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Staying in Town? This Chic Sale on Capitol Hill Features 10 Local Designers and Boutiques
The biannual sale has local threads and goods at 20-80% off
For some, the advent of Labor Day weekend signals the need to pack a weekend bag and get out of town. But, with the last bits of Seattle sunshine to soak in and not a traffic jam in sight, Seattleites have the opportunity to explore a less crowded city over the three-day weekend. Those looking…
Helping Washington Teens Get the Mental Health Treatment They Need
Sponsored by Newport Academy Ask any parent of a teenager if their child is often moody and irritable and you are bound to receive a resounding, “Yes!” While many teenagers feel unhappy at times, others are struggling with adolescent depression, which is increasing at an alarming rate. The rate of teen depression is rising across…
Must List: Bumbershoot, Blackberry Festival, The Great Victorian Radicals Bake Off
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST HEART THE ARTS Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1) Year after year, fans of music and art flock to Seattle Center for the annual Labor Day festival and this year is definitely one for the books. Attendees can look forward to a full lineup, spanning all genres: Rezz,…
This Urban Tree House Is Upping Seattle’s Apartment Game
The first community tree house opens its doors to residents at South Lake Union's Sitka Apartments
This article appears in print in the September 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Picture your childhood tree house. Now, scratch the rope ladder and add a fireplace, kitchenette and living roof. Perched 20 feet above street level in South Lake Union, the Island Treehouse is a grown-up version of that childhood hideout: a unique 235-square-foot communal space…
This Week Then: Four King County Cities Celebrate Birthdays
Plus: The start of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Cities Start to Grow Four King County cities share a birthday this week on August 31. On that day in 1995 Shoreline incorporated. Homesteaded in the 1890s, the community grew slowly over the years until the completion of Interstate 5. The resulting growth led its…
Mountain Goat Relocation Project Aims to Protect the Olympics Ecosystem
This summer, mountain goats are on the move once again as an ambitious relocation project attempts to transfer them from one mountain range to another
MOVING ON. Mountain goats like these in the Olympic Mountains are being moved to locations in the Cascades. Around 100 were relocated last summer; more have been moved this summer
3 Outdoor Movies to Catch This Holiday Weekend
Our top picks for the season’s final outdoor film weekend
Traditionally, Labor Day weekend marks (don’t say it!) the end of summer, but there are still a few final chances to catch outdoor movies (and avoid the crowds at Bumbershoot, if you like). Two are family-friendly, one decidedly isn’t. Pack up the lawn chairs and the picnic basket before you store them for the winter:…
This Week Then: King County’s Worst Coal-mining Disaster
Plus: How UPS got started
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Fires Below One hundred and twenty-five years ago this week, on August 24, 1894, fire broke out in the Oregon Improvement Company’s coal mine at Franklin, a small coal town southeast of Black Diamond. The men working below rushed to the main shaft, desperate to…
New Approach from a Seattle Pilot Program Aims to Reduce Homelessness in King County
People with mental illness and/or drug addiction make up a small fraction of our homeless population, yet are among the most visible members of that segment. Can a pilot program get them off the streets for good?
This article appears in print in the August 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. On a day in late spring, David Lucas, 26, is standing in front of Seattle Municipal Court Judge Damon Shadid, waiting to find out if he gets to go home. Lucas (not his real name) has been locked up in the King County Jail…
Human Composting Becomes an Option in Washington, But Is It for Everyone?
Human composting will soon be a choice in our state, but Knute Berger has a different end in mind
AFTER LIFE: Walking through Lake View Cemetery in Seattle is a walk through Seattle’s past; the cemetary holds the gravesites of the city’s founders as well as famous citizens
Must List: ‘Rigoletto,’ Hai! Japantown 2019, NW Chalk Fest
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SING Rigoletto (8/10-8/24) There are a lot of directions in which you can take Verdi’s tangled tragedy: Power corrupts, but so does an obsession with revenge; the powerless are mistreated, particularly women. Seattle Opera, which lately has steered its summer productions toward hot-button issues rather…
This Week Then: Ross Dam in Whatcom County Turns 70
Plus: Looking back on the first long-distance endurance flight
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Power and Light Seventy years ago this week, on August 18, 1949, Seattle City Light completed work on Ross Dam, located on the Skagit River in Whatcom County. The dam and Ross Lake, which was created by rising waters behind the structure, were named in…
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