Seattle Mag
June Spotlight Shorts
Q&A with Jennifer Borges Foster, and a flock of PNB Dancers Exits.
ARTIST: Jennifer Borges Foster, seattle poet and chief editor of filter, a limited edition, hand-bound literary journal PUBLICATION: Filter (vol. III), available at tickerfinch.etsy.com ($50–$70) RELEASE PARTY/READING: 6/17, 7:30 p.m. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N; 206.414.8325; fremontabbey.org BD: Creating a literary journal is hard enough. Why add the burden of hand-binding it?JBF: Putting literature,…
Charlie and Benita Staadecker Create a Lasting Arts Legacy
The local couple is on a mission to commission new work by Seattle artists.
Charlie and Benita Staadecker should come with a warning label: Contact with contents may result in channeling all your discretionary income into funding artistic projects. As endearing as they are enthusiastic, the Seattle couple is out to prove that commissioning art isn’t just for Vanderbilts and Guggenheims—it’s actually within reach for “ordinary people”—and it may…
Our June Shopping Finds
Embracing lace with Kim McCormick, a new Madrona home décor shop and Liber-tees.
Laced InKim McCormick, 48, lets the fabric call to her when contemplating a new design; apparently lace has a big, loud crush on the Columbia City–based designer. Stacked with intricate laces, McCormick’s Kimmi Designs line combines Miss Havisham’s dusted elegance with an ethereal fairy vibe, layers of draped, body-conscious silhouettes, and embellished lace clusters at…
Washington is a Hotbed for Three Dangerous Diseases
Our state outpaces the nation in rates of three serious diseases—tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis an
We take pride in it: Our state regularly earns top honors as one of the most livable in the country, thanks to our old-growth forests, vast waterways, and our literary and recreational lifestyles. But Washington state also tops a few not-so-pleasant lists: We outpace the nation in debilitating, and sometimes deadly, diseases. Washington is a…
Seattle Homeowner: Can You Cut Down that Tree?
The City of Seattle is considering new rules that would remove protections on some ‘exceptional tre
It wasn’t a native tree. It wasn’t what most would call pretty. And it was so big it dwarfed the little cottage it had grown beside for the past 60 or more years. But the spiky, Seussian monkey puzzle tree that was cut down last January in Ballard by the home’s new owners had been…
Bicycle Diaries: Celebrating Urban Bike Commuting in Seattle
Since May is Bike Month around the world, I am devoting my Outdoors blog posts for the next few weeks to urban bicycle commuting around Seattle. I will be virtually following two urban bike commuters as they make their way to and from work every day on two wheels under their own power, and I…
Just Add Mud for the Latest Badass Outdoor Sport
The Warrior Dash mixes endurance with obstacle courses and a healthy dose of mud.
Just when you thought cyclocross was the most badass recreational sport to take root in the Northwest, along comes an entire new category of events for the endurance-obsessed, adrenaline-junkie mud lovers among us: obstacle courses. If you’re a distance runner, iron man/woman, triathlete or weekend athlete who loves a challenge (and doesn’t mind getting dirty),…
Urban Enoteca, Seattle’s Hottest Washington Wine-tasting Room
Seattle mag wine writer Shannon Borg on her top Washington wines poured at Urban Enoteca.
Going on wine-tasting treks is one of the joys of living in the Northwest. There is no greater find than driving past vineyards and discovering a sweet little tasting room off the beaten path. But even though I don’t often have the days—or the cash—to spend weekends across the mountains, my love of wine and…
Bite Into Skagit Sun’s Shuksan Strawberries
Skagit Sun’s Don Kruse loves his Shuksans, available now at local farmers markets.
Skagit Sun owner Don Kruse can describe his Shuksan strawberries in just one word: sensational. And since he’s provided the Northwest with sweet and juicy berries for 32 years, we’ll take his word for it. Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, Kruse arrived in the Skagit Valley in 1979 with enough money to purchase 40 acres of…
Tis’ the Season for Tempting Pea Vines
Seattle chefs dream up tasty ways to utilize freshly shucked peas and pea vines.
TulioTulio’s sweet pea risotto is the perfect bowl to savor on a mild day. The creamy risotto (cooked in a vegetable broth) creates a comforting backdrop for a medley of greens—leeks, chives and, of course, those toothsome peas. Mascarpone cheese and truffle oil round out the dish with winning richness. $18. Downtown, 1100 Fifth Ave.;…
Breaking Food News for the Month of June
News, gossip and general musings on openings, closings and fanfare in Seattle’s kitchens.
Wine and DineEven though RN74 is owned by chef Michael Mina, the wine comes first here. The celebrated San Francisco–based chef says that he’ll design his menu to match the wines (not the other way around) at RN74 Seattle, whose name stands for the Route Nationale 74, the road that runs through the wine region…
Maestro Gerard Schwarz Bows Out
Seattle Symphony conductor plays his final concert as music director. Get the scoop on his finale pe
The year 1985 was a big one for music: USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” raised $70 million, David Lee Roth left Van Halen for a solo career, and Madonna embarked on her first tour—The Virgin Tour, which kicked off in Seattle. But of much greater import locally, Gerard Schwarz took the position of…