilot program, which Mayor Ed Murray has declared a permanent program. The latest parklet is located in front of the Uptown Cinema and is sponsored by SIFF. Parklets have caused some concern among residents–particularly drivers–because they eat up one to two much-needed parking spaces. Now, Mayor Murray wants to test out streateries, a sister program to parklets that would allow restaurants and cafes that don’t have space to operate a sidewalk cafe to open a parklet with “exclusive rights during their regular business hours.” Unlike a parklet, a streatery would enable “patrons of the restaurants can enjoy their meals and drinks outside while receiving service from restaurant staff.”

 

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!),…