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How CityClub's founding mothers made a better Seattle

Posted Wed, Feb 8, 2 a.m.

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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Winners and losers of the week: Romney up, but GOP down

Posted Mon, Feb 6, 2 a.m.

Romney rolls, cue Obama's "comeback," women roar, and Seattle's porn problem.

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Allen family: It was 20 years ago the Foundation began to give

Posted Thu, Feb 2, 2 a.m.

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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All eyes on Andrew Russell

Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2 a.m.

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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Winners and losers: Gingrich stock going down; an unlikely lift for McGinn

Posted Mon, Jan 30, 2 a.m.

Space, is it the next frontier, or political dead end? Plus, the staying power of potholes.

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Heritage Turkey Watch

Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.

The Kalakala still floats, for now, plus Seattle's plywood "space shuttle," demolition fight in Spokane, and other preservation news.

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The plan to preserve Seattle's beloved book sanctuaries

Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.

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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David Guterson's 'Ed King' captures today's Seattle darkly

Posted Thu, Jan 26, 2 a.m.

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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Families living in vehicles need 'Safe Parking'

Posted Thu, Jan 26, 2 a.m.

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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Today's dynamic Seattle: born at the Space Needle

Posted Wed, Jan 25, 2 a.m.

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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Politics: Winners and losers of the week

Posted Mon, Jan 23, 2 a.m.

Some unexpected outcomes in a stormy week in Seattle and South Carolina.

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Are we the Barbarians we've been waiting for?

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 2 a.m.

The decline and fall of Seattle, the state, the empire.

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Not your grandpa’s warlord: 'Attila' at Seattle Opera

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 2 a.m.

Strong musical values and principal performances offset the company's unpersuasive modernization of 'Attila's' political struggles.

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Green Acre Radio: Environmentalists look warily at Legislature

Posted Sun, Jan 15, 10:15 a.m.

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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'Spring Awakening': A boldly passionate bourgeois critique at Balagan

Posted Fri, Jan 13, 2 a.m.

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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Sh*t Kent Said

Posted Thu, Jan 12, 2 a.m.

Nuggets of wisdom from Seattle's mossback Yoda

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No time for rest on Washington's trade issues

Posted Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.

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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Heritage Turkeys of the year

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

Who did most to raze, wreck, uproot, neglect, and generally trash our historic treasures in 2011? The envelopes, please...

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Pike Place to Rolling Stone: Brandi Carlile's journey to 2012

Posted Tue, Jan 3, 2 a.m.

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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Best of 2011: How Seattle grew itself a new 'downtown'

Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.

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

A local comic brew debuts online. Just don't call it 'Seattleandia'.

Posted Tue, Jan 31, 2 a.m.

'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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Snow reveals obsolescence

Posted Sat, Jan 21, 9:30 a.m.

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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McCormick, Schmick and ... Bubba's?!

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2 a.m.

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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Remembering Kent Kammerer

Posted Wed, Jan 4, 2 a.m.

A Jan. 6 memorial at MOHAI for writer, teacher, and neighborhood activist.

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Why Portland begat 'Portlandia' and Seattle stopped being funny

Posted Sat, Dec 31, 6 a.m. 2011

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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Later closing hours? Make the bars pay for them.

Posted Sat, Dec 3, 4:15 p.m. 2011

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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Warm trees, cold people

Posted Mon, Nov 21, 2 a.m. 2011

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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New 737 battle: Gregoire makes a move

Posted Wed, Nov 16, 4 p.m. 2011

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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For new urbanites in hard times, small is beautiful

Posted Wed, Nov 23, 6 a.m. 2011

Seattle leads the way to a rooming-house renaissance. But what about the parking?

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Crosscut Tout: Seattle tells its secrets . . . onstage

Posted Fri, Nov 11, 2 a.m. 2011

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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Seattle's pay growth the lowest of U.S. cities In a recent study on pay growth in big cities, Seattle ranked last. Next round's on . . . Detroit?

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City leaders rally around beloved Central District movie theater All six city councilmembers, City Attorney Pete Holmes, and Mayor McGinn signed a recent letter to the state Liquor Control Board in support of Central Cinema, whose family and alcohol-friendly business model is under threat.

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Is DOJ moving too fast on court order for police reform? Some citizen groups say the Department of Justice, which hopes to wrap up interviews in its process to develop a court-ordered mandate for Seattle Police by mid-February, is rushing through the process.

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Seattle home prices in a nosedive Eric Pryne writes, "Seattle-area home prices hit a new post-boom low in November, according to one closely watched index, and are now 31 percent below their peak."

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The Mercer Street mess much messier today (and forever after) The Seattle Times reports, "From now on, instead of just moving cars past South Lake Union, the city's goal is to move people into South Lake Union, one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in Seattle's history."

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