The February 2021 Issue of Seattle Mag

Orcas Island’s Intimate Waterfront Music Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Doe Bay Fest rings in a decade.

Nathan Quiroga of genre-bending experimental duo Iska Dhaaf (corner, left) gets last year’s crowd going at one of Doe Bay Fest’s famously intimate sets.

D. Scully

Alarming New Data Shows Seattle’s Not That Into Beyoncé

Apparently, we'd rather listen to Maroon 5.

Beyoncé's "Hold Up" video has racked up nearly 110 million YouTube views, no thanks to Seattleites.

Megan Lamb

Best Northwest Lake Getaways: Lakedale

At this San Juan Island spot, prepare for an experience right out of 'Dirty Dancing.'

The lodge deck overlooking Neva Lake

Jess Thomson

Seattle Man Dennis Schatz is the Ultimate Eclipse Chaser

A rare and much anticipated total solar eclipse has Pacific Science Center’s Dennis Schatz beaming.

Schatz with a pair of “sun peeps,” the now ubiquitous solar eclipse viewing glasses he helped design and popularize.

Callie Little

Art of the Table Returns With Nine Courses of Gastro Grandeur

In its new location, the Wallingford favorite stays true to the food and character fans love.

A gorgeous dish of marbled king salmon gravlax, corn salad, tomato confit, pioppini mushroom, cilantro pistou, smoked trout roe and garden edibles.

Chelsea Lin

Seattle Used to be Edgy, Now We Make Unicorn Frappuccinos

There are signs that Northwest noir is being revived, but Knute Berger sees a sanitized version without the edge.

Our deep forests and gray days create the visual backdrop for moody Northwest noir.

Knute Berger

Play Lighthouse Keeper for a Week at Dungeness Spit Lighthouse

Enjoy the simple, serene life on the Olympic Peninsula.

The isolated Dungeness Spit Lighthouse guests get away from it all

Kristen Russell

Lady Gaga Gets Emotional During Colorful, Uplifting Tacoma Dome Show

The Mother Monster showed her somber side with death-addled new songs.

Lady Gaga performing during opening night of her "Joanne" tour in Vancouver.

Alexa Peters

Flooding Closes Two Popular Ballard Restaurants

Skillet and organic ice cream shop Parfait temporarily shutter after suspected pipe burst.

Fortunately, Parfait's pints are still available in stores.

Michael Rietmulder

Wallingford’s Sunny New Margarita Bar is a Happy Hour Hit

Modern cantina Pablo y Pablo wants you to enjoy a margarita your way.

Pablo y Pablo's carbonated blood orange margarita.

Michael Rietmulder

It’s Miserably Hot, so Salt & Straw is Giving Away Free Ice Cream

With free ice cream we can all get through this.

With the temperature pushing 100 degrees and the sky looking like the world is about to end thanks to Canadian wildfires, soften the misery of not having air conditioning with some free ice cream. Provided by ballyhooed Portland ice cream chain Salt & Straw, the free treats are an early effort to win our trust…

Danny Sullivan

The Most Heartbreaking Quotes From Sherman Alexie’s New Memoir

The Seattle author gets heavy with exquisite prose.

Sherman Alexie returns with "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me."

Stephen Strom

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