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15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in October 2018

15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in October 2018

Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month, featuring 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Repertory Theater, Frye Art Museum and more.

An installation detail from Dylan Neuwirth’s “METANOIA,” a virtual reality art experience performed by the artist.

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ and Café Nordo’s ‘The Witching Hour:’ A Double Dose of Dazzlement

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ and Café Nordo’s ‘The Witching Hour:’ A Double Dose of Dazzlement

Two of this season’s stage spectacles take very different approaches to astonishing you

Aerialist and hair-suspension artist Danila Bim performs in Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’

Traveling the Willamette Valley's Back Roads in Northwest Oregon

Traveling the Willamette Valley’s Back Roads in Northwest Oregon

Making the trip, one milkshake at a time

Stop at Smith Berry Barn for the signature Marionberry Lavender milkshake and fresh marionberries, an Oregon staple.

A Seattle Startup Is Taking Meatless Foods to the Masses

A Seattle Startup Is Taking Meatless Foods to the Masses

Seattle Food Tech is developing food like this wheat-based “chicken” nugget

This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Bringing affordable plant-based “meat” products to a mass market is the vision of Christie Lagally, chief executive officer of Seattle Food Tech, a Lake City–based company she founded in 2017. A big reason so much meat is consumed today, says Lagally, a mechanical engineer…

Seattle's Condo Comeback

Seattle’s Condo Comeback

For the first time in more than a decade, improved selection of “for sale” condominiums and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the housing market.

Sponsored by Realogics Inc. Savvy homebuyers encouraged by improved selection and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the market and developers and brokers are sprinting to catch up. On September 12th Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) sponsored a new condominium showcase at the Fairmont Hotel during the BISNOW Multifamily Annual Conference….

This Week Then: Celebrating the History of Pike Place Market

This Week Then: Celebrating the History of Pike Place Market

Plus: See which Washington cities are celebrating birthdays this week

This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Going to Market This week HistoryLink celebrates Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the focus of this year’s HistoryLunch fundraiser. More than a century ago, on August 17, 1907, the market opened after local farmers and shoppers rebelled against “commission men” — distributors who underpaid growers and…

Listen to These 3 New Seattle Podcasts on Your Next Commute

Listen to These 3 New Seattle Podcasts on Your Next Commute

Put these provocative local podcasts in your earbuds next time you get on the bus

File Under Equity: Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace podcast hosts, Eula Scott Bynoe (left) and Jeannie Yandel

Inside Look: How the YMCA's Host Homes Program Is Helping Young People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness

Inside Look: How the YMCA’s Host Homes Program Is Helping Young People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness

Since being matched with a homeowner, one young Seattle woman has found a job and is pursuing a college degree

Seattle homeowners with extra space in their residence are welcoming young people looking to get back on their feet into their homes for six months or more

AIA Home of Distinction: This Queen Anne Remodel Honors the Home's Historic Past

AIA Home of Distinction: This Queen Anne Remodel Honors the Home’s Historic Past

A Seattle couple treats their Queen Anne house to a modern makeover honoring its Prairie School past

DETAIL ORIENTED: Architect David DiMarco used the original drawins for this 1912 Queen Anne house as a resource when working on a remodel to restore “an authenticity that the exterior of the home had missed out on for years” with details like custom copper downspouts that he commissioned to mimic those that had been removed…

Georgetown’s Deep Sea Sugar & Salt Cake Shop Moves to Brick-and-Mortar Location

Georgetown’s Deep Sea Sugar & Salt Cake Shop Moves to Brick-and-Mortar Location

The bigger location comes with cake (of course) and a few extras

These days, you’ll find Deep Sea Sugar & Salt owner Charlie Dunmire, her cakes and occasionally her dog, Chopper, in a Georgetown storefront

A Guide to Finding and Drinking Fresh Hop Beers in the PNW

A Guide to Finding and Drinking Fresh Hop Beers in the PNW

These festivals, bars and new brews will quench your fresh hops thirst

This story originally ran on Washington Beer Blog. Follow Kendall Jones on Twitter and Instagram at @beerblog It’s a magical time of year: the annual hop harvest. That means all of you hop heads are eager to quaff some fresh hop beers at every opportunity. As your beer enablers, we want to share some information about where you can find fresh hop beers. We list festivals and…

This New UW Greenhouse Will House 9,000 Plant Specimens

This New UW Greenhouse Will House 9,000 Plant Specimens

This new University of Washington building offers a different environment for up-and-coming biologists

A rendering of the UW’s new Life Sciences Building; the expansive greenhouse will house 9,000 plant specimens

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