Food & Drink
Olympia’s New Brewery Wants to Restore the Region’s Beer History
Years after the Olympia Brewing Company was sold, a new brewery in the state capital looks to the same artesian spring for inspiration
BREW BUDS: Paul Knight (sitting) retired as Olympia Brewing’s brewmaster in 1997, but Well 80 head brewer Paul Pearson recruited Knight to collaborate on a number of beers for the new brewpub
Staying in Town? This Chic Sale on Capitol Hill Features 10 Local Designers and Boutiques
The biannual sale has local threads and goods at 20-80% off
For some, the advent of Labor Day weekend signals the need to pack a weekend bag and get out of town. But, with the last bits of Seattle sunshine to soak in and not a traffic jam in sight, Seattleites have the opportunity to explore a less crowded city over the three-day weekend. Those looking…
Must List: Bumbershoot, Blackberry Festival, The Great Victorian Radicals Bake Off
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST HEART THE ARTS Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1) Year after year, fans of music and art flock to Seattle Center for the annual Labor Day festival and this year is definitely one for the books. Attendees can look forward to a full lineup, spanning all genres: Rezz,…
This Week Then: Four King County Cities Celebrate Birthdays
Plus: The start of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Cities Start to Grow Four King County cities share a birthday this week on August 31. On that day in 1995 Shoreline incorporated. Homesteaded in the 1890s, the community grew slowly over the years until the completion of Interstate 5. The resulting growth led its…
3 Outdoor Movies to Catch This Holiday Weekend
Our top picks for the season’s final outdoor film weekend
Traditionally, Labor Day weekend marks (don’t say it!) the end of summer, but there are still a few final chances to catch outdoor movies (and avoid the crowds at Bumbershoot, if you like). Two are family-friendly, one decidedly isn’t. Pack up the lawn chairs and the picnic basket before you store them for the winter:…
This Week Then: King County’s Worst Coal-mining Disaster
Plus: How UPS got started
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Fires Below One hundred and twenty-five years ago this week, on August 24, 1894, fire broke out in the Oregon Improvement Company’s coal mine at Franklin, a small coal town southeast of Black Diamond. The men working below rushed to the main shaft, desperate to…
Must List: ‘Rigoletto,’ Hai! Japantown 2019, NW Chalk Fest
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SING Rigoletto (8/10-8/24) There are a lot of directions in which you can take Verdi’s tangled tragedy: Power corrupts, but so does an obsession with revenge; the powerless are mistreated, particularly women. Seattle Opera, which lately has steered its summer productions toward hot-button issues rather…
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