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UberKittens Today, U-District Crime Crackdown & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
It’s National Cat Day, and you know what that means: Uber kittens are out in full force. Request an UberKittens delivery today and a few fury friends will show up to hold, love or even adopt. Simply open the app between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., request some kittens and you have 15 minutes to spend with the adorable feline fur balls. There is a $30 fee, which will be used to support the Seattle Humane Society.
Drug activity in the University District appears to be on the decline due to a partnership between the University of Washington and the Seattle Police Department, The Seattle Times reports. The effort, known as the “U Way Project”, aims to rid the district of dealers peddling cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other narcotics on street corners, a problem that has plagued the area for years. Police use undercover officers to make drug buys while other officers watch from afar, resulting in the arrests of 20 dealers in a four-month period. “They (drug dealers) were pretty nasty characters,” Lt. Jim Arata told the Times. “They scared everybody, college students, everybody. “ Officer Michael Lanz added, “We’re trying to make a more livable place.”
The Seattle Public Library will keep its name, The Seattle Times reports. That’s right, the library will not adopt Seattle Public Libraries as its new moniker. The library board of trustees voted unanimously Wednesday not to move forward with the name change. The vote also included a decision not to adopt a new logo for the library. The rebranding effort could have costed upwards of $935,000 if the board chose to move forward with the change.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson leads the NFL in officially licensed merchandise sales from March 1 to August 31, according to the team’s Website. The Hawks’ mobile QB tops the list for the second year in a row. Five other Seahawks join Wilson in the top 50, including Richard Sherman (8th), Marshawn Lynch (12th), Jimmy Graham (21st), Kam Chancellor (28th) and Earl Thomas (31st).
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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…