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Amy Waldeman

The Story Behind Elvis' World's Fair Ham

Among the revelations in KCTS's new documentary When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962's World's Fair is the provenance of the ham that Elvis Presley famously gifted Gov. Albert Rosellini. The ham didn't come from Presley's own smokehouse, as has sometimes been reported, nor did it even come fro ... More >>

Super Tuesday: Pressers, Primaries, and Political 'Forecasts' Galore

This is considered a big day in American politics. Before we pick our president every four years every single state hosts candidates from each party and then holds a caucus or a primary vote. Those are a lot of primaries to keep up with, not to mention the countless debates, public events, fundraise ... More >>

Opening Nights: Pygmalion

Seattle Shakes gets everything right.

Ask a Mexican!

Seattle Shakes gets everything right.

Forget Westlake Center and City Hall -- Protestors Ought to Occupy Washington's Apple Orchards

​Washington's apple growers are getting desperate. Harvest season is here but the workers needed to pick the state's signature crop are nowhere to be found. Idaho faced a similar crisis with its potatoes, as did Georgia, where blueberries, onions, and melons "rotted in the fields" because many ... More >>

This Week in Starbucks Crime: A Baby Scalded and a $4.4 Million Toiletcam Lawsuit!

​Dedicated readers of This Week in Starbucks Crime will note that the column has of late had more of a fortnightly than a weekly sensibility. First off, thanks for noticing! Second, let us assure you that this is due not to any waning interest on our part in Starbucks crime. Our dedication to ... More >>

Now that Watch The Throne Is Out, What Else Should We Be Looking Forward To?

The Throne​ So now that Kanye West and Jay-Z have dropped the most highly anticipated album ever (sensationalism at least partially warrented) what else is on our radar? Here are a few releases I'm looking forward to, both nationally and locally: Pusha T - Fear of God Part 2: Let Us Pray Aug ... More >>

Sustainable Seafood Advocates Win Battle on Atlantic Coast

​Sustainable seafood advocates say a decision by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission this week to step up protection of menhaden bodes well for fisheries on both coasts. "It's a huge victory," says Tony Friedrich, executive director of Coastal Conservation Association Maryland. "I ... More >>

Taking the Local Food Movement For a Ride in the Country

​In a story with implications for small towns nationwide, the New York Times today reported on the relentless hardships a locavore restaurateur has encountered in southwest Virginia. Steven Hopp - an Iowa-born ornithologist married to author Barbara Kingsolver, whose bestselling memoir Animal ... More >>

Bad Albert's Says Goodbye to Ballard After 16 Years of Business, Five Guys Burgers and Fries Takes Over the Suburbs, & More

Sahara Pizza is coming to Ballard!​First off, in Ballard, beloved watering hole Bad Albert's Tap & Grill at 5100 Ballard Ave. N.W. is saying goodbye next month after 16 years of business. The owner cites both the economy and his own health issues. In more upbeat news for the neighborhood, Saha ... More >>

The Dismemberment Plan: Memory Machine

The band brings a well-deserved encore to the Showbox.

¡Ask a Mexican!

The band brings a well-deserved encore to the Showbox.

Starbucks Announces "Trenta," the 31-Ounce Thirst-Buster of Coffee Cups

​Do you like Starbucks iced coffee, but hate that it's not sold in quart-sized jugs? Well, good news! The new 31-ounce "Trenta" size has proven itself in Phoenix and Tampa, and will be available in a gaggle of new states starting tomorrow.

Rob McKenna, Other AGs, Notch Win in Health Care Challenge, But the Court Fight Continues

​The third round in the legal challenge to Obamacare went to the Republicans today. A federal judge in Virginia, Bush appointee Henry E. Hudson, ruled that forcing Americans to buy health insurance exceeds the regulatory authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constituti ... More >>

Red: At Last, Helen Mirren as International Assassin!

​The third round in the legal challenge to Obamacare went to the Republicans today. A federal judge in Virginia, Bush appointee Henry E. Hudson, ruled that forcing Americans to buy health insurance exceeds the regulatory authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constituti ... More >>

Battle of the Booze

Competing privatization initiatives offer more questions than answers.

McDonald's Catches World Cup Fever!

