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A Forest Steward Faces Off Against Homeowners Fighting to Maintain Their Grand Views
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
On a drizzly Monday morning, Peter Donahue trudges through the slick, squelching mud of the Mount Baker Community View Site, a chunk of public land ... Read more
Seattle in the ’70s: A Time for Reform
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
How a movement focused on creating a good city unwittingly set the stage for Seattle to become a global one.
Read moreSeattle in the ’00s: The City That Was Born to Run
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Seattle came a long ways in the 2000s, but it lost something as well.
Read moreSeattle in the ’80s: Big Tech and Boomtown Economics Arrive
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
An influx of talent and trouble quickly brings Seattle up to speed.
Read moreLesley Hazleton’s Full-Throated Defense of Agnosticism
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
After years of writing about religion and the Middle East and abortion, what’s left for Hazleton to tackle? Well, she’s staking a spot directly in ... Read more
ILLFIGHTYOU’s Mosh-Pit Trap Hits the Crocodile
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
You can find the Tacoma-based trio ILLFIGHTYOU at the corner where glass-rattling bass intersects with murder-mayhem lyricism.
Read more‘Lost Time’ Is Tacocat’s Sharpest Record Yet
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
If NVM is Tacocat’s Nevermind—the album that brought them to the world’s attention—then Lost Time is the Seattle band’s In Utero: heavier, darker, realer, and ... Read more
The Best Local Records We Heard This March
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Man in Tree was a living tarot card. The image of the quintessentially Northwestern man (lumberjack beard, lumberjack beanie, in a tree), fending off police ... Read more
Beer Hunting: A Very Intentional Brewery on Whidbey Island
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
A few years ago, Daniel Thomis and his wife were looking for a new place to live. They wanted to leave Boston, where Thomis worked ... Read more
The Latest to Take on Mexican in Seattle, Gracia Hits Some High Notes
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
When a new Mexican restaurant opens in town, I feel my hopeful, earnest side start to emerge like so many spring buds slowly protruding from ... Read more
Hey Marseilles Streamlines Its Sound and Looks on the Bright Side
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Since forming in 2006, Hey Marseilles has built its reputation on folky, earnest chamber pop. With sincere lyrics about love lost and wanderlust layered over ... Read more
Was It Wrong to Laugh at #ManInTree?
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
We interview @Man_In_Tree and contemplate whether it’s okay to take pleasure in a mental health crisis. Welcome to your digital future.
Read moreFrom the Bard to the Boardroom: How Wedgwood Drama School Sets Students Up for Success
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Wedgwood Drama Studio is proof that with theater experience, you can become anything you want— even an entrepreneur.
Read more‘Krisha’ Turns a Thanksgiving Reunion Into a Cornucopia of Nightmares
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
“Off-kilter” is one way to describe the feverish approach of Krisha, the feature debut of writer/director Trey Edward Shults. As a stylistic choice, off-kilter ain’t ... Read more
Maged Zaher’s Disarming Political Prose
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The rich and the poor, the aware and the unaware, the passionate and the hypocritical—they’re all given voice in Zaher’s poems.
Read moreCampana Is a Grounded Space Cadet on ‘Eviction Notice’
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The album, which chronicles the artist’s experience being evicted from his home, is impressive, especially considering it is being narrated so soberly by a 21-year-old. ... Read more
‘The Dope Show’ Gets Comedians to Joke, Toke, Then Joke Again
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Being stoned tends to complicate even the simplest tasks. That truism underlies one of the Comedy Underground’s most popular showcases. Occurring roughly once a month, ... Read more
The Top 20 Things to Do This Week
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
From fantasy conventions to skronky no-wave farewells, all the best things to do in Seattle this week.
Read moreStock Is Everything You Could Want in a Neighborhood Food Spot
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Is this farm-to-table cafe featuring pho, congee, and meatball sandwiches the new Seattle food trend?
Read moreThe Painful Reality of Playing Janis Joplin
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Kacee Clanton’s vocal cords are sturdy. In 15 years performing as Janis Joplin, the singer has needed steroid injections only once, required to help calm ... Read more