Food & Drink
This Week Then: Rounding the Bases on Seattle’s Baseball History
Seattle's professional baseball roots go back to 1890
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Play Ball! Fifty years ago this week, on April 8, 1969, the Seattle Pilots took to the field in their first game and beat the California Angels in Anaheim, 4-3. Three days later, cheers rang out when they played their first home game, shutting out…
‘Mean Girls,’ ‘Frozen’ and More Coming to Seattle
English authors, transgender mayors, disco divas and more take the stage as the 5th Avenue and the Paramount announce their 2019/2020 upcoming seasons
No matter how much Seattle theaters have mined the oeuvre of Jane Austen in recent seasons—either in straightforward adaptations (Seattle Rep’s Pride and Prejudice, Taproot’s musicalized Persuasion) or fanciful extrapolations (Taproot’s Christmas at Pemberley)—there’s plenty of ore left. The 5th Avenue Theatre, assiduous in nurturing new work, is opening its 2019–20 season with a musical in development, Austen’s Pride (Oct….
Must List: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Beecher’s Cheese For All, ‘Urinetown’
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SMELL THE FLOWERS Skagit Valley Tulip Festival(4/1–4/30) Every year since the early 1900s, the fields of Skagit Valley bloom with tulips of all colors and varieties during the month of April. The gardens of RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town (both located in Mt Vernon off…
This Week Then: Looking Back on Tacoma’s Early Days
Plus: Seattle's annexation spree of 1907
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Tacoma’s Early Days April 1 marks two important dates in the early history of Tacoma. The first occurred on April 1, 1852, when Nicolas Delin began building a sawmill at the head of Commencement Bay. The bay had been named nearly 11 years earlier, just after Lt. Charles Wilkes “commenced” his survey of…
Must List: Moisture Festival, Mariners Opening Day, VegFest
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST ENTERTAIN Moisture Festival (Through 4/7) Seattle’s festival of weird celebrates its 16th year in Seattle. Thrilling crowds with its audacious circus and burlesque acts for four weeks in the spring, Moisture Festival claims to be the world’s largest comedy/varieté celebration. Dancers, comedians, jugglers and…
Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Comfort Food Edition
Where to find the area's best reubens, raclette and barbecue
The weather may be turning warmer, but that doesn’t mean Seattleites aren’t still treating themselves to comfort foods. This week’s edition of our Instagram Food Q&A with Chelsea Lin is full of hot spots for craveable quiche, barbecue and cheesy raclette. We also have recommendations for brunch, high tea and Mountlake Terrace dining. Have a question…
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