February 2021
Support Your Local Female Bartenders at Speed Rack This Weekend
Bartending for breast cancer at Neumos
For the fifth year, Speed Rack, the awesome speed-bartending competition that pits top local female bartenders against each other, is on tour and back in Seattle. Come watch this Sunday, January 31 at Neumos (925 E. Pike Street) from 3-7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and the whole event is…
Must List: Bullets Over Broadway, Buzzer Opens at ACT
What to do this weekend and beyond in Seattle
Must MarvelCris Bruch Solo Show at Frye Art Museum(1/30 to 3/27, times vary) The longtime Seattle sculptor and public artist, whose highly finished, self-contained monoliths and subtle, irony-laced smaller works have for decades discreetly responded to their often unsympathetic surroundings, is the subject of a solo show that also includes his recent photographic works. Must…
Chef Josh Henderson to open restaurant inside new downtown Thompson Seattle hotel
Scout, and its rooftop sibling, The Nest, will debut in the luxury hotel this summer
These days, construction cranes and Huxley Wallace Collective go together like peanut butter and jelly. As it is, we can barely keep track of owner-executive chef Josh Henderson’s projects. At last count, he had a half dozen restaurants opening in Seattle before spring. Now comes news that Henderson, of Westward and Quality Athletics, is joining…
Digital Stylist Brenna Lyden on Street Style Staples and More
Digital stylist Brenna Lyden breaks down dress code via skype
Major Declared Brenna Lyden started her fashion blog, Chic Street Style (chicstreetstyle.me), as a college freshman snapping selfies in her dorm room. Now 22 years old and less than a year out of school, Lyden, whose signature aesthetic pairs polished staples with popular trends (think tweed blazers with boyfriend jeans), gets 100,000 views on her site…
University Link Extension to Open in March and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
According to the Seattle Transit Blog, the University Link light rail extension will officially open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 19. To celebrate the grand opening, Sound Transit is hosting a fun and festive day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including a tailgate party at the UW station and a street festival at…
Dating Horror Stories: Lice, Patch Adams and ‘Dad’ Jeans
Read 'em and weep: Great reader-submitted stories about love and dating
Last week, we put out a call for you, dear Seattle magazine readers, to email us your finest, most ridiculous and most horrible dating stories. I’m happy to report that you did it with aplomb. Behold, six stories of connections that were never meant to be (including one in Haiku form!). I’m still determining which…
Hoverboards are street legal? In some places, yes
Despite their reputation, skateboards and Hoverboards are getting legalized
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com. 2016 ushered in a new era for California skateboarders: as of January 1, they can share any roadways that allow bicycles. The new law reverses the 1977 ban that restricted once-popular gas-powered skateboards. Skateboards have come a long way recently, both in terms of the law and the technology associated…
Woodland Park Zoo Renovations, SAM Car Installation Removed
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
The Woodland Park Zoo is bringing back its beloved Night Exhibit after it closed in the wake of the 2009 recession. According to the Woodland Park Zoo blog, there are plans to open a renovated version in 2018 that will showcase nocturnal animals. Over the next two years, the zoo will designing, renovating and opening…
Instagram Inspiration: Amazing Hair Color
Chic color that's bound to turn heads
There’s not a lot that I love more in this world than getting my hair done. Whether I’m popping into the salon for a quick blowout or planning on spending my entire day under the dryer with a full head of foils, I love the feeling of being pampered and beautified by professionals. It’s not…
Cashew culture: Seattle spots for vegan nuts
Anar, Amandine and Seattle Cookie Counter experiment with moon-shaped nut
Is it just us, or is the cashew having a moment? This week, we’ve spied the mild-flavored, kidney-shaped nut pop up in innovative ways at hot spots around Seattle. First, at Anar, the new Middle Eastern juice bar and cafe, which opened last week in the South Lake Union’s Amazon Doppler Building. There, Mamnoon owners…
Great Winter Wines from Washington
The first of a series, Paul Zitarelli recommends the best wines for cool-weather sipping
Winter is woven into the fabric of our beings as Seattleites. The ceaseless drizzle. The cloud layer a mere 14 feet off the ground. The onset of twilight in early afternoon. Some of us gripe about winter while nurturing a secret fondness. Some openly embrace it, while the rest move to some other, certainly sunnier,…
6 Small-Batch Coffee Roasters We Love
Small-batch coffee roasters take an artisanal approach to Seattle’s favorite beverage
In this coffee mecca, where you can’t throw a bag of Pike Place Roast without hitting a Starbucks, we’ve moved well beyond the third wave. The growing trend among Seattle’s coffee cognoscenti is roasting in small batches. What does that mean for your morning cup? Lighter, brighter roasts that preserve more of the bean’s natural,…