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Posted Wed, Feb 8, 2 a.m.
By Bob Royer
At a time when gender barriers still had to be surmounted, eight women created better civic engagement with their personal strengths and social media tools, like contact lists written with pen on paper.
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Posted Mon, Feb 6, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Romney rolls, cue Obama's "comeback," women roar, and Seattle's porn problem.
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Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.
By Judy Lightfoot
The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.
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Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2 a.m.
By Marcie Sillman
Creative Director Andrew Russell, a young talent snatched from New York City, has a plan to reinvent the Intiman Theatre. But the clock is ticking.
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Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Space, is it the next frontier, or political dead end? Plus, the staying power of potholes.
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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
The Kalakala still floats, for now, plus Seattle's plywood "space shuttle," demolition fight in Spokane, and other preservation news.
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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.
By Robin Lindley
Marcellus Turner, Seattle's new City Librarian, talks about why Seattleites love their libraries and how he plans to keep things that way. Even in the midst of budget cuts.
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Posted Thu, Jan 26, 2 a.m.
By Nick O'Connell
The writer of evocative Northwest tales has turned from the region's natural beauty toward urban life, which he caricatures even as he brings us the news of what Seattle has become.
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Posted Thu, Jan 26, 2 a.m.
By Judy Lightfoot
A city-funded pilot program in Ballard will provide parking spaces, some amenities, and info on housing resources to families whose only home rides on four wheels.
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Posted Wed, Jan 25, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Smith Tower was the city's largest building for nearly 40 years. But the Space Needle, and the people behind it, opened the way to a dynamic city that went from backwater to cutting edge.
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Posted Mon, Jan 23, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Some unexpected outcomes in a stormy week in Seattle and South Carolina.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
The decline and fall of Seattle, the state, the empire.
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Posted Thu, Jan 19, 2 a.m.
By Thomas May
Strong musical values and principal performances offset the company's unpersuasive modernization of 'Attila's' political struggles.
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Posted Sun, Jan 15, 10:15 a.m.
By Martha Baskin
The green community is facing its most-challenging legislative session, where it will be on alert against attempts to roll back environmental protections and initiatives. But there are also hopes for progress on several fronts.
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Posted Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.
By Katherine Luck
The first local version of the Tony-award winning musical hits the stage in Capitol Hill's Balagan Theatre, bringing intense sexual interplay and dark societal commentary.
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Posted Thu, Jan 12, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Nuggets of wisdom from Seattle's mossback Yoda
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Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.
By Eric Schinfeld
With a rash of recent free trade agreements under their belts, the international trade community has much to celebrate, but even more still left to do. Here are four international trade battles Washington state should watch this year.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...
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Posted Tue, Jan 3, 2 a.m.
By Deanna Duff
Award-winning local songstress, Brandi Carlile, rang in the New Year on her home turf, among friends at the Neptune Theatre.
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Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.
By David Brewster
Seattle's Central Business District(CBD) is increasingly spelled SLU. Here's an account of the remarkable, somewhat accidental rise of a hot commercial and residential zone called South Lake Union.
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Seattle Blog posts
Posted Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.
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Eric Scigliano
'Local Brew' delivers real laughs and captures real Seattle moments. Best of all, it revives the shambolic, do-it-yourself spirit that made Seattle fun.
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Posted Sat, Jan 21, 9:30 a.m.
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Feliks Banel
In the snow, it's harder to deliver the printed paper or the mail, or to return a DVD. Online, not so much.
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Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.
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Ronald Holden
The restaurants, which have just seen an ownership change, trace their roots to Jake's in Portland. Whatever the new Texas-born owner does, according to our Portland-native writer, he shouldn't mess with Jake's.
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Posted Wed, Jan 4, 2 a.m.
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Knute Berger
A Jan. 6 memorial at MOHAI for writer, teacher, and neighborhood activist.
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Posted Sat, Dec 31, 6 a.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
Once Seattle had its own self-mocking comedy sketch show, but now it's too grown-up to be funny. Luckily, Portland's not.
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Posted Sat, Dec 3, 4:15 p.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
Mayor McGinn says 24/7 bar hours will pay off in staggered closings and booze-tourism income. Here's another way to spread the push-out and recover more revenues for the city.
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Posted Mon, Nov 21, 2 a.m.
2011
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Judy Lightfoot
The absurdity of people living on the cold streets of the richest nation in the world shows up sharply against a backdrop of bright public art.
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Posted Wed, Nov 16, 4 p.m.
2011
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Matt Fikse
A new study shows opportunities for the state to improve its chances of landing the next generation Boeing 737 MAX but Texas shapes up as a tough competitor.
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Posted Wed, Nov 23, 6 a.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
Seattle leads the way to a rooming-house renaissance. But what about the parking?
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Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m.
2011
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Katherine Luck
The ACT's Seattle Confidential series brings the anonymous secrets of Seattleites to the stage, from lost virginities to adventures abroad. Next up and just in time for turkey day - holiday horror stories.
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