Michelin-star chef Johnny Spero never planned to end up in the Pacific Northwest.
A lifelong East Coaster born and raised in Baltimore, he began his culinary career at 16, working for a series of big-name chefs and restaurants before opening...
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Earlier this week, I took my teenage daughter to see Eureka Day at Seattle Rep, and we both loved it. Jonathan Spector’s Tony-winning comedy is set at a progressive private school in Berkeley, where the people in...
It’s your birthday? Congratulations on another trip around the sun. Don’t worry, we won’t ambush you with singing waitstaff, but there are plenty of ways Seattle restaurants can make your special day even more memorable, from intimate settings for...
A longtime fixture in the local art scene, Kelly Bjork creates works that are intimate, relatable, and that hum with emotion. Working with pencil and paint, Bjork’s illustrations—often vibrantly colored and patterned—give viewers a glance into scenes of domesticity,...
Rachel Marsh, who grew up in Bothell, has been building an eclectic résumé with roles in Prime Video’s Fallout and Hulu’s Adults. Now she’s stepping into the romantic-comedy spotlight with The Love Hypothesis, which began streaming on Prime Video...
The internet may never be able to replicate the experience of digging through a box of vinyl and pulling out something completely inexplicable, something that might have only ever been heard by a few dozen people. In those albums,...
Before Adrian Alarilla had an international film lineup to consider, there was a loft at Seattle Center to fill. Organizers of the Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival—part of the Festál series—wanted to expand their arts programming and make better use of...
How often do you linger in the central business district of downtown on the weekend? If you’re like me, not terribly often. Certain blocks can feel a little forlorn once the weekday workers empty out—or perhaps not forlorn so...
Finding stillness can be challenging. To pause without scrolling or anticipating the next thing on a to-do list, especially at the change of the seasons. It is well-timed, then, that Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2026-27 season-opening program Serenade is rich...
The plan was flawless, which, as every married person knows, meant it was immediately in danger.
In an earnest attempt to be a good husband, I had arranged a Saturday night date in Bellevue: dinner at Fogo de Chao, followed...
