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Meet the 2018 Crosscut Courage Awards Honorees
Each year, our city's online news magazine recognizes a handful of locals who have shown extraordinary leadership with the Courage Awards.
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. This year’s Crosscut Courage Award winners span a spectrum, from business owner and political newcomer to youth supporter and longtime public officeholder. The one thing they all have in common is a bold determination to lift up those who are often unheard, to have…
This Week Then: The Deadly Spanish Flu Pandemic Came To Seattle 100 Years Ago
Plus: Noteworthy events in the history of military aviation took place in Washington during this week in history
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Deadly Flu One hundred years ago this week, on September 21, 1918, the worldwide “Spanish Flu” pandemic officially arrived in Washington with the report of 11 cases at Camp Lewis. Within two weeks, 700 cases were reported in Seattle, including one death at the University of Washington’s Naval Training Center. Meetings and…
15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in October 2018
Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month, featuring 5th Avenue Theater, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Repertory Theater, Frye Art Museum and more.
An installation detail from Dylan Neuwirth’s “METANOIA,” a virtual reality art experience performed by the artist.
A Seattle Startup Is Taking Meatless Foods to the Masses
Seattle Food Tech is developing food like this wheat-based “chicken” nugget
This article appears in print in the September 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Bringing affordable plant-based “meat” products to a mass market is the vision of Christie Lagally, chief executive officer of Seattle Food Tech, a Lake City–based company she founded in 2017. A big reason so much meat is consumed today, says Lagally, a mechanical engineer…
Seattle’s Condo Comeback
For the first time in more than a decade, improved selection of “for sale” condominiums and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the housing market.
Sponsored by Realogics Inc. Savvy homebuyers encouraged by improved selection and historically low interest rates are making their way back to the market and developers and brokers are sprinting to catch up. On September 12th Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR) sponsored a new condominium showcase at the Fairmont Hotel during the BISNOW Multifamily Annual Conference….
This Week Then: Celebrating the History of Pike Place Market
Plus: See which Washington cities are celebrating birthdays this week
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Going to Market This week HistoryLink celebrates Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the focus of this year’s HistoryLunch fundraiser. More than a century ago, on August 17, 1907, the market opened after local farmers and shoppers rebelled against “commission men” — distributors who underpaid growers and…
