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Seattle Weekender: Werewolves and Mormons at SIFF, gin cocktails, and late-night karaoke

Thu, May 24, midnight

By Quin Benzel

Crosscut's guide to a culturally enriching weekend in the city. Or at least some fun.

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A garden of May delights

Fri, May 11, 10 p.m.

By Jackie Hiltz

A couple's life work left the Seattle area a garden of uncommon delights near Graham on the way to Mount Rainier.

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The fight to create Washington's biggest park

Thu, Apr 26, 2 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

In Whatcom County, the park that would be Washington's biggest, is inching closer to reality. Even as local politicians arm wrestle over its future.

What color is your Space Needle?

Wed, Apr 18, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

For the 50th anniversary, the Needle is going classic orange, but many color schemes were considered for the original Needle, from battleship gray to rainbow. And the original orange? It was probably a mistake.

In Magnuson Park, tadpoles swim where planes once landed

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

By Martha Baskin

Green Acre Radio: In Seattle's Magnuson Park, ecologists have turned runways into fully functioning wetlands. It's all in a day's work.

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Beauty and diversity at Federal Way rhododendron garden

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

By Jackie Hiltz

With over 10,000 rhododendrons from all over the world, the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden is an exotic adventure waiting to happen. And it's just a short drive down I-5.

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Seattle and Brooklyn: a tale of two waterfronts

Wed, Apr 4, 2 a.m.

By Bob Royer

A Brooklyn waterfront park-in-progress shares many of the same traits and problems with our own waterfront dreams; a compare and contrast imparts a few insights and lessons.

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The Burke Museum's mystery vessel

Mon, Mar 26, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A mysterious jug washed up on a Washington beach, now it's the subject of a research experiment: using crowdsourcing to fund and extend looking into its origins.

The Weekender: Sarah Vowell, Hip-hop for the Homeless, and The Devil v. C.S. Lewis

Thu, Mar 8, 5:50 p.m.

By Alison Sargent

Crosscut's guide to a culturally enriching weekend in the city. Or at least some fun.

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Green Acre Radio: A partnership to save Seattle's old-growth

Fri, Feb 24, 12:41 p.m.

By Martha Baskin

In Washington, a group of non-profits and volunteers has come together to rebuild Seattle's forests and rescue native trees from invasive species.

Best of 2011: Climbing out of homelessness, to Mount Rainier

Sun, Dec 25, 2 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

Participants in Seattle Union Gospel Mission's recovery program reached the peak of The Mountain.

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Bad goat: when should the feds have shot the killer?

Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

Long before Robert Boardman's death along a trail in the Olympic National Park, officials knew there was one bad actor. Sure, the park is a wild place, but what was gained by holding fire all those years?

Book captures soaring views of North Cascades in winter

Wed, Dec 7, 2 a.m.

By Christian Martin

A Bellingham paramedic's off-hours obsession has resulted in a new book about a region that holds a world record for snowfall.

Waterfront designers need a reality check

Tue, Nov 29, 2 a.m.

By Iain M Robertson

A good design requires consciousness of the city's realities, the real spatial, temporal, social, and ecological contexts. Speaking of temporal, has anyone noticed it's November, with everything that means for being outdoors along the water in Seattle?

Waterfront planning: keys for making it Seattle's plan

Wed, Nov 23, 2 a.m.

By Mark Hinshaw

Seattle residents care about their waterfront, and we bring our own quirks. Taking those factors into account are critical to making James Corner's final plan into something that will soar.