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By the Numbers: The Special Olympics Comes To Seattle
More than 4,000 athletes and coaches from all 50 states will be here for the Special Olympics USA Games from July 1 to 6
This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Join the Special Olympics for the 50th anniversary of its USA summer games, which give people with intellectual disabilities the chance to compete in a variety of sports. The athletes gather in Seattle on July 1 for six days of team and individual events…
After Head Tax Repeal, Seattle Must Choose Between Homeless Services and Everything Else
The city council repealed the controversial "head tax." Now what?
The Seattle City Council’s repeal of a controversial business “head tax” last week didn’t just eliminate future spending on solutions to the city’s homelessness crisis—it also killed funding for several ongoing programs that are currently being funded with one-time revenues, casting the future of existing homeless programs in doubt at a time when Mayor Jenny…
Check out Seattle Photographer Mike Hipple’s Portraits of ’80s Stars Today
Ever wonder what your favorite artists from the era of jelly shoes and scrunchies are doing today?
“If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there,” runs the famous quip. But the iconic acts that followed 20 years later have aged a lot more gracefully, as Seattle freelance photographer Mike Hipple proves in his new book 80s Redux: Your Favorite Musicians Today. Punk, New Wave and the gray area in between are all represented;…