Light a Fire 2018: Emerging Leader

Meet Wing Luke’s People Connector, Christina Shimizu

“I’ve developed a language to learn about my identity—and about my heritage and the history of my family and community here.”

05/22/2018 By James Ross Gardner

Light a Fire 2018: Best New Nonprofit

Unloop Delivers from Incarceration into the Hopeful Hands of Computer Tech

Unloop wants to empower inmates with competitive skills in a high-wage industry and a support system after prison.

05/22/2018 By Hayat Norimine

A Better Place

Light a Fire 2018: Honoring Seattle's Best and Brightest Nonprofits and Volunteers

05/22/2018 By James Ross Gardner, Stefan Milne, Hayat Norimine, Rosin Saez, Allecia Vermillion, and Allison Williams

Critic's Picks

Seattle's Essential Neighborhood Restaurants

Each part of town has those casual spots that locals just can’t do without.

05/22/2018 Edited by Rosin Saez

Review

Review: Tamari Bar, Capitol Hill’s Vibrant New Izakaya

No matter the hour, Tamari Bar feels like a rollicking late-night bender.

05/22/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Elements of Style

How Seattle Helped to Shape the Man Behind Some of Nike’s Most Rebellious Sneakers

Nike footwear designer Ben Kirschner didn’t recreate retro shoes, he recast them.

05/22/2018 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Picks

What We're Eating Now: June 2018

This month’s favorites: bold sandwiches, Szechuan noodles, and feminist breakfast.

05/22/2018 By Nosh Pit Staff

Last Week in Politics

Wear What When May 21–28

This week: Save on Timothy De Clue home goods, head to Nordstrom's half-yearly sale, and meet local artists in Pike Place Market.

05/21/2018 By Katheryn Grice

Progressive Taxation

Coalition of Businesses Launch a Campaign to Overturn the Head Tax

The group filed a campaign, called No Tax On Jobs, with the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission on Friday.

05/21/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Opening Dispatch

Super Bueno Opens Today on Stone Way

Ethan and Angela Stowell have been busy—first a downtown Italian haunt, now a supremely casual family friendly taco hangout.

05/21/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work May 21–24

The Paramount keeps the party swinging, raconteurs hit the stage, and a cult film rises from the dead.

05/21/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Fred Hutch

Fred Hutch Premier Chefs Dinner

On May 20, the 27th Annual Premier Chefs Dinner at SoDo Park by Herban Feast raised more than $1,470,000.

05/20/2018

Bloodworks Northwest

Bloodworks Ball

Nearly 500 supporters joined Bloodworks Northwest on May 19 to celebrate their impact on patients locally and across the globe, raising a record $855,000.

05/19/2018

Meet Patricia Venegas-Weber, a Literacy/ELL Instructor and Assistant Clinical Professor at Seattle University

As a Chilean Spanish-speaker, she brings her own experiences—both positive and negative—in learning a new language to Teacher Education classrooms filled with students of diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.

05/18/2018