Seattle Culture
The Art in This Leschi Yard is Literally Immersive
One local collector’s transformed front yard features a new swimming pool with a custom installation
When architect Ian Butcher signed on to design an outdoor space for a local philanthropist and art collector, it turned out to be a double dose of revisiting the past…
Canlis Goes Pink For KENLIS
Upscale restaurant gets a colorful makeover
Canlis is going pink. The Seattle fine dining restaurant is ditching its dark colors in favor of a bold pink for a Barbie-themed event called “KENLIS” Aug. 9 and 10. The restaurant is now painted a flashy bright pink. The event is a dance party at “the Canlis dream house” that benefits breast cancer research…
Must List: 6 Things to Do in Seattle This Weekend
Jul 11 - Jul 17
Jazzy, festive, bookish
It’s been hot, hasn’t it? I’m scheming ways to hang out at Trader Joe’s just for the A/C. My kids haven’t left the inflatable pool, and it’s turned into the neighborhood hotspot. Did you know Washington ranks No. 1 for beaches? Now’s the time to hang out at the nearest one. And for those hot,…
Picture Perfect, Inside and Out
The Friedman home serves as a rotating art gallery
“Canoe Trails Residence” is a home art gallery designed with velvet gloves and without velvet ropes. For decades, Ken and Jane Friedman have been serious curators and creators of art. Jane formerly co-owned Friedman Oens Gallery on Bainbridge Island, acquiring notable pieces from around the Northwest and world. Their collection includes…
Publisher’s Note: From Stigma to Science
Seattle is emerging as a leader in using psychedelics for mental health
Right or wrong, psychedelics have long been relegated to the fringes of society, dismissed as dangerous substances with no legitimate medical value. Having grown up during the late ‘60s and ‘70s, my word associations for “magic mushrooms” were always with “Woodstock hippies” or worse, “Charles Manson.” But recent research taking place in our region has begun to challenge this perception…
Top Docs: 2024
Seattle magazine's 24th annual list of the best doctors in the Puget Sound region
Finding a doctor can be overwhelming. Referrals from friends and family are helpful, of course, but, in partnership with Castle Connolly, we want to make the process easier. For more than two decades, Seattle magazine has published a list of the region’s top doctors. None paid to be included and all were nominated by their…
The First Sculptor of Seattle
James Wehn's work can still be seen all over the city
My first encounter with the work of James Wehn occurred in the 1980s during a family trip to the Seattle Center. At some point that day we found ourselves walking around in the nearby Belltown neighborhood when someone in the group pointed to a statue of Chief Seattle. The 400-pound bronze statue sits at Tilikum…
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