Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for...
Somewhere in the vertebrate zoology collections of the Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, several hundred waxy cylinders sit in wax-preserving conditions inside carefully labelled drawers. Most of them were removed from the carcasses of...
Dear Readers: I’m on vacation — second and last week — and will be back with new columns next week. Please enjoy this selection of letters from three previously published columns in the meantime. — Dan
I was raised in...
Your uncle is wrong about crime in downtown Seattle: Crime is down citywide in 2026 compared to 2018, contrary to the popular television news narrative. The neighborhood with the lowest crime rate is downtown. Since 2018, downtown crime has...
Players tackle the tough questions at Hopvine Pub.
Image: Jana Early
Is your friend group gelling just a little too well these days? Are you eager to infuse some domestic drama into your Tuesday nights with a fierce and increasingly emotional debate over whether...
Players tackle the tough questions at Hopvine Pub.
Image: Jana Early
Is your friend group gelling just a little too well these days? Are you eager to infuse some domestic drama into your Tuesday nights with a fierce and increasingly emotional debate over whether...
The 2016 anthrax outbreak on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia is one of the more consequential public health events of the past decade that most people outside veterinary epidemiology have never heard of. It killed a child. It...
On January 5, 2025, New York started charging most drivers to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Central Business District Tolling Program, better known as congestion pricing, applies a base E-ZPass toll of $9 for passenger...
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is rolling out a plan to tackle gun violence by better integrating city departments and maintaining services for youth. The announcement comes after weeks of relentless criticism of the city’s public safety track record by...
Vancouver-based EarthDaily Analytics has secured a standing offer that could make its commercial satellite imagery more accessible across the federal government.
The company has been awarded a Government of Canada National Master Standing Offer for Commercial Satellite Imagery, establishing a...
