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This Week Then: The Deadly Spanish Flu Pandemic Came To Seattle 100 Years Ago
Plus: Noteworthy events in the history of military aviation took place in Washington during this week in history
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Deadly Flu One hundred years ago this week, on September 21, 1918, the worldwide “Spanish Flu” pandemic officially arrived in Washington with the report of 11 cases at Camp Lewis. Within two weeks, 700 cases were reported in Seattle, including one death at the University of Washington’s Naval Training Center. Meetings and…
15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in October 2018
Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month, featuring 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Repertory Theater, Frye Art Museum and more.
An installation detail from Dylan Neuwirth’s “METANOIA,” a virtual reality art experience performed by the artist.
Washington’s State Capital Is the Perfect Jumping-Off Point For a Day Spent Exploring
Just an hour’s drive south of Seattle, head to Olympia and check out the scenic Thurston Bountiful Byway
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue, as part of the Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story. Click here to subscribe. The Interstate 5 corridor between Seattle and Olympia can be a disheartening slog through traffic and a visual assault of strip malls and billboards. But not too long after you pass Tacoma, the landscape changes. This…
This Globe-Trotting Seattle Radio Producer Has Serious Style
KUOW-FM producer Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong has built a career on sharing other people’s stories, but her personal style is the real page-turner
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s easy to focus on Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong’s striking ensembles when you first meet her. But you’ll quickly learn there are many layers to this writer turned communicator turned producer. The charming and witty first-generation Ghanaian-American, who was born in Sarasota, Florida, has enjoyed a…
A Seattle Startup Is Taking Meatless Foods to the Masses
Seattle Food Tech is developing food like this wheat-based “chicken” nugget
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Bringing affordable plant-based “meat” products to a mass market is the vision of Christie Lagally, chief executive officer of Seattle Food Tech, a Lake City–based company she founded in 2017. A big reason so much meat is consumed today, says Lagally, a mechanical engineer…
True or False: Do These Seattle Business Services Exist?
Are these for real? Or did we make them up? In everything-goes Seattle, deciding may be harder than you think
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s a great time to be a Seattleite: Pot is legal! You can get cookies delivered to your door! A stranger will scoop your dog’s poop out of the yard before another stranger mows the lawn! These days, there seems to be a product…
Seattle’s Condo Comeback
For the first time in more than a decade, improved selection of “for sale” condominiums and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the housing market.
Sponsored by Realogics Inc. Savvy homebuyers encouraged by improved selection and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the market and developers and brokers are sprinting to catch up. On September 12th Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) sponsored a new condominium showcase at the Fairmont Hotel during the BISNOW Multifamily Annual Conference….
Must List: Boats Afloat Show, Tango Magic Festival, Second Use Fall Fest
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events.
MUST SAIL Boats Afloat Show(9/13–9/16) Get your boat fix at the largest floating boat show on the West Coast. More than 225 different types of vessels will be floating on the shores of South Lake Union this weekend. Get out on the water with free sail or powerboat rides or check out what a $7.5…
This Week Then: Celebrating the History of Pike Place Market
Plus: See which Washington cities are celebrating birthdays this week
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Going to Market This week HistoryLink celebrates Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the focus of this year’s HistoryLunch fundraiser. More than a century ago, on August 17, 1907, the market opened after local farmers and shoppers rebelled against “commission men” — distributors who underpaid growers and…
Inside Look: How the YMCA’s Host Homes Program Is Helping Young People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness
Since being matched with a homeowner, one young Seattle woman has found a job and is pursuing a college degree
Seattle homeowners with extra space in their residence are welcoming young people looking to get back on their feet into their homes for six months or more
AIA Home of Distinction: This Queen Anne Remodel Honors the Home’s Historic Past
A Seattle couple treats their Queen Anne house to a modern makeover honoring its Prairie School past
DETAIL ORIENTED: Architect David DiMarco used the original drawins for this 1912 Queen Anne house as a resource when working on a remodel to restore “an authenticity that the exterior of the home had missed out on for years” with details like custom copper downspouts that he commissioned to mimic those that had been removed…
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