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Posted on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:16pm

Photographer and Project 562 Founder to Speak at TEDxSeattle

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Lauren Mang
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Photographer Matika Wilbur to speak at TEDxSeattle on June 23

Next month's TEDxSeattle Talk is centered around the theme Degrees of Impact and will feature a slew of speakers who will discuss and share ideas on personal, community and global influence. Most notably, Matika Wilbur, photographer and founder of Project 562 (and subject of an extensive profile in our June 2013 issue), is slated to speak at the event. Read more »

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Posted on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 4:48pm

Not Your Average Lawn Sport

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Molly Sinnott
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Photo Credit: 
Tino Tran
Members of the Rainmakers line up for the pull

If you are a middle school girl, the Seattle Rainmakers' home game in West Seattle was the place to be last weekend, seeing as the Mother’s Day crowd was made up primarily of middle school boys.  It’s not a surprising fan base for Seattle’s first Major League Ultimate (MLU) team considering the growing popularity of the sport at the youth level and the fact that many of the Rainmakers themselves coach at schools throughout the city.  Read more »

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Posted on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 2:46pm

Members of Modernist Cuisine Crew Compete At Memphis in May

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Leslie Kelly
Memphis in May barbecue
Sam Fahey-Burke (left) and Nels Peterson of the Modernist Cuisine crew

You just never know who you’ll bump into at the massive Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the 36th annual food-focused event held last weekend on a mile-long stretch of the Mississippi. This heated competition is also known as the Super Bowl of Swine and calling it EPIC would be an gross understatement. Read more »

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Posted on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:41pm

Wishful Squatching: Seattle mag Intern Michelle Tolfa Goes to a Bigfoot Meeting

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Michelle Tolfa
Big Foot Sasquatch
Photo Credit: 
Gnashes30
Team Squatchin USA is constantly on the hunt for Bigfoot

It’s true: There are few things that could motivate a Seattleite to leave her cozy apartment in the U District at 5 p.m. on a Friday evening, hop onto the glorified parking lot that is I-5 at that hour and head for Puyallup.

Last weekend, however, I did just that—and I did it for Bigfoot. Read more »

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Posted on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 8:00pm

8 Noteworthy Summer Restaurant Openings

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Allison Austin Scheff
Westward July opening in Seattle
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Allison Scheff
Boat right up! The future home of Westward, opening in early July

We're in a familiar spring lull. Seems this time every year there's a short stretch of anticipatory time just before several restaurants open, in time for high summer. This year there are several worth watching for, including a major Tom Douglas project and a hidden Ballard spot from Renee Erickson. Here's what you need to know. Read more »

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