Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 24–30

Timothy Egan brings his award-winning nonfiction to Benaroya Hall, Northwest Film Forum screens entertaining political shorts, and local acts imitate classic rock bands for Come As You Aren't.

10/24/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

Morning Fizz

Weyerhaeuser's Mixed Message

Weyerhaeuser moves into the city, debates over urban space, and Obama joins the local debate.

10/24/2016 By Josh Feit

Critic's Notebook

Biggest Trend We Found in Compiling Top 100 Seattle Restaurants?

It’s happening all over the country and it’s good for restaurateurs. But is it good for diners?

10/24/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Joining Forces

Nordstrom Welcomes Hermès

The interactive concept boutique is open just in time for the holiday season.

10/24/2016 By Amanda Raschkow

Sales and Events

Wear What When: October 24–30

Keep warm with Madewell, layer up with J. Jill, and Mark your calendars for Runway to Freedom 7.

10/24/2016 By Amanda Raschkow

Arthritis Foundation

Bone Bash

On Saturday, October 22, over 210 guests gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel for the 8th Annual Arthritis Foundation Bone Bash Gala and Auction.

10/23/2016

USO Northwest

USO Northwest Five Star Gala

On October 22, 2016 more than 425 guests gathered at The Westin Bellevue for USO Northwest’s annual Five-Star Gala & Auction presented by The Boeing Company and Delta Air Lines.

10/23/2016

Swedish Foundation

Celebrate Swedish

More than 1,000 community leaders gathered for the 31st Annual Celebrate Swedish fundraising gala.

10/23/2016

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Light The Night

More than 2,000 friends, family members, co-workers and volunteers came together to Light The Night at the Seattle Center on October 22, 2016.

10/23/2016

Get Out

Northwest Travel Dispatch, Winter 2016

Where, why, and how to take a winter break.

10/21/2016 By Allison Williams

Outdoor Tech

Seattle Parks Launches New Trails App

Find an urban trail—and help fix it—from your phone.

10/21/2016 By Jack Russillo

Afternoon Opinion

A Carbon Tax Should Confront Environmental Inequity Not Affirm It

I-732 squanders the power of a carbon tax.

10/21/2016 By Josh Feit

Opening Dispatch

FlintCreek Cattle Co. Opens Monday in Greenwood

RockCreek's game meat–loving sibling has been a long time coming.

10/21/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Morning Fizz

Picking Up More Council Support, Murray Set to Offer Homeless Encampment Guidelines of His Own

O'Brien ally Johnson tells constituents he's shifting away from O'Brien bill and toward Murray.

10/21/2016 By Josh Feit

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Catfish Corner and Big Wine News

Plus, Tom Douglas's first expansion outside Seattle.

10/21/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Snap Judgment

Are Safe Use Heroin Sites a Good Idea?

King County’s Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force has recommended testing two medically supervised sites where people can safely inject and smoke drugs. Validation of hard drug use or necessary step to combat an epidemic?

10/21/2016 By Stefan Milne

Sound Off

Make Batman Fun Again

The case for reshooting 'Justice League’ with a livelier (and locally connected) Batman.

10/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

How I Got Here

“Companies Told People to Wear Oil on Their Bodies While Doing Yoga”

How would you like to only need to wash your gym clothes once a month? Ably apparel (and its impressive Kickstarter campaign) could soon make that a reality.

10/21/2016 By Darren Davis

Questions Answered

Kiersten Grove Is Steering Seattle’s Transportation Future

Over the next 25 years, 116 miles of rapid transit could transform our transportation system and our city.

10/21/2016 By Josh Feit