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Bertha Delays, Tragedy at Local School & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Updated: A shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School, just north of Seattle, occured this morning at around 10:40 a.m. It is confirmed that two people are dead, including the shooter. For all the latest updates and live coverage go to King 5 news here. Is there trouble in paradise? It’s been a week since the…
Three New Albums to Listen to This Fall
Fresh incarnations and new albums for three beloved Seattle musicians
If you’ve been following the career of David Bazan (center of main photo above) you know he moved from lead singer and songwriter for indie-darling band Pedro the Lion to existential crisis to creating acclaimed solo work. For his newest album, David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet, he bonded with Seattle’s most sought-after experimental neoclassical…
Must List: A Literature Crawl, ‘Laggies’ On Screen
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must SeeLocal B-Boys Showcase the Art of Breakdancing(10/23 to 10/26, times vary) Recently, Seattle-based choreographer Amy O’Neal has explored feminism by way of her own kickass hip-hop dance performances. In Opposing Forces, she steps behind the scenes, setting a new dance piece on five local B-Boys from different breakdancing crews, and in the process, questions…
#Throwback Thursday: Top Chef in Seattle
That time when A-listers Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons were right in our backyard
Bravo TV’s 12th season of Top Chef premiered last Wednesday. This year, a new crop of culinary masters takes their knives to Boston and boy, is the competition stiff. Two chefs have already packed up those knives and left the show–last night their departure was because of a slightly undercooked veal chop. In better news,…
Record Rainfall, Pronto Bike Share Reaches 4,000 Rides & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Curbed Ski released a big list of the best ski country dive bars, with a few in Washington State. Among the nearby favrorites? Mount Si Pub in North Bend, Wash., and The Snorting Elk Cellar in Enumclaw, Wash. You love it! You really love it! Seattle’s inaugural bike share program launched on October 13…
‘Selfie’ is Now a Legit Scrabble Word & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
There are 5,000 new legit words that SCRABBLE players can use without fear of a challenge. A sampling of those words: Chillax, Hashtag, Texter and, of course, Selfie. The Halloween Alley tradition in Magnolia has officially been cancelled, due to all the over-the-top decorations being stolen. MyNorthwest.com reports the couple who deks out the alley…
Seattle Choreographer on What She Loves (and Hates) About Dance
Nancy Guppy invites Seattle choreographer Peggy Piacenza to dance
Peggy Piacenza has been dancing for more than 25 years, collaborating with prominent avant-garde choreographers such as Dayna Hanson, Pat Graney and Deborah Hay. Touch Me Here is her first full-length solo piece, a “movement memoir” informed in part by Lotan Baba (the “rolling saint” of India) and the Fellini film Nights of Cabiria. Using…
The New Wave of Police Reform in Seattle
Knute Berger considers Seattle’s long history of citizen-police clashes
Tucked away on a sliver of Third Avenue near Jackson Street in Pioneer Square is the Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum, where exhibits offer a quick course in how law enforcement has worked in Seattle since the first marshal was hired in the 1860s. You’ll see badges, uniforms, guns, nightsticks and the mustachioed faces of the…
Diwali Celebrations from India to Seattle
This pan-Indian holiday brings light, food, friends, family and a fresh start
Diwali, the vibrant, Indian multi-day festival commenced yesterday according to the Hindu lunar calendar (it is also celebrated by Sikh and Jain communities with slightly different practices). For most Hindus, Diwali is extremely significant in bringing about new beginnings as it coincides with the Hindu new year. It is a holiday that is celebrated with…
Sims Meets Seattle: Recreating the Emerald City in Sims 4
Players of the popular video game have already created plenty of Seattle (and Twilight) content
The launch of EA Maxis’ The Sims 4 in early September may have been met with disappointment by many long-time fans of the popular video game for its lack of basic features (no pools or toddlers) and restrictive movement (loading screens just to take a walk), but that hasn’t stopped players from creating and uploading…
Fans React to Rumors of Milwaukee Bucks Moving to Seattle
Another day, another NBA team rumored to be moving to Seattle
Well this is interesting. ESPN’s Bill Simmons speculated last week in an episode ofBill and Jalen’s 2014-15 Preview about the hefty profit NBA owners could potentially make if they sell the Milwaukee Bucks franchise to Seattle, and theorized that it was even likely to happen given that Milwaukee still hasn’t found a location for the…
Seattle Skyscrapers Made Out of Wood?
Why building 30-story high-rises out of wood is actually more feasible than you think
In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column And Another Thing…, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. Seattle was built of and on wood. A sawmill was our first industry and created…
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