Arts & Culture
Dream Weavers
ACT's crash reflects a Seattle arts culture of big talk and board stiffs.
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Etta’s Seafood
It’s surprising that more people don’t take advantage of Etta’s for a quick after-work bite and/or drink. True,…
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Everything you learned about earthquakes last time we had one but forgot by the time this one came along . . .
Earthquakes happen because 4.5 billion years after its formation from a cloud of cosmic dust, the earth is…
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Flood of information
THE SKOKOMISH River came to Dave Montgomery’s attention a good 10 years ago, soon after Montgomery arrived in…
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Good and Dry—and Cheap
Chateau Ste. Michelle lets its Riesling grapes speak for themselves. Evidently, some say "dry."
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The Sweet Spot
Most of the chocolate Americans eat isn’t chocolate but hydrolyzed cocoa powder suspended in corn syrup–laced saturated fat.…
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Look at me. Now!
Yes, Seattle Opera scored a 'Tristan' for the ages. But that's not what everyone was buzzing about at…
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Agendas
If anybody ever had a free hand coming into a job, that person is Robin Pollard, the new…
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Meat: the bad news
ON JAN. 22, 1993, a 2-year-old from Tacoma died at Children’s Hospital. Cause of death: heart failure due…
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White Gold
The first time I tasted Buty Winery’s 2003 sémillon–sauvignon blanc blend, I was impressed. Maybe overwhelmed would be…
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A bridge too far?
Frank Chopp's leadership of the Dems runs into trouble crossing the Tacoma Narrows.
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Where’s the power?
REMEMBER the energy crisis? This time last year, the looming electric-power crunch was all over the headlines. Months…
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From LA to SLA
When he left his job as executive vice president of the Los Angeles Music Center last year, John…