August 2021
Road Trip: Wildplay Element Park
Tiptoe through the treetops at B.C.'s new Wildplay Element Park
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Tiptoe through the treetops at B.C.’s new Wildplay Element ParkWhere: WildPlay Element Park in Victoria, B.C. Why: Founded by two climbers, the new park, seven miles from downtown (1767 Island Highway, Bldg. #15 250.590.7529 wildplay.com/victoria $20–$40), lets you strap on a harness and test your balance with a series of…
The Must List: March
Our top to-do's for the month
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Swirl, Sip and SpitTaste WashingtonThis annual oenophile extravaganza (organized by the Washington Wine Commission and sponsored by Seattle magazine) brings together more than 200 area wineries, 75 restaurants and a very happy public for two days of wine tastings, food pairings, seminars, chef demonstrations and a sommelier blind taste-off. Cleanse…
Scoop: The Seattle Sounders Second Season
The Sounders FC kicks off its second season to the fanfare of our favorite fan band
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines The Sounders FC kicks off its second season to the fanfare of our favorite fan band The Seattle Sounders’ inaugural season last year boasted countless accomplishments—winning the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, qualifying for the Major League Soccer Cup Playoffs, setting a league record for average attendance at games (30,943!)…
Datebook: Amy O
Amy O
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines 3/25–3/27 If you haven’t seen local dancers Amy O’Neal and Ellie Sandstrom perform together before, well, you have some ’splaining to do. Two of the city’s most talented dancers (The New York Times has called O’Neal “astounding,” and Sandstrom earned a Seattle magazine Spotlight Award in 2009), they’ve worked together…
Datebook: This March get thee to the theater
Leg-laden Chicago is among March
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines The silver lining to perhaps less than springlike March evenings is that there’s a whole lotta (indoor!) theater going on. Watch Roxie Hart—outfitted in signature Bob Fosse style—kick up her heels as she commits crimes, breaks hearts and all that jazz in CHICAGO (3/3–3/7; times and prices vary; Paramount Theatre,…
Datebook: Seattle’s March festival of Festivals
Iman Lazarazu juggles rings and things at the Moisture Festival
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Some events are so extensive that a single day isn’t long enough for all the fun. For these super-sized occasions, a festival is needed. Get out your calendar, because March is a busy month. THE MOISTURE FESTIVAL (3/11–4/4; times, prices and venues vary; moisturefestival.com) is a spectacular spectacle of vaudevillian…
Datebook: Trey McIntyre Project
Leap up and get tickets to Trey McIntyre
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines 3/18–3/20 The Boise-based Trey McIntyre Project took the dance world by storm at its 2005 debut at the Vail International Dance Festival, thanks to a unique brand of modern ballet, which blends movement ranging from pirouettes to backflips with music, from Tchaikovsky to the Beatles and Grand Funk Railroad. Leave…
Datebook: SAM Gallery
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines SAM Gallery’s annual Introductions show brings up-and-coming Northwest artists to light So you’re thinking that Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Seattle Art Museum would look awesome in your living room (it matches the sofa!). Well, forget it. Even if you could afford to shop there, SAM’s collection is not for…
The Torch Run
Find out the path the famous flame will take
Category: Articles The Olympic torch will kick off the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver on February 12—the end of a long journey that starts on October 30 in Victoria, British Columbia. It will be the longest Olympic torch relay to take place in a single country, though it will end just 43 miles from…
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Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines SAM Gallery’s annual Introductions show brings up-and-coming Northwest artists to light. So you’re thinking that Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Seattle Art Museum would look awesome in your living room (it matches the sofa!). Well, forget it. Even if you could afford to shop there, SAM’s collection is not for…
The Road to Whistler
There have been plenty of changes on the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler. But what
Category: Articles With a $600 million investment, there have been plenty of changes on the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler. But what hasn’t changed: outstanding recreational options in a spectacular setting When I first traveled to Whistler back in the 1980s, the Sea-to-Sky Highway was known as “Highway 99”—and not all that many…
Health: Women Speak Up About Sexual Health
Where healthy sexual function is concerned, women are speaking up more
Category: Seattlepi.com featured stories Other health stories featured in Seattlle magHealth: Women Speak Up About Sexual HealthSex in our City: Good AdviceLocal Authority: Pepper SchwartzHealth: Light Therapy When you’re ready to talk about sex—and whether all the body parts involved are functioning well—Dr. Ksenija Stefanovic is ready to listen. And she’s finding that more…