The day I visited Ledding Library, I found a cherry tree in the lobby. Not a real one, but a wooden wishing tree where hundreds of library visitors had hung cherry cut-outs personalized with their own hopes and dreams....
Seattle is buzzing right now. In the first 11 days of World Cup 26, Waterfront Park recorded more than 451,000 visits, including nearly 85,000 on June 19 alone. SEA Airport has also seen some of its busiest travel days...
Graffitti is the doorway. At its core, my book More Paint, observes how cities manage public space and how policies, population growth, and daily life intersect and splinter. Far before the inner alchemy of interpretation reaches a boil, much...
A SOFT LANDING
There’s a new reason to look up in Pioneer Square. Seattle painter Cristina Martinez’s new mural, A Soft Place to Land, fills a wall along the Occidental Promenade with a dreamy woman stretched out in daisies. The...
While the gray skies and cooler temps may be back for a few days, this week’s heat was just a taste of the summer sizzle to come. One of our favorite ways to chill out is with an icy...
Seattle artist Nakisa Dehpanah’s work hovers between sculpture and performance. First developed during a residency at Base Art Space, Suspended Selves is now on view at Method Gallery in Pioneer Square, where billowy, vessel-like sheer fabric forms hang with...
A bit more than a decade ago, writer Ross McMeekin and his family moved to a suburb just outside Seattle. “The transition was a bit rough,” McMeekin recalls, “as a lot of transitions are—new community, new culture, new grocery...
With World Cup 26 underway, Seattle is full of visitors looking for the obvious things: the stadium, a jersey or scarf, a good pint (or three), and a great place to eat. But some of the region’s most interesting...
We all know how wonderfully weird Washington can be—and perhaps some of the best evidence of this lies in its colorful, eclectic, and sometimes downright bizarre festivals happening throughout the year.
While some of the state’s quirkiest festivals have already...
A little over 20 years ago, Quentin Ertel walked into the space that would become his bar, Havana Social Club. It was near Tenth and Pike, a former auto showroom that had been taken over by REI, before REI...