Come on, ref, that's a red card!​Even non-soccer fans have to admit it's pretty cool to see restaurants and bars that would otherwise be dark packed (or not) with early morning fans watching World Cup games on the tube. So how cool is it that you can watch the World Cup at the McDonald's at 6 ... More >>

Pick Up the Pieces

A life of crime and one stolen album later, Grayskul's JFK (finally) releases his long-simmering solo debut.

Details Announced for Top Chef Washington D.C.: Eric Ripert For President

Change I can believe in​Bravo has finally released the vital details on their new season of Top Chef, and this time around the whole show is going to be centered in Washington D.C.--certainly an interesting and cosmopolitan destination, food-wise, and a perfect excuse for the producers to snag ... More >>

The Food Section: Local Foods in the Schools & Investment Portfolios

​Maybe it's just the fact that everyone in the country is coping with an overabundance of late-summer produce, but this week's food stories are almost all about local foods: In the New York Times, Kim Severson reports that the USDA's new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative (which th ... More >>

Live Music Roundup: Wednesday, July 22

Widower Widower, Pearly Gate Music, Final Spins at the Sunset, 9 p.m., $8 This is a great bill, people: excellent local Americana band Widower plays a show tonight with Pearly Gate Music, Zach Tillman's folky rock band (no big surprise that he's J. Tillman's brother...), and the Final Spins, about ... More >>

Food, Inc.: Michael Pollan Tells Us How to Eat

Widower Widower, Pearly Gate Music, Final Spins at the Sunset, 9 p.m., $8 This is a great bill, people: excellent local Americana band Widower plays a show tonight with Pearly Gate Music, Zach Tillman's folky rock band (no big surprise that he's J. Tillman's brother...), and the Final Spins, about ... More >>

Tonight's Show Suggestions

PontiakToday is one of those freak days in which there are about ten shows that would be worthy of your evening. Here are most of them. Pontiak, Tiny Light, Low Hums at Comet Tavern, 9 p.m., $6 Oh man. Shame on me in a BIG way for not getting something in print about Pontiak, a band of three brother ... More >>

Lake City: Crime and Punishment in Rural Virginia

PontiakToday is one of those freak days in which there are about ten shows that would be worthy of your evening. Here are most of them. Pontiak, Tiny Light, Low Hums at Comet Tavern, 9 p.m., $6 Oh man. Shame on me in a BIG way for not getting something in print about Pontiak, a band of three brother ... More >>

Appalachian Ghosts

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

Step Right Up to Luxury

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

Live Music This Weekend: PUSA, Hackensaw Boys, Dr. John

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

My SAM Favorites (No. 3 in a Series)

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

Driver Who Struck Matthew "Tatsuo" Nakata Had a Track Record

Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz had at least eight moving violations at the time of the incident.

The Ominivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

It's the foodie Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Media, Transportation, Child Welfare

It's the foodie Guns, Germs, and Steel.

This Week's Reads

Kirk Read and Mark Haddon.

Playing Possum

Kirk Read and Mark Haddon.

Whose Media?

The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

Hot Dish

The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

Rhymes with Seltzer

The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

Everybody Is a Star . . . Not!

The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

Tequila!

Where to go for your Cinco de Mayo margaritas— or how to save some cash and fiesta at home.

Days of our nights

Where to go for your Cinco de Mayo margaritas— or how to save some cash and fiesta at home.

Pet the dolphin!

Where to go for your Cinco de Mayo margaritas— or how to save some cash and fiesta at home.

Days of our nights

Where to go for your Cinco de Mayo margaritas— or how to save some cash and fiesta at home.

The Vine Print

Where to go for your Cinco de Mayo margaritas— or how to save some cash and fiesta at home.

Le hangout

Bienvenue to the Frenchiest place in town.

No more sad refrains

Bienvenue to the Frenchiest place in town.

Wares wars

The powers that be push for a software consumer nonprotection act.

Say it with grapefruit

The powers that be push for a software consumer nonprotection act.

Icon Grill

The powers that be push for a software consumer nonprotection act.

Seeing Seattleland

The powers that be push for a software consumer nonprotection act.

Vive indie film!

The powers that be push for a software consumer nonprotection act.