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How to Find a Job in Seattle: 26 Companies that Want to Hire You
!–paging_filter–pWhen Anna Carson moved to Bainbridge Island from Nashville, she felt it was time to re-enter the workplace. The 41-year-old homemaker with three children, the youngest of whom is in eighth grade, wanted a part-time job with health benefits to supplement her husband’s income from his own business. “I’m in Seattle. I thought, I’m going…
Digs in Ballard Turns One
!–paging_filter–pIn celebration of its first anniversary, hip Ballard home décor shop, a href=”https://www.digsshowroom.com/furniture-5/” target=”_blank”Digs/a, is celebrating with a cool collab with Portland-based shoe shop a href=”http://www.solestruck.com/” target=”_blank”Solestruck/a and Seattle’s own a href=”https://www.facebook.com/GreyCityShoes” target=”_blank”Grey City Shoes/a./pp style=”text-align: center;”img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/brock_flying.jpg” alt=”digs” width=”500″ height=”500″/ppCome check out the shoes (for both men and women) and celebrate with the Digs/Grey…
Athletic Shoe Guide
!–paging_filter–pSpring is just around the corner, and whether you’ve been working out like a die-hard through the winter slush or just coming out of hibernation and getting inspired by thoughts of exercising outdoors, the season is the perfect time to try and buy new athletic shoes, whether for running, walking or general gym use. a…
Spy Exhibit at Pacific Science Center Puts Gadgets on Display
A new exhibit showcases the history of spy gadgetry
!–paging_filter–pShoes with recording devices built into the heels, coins embedded with deadly needles, pens that shoot tear gas, umbrellas that fire poison pellets—ah, for the olden days of spying, before the NSA began monitoring our phone conversations, Google started tracking Internet searches and drones filled the skies. View history through James Bond goggles at the…
Seattle Animator Drew Christie Opens Studio and Shop on Whidbey Island
Lucky Langley gets a DIY animation mercantile
!–paging_filter–pGiven Seattle’s current love affair with all things artisanal and old-fashioned, the arrival of the Kalakala Co. Animation and Mercantile should perhaps come as no surprise—but it’s a nice one. The brainchild of local animator Drew Christie (best known for his painstakingly drawn old-timey cartoons, featured regularly on a href=”http://www.nytimes.com” target=”_blank”NYTimes.com/a) and his longtime romantic…
Who Will Do the Right Thing in the Central District? Plus a Video by Seattle Hip-Hop Artist Draze
!–paging_filter–pIn November, I moved from Wedgwood to Mount Baker, city-side near Massachusetts Ave. I moved for many reasons—to be closer to work and in a more urban setting, near better transit options and with great walkability, and, yes, for a more diverse experience. Among other things, I wanted to live somewhere where everyone did not…
Mossback Monday: Mayor Ed Murray’s Political Goofs, the New Microsoft CEO and Famous Seattle Beards
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”iframe src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-36/embed?header=false” width=”100%” height=750 frameborder=no allowtransparency=true/iframe/pscript src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-36.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-36″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
A World Premiere Dance at On The Boards
Local performance artists Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey invent new ways of seeing
!–paging_filter–pChoreographer Zoe Scofield combines her training as a classical ballerina with a grotesque physicality that seems to come from a primal place—a netherworld writhing just beneath our own skin. Her artistic and romantic partner, Juniper Shuey, uses video of Zoe/Juniper dancers to haunting effect, projecting moving images on translucent scrims as live performers move among…
The Perfect Spring Outfit Accessory: Lightweight, Hand-Painted Wool Scarves
!–paging_filter–pTextile designer Lindsey Bender uses a world of natural dyes when hand-painting the whisper-soft, light wool scarves for her line, Coulee. Onion skin imparts a yellow hue; cochineal—an insect that feeds on nopal cactus in Mexico and other arid climates—gives the fabric a fuchsia tone, much like the color of the fruit of that plant;…
Cute Hats and T-Shirts for Kids
!–paging_filter–pSome people make a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/personalized-pillows-pillowmob“pillows/a out of them, and other people, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/modern-quilts-your-home“quilts/a—but north Queen Anne landscape architect and artist Ashley Thorner uses beloved and perfectly worn-in vintage T-shirts as source material for Ershware (a href=”http://www.etsy.com/shop/ershware” target=”_blank”etsy.com/shop/ershware/a), a kids’ hat company she launched last fall. “I hated to just get rid of my favorite ‘golden…
Buy Locally Farmed Food via Online Marketplace Farmstr.com
A local entrepreneur is connecting farmers with shoppers online
!–paging_filter–pRaised in Bellingham, where her family had a “hobby farm” with chickens, cows and pigs, Janelle Maiocco is no stranger to tractors and muddy barn boots. The 41-year-old mother of two has been a trained chef, food blogger and food marketer, and in September she launcheda href=”HTTP://WWW.farmstr.com” target=”_blank” Farmstr.com/a—a kind of Craigslist for locally farmed…
Changes in the Central District Affect the African-American Community
As gentrification pushes African-Americans, should the city step in to protect their interests?
When Mount Calvary Christian Center pastor Reggie Witherspoon was growing up in the Central District in the 1960s and ’70s, the neighborhood was tight-knit and largely African-American. But today, it’s another story. “It’s radically different,” he says. Now, he can visit the neighborhood and not see any African-Americans. “I never thought I would see the…
Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Musician Ayron Jones at The Moore and Seattle Dances Two Steps to Fremont
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Rock/strongbra href=”http://bit.ly/1fMq0az” target=”_blank”Seattle musician Ayron Jones Opens for B.B. King/abrMonday (3/3, 7:30 p.m.) — Like the very best rock ’n’ rollers, emerging Seattle musician Ayron Jones seems just slightly unhinged when he performs his own blend of blues and grunge. Witness Jones live at The Moore Theater when he opens for blues legend B.B….
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