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This little start-up went to Market
Crosscut turned one year old this month, and to celebrate, we hosted a party in our offices. As with most start-up companies these days, we wanted to host something festive, but not break the bank. So, we opted to host the event in our downtown Seattle headquarters, and to organize the food ourselves.
Anne-Sophie Mutter in recital: big risks, stunning artistry
How often do you run across the hack formula "one of the leading musicians of his/her generation" in a program bio or review? Not only is it a meaningless nuisance; its ubiquity makes it all the more difficult when an artist really does need to be singled out from her peers. Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Wednesday evening recital at Benaroya Hall was a stunning reminder of what sets the truly great performers apart: their ability to make us hear music in entirely new ways. (She also happened to be stunningly fitted in one of her mermaid-style Dior gowns — a silk-satin lemon yellow number with fantastical swirling appliqués.)
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Send us your campaign-related photos
We've just launched a gallery of reader and staff pictures, with one image always featured on the Crosscut home page. And as fate would have it, there's big news breaking today, tomorrow, and Saturday, what with Barack, Michelle, Hillary, Janet, and who knows who else visiting the state, plus hundreds of thousands attending caucuses.
So send us your best shots from those events or other election-related scenes you encounter.
The Clicker Top 10: Sex sells
At the end of 2007, I wrote about the most-clicked articles on Crosscut during our first nine months of existence. A job applicant recently asked which Clicker stories were most popular. Had to do some research. Here's what the Crosscut Mother Database tells us are the most popular stories from other media that we've posted. Yes, sex and scandal, preferably both together, do seem to sell:
Transportation, impact studies, Big Brother, newspaper technology, and the essence of modern Seattle: Who knew this stuff would be interesting and popular?
We're asking for your input with a Crosscut reader survey, so we thought we'd offer some advice ourselves — to the regional papers we're reading online.
Remember that news report we ran about the guerilla-art installation at the Sculpture Park? No? Good. Never mind.
Highlights from Crosscut's Front Burner for the week ending April 20, 2007.
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Puget Sound on Prozac
57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?
A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam
An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes
Melinda Bargreen: Goodbye to the Seattle Times music critic post
Columbus Symphony, deadlocked with musicians, shuts down
A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam
In the 19th century, tourists used to slaughter bison herds from passing trains, blasting the big beasts into near extinction just for fun. That ugly tradition is echoed in the recent massacre of buffalo in Colorado, which has also touched off a classic confrontation over rights between two ranchers. The Northwest connection: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's John Cook points out that the man behind the recent massacre is the chairman and CEO of one of Seattle's top software companies, Jeff Hawn of Attachmate. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Life after Yahoo: Microsoft moves on — to Asia
Steve Ballmer's about-face explained
Saving our communal storm sewer, Puget Sound
A stealth Ron Paul campaign makes the GOP nervous in Idaho
Just 15 years old, the state Department of Ecology building is cracking dangerously
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation
A spring drought: Reservoirs are dry
Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation
Northwest Airlines plans to compete on the Seattle-to-Beijing route
The 787 program is 15 months behind, but some deliveries could be 30 months late
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes
Priced out, but still somehow living in Seattle
Perhaps Oklahoma City would also be interested in a baseball team
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
Fast times and loads of fun, despite expensive gas
In the International District, an interesting approach to restaurant reviewing
Yours for free: a guidebook to farm-fresh food
A city of scolds
Hillary Clinton will you please go now!
An alternative reality show
John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away
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