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Our Top SIFF Film Picks! Think Local
Survive SIFF overload by focusing on Seattle-made films.
SIFF! Is! Here! So much indie film goodness… it’s overwhelming, isn’t it? One way to make the SIFFxperience more manageable is to go locavore—plan to see as many of the locally produced films as possible. This year, SIFF is supporting local filmmaking in a big way, screening 8 narrative features, 6 documentaries and 34 short…
Laughing at Lauren Weedman, Opening Night at SIFF and Other Musts for Your Calendar
MUST SEELauren Weedman’s New ShowOpens Thursday (5/17-5/19) – Hilarious performer (and Almost Live alum) Lauren Weedman presents her new one-woman show, SRO: Single Room Occupancy, a true story about the strange life she once lived in Seattle—involving lawn maintenance, sexual misadventures and horror films.5/17-5/19. 8 p.m. $12–$15. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave.; 206.329.2629; nwfilmforum.org…
Seattle Parks You Must Visit in Springtime
Ah, spring in Seattle. After all those months of building forts and hitting indoor play areas on cold, rainy days, Puget Sound kids are more than ready to get outside and explore. All around the Emerald City there are green spaces filled with trees and flowers in full bloom. And even though cherry blossoms have…
The Mysterious Death of Orca L112
Since researching our June article on the shaky state of local resident orca populations, I’ve been waiting for the report from NOAA’s local office, hoping they could determine what killed L112, also known as “Sooke” or “Victoria.” The young female southern resident killer whale washed up dead on the Long Beach Peninsula this February, bruised…
Sweet Freak Alert: Hot Cakes Opens
Listen, Seattle sweet tooths: Give Neil Robertson a break! His Crumble & Flake has been selling out of scones, croissants and cookies in mere hours (sometimes in just 1 hour!) every day since it opened a few weeks back. So howsabout sharing the love a little bit: Head to Ballard (5427 Ballard Ave NW) this…
Fremont’s Deluxe Junk Closing, Huge Rummage Sale Planned
Deluxe Junk (self-described as “Fremont’s little vintage department store”) is closing. As Fremont Universe reports, owner David Marzullo has decided to retire. It’s bittersweet, since the vintage shop is such a landmark, but the good news is they are wrapping up 34 years of business with an epic, blow-out sale, including an outdoor sale this…
Can Seattle Scientists Save Orcas from Extinction?
Limited numbers of orcas swim the Salish Sea—and new troubles await them.
This February, a young killer whale washed up on the chilly shores of southwest Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. Scientists looking at the markings on its dorsal fin and saddle patch (the dark gray splotch behind the dorsal fin) identified the whale as L112, a female just over 12 feet long born in 2009. She belonged…
Sushi Kappo Tamura One of Bon Appetit’s 10 Best New Sushi Restaurants
This month, Bon Appetit lists the 10 Best New Sushi Restaurants in the US, and coming in at number 8 on their list is Eastlake’s lovely Sushi Kappo Tamura. Well, we agree: Sushi Kappo was our pick for the Best New Restaurant in Seattle last year. And it’s always good when a standout local restaurant…
Knute Berger Reads from His New History of the Space Needle
The Space Needle’s writer in residence, and our own editor at large Knute Berger, has just published Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle. The 50th-anniversary history follows the Needle from a cocktail-napkin sketch to a Life magazine cover story, exploring both weird trivia (the builders who worked atop the Needle never wore harnesses!) and all…
UW to Offer Digital Publishing Continuing-Ed Program
If you’re interested in blogging professionally, self-publishing digitally, creating e-books—or your employer wishes you knew more about such things, look into the University of Washington’s new certificate program in digital publishing. The nine-month-long course launches this fall, and it promises a good mix of hands-on training and theoretical insight about many of the legal, aesthetic…
Lighthouse Keeper: The New Dream Job
The email got me dreaming: Seattle mag writer Joe Follansbee sent word that his new book, the Fyddeye Guide to America’s Lighthouses, is now available. Joe, a consummate storyteller and maritime expert, has a boundless enthusiasm for these beautiful and historic beacons, as do I, after a weird and wonderful week I spent living in…
10 Things We Learned While Working as Movie Extras
Recently, the Seattle mag team piled into a minivan (yep, that’s how we do it) to watch a preview of Safety Not Guaranteed, an adorable romantic comedy about a man’s mysterious mission to find the right partner to travel back in time with him. Bonus: it was shot in Washington state (go film incentive!). As…