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Editor's Note: George Suyama's Quiet Serenity

Editor’s Note: George Suyama’s Quiet Serenity

George Suyama has left an indelible mark on Seattle Architecture

Richard Nguyen was walking along Seattle’s Magnolia Bluff when he came across a home that caught his eye. Its low-slung, crisp, understated exterior “stood out against all the other houses on the bluff,” he recalls. Later, while perusing a book about noted Seattle architect George Suyama, he saw the exact same house. “The photos of…

Most Influential, Arts: Tariqa Waters

Most Influential, Arts: Tariqa Waters

Fighting the establishment while uplifting other creatives

Tariqa Waters is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Most people in Seattle know Tariqa Waters as the owner and curator of two art spaces in Pioneer Square: Martyr Sauce gallery, a creative hub she opened in 2012, and its little sister space, Martyr Sauce Pop Art Museum (MS PAM),…

From the inside out

From the inside out

INTERIOR DESIGNER ANNA POPOV DID NOT WANT TO WORK ON HER OWN HOME. THEN SHE FIGURED SHE COULD DO IT BETTER

Anna Popov never wanted to design her own house. An interior designer by trade, she didn’t want to put the amount of time, energy, and thought that she offers to her clients into designing her own home. She’d rather just find a place that checked all her boxes. But after two years of searching, nothing…

Most Influential, Media: Tom Mara

Most Influential, Media: Tom Mara

Retirement didn’t last long for the Seattle radio legend

Tom Mara is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Media and entertainment executive Tom Mara vowed to retire when he left Seattle-based nonprofit radio station KEXP last June 30 after two stints, a name change and 34 years altogether. Retirement didn’t last long.  After months serving as a consultant to…

Min Jin Lee on taking 28 years to write a novel

Min Jin Lee on taking 28 years to write a novel

Insights on life and writing from the bestselling author of Pachinko

Min Jin Lee is a little freaked out about her next novel — a “stupidly” ambitious project about what education means to Korean people across the globe. “I want to stop,” she told me on a call, laughing a bit at her own obsessive nature. As with her previous two books — Pachinko and Free…

Most Influential, Food & Drink: Donna Moodie

Most Influential, Food & Drink: Donna Moodie

Restaurateur and activist Donna Moodie is all about community

Donna Moodie is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   “If music be the food of love, play on,” wrote William Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night.” At Donna Moodie’s intimate Capitol Hill restaurant, Marjorie, music, food and love collide to create an alchemy of community as organic as the ingredients Chef Cheyenne…

Most Influential, Food & Drink: David Nichols

Most Influential, Food & Drink: David Nichols

Restaurateur David Nichols once had a drinking problem. He now helps others who still do.

David Nichols is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Chef and restaurateur David Nichols would like to share about the time he hit rock bottom. But he can’t remember it. He was blackout drunk, driving home after another arduous day and night of work and talking on the phone with…

Most Influential, Arts: Elsa Sjunneson

Most Influential, Arts: Elsa Sjunneson

The award-winning deafblind author and media critic is fighting ableism with an unapologetic call for representation in the media.

Elsa Sjunneson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Deafblind author and activist Elsa Sjunneson always knew she would be a writer. As a child growing up in Belltown, she spent hours of free time crafting stories and making “books” from stapled-together pieces of loose-leaf paper.  “Growing up, I knew…

Most Influential, Equity: Marc Dones

Most Influential, Equity: Marc Dones

Working tirelessly to end homelessness

Marc Dones is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   No task is too massive for King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) CEO Marc Dones.  The consummate consensus builder, the diplomatic Dones has worked toward finding a solution to Seattle’s homelessness problem with the difficult task of intergovernmental communication, coordinating federal,…

Most Influential, Equity: T’wina Nobles

Most Influential, Equity: T’wina Nobles

Community leader and lawmaker seeks to grow generational wealth in the African American community

T’wina Nobles is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Growing up in and out of foster care and homelessness with a drug-addicted mother, T’wina Nobles became familiar with social services and community needs. Now, 41, the wife, mother of four, state senator and leader of two influential organizations — the…

Most Influential, Media: Michael McPhearson

Most Influential, Media: Michael McPhearson

Taking over the ‘South Seattle Emerald’ at a crucial time

Michael McPhearson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   The South Seattle Emerald  born in 2014, founded in a basement and funded by the savings account of Marcus Harrison Green. The online publication has come an awful long way since then, growing to fill Green’s ambition of providing a platform…

Most Influential, Arts: Kate Becker

Most Influential, Arts: Kate Becker

Growing the region’s creative economy

Kate Becker is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Kate Becker is equally at ease analyzing spreadsheets as she is reading sheet music. The King County Creative Economy and Recovery director has combined her passion for music and film with her business acumen to build a stronger cultural and financial…

Most Influential, Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Most Influential, Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Mariners’ phenom led all rookies in virtually every offensive statistic last baseball year

Julio Rodriguez is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   At age 21, he was the youngest player at last year’s MLB All-Star Game and the runner-up in the Home Run Derby. He is strong and fast and plays baseball with an unmistakable enthusiasm. He is Julio Rodriguez, the latest phenom…

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