Food & Drink
Get Lit at the Second Annual Orcas Island Literary Festival
A word party returns to Orcas Island
This article appears in print in the April 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Considering Orcas Island’s reputation as the artsy jewel of the San Juan islands, you may wonder why no one had launched a literary festival prior to 2018. But last year’s inaugural Orcas Island Lit Fest proved worth the wait; basking in the afterglow,…
A Little Night Music: A Few Hours During Octave 9’s Music Marathon
The Seattle Symphony shows off its innovative concert space with a new-music marathon-meets-slumber party
Have you ever been to a concert in the middle of the night? No, neither had I until this weekend, when the Seattle Symphony christened its new Octave 9 performance space, in the Second and Union corner of Benaroya Hall, with a 24-hour marathon concert of contemporary chamber music, 5 p.m. Saturday to 5 p.m….
A Seattle Optometrist Is Prescribing Style with Vintage Eyewear
A new Capitol Hill boutique offers a curated collection of vintage eyewear that has Seattleites seeing clearly
DIFFERENT SHADES: Find vintage designer frames, such as these made by, from top to bottom, Berthet Bondet, Christian Dior, Laura Biagiotti and Pilar Crespi at Eye Eye
This Week Then: Celebrating the Women of Washington State
Plus: Looking back on Seattle's biggest sports accomplishments
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Women of Words This week HistoryLink celebrates Women’s History Month with a look at a few of Washington’s notable women authors, journalists, and poets. We begin with Ella Higginson, a Bellingham writer and Washington’s first poet laureate. Other Washington poets include Colleen J. McElroy, who…
Must List: Cask Beer Festival, Plate of Nations, DiveBar FilmFest
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST BREW Cask Beer Festival (3/23) Fremont, Kulshan and Postdoc Brewing are only a handful of 30 breweries from the Seattle area that will be pouring under the same roof for the Cask Beer Festival. The 20th anniversary of the event features wood barrel-aged and…
Seattle’s Skinner Chimes Are Not What You Think
Those noon chimes? Here’s where they come from
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: The Skinner Chimes The Location: The Skinner Building, downtown, 1326 Fifth Ave. The Backstory: Each day at noon, Seattleites in the downtown area may hear chimes, yet the sound can’t be traced to any nearby church or cathedral. Listeners might be disappointed to…
Fashion Designer Isaac Mizrahi Talks Seattle, Wardrobe Essentials and His New Memoir
The acclaimed fashion designer and TV-host discusses his new memoir, life on tour and what’s in his suitcase ahead of his autobiographical cabaret show at the Neptune Theater tonight, March 19
Seattle magazine: Are you excited to be in Seattle? Isaac Mizrahi: It’s been a minute since I visited but I remember liking it alot. It lived up to its reputation weather wise because it rained the entire time. But I also remember feeling safe there in terms of my political self, it felt like being…
This Seattle Fashion Brand Has an International Cult Following
Maiden Noir’s new spring/summer collection is inspired by one of Brazil’s most famous landscape architects
The topic of Pacific Northwest style can be a humorous anecdote for some and a point of agitation for others. After all, our casual-first mindset does not scream high fashion, and the abundance of scenic activities just a short drive away make outdoor attire a priority. But for a fashion-forward few, and a growing number…
9 Leather Accessories for Spring in Seattle
These locally designed artisan leather accoutrements will put a spring in your step this season
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Black and light brindle shoulder bag made with premium cowhide ($350) by Ballard-based House of Wolves, available online and at MadeHere Sea. Pioneer Square, 115 S Jackson St.; 206.623.0694 No. 3 “Double-Take” round crossbody bag in gray Italian nappa calf leather ($495) by Seattle-based Feral. …
Sara Dickerman’s New Book Unlocks the Secrets to Repurposing Leftovers
A Q&A with one of Seattle's favorite food writers
Veteran of Seattle restaurants, nationally published food writer and a contributor and former food editor for Seattle magazine, Sara Dickerman put out her first cookbook in 2015—Bon Apetit: The Food Lover’s Cleanse was an instant hit for showing readers how to eat well without sacrificing taste. Her new book, Secrets of Great Second Meals, is heavily…
This Week Then: Celebrating the People of Tacoma
Plus: St. Patrick's Day history, the first Daffodil Parade and more
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Tacoman Array This week HistoryLink features new articles related to some significant people in Tacoma’s past. These essays were made possible by a Heritage Project Grant from the City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission, and we are very thankful for their support. We begin with Puyallup…
Must List: Emerald City Comic Con, La Conner Daffodil Festival, Women Making History
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST COSPLAY Emerald City Comic Con(3/14–3/17) Join the costumed, fan-filled extravaganza that is Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). Guests and panelists include Star Trek’s George Takei, Ben Savage of Boy Meets World, Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo of Stranger Things, and Rainn Wilson of The…
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