April 2021
How Seattle’s Waterfront Plan Took Shape
See Seattle waterfront's milestones
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue and is part of our Seattle Waterfront feature. Click here to subscribe. 2001February: Nisqually Earthquake occurs and damages the State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct 2009January: City, county and state governments agree to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel December: City forms Central Waterfront Partnerships Committee 2010September:…
Howard Schultz Is Running a Campaign of Contradictions
Knute Berger takes a look at Schultz and his mixed messages
When Howard Schultz brought his quasi-presidential-campaign —cum-book-tour to Seattle’s Moore Theater in late January, there were protesters outside. They consisted of angry SuperSonics fans who will never forgive the former Starbucks boss for letting Seattle’s NBA team leave town, and Democrats afraid that a Schultz independent candidacy in 2020 will divide the anti-Trump vote and…
This Bellevue Steakhouse Wows With Soaring City-Views
From its lofty perch, a Bellevue restaurant wows with spectacle and steaks
ROOM WITH A VIEW: The main dining room, overlooking Seattle in the distance, sits below hanging tree roots, representative of the five kinds of wood used to grill meat at Ascend
This Week Then: Celebrating Black History Month in Washington
Plus: How King County got its name
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Firsts of the Month February is Black History Month, and this week HistoryLink notes some of Washington’s many African American “firsts.” We begin with George W. Bush and his family, who in 1845 were among the first Americans to settle north of the Columbia River,…
Book-It Repertory Theatre’s ‘American Junkie’: In Seattle, a Fix Is Still a Shot Away
Set in grunge-era Seattle, its grim portrait of addiction remains relevant today
In Book-It’s most recent adaptation from prose to play, director (and founder) Jane Jones finds inspiration in Edmonds native Tom Hansen’s 2010 memoir American Junkie. A raw look at the deleterious effects of drugs, Jones (who co-adapted the book with local actor and writer Kevin McKeon), preserves the author’s no-nonsense style, pairing caustic humor with…
Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Chilly Hilly
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events.
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST INDULGE Seattle Wine and Food Experience(2/21-2/24) Seattle magazine’s long weekend of fine local food and drink kicks off on Thursday with Comfort, featuring bites and sips from the area’s best gastropubs. On Friday, dress up for the weekend’s upscale champagne and seafood event, Pop!…
A Look at Mayor Durkan’s State of the City Address
She makes a strong case for her accomplishments—but how much can she really claim?
Last year, when she delivered her first State of the City speech after just three months in office, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan called herself “the Impatient Mayor,” and laid out a laundry list of goals for her first year in office. On the list: free college for all high school graduates; “bust[ing] through gridlock” by…
Peek Inside the Impressive Amount of New and Reopened Venues Across the City
Spring is the season of new beginnings, a budding promise that rings especially true this arts season with a handful of highly anticipated venue openings and reopenings, each rolling out dynamic programming, performances and refreshed purpose
S. Surface, Office of Arts & Culture King Street Station Program Lead (seated) and Asia Tail, one of three curators for the opening exhibit; photographed at the gallery, still under construction, in January
