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2018 Year in Review: Seattle Supports the Arts
In spite of growing pains and rising costs, Seattle showed its creative side with a number of contributions to the cultural scene
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. Photo by Will Wilson Art History, ReframedIn recognition of Seattle photographer Edward Curtis’ 150th birthday, Seattle Art Museum stages a group show that pairs his iconic images with work by contemporary indigenous artists, yielding new perspectives Photo…
2018 Year in Review: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson Has Been Busy
We crunch the numbers on lawsuit filings, wins, losses and more
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. Since Donald Trump took office in 2017, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has been busy filing lawsuits against the administration on everything from the original travel ban to preserving net neutrality. Here’s how the numbers look…
Seattle Rep’s ‘In the Heights’ Is an Emotional Carnaval
Its production of one of Lin-Manuel Miranda's early works brings an audience together like few shows do
Lin-Manuel Miranda, with book writer Quiara Alegria Hudes, put a lot into his first show, 2008’s In the Heights—which in retrospect is kind of amusing, as if he thought, as novices in any art form tend to do, that he might not get to do a second one. (No one reading this needs to be told he followed…
2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Growing Pains
From development to transportation, our city grew quickly in 2018
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. Development From permanently preserving the ‘Up’ house to a downturn in the real estate market, the fortunes of our city saw some big fluctuations. For the third year in a row, Seattle remains the country’s crane capital,…
2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Highs and Lows
It's been a year of ups and downs
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. Law EnforcementHIGH: Seattle Police Department meets the lip-sync challenge from Virginia police with awesome video set to Macklemore’s “Downtown,” featuring rapping cops, flying fish and the Mariner Moose.LOW: A plainclothes King County sheriff’s detective pulls a gun on…
2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Bike-Share Program Is Having “A Year”
After rolling into town last year, the city’s many pilot bike-share companies cycled through an awkward testing phase. Here is our abridged review
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. The Pile UpCity sidewalks become littered—literally—with fluorescent orange (Spin), yellow (Ofo) and green (Lime) bikes, annoying pedestrians, businesses and homeowners—and posing serious problems for visually impaired and disabled pedestrians. Nonetheless, Bellevue, Kirkland and Mercer Island get in…
2018 Year in Review: Seattle’s Sports Get Poetic
It was a banner year for the Storm. Mariners? Seahawks? Not so much.
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. BASKETBALLStorm win the championship!Stewie, Sue, et al.make Seattle proud. PRO FOOTBALLThe Legion of Boom—it’s gone. Oblivion looms.Pray for the Seahawks. BASEBALLMariners tease their fans. Again.Mariners miss postseason.Again. MORE BASEBALLIchiro rejoins the M’s,then gets cut. Sort of.But not…
Step into Blissful Living in the Heart of Downtown Seattle at West Edge
Now open, West Edge offers incredible amenities within walking distance of Pike Place Market.
Sponsored by West Edge Now open, West Edge is a progressively metropolitan apartment community that is transforming the residential experience in Seattle. Just one block from Pike Place Market, West Edge is located at the center of a vibrant and internationally renowned Seattle neighborhood. Residents have access to some of the greatest shopping and dining…