AROUND TOWN
10/12 — Tim’s Tavern is temporarily closed.
9/22 — Grand Illusion to move into U District’s shuttered Varsity Theater
9/21 — Charlie’s Queer Books is opening a Cap Hill location
9/7 — Beth’s Cafe returns to ’round the clock hours
9/3 — Pinehurst Station will open on September 30
9/2 — ‘Inconvenience Store’ opens September 19 in downtown Seattle
9/2 — Seattle’s César Chávez Park becomes Parque Libertad
8/30 — Please apply half as much cologne as you think you should before leaving the house
8/29 — Improvements coming to Burke-Gilman Trail near University of Washington
8/27 — Dirty Couch Brewing to open in former Wheelie Pop location this weekend
8/26 — Rick Steves purchases Edmonds Theater
8/23 — National Nordic Museum will be closed Sept 8 thru Sept 11
7/29 — The Hole Garden has grown into a community space, so the city wants it gone
7/11 — Free Pride Weddings at Shotgun Ceremonies: What to Know for July 25
7/3 — Great American Diner and Bar closing – temporarily – in West Seattle
6/17 — Hattie’s Hat closes for week-long maintenance and renovations
6/14 — Community Transit ran its last bus to Seattle
5/29 — Plans call for Wild Waves to be demolished for 1 million-square-foot warehouse
5/11 — The Lady Rainier Statue Is Seattle’s Queen of Public Transportation
4/21 — Ada’s Technical Books is closing in June
4/20 — Black Panther Park honors Seattle chapter’s struggle and legacy
4/7 — 2 Fingers Social is fucking open again
3/5 — Why Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is rebranding as Seattle Streets Alliance
3/3 — Hanging on by a thread with the Capitol Hill Tool Library’s Mending Circle
2/21 — I Luv Teriyaki sets reopening date: March 1
2/10 — South end photographer Brandon Bye focuses on the power of graffiti
2/1 — Tim’s Tavern takes on operation of Slim’s Last Chance
1/29 — I Luv Teriyaki sets tentative reopening plan, 3 years after fire
1/27 — Vera Project announces new all-ages venue in Georgetown
1/23 — Link 2 Line service across Lake Washington begins on SAT MAR 28
1/16 — Fremont’s trailside bike shop/coffee shop Cycle & Coffee has ‘unexpectedly’ closed
1/15 — Kenyon Hall re-opens on January 29
1/13 — Varsity Theatre in Seattle’s University District is closing
1/6 — 2 Fingers Social is closer for pipe repairs, and could use some help…
12/23 — Smaller venues keep closing even though they’re vital to our city’s nightlife
12/6 — Celebrate the 1 Line extension to Federal Way
12/2 — South Seattle’s Dragon Land is for sale
11/22 — Seattle Fat Mall is closing
11/21 — Two new little villages to open by Christmas
11/19 — Columbia City’s historic funeral home property hits market after fire
11/17 — The CEO of Ethan Stowell Restaurants weighs in on Katie Wilson’s support of Starbucks strike
11/13 — Remembering Lenny Wilkens: The bigger man behind Seattle’s basketball legacy
11/10 — These Seattle parks will stay closed until late December because of ‘negative activity’
11/6 — Ballard Locks visitor center and fish ladder viewing room closed during government shutdown
11/5 — A fistful of Loud: Seattle neighbors build whistle kits to protect immigrants from ICE
11/4 — Skyway’s ‘Black Panther Park’ grows from food justice to freedom art
10/27 — Madame Lou’s and Here-After are closing
10/24 — Form a crowd, stay loud
1968 — The Franklin High School sit-in
10/10 — Ballard Collective artists embark on a new beginning after fire damages studio
10/10 — Hidden Valley Trail at Discovery Park will be closed 10/14 through 10/17
10/9 — Getting to know Georgetown’s Comet Lodge Cemetery
10/9 — SIFF won’t re-open Egyptian Theater
10/9 — Westlake Park will be closed for alleged improvements from “early October through Spring 2026”
10/6 — Interurban South Trail closed for repairs until 10/10, near Emerald Downs in Auburn
10/1 — The joy of the Dead Baby Downhill Race
9/25 — Turmoil at the Rendezvous
9/23 — Maintenance and repairs at Kenyon Hall are taking longer than anticipated.
9/21 — See Dragon Land before it’s gone…
9/14 — National Nordic Museum closed for maintenance from SEP 15 to SEP 19.
9/14 — Likely to sell out: SAT OCT 4 War Babies at Central Saloon
9/10 — Likely to sell out: THU OCT 2 Walk & talk with Jennifer Ott at Waterfront Park
9/5 — Waterfront Park’s grand opening is Saturday 9/6
9/4 — The Woodland Park dirt jumps are saved!
9/2 — Pacific Science Center is closed until OCT 10, for (let’s say it) desperately needed maintenance
9/1 — Protest becomes art, Fueled by Clouds & Coffee
8/30 — Rich Beyer created humorous, sentimental art that not everyone loved
8/23 — Elliott Bay Trail will be detoured at Terminal 91 from SEP 2 to OCT 2
8/22 — Distant Worlds Coffeehouse on Roosevelt is closing at the end of the month, another cool place killed by impossible rents.
8/20 — David Armstrong debuts Broadway Nation, about the diverse influences on the American musical
8/18 — Everything’s been cancelled at The Rendezvous. They don’t answer the phone, and two sources tell me the venue has been sold and closed for remodeling. I’ve removed all Rendezvous listings until further notice.
8/13 — Waterfront Park’s official Grand Opening will be Saturday, Sept. 6
8/11 — Rooted & Rising: Stories from the African American Archive, at Central Library through SUN OCT 5
8/10 — Jim Page is why busking is legal in Seattle
8/9 — Hey, I just discovered the Northwest Music Archives website, and it literally rocks
8/2 — Freakout Fest organizers explain the hassles and cost of bringing foreign acts to Seattle’s stages.
8/1 — Seattle Public Utilities’ South Transfer Station (city dump) will be closed from August 4-31
8/1 — Alki Lighthouse tours have been cancelled until 2026
7/1 — Kenyon Hall is closed for renovations until late September
