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'Straight White Men' Wants to Shake You Up; 'Peerless' Actually Does

‘Straight White Men’ Wants to Shake You Up; ‘Peerless’ Actually Does

What's race got to do with it? Quite a bit, two new plays tell us.

Corinne Magin as M and Maile Wong as L in ‘Peerless’ at ArtsWest.

Amazon Go Opens In Downtown Seattle and it Features A Surprising Number of Local Favorites

Amazon Go Opens In Downtown Seattle and it Features A Surprising Number of Local Favorites

We went to the store and skipped checkout for Day One of Amazon's latest experiment.

Hundreds of shoppers clutching free orange tote bags crowded into the fairly snug Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle on opening day, lots of them snapping photos, shooting live vids, some even buying stuff. It was just the kind of buzzy scene PR teams dream about for the premiere of the brave new world of…

This Little Saigon Restaurant Nails Hard-to-Find Vietnamese Dishes

This Little Saigon Restaurant Nails Hard-to-Find Vietnamese Dishes

The owner of Huong Binh has raised a family—and a generation of Seattleites—on excellent food like bo la lot.

Betel leaf wraps the beef in the dish known as bo la lot.

Pearl Jam's "Home Shows": Two Safeco Field Concerts, Millions of Dollars to Fight Homelessness in Seattle

Pearl Jam’s “Home Shows”: Two Safeco Field Concerts, Millions of Dollars to Fight Homelessness in Seattle

The band is playing in Seattle for the first time in years, and will be donating $1 million toward efforts combating homelessness in the city and county.

Pearl Jam is headed back to the Seattle stage, and will be bringing a purpose to the performance. The band is announcing “The Home Shows” — two shows at Safeco Field taking place on Aug. 8 and 10. Not only will the legendary Seattle band be performing “the largest headlining concert event in Seattle since…

We Went to the Opening Party for SPiN Ping Pong Bar

We Went to the Opening Party for SPiN Ping Pong Bar

The event uniquely captured Seattle's current odd cultural moment.

Descend the stately brass stairwell from the door on 6th Avenue and you’ll find yourself not in elegant, if old-fashioned, Morton’s Steakhouse with white tablecloths and french doors that formerly occupied the space, but in SPiN a concrete warehouse space with street-art murals pulsing with bass from the DJ booth. It’s crowded, and the wall of…

Westman's Bagel & Coffee Is Now Open

Westman’s Bagel & Coffee Is Now Open

The long anticipated NY-style bagel project will start serving... right about now.

I’ll take a dozen, please.

Alaska Airlines’ New Uniforms by Designer Luly Yang Are Ready For Take Off

Alaska Airlines’ New Uniforms by Designer Luly Yang Are Ready For Take Off

Fasten your chic-belts.

Alaska Airlines debuted a new uniform collection with more than 90 items–clothing and accessories– designed by the darling of Seattle’s fashion scene, Luly Yang, on Thursday. Thousands of Alaska and Virgin America Airline employees filled an airplane hangar at SeaTac that had been fitted with a 30-foot runway and three large screens to ensure that…

Is the Jewish Deli Seattle's Next Restaurant Trend?

Is the Jewish Deli Seattle’s Next Restaurant Trend?

Whether or not they're the next big thing Seattle, we’re definitely looking forward to an influx of knishes and kipper salmon in 2018.

The last five years have happily marked the rise of new-wave Jewish delis across the country. Russ & Daughters, the 100-year-old New York staple, expanded to include two new cafes. Mamaleh’s in Cambridge Massachusetts was nominated for Bon Appetit’s Best New Restaurant of 2017. Atlanta’s deli-meets-brasserie, General Muir, has been nominated for three James Beard…

Must List: St. Vincent, "Trojan Women," Dark Beer and Chili

Must List: St. Vincent, “Trojan Women,” Dark Beer and Chili

Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events.

MUST SEE Trojan Women: A Love Story (1/16–1/28) “My plays are broken, jagged, filled with sharp edges,” says American playwright Charles Mee. “That feels good to me.…It feels like the world. And then I like to put this…into a classical form, or some other effort at civilization.” Mee has done just this with this student…

Find Island Style and Innkeeper Memories at the Jerk Shack

Find Island Style and Innkeeper Memories at the Jerk Shack

Much has remained at this Belltown bar and restaurant, but the menu has a spicy new kick to it.

Our local bar and restaurant scene is ever-changing – which keeps things hopping, but also sadly can mean a spot you liked is replaced. Sometimes the new place is worse, sometimes better. Rarely, though, when one restaurant moves in to a space previously occupied by another does it keep the same character – or cigar-box…

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Has a New Chef

Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Has a New Chef

Alvin Binuya, the former executive chef at Ponti Seafood Grill, is making seafood sing at the swanky downtown venue.

No shocker, most people go to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley for the world-class lineup of music. But there’s been a recent change in the kitchen that’s added a new sweet note to the experience. Seasoned chef Alvin Binuya has stepped into the lead role at the swanky downtown venue and the audience is taking notice.  To…

Home of the Week: Summerwell Homes

Home of the Week: Summerwell Homes

Take a look around.

Sponsored by: Summerwell Homes  Recently named “Community of the Year” at the 2017 Tribute Awards by the New Home Council, Summerwell’s 16 homes, designed by renowned McCullough Architects, reflect a contemporary design aesthetic with clean lines, open spaces, dramatic interior lighting from sensitive window placement, as well as a decidedly upscale palette of materials, fixtures,…

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