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Seattle Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Aging Well

Seattle Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Aging Well

In his new book, Eric Larson shows how to age well without a pill.

Eric Larson is bully on aging. Larson, a Seattle-based physician and aging expert at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, says a better old age is within reach for many of us, and not because of some antiaging pill. Instead, Larson says, his research has taught him that resilience—which he defines as “the capacity to…

Virginia Smyth

This Fall's Most Buzzworthy Arts and Culture Events

This Fall’s Most Buzzworthy Arts and Culture Events

All the events in art, music and more you need to know about.

“Whale Bay, Antarctica no.4,” one of Zaria Forman’s intricate pastel on paper works from the Antarctica series, opening September 7 at Winston Wächter Fine Art

Gwendolyn Elliott, Max Rose, D. Scully, Stephen Strom, Caroline Craighead

Seattle's Most Famous Librarian Tries Her Hand at Fiction Writing

Seattle’s Most Famous Librarian Tries Her Hand at Fiction Writing

Author and lit critic Nancy Pearl says her first novel was "a surprise in many ways."

Librarian and new novelist Nancy Pearl in her natural environment. The author will hold a handful of readings this fall.

Gwendolyn Elliott

The Most Heartbreaking Quotes From Sherman Alexie's New Memoir

The Most Heartbreaking Quotes From Sherman Alexie’s New Memoir

The Seattle author gets heavy with exquisite prose.

Sherman Alexie returns with “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.”

Stephen Strom

How to Grow Roses in the Pacific Northwest

How to Grow Roses in the Pacific Northwest

Author and distinguished green thumb Nita-Jo Rountree gives us tips for rose gardening in Seattle.

Nita-Jo Rountree believes we are all born loving roses. How else to explain their popularity for more than 5,000 years? Unfortunately, growing a healthy rose in the Pacific Northwest is no easy feat, says Rountree, a local gardening expert who formerly owned a landscape design company, and is involved with the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society…

Max Rose

Linnea Westerlind Visited Each of Seattle's 426(!) Parks for This Awesome Guide

Linnea Westerlind Visited Each of Seattle’s 426(!) Parks for This Awesome Guide

The Seattle native details every public park in the city.

Linnea Westerlind at one of her favorite spots: the Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook in West Seattle.

ELAINA FRIEDMAN

How a Boy With a Crippling Injury Became Shoreline's Inspirational 'Running Man'

How a Boy With a Crippling Injury Became Shoreline’s Inspirational ‘Running Man’

Lamont Thomas chronicles relearning to walk (and run) in a new autobiography.

Lamont Thomas holds a copy of his new book, “The Running Miracle.”

Stephen Strom

The Fight to Preserve Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

The Fight to Preserve Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

Author Langdon Cook discusses his new book, "Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon From River to Table."

Seattle magazine contributor Langdon Cook uncovers our complex relationship with the Northwest’s favorite fish.

Stephen Strom

10 Seattle Subscription Boxes You Need to Know About

10 Seattle Subscription Boxes You Need to Know About

These trendy little packages offer monthly surprises from cupcakes to new wardrobes.

Because the world needs door-to-door cupcakes.

Caroline Craighead

How Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Found Life After Her Husband's Death

How Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Found Life After Her Husband’s Death

The author and social media executive spoke at Seattle's Moore Theatre this week.

Sheryl Sandberg speaking at a tech conference in 2008.

Linda Morgan

Local Lit: Lessons From a 'Disastrous Pirate Slut' and a Bird Rescuer

Local Lit: Lessons From a ‘Disastrous Pirate Slut’ and a Bird Rescuer

Two leading Seattle-area authors reveal different truths with their new books.

Standout local authors Claire Dederer (left) and Lyanda Lynn Haupt get personal with their new books.

Elaina Friedman & Callie Little

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

Seattle Author Jonathan Rosenblum on the Struggle for a $15 Minimum Wage

A local union organizer and writer talks about his new book and the need for a revitalized labor movement

Author Jonathan Rosenblum

Stephen Strom

'Designed to be Home' Celebrates Northwest Interiors

‘Designed to be Home’ Celebrates Northwest Interiors

A Kirkland designer’s new coffee table book celebrates the Northwest home

Designer Harmony Weihs transforms spaces, such as this dining nook, now a striking corner library

Sarah Murphy

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