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Stories from Seattle: For Freelancers, Quarantine Isn't Exactly New

Stories from Seattle: For Freelancers, Quarantine Isn’t Exactly New

"I feel helpless to do anything, except stay inside. Which is the same as it ever was."

Just a typical day in the office.

This Week Then: Seattle Sports of All Sorts

This Week Then: Seattle Sports of All Sorts

Plus: saying goodbye to a beloved colleague

The implosion of the Seattle Kingdome on March 26, 2000.

Stories from Seattle: Playwright and Performer Sara Porkalob on Hope, Anger, and Her Missed Broadway Opportunity

Stories from Seattle: Playwright and Performer Sara Porkalob on Hope, Anger, and Her Missed Broadway Opportunity

"Just like that, my entire community lost their jobs."

This is part of a series of personal essays we’re calling Stories from Seattle, contributed by our community and designed to show how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the lives of Seattleites. Want to share your story, coping mechanisms, wildest ideas? We’d love to hear. Please email: chelsea.lin@tigeroak.com. On April 5, I was planning to leave Seattle for…

Stories from Seattle: Letting Go of "Normal"

Stories from Seattle: Letting Go of “Normal”

The key to survival: Lower your expectations, or get rid of them all together

Isolation then: More drooling, less homeschooling.

Stories from Seattle: Dance Artist Kaitlin McCarthy on Coping with Coronavirus while Pregnant

Stories from Seattle: Dance Artist Kaitlin McCarthy on Coping with Coronavirus while Pregnant

"Dancing my way through the crowd, a spontaneous clapping and stomping erupted on the beat. One perfect moment of togetherness that, it turns out, may have been our last for a long while."

Kaitlin McCarthy dances with the audience of her show ‘Gender Reveal Party: a dance show,’ at Velocity Dance Center

This Week Then: Fighting Flu in 1918

This Week Then: Fighting Flu in 1918

Looking back at the Spanish Flu pandemic and its effects in Washington state

Courtesy HistoryLink

Murano Senior Living Focuses on Health and All its Facets For Their Residents
Sponsored

Murano Senior Living Focuses on Health and All its Facets For Their Residents

PrimeFit is Murano's comprehensive senior health and wellness program exclusive to Leisure Care communities

Sponsored by Murano Senior Living Murano Senior Living Puts the Spotlight on Senior Health Murano, Seattle’s newest senior living community located in the heart of the First Hill neighborhood knows that healthy seniors are happy seniors. Offering a wide range of senior care services including independent living, assisted living, enhanced assisted living, and memory care,…

This Week Then: Women United in Washington History

This Week Then: Women United in Washington History

Plus: the Tribal-led protests that gave us Discovery Park and Daybreak Star

Everett Woman’s Book Club

This Week Then: Why Vashon Islanders Created Their Own Ferry System

This Week Then: Why Vashon Islanders Created Their Own Ferry System

Plus: the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history.

Ferries tied up at Colman Dock

Backstory: How Pioneer Square's Purple Sidewalk Skylights Came to Be

Backstory: How Pioneer Square’s Purple Sidewalk Skylights Came to Be

The lights reveal a dark network of passageways where old Seattle once stood

This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. After Seattleites carved Pioneer Square out of lush forestland alongside Elliott Bay, businesses in our city’s first neighborhood were constantly battling floods and sewage backup caused by the bay’s tides. When the Great Seattle Fire destroyed much of the area in 1889, city officials decided…

This Converted Airstream Takes Karaoke on the Go

This Converted Airstream Takes Karaoke on the Go

Get ready to sing our heart out

SOUND UP: AirScream founders Kelli Bielema (left) and Vanessa Resler (right) warm up for the launch of their karaoke club on wheels

That's Love: 5 Seattle Couples Share Their Love Stories

That’s Love: 5 Seattle Couples Share Their Love Stories

These local lovebirds spill their secrets to long lasting relationships

This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. Lou Henry Hoover & Kitten LaRue Burlesque star Kitten LaRue and drag king Lou Henry Hoover shared the stages of Seattle shows for years before they ever really talked. “I do clearly remember the first day she walked into a rehearsal, and I was like ‘Who…

Seattle Seawolves Look to Take Third Straight MLR Title This Season

Seattle Seawolves Look to Take Third Straight MLR Title This Season

The team has won every Major League Rugby championship held so far

Amid big arena deals, league applications and investor hunts, Seattle has slowly begun to re-solidify itself as a sports town. But while the Seahawks season has come to a close and the Mariners make their way to Arizona for spring training, Seattle turns its attention back to another sport kicking up anticipation in the south…

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