Seattle Culture
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants President, Bob Donegan
Donegan has been involved in Seattle's waterfront redevelopment plans
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. The Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants president has been a tireless advocate for businesses along Seattle’s central waterfront and also served as the public face in the campaign to raze the dilapidated Alaskan Way Viaduct. Bob Donegan…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Southern Resident Orca Task Force
The task force includes local scientists, government officials and leaders of indigenous communities
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. The Pacific Northwest was swept with grief when Southern Resident orca Tahlequah carried her dead calf for 17 days last summer. The death of Tahlequah’s calf wasn’t the first or the last loss to the…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: President and CEO of Visit Seattle, Tom Norwalk
During his tenure, the region has consistently set annual records for tourism and spending
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Tom Norwalk is in the business of selling Seattle to the world. During his 11-year tenure as president and CEO of Visit Seattle—a private, nonprofit marketing organization that essentially serves as King County’s tourism agency—the…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz
Franz secured $50 million from the legislature this year to fund fire prevention efforts
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. After smoke loomed on seattle’s horizon for the two summers prior to this one, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is making her Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a more visible force. Elected in 2016,…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: TransFamilies Executive Director, Aidan Key
The founder of the organization Gender Diversity begins a new project with TransFamilies
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. It’s been 12 years since Aidan Key founded Gender Diversity, an organization dedicated to creating supportive, inclusive environments, both physical and emotional, for transgender and gender-nonconforming children. Key is a powerful public speaker, not with…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Seattle NHL Team President and CEO, Tod Leiweke
Leiweke is gearing up for the Seattle NHL team
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. This former Seattle Seahawks CEO—who engineered the hiring of coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider—returned last year, after five years with the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and three as chief operating officer of…
AIA Home of Distinction: Central District Triplex Provides a Blank Canvas for Bold Design Strokes Inside and Out
'We wanted to create a model for urban living, where we have potentially six homes: three townhomes and then the three Airbnb or mother-in-law units'
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: Architects and partners Steven Lazen and Kailin Gregga live in one unit of the Central District triplex nicknamed Big Mouth House; Lazen loves to cook, so he opted for a big kitchen featuring this island with a six-burner stovetop
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith
This year, Smith pledged $500 million to be spent on increasing affordable housing in Seattle
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Microsoft’s recent renaissance is nothing new; the local tech giant has seen substantial revenue growth since Satya Nadella took over in 2014. (Nadella made our Most Influential list that same year.) This year, Microsoft president…
Celebrity Hairstylist Chris Appleton Talks Seattle, Hair Essentials and Trends
The England-born trendsetter counts Kim Kardashian West and Jennifer Lopez as clients
Chris Appleton doesn’t get frazzled easily. In fact, the celebrity hairstylist admits that he works best under pressure, evidenced on Sunday evening as he floated between styling hair on models, sitting down for this interview then walking through choreography on stage. Appleton was in town to pass down the techniques behind his red carpet ready…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Social Justice Fund Interim Program Director, Karen Toering
Toering's black-led Giving Project has raised more than $370,000 from 240 donors to boost black-led organizations
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. As interim program director of the Social Justice Fund, Karen Toering has directed her many talents—as a grassroots organizer, cultural worker, and nonprofit arts and social justice consultant—into the black-led Giving Project. The project, the…
Seattle’s Most Influential People 2019: Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream CEO, Molly Moon Neitzel
Neitzel launched a pay transparency initiative for all employees of Molly Moon's
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe. Who hasn’t wondered how much money your boss or cubicle-mate earns? Earlier this year, Seattle-based Molly Moon Neitzel, CEO of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, launched an ambitious pay transparency initiative that allows everyone to…
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