Seattle Mag
Backstory: Why Some Seattle Hatch Covers Are Adorned with Street Art
A beautification effort provided art for city maintenance entries
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: Seattle hatch covers The Location: Various locations, including downtown, Seattle Center and South Lake Union The Backstory: If you walk through downtown or Seattle Center with your head in the clouds or your nose in your phone, you’re missing out: You just might have stepped…
October 2019 Hike of the Month: Granite Mountain
This hike is a tough climb, but a great swan song for the general hiking season
October is the greatest month for hiking. A hike on a beautiful fall day in the Pacific Northwest is the payoff for all the summer hikes leading up to it, and the incentive that keeps you dreaming all winter of getting back on the trail, if you’re not into the snowy and cold variety of…
Local Criminal Justice Reformer Receives Prestigious MacArthur Grant
The grant awards $625,000 with "no-strings-attached" to its fellows, paid out over five years in quarterly installments
Lisa Daugaard, the Seattle criminal justice reform advocate and director of the Public Defender Association (PDA), used to joke with her staff that she would never get a MacArthur grant—the no-strings-attached financial stipend commonly known as the “genius grant.” “It has been kind of an internal joke among my colleagues and family that this would…
Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius: ‘The Sun Still Burns Here’ Debuts at The Moore
Local creatives combine soulful choreography with transcendent tunes in this much anticipated show—it’s deep, it’s erotic and it’s exactly what we want
From left to right: David Harvey, Thomas House, Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius, Lavinia Vago, Alan Wyffels of Perfume Genius, Andrew Bartee, Kate Wallich
This Week Then: How Washington State University Got Its Start
Plus: Famous presidents make stops in Washington state
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Planting a Seed On September 27, 1876, Thurston County pioneer William Owen Bush won a top prize for grain at the nation’s centennial exposition in Philadelphia, and he would later attend three other American expositions, winning prizes at each. Bush’s interest in agronomy took root at…
Must List: Northwest Tea Festival, Refuge Outdoors Festival, Samsoom Pop-up
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SIP WITH PINKIES UP Northwest Tea Festival (9/28-9/29) While Seattle may be known for its coffee, our Pacific Northwest climate is perfect for other hot beverage connoisseurs, which has kept the Northwest Tea Festival going for 12 years. Check out the fest at Seattle…
These New Condos Are Elevating the Standard of Living in the Pacific Northwest
Avenue Bellevue condos will offer some of the best amenities in the region
Sponsored by Fortress Group, LLC Avenue Bellevue, the new luxury condo, hotel and retail development coming to Bellevue in 2022, is elevating the standard of living in the Pacific Northwest, offering unparalleled onsite amenities and bespoke finishes. The much-anticipated mixed-use project, which officially broke ground last week, will combine two-towers of luxury condos, the…
