How Some Visionary Seattleites are Helping the Homeless

For some resourceful Seattleites, standing by in the face of the homelessness epidemic isn’t an option. Meet the individuals inventing new ways to make a difference

A view of one of Seattle's many homeless camps

Todd Matthews

How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany

Here’s big news for literature buffs: Gravity’s Rainbow, the masterpiece by Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and influential writer, turns out to be a savage act of vengeance against our town, inspired by our 1962 Century 21 Exhibition. “Seattle World’s Fair scenes have been exaggerated, parodied, remixed,” writes University of British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs in…

Tim Appelo

Century Ballroom Celebrates 20 Years

Century Ballroom kicks up its heels to celebrate 20 years of dance

Jazzed about Century Ballroom’s 20th anniversary, owner Hallie Kuperman (right) kicks up her heels with dancer Alison Cockrill, at the place that makes 40 feel like 20 again

D. Scully

Where to Find King Cake in Seattle

Find the celebrated Mardi Gras confection at these Seattle spots

A colorful king cake from Where Ya At Matt

Rebecca Ratterman

Ferries on Lake Washington? It’s Not the Worst Idea

It happened before, it could happen again

Lake Washington is a magnificent community asset, but it’s a barrier where traffic is concerned. Michael Christ has a solution. He’d like to reintroduce passenger ferries, which graced the region’s waterways from the 1850s to the 1930s. Christ, the CEO of Seco Development, who is betting heavily on Renton’s mixed-use waterfront development, Southport, pictures slow-moving,…

Leslie Helm

Make This Cocktail: Foreign National’s Osaka No. 1

At Stateside’s new bar, this beautiful update of a lesser-known drink transports taste buds with every sip

Flame on! Foreign National’s Eli Hetrick torches some star anise for the Osaka No. 1

AJ Rathbun

Some Seattle Companies May Benefit From City’s Legacy Business Program

A proposed city program could save Seattle’s legacy businesses—but should it?

West Seattle’s Jack Miller will only close the doors of his iconic 85-year-old Husky Deli if he decides to call it quits—which he has no plans to do. He’s among the lucky small-business owners who also owns the building

Erica C. Barnett

Road Trip: Lincoln City, Oregon

Shop antiques 'til you drop, and comb the beach for hand blown glass floats you can keep

Oregon Coast floats in Lincoln City: you find, you keep

Rebecca Ratterman

Kombucha, Youbetcha: Seattle’s Fermented Tea Scene Is Fizzing

Fermented tea—better known as kombucha—isn’t on the fringe anymore. In Seattle, various styles

Seattle’s craft beverage scene has some funky new players in kombucha. Some local producers are making their fermented tea beverage available in growlers

Jessica Yadegaran

Sasquatch, Bezos and Seattle’s Space Race

A UFO sighting near Mount Rainer was the real start of our space age, says Knute Berger, and it fits right in with the Northwest psyche

A spooky model of the disk (UFO?) that Kenneth Arnold reported over the Cascades

Knute Berger

PNB’s Cendrillon: Cinderella With a Twist

PNB ushers in a new take on Cinderella by the team that wowed Seattle with Roméo et Juliette

Noelani Pantastico (left), pictured in a Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Cendrillon production, began as a PNB student at age 14. She returned to Seattle recently and will star in PNB’s Cendrillon

Florangela Davila

February 2017