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18th Tasveer Film Festival

18th Tasveer Film Festival

The Tasveer Festival will create a lively, stimulating environment focused on exploring issues facing the South Asian diaspora. Through in-person film screenings, fireside chats, panels, Q&As and networking in Seattle, the festival aims to engage audiences beyond the films themselves. The goal is to foster prolonged discussion and understanding around the social, political, personal and…

The Best Whale Watching Sites in Puget Sound You Don't Need a Boat For

The Best Whale Watching Sites in Puget Sound You Don’t Need a Boat For

Orca-spotting expert Alisa Lemire Brooks gives us her favorite places to whale watch.

Learn to spot orcas like a pro.

Get a Sneak Peek at the New and Improved Pike Place Market

Get a Sneak Peek at the New and Improved Pike Place Market

The grand opening of the new 30,000 square foot addition to the Market takes place Thursday, June 29th.

The producers hall at Pike Place Market’s new MarketFront

A Case Inlet Cabin Lets the Outside In

A Case Inlet Cabin Lets the Outside In

A rustic waterfront retreat unites two spectacular features

The cabin’s site powerfully connects it with the land and sea

Summer Guide 2011: the Water Issue

Summer Guide 2011: the Water Issue

Like the mountains that frame our city, water gives Seattle its identity. Life here is a life aquati

From the briny smell of Elliott Bay wafting over downtown to the sight of sunlight sparkling on Lake Washington during a summer morning commute; from the lapping sound of waves against docks and kayaks to the taste of our drinking water—some of the purest in the world. And—we’ll say it—the feeling of warm rain splattering…

Washington is a Hotbed for Three Dangerous Diseases

Washington is a Hotbed for Three Dangerous Diseases

Our state outpaces the nation in rates of three serious diseases—tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis an

We take pride in it: Our state regularly earns top honors as one of the most livable in the country, thanks to our old-growth forests, vast waterways, and our literary and recreational lifestyles. But Washington state also tops a few not-so-pleasant lists: We outpace the nation in debilitating, and sometimes deadly, diseases. Washington is a…

Puget Sound Ocean Acidification in Environmental News Again

Puget Sound Ocean Acidification in Environmental News Again

Marine scientists call ocean acidification global warming’s doppelgänger, and recent studies show Pu

The Seattle Times reports today on ocean acidification research taking Puget Sound, a topic that our very own Maria Dolan tackled in last month’s issue. In honor of today’s front page ST story, here are a few photos from the magazine, including a few previously unpublished online.   Northwest Fisheries Science Laboratory biologist Paul McElhany…

Ted Danson Talks About the Health of the Oceans with Grist's Chip Giller

Ted Danson Talks About the Health of the Oceans with Grist’s Chip Giller

Perched on a red chair at pseudo-Mafioso bar Vito’s on First Hill last week, giraffe-legged, rock-jawed Ted Danson presented me with an environmental riddle: He does not surf. Or dive. Or even go sailing, unless someone he likes insists on it. Yet he spends most of his time on the water.   That’s because the…

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