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Halloween Is this Small Washington Town’s Forte
In Boo-coda, Halloween is celebrated all month long
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Bucoda, a tiny town (population 560) located 20 miles south of Olympia, takes Halloween seriously. How seriously? In 2012, its town council wanted to turn the town into more of a destination, so it voted to change the city’s name to Boo-coda for the month…
Frye Art Museum Fetes Seattle Choreographer Donald Byrd with a Retrospective
The exhibit will explore his life and work
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. To mark his 70th birthday and a body of work that has covered subjects from musicals to race relations (sometimes at the same time, as in his Tony-nominated dance for The Color Purple), the Frye Art Museum is honoring Seattle-based choreographer and Spectrum Dance…
This Week Then: Celebrating Italian Americans and Filipino Americans in Washington
Plus: The first military plane to land in Seattle
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Italian Americans in Washington October is Italian American Heritage Month, and this week HistoryLink looks at some of the contributions Italian Americans have made in Washington. One of the first Italians to visit the Northwest was explorer Alessandro Malaspina, who sailed here under the Spanish…
Must List: Taste of Seattle Made, Earshot Jazz Festival, Delta’s 17:00 Bar
Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events
Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST EAT LOCAL Taste of Seattle Made (10/6) Make your way to Pioneer Square to sample appetizers, dessert, boozy creations and so much more from local food and beverage makers including Broadcast Coffee Roasters, Gnocchi Bar and Dolcetta Artisan Sweets. This is the fifth annual…
11 Local Events to Get You in the Halloween Spirit
From adult entertainment to family-friendly fun, Seattle has all the spooky happenings to get your Halloween fix
Halloween may technically only be one day, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting the celebration started early. Whether you’re in the mood to eat, run, laugh or scream, October’s spookiest events have you covered. Here are our top picks for the month: Halloween Pet Parade (10/20) Don’t let your furry friends miss out on…
Backstory: Why Some Seattle Hatch Covers Are Adorned with Street Art
A beautification effort provided art for city maintenance entries
This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: Seattle hatch covers The Location: Various locations, including downtown, Seattle Center and South Lake Union The Backstory: If you walk through downtown or Seattle Center with your head in the clouds or your nose in your phone, you’re missing out: You just might have stepped…
October 2019 Hike of the Month: Granite Mountain
This hike is a tough climb, but a great swan song for the general hiking season
October is the greatest month for hiking. A hike on a beautiful fall day in the Pacific Northwest is the payoff for all the summer hikes leading up to it, and the incentive that keeps you dreaming all winter of getting back on the trail, if you’re not into the snowy and cold variety of…
Local Criminal Justice Reformer Receives Prestigious MacArthur Grant
The grant awards $625,000 with "no-strings-attached" to its fellows, paid out over five years in quarterly installments
Lisa Daugaard, the Seattle criminal justice reform advocate and director of the Public Defender Association (PDA), used to joke with her staff that she would never get a MacArthur grant—the no-strings-attached financial stipend commonly known as the “genius grant.” “It has been kind of an internal joke among my colleagues and family that this would…
Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius: ‘The Sun Still Burns Here’ Debuts at The Moore
Local creatives combine soulful choreography with transcendent tunes in this much anticipated show—it’s deep, it’s erotic and it’s exactly what we want
From left to right: David Harvey, Thomas House, Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius, Lavinia Vago, Alan Wyffels of Perfume Genius, Andrew Bartee, Kate Wallich
This Week Then: How Washington State University Got Its Start
Plus: Famous presidents make stops in Washington state
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Planting a Seed On September 27, 1876, Thurston County pioneer William Owen Bush won a top prize for grain at the nation’s centennial exposition in Philadelphia, and he would later attend three other American expositions, winning prizes at each. Bush’s interest in agronomy took root at…