Barstool Dispatch

4 New Happy Hours About Town

Tacos, tall boys, and burger slider flights to get you through the holidays.

11/27/2017 By Diane Stephani

Eat Here Now

What We're Eating Now: December 2017

This month’s favorites: fiery fried chicken, hearty toast, and one rice bowl to rule them all.

11/27/2017 By Nosh Pit Staff

Good Bad Movies

James Franco's The Disaster Artist Is Screening in Seattle

You've seen The Room. Now it's time to see the making of The Room.

11/25/2017 By Alison Klein

City Attorney's Office

As Expected, Superior Court Rules Against Seattle's Income Tax

The income tax's legal battle is just beginning.

11/22/2017 By Hayat Norimine

Mayor's Office

"I'm the Accidental Mayor": Burgess Says Goodbye to City Hall

Tim Burgess gave a farewell speech on Wednesday before Thanksgiving break.

11/22/2017 By Hayat Norimine

Pasta Dispatch

Brian Clevenger's New Eastlake Restaurant Is Slated to Open in January

Staying true to form, Le Messe will deliver on the usual Clevenger suspects: pasta, seafood, vegetables.

11/22/2017 By Rosin Saez

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: November 22–28

The week in which: The holidays descend on Seattle with festive cocktails at Rob Roy, Vietnamese home cookery pops up at Sugar Hill, and Andy Ricker comes to town.

11/22/2017 By Jaime Archer

History

100 Years of Seattle Activism

The surprising history of Seattle’s century-long fight for human rights.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

Sales & Events

Wear What When: November 21–27

This week: Blue Owl Workshop starts Black Friday early, Glasswing celebrates an anniversary, and Chinatown–International District hosts a holiday festival and market.

11/21/2017 By Rosin Saez

City Council

Highlights to the City Council's Budget Changes

Eight of the major changes council members made to the budget on Monday.

11/21/2017 By Hayat Norimine

100 Years of Activism

1972–74: Native Activists Fight for Their Rights to Fish

Plus: Students-turned-protesters occupy a Beacon Hill schoolhouse—known today as the El Centro de la Raza community center.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

1999–2003: Progressives Protest the Global Trade Agenda and the Invasion of Iraq

As the Left formed a united front, street protests in downtown Seattle brought the WTO conference to a standstill.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

1956–69: Seattleites Stand Up for Racial Justice

The region’s civil rights movement relied not only on African Americans, but activists from many ethnic groups.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

1935–42: Locals Protest Anti-Interracial Marriage Laws and Japanese Internment

The only known newspaper to have decried internment policies in the area, maybe even the West Coast, was Bainbridge Island Review.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

1917–24: Seattle’s Anti-WWI Women and the General Strike Make News Worldwide

Plus: Washington voters reject the Ku Klux Klan.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

Shade Index

7 Ways 2018 Will Be Better Than 2017

Call us incurable optimists, but the new year has to be an improvement on the past 12 months. Here’s what has us excited about kissing 2017 goodbye.

11/21/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

History

100 Years of Seattle Activism

The surprising history of Seattle’s century-long fight for human rights.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

2015–17: Kayaktivists Confront Big Oil and Washington Confronts Trump

To be continued.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

2012–14: Seattle Pushes for Legal Weed and a $15 Minimum Wage

And paved the way for dozens of other cities and states that have since followed suit.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt

100 Years of Activism

1991: PNW Riot Grrrls Stage a Revolution

Northwest bands like Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Bratmobile pioneered feminism’s third wave.

11/21/2017 By Madeline Ostrander and Valerie Schloredt