Two New Breweries Open Their Doors in the Puget Sound Area

Another day, another brewery opening

This story originally ran on Washington Beer Blog. Follow Kendall Jones on Twitter and Instagram at @beerblog As we all sit here politely waiting for the beer bubble to burst, for the market to reach saturation, for the irrational exuberance to subside, more and more breweries keep opening across Washington. We recently breezed past the number 400 like it was no big…

Kendall Jones

MOHAI’s New Festival of Light Elevates the Laser Show

Web of light Istanbul-based art and technology collective Ouchhh, whose work is pictured here, will show a new projection at the Borealis Festival of Light

This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s been easy to simplistically view high tech and art as antagonists—especially during Seattle’s current housing affordability crisis—but the Borealis Festival of Light, an international light art competition stopping in Seattle for the first time, will be a splashy public example of the power…

Gavin Borchert

Ski, Run, Bike: Jackets to Keep You Going This Fall

Cool jackets to keep you warm and dry

CASUAL COOL: The Seattle mag team and friends model the season’s latest jackets

Hilary Meyerson

These Organic Farmers Are Changing the Future of Washington’s Cranberry

Meet the small group at Starvation Alley devoting themselves to changing how cranberries are harvested

Washington is the fifth highest cranberry producing state in the nation

Julie Arnan

Must List: Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, Bubble Ball, Hawktoberfest

Your weekly guide to Seattle’s hottest events.

MUST SAIL Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival (9/29–9/30) Ahoy, matey! This Center for Wooden Boats festival celebrates Seattle’s history and culture of traditional wooden boats. Learn about classic sailboats and motorboats, hop aboard a vessel and tour Lake Union and enjoy live music, games, exhibits, food trucks and a beer garden. 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Free. The Center for…

Beau Iverson & Alanna Wight

This Week Then: How Okanogan Became a Town

Plus: See which Washington colleges are celebrating birthdays this week

The town of Okanogan, WA around 1909.

Alan Stein

Woodinville Whiskey Holds Its Annual Autumn Harvest Release

And fans line up a full day in advance

Woodinville Whiskey’s Toasted Applewood Rye had people lining up 24-hours early

A.J. Rathbun

Seattle’s Art Scene Pushes Back

As the events on the political stage become ever more worri- and wearisome, the city’s arts and cultural community responds. Check out these exhibits, shows and lectures coming up that look at social, political and historical forces at work today

Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s 2017 work, “We Live in Silence VII”

Gavin Borchert

The Best Scenic Fall Road Trips in the Northwest

Autumn colors, mountain vistas, idyllic island treks and the back roads of wine country

The forest and mountains near the brilliant blue waters of the North Cascades’ Diablo Lake come into view along a drive on the Cascade Loop

Seattle Magazine Staff

The Cascade Loop Is One of Washington’s Most Iconic Drives

The drive takes you through a stunning and varied landscape of farms, mountains and sagebrush

See craggy Liberty Bell Mountain, near Washington Pass, while driving along SR 20/North Cascade Highway

Niki Stojnic

Seattle’s Counterbalance? The Awe-Inspiring, Wide-Open Landscape of the Palouse

Part of our Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story

A trip to the top of 3,612-foot Steptoe Butte yields a panorama of the Palouse

Roddy Scheer

Take in Lopez Island’s Stunning Views on Two Wheels Instead of Four

Soak in the rural beauty of this small island from the seat of a bike

This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue, as part of the Scenic Fall Road Trips cover story. Click here to subscribe. On one of Lopez Island’s backroads is a green street sign with the words “Less Travelled Rd.” It succinctly sums up one of the big reasons to come to the smallest of the three most visited…

Virginia Smyth

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