November 17, 2015

In the Pacific Northwest, winter storms are common and they often cause power outages.  Seattle City Light crews often work around the the clock in difficult conditions to restore power quickly and safely, and have the following recommendations for how to help in an outage: To report an outage or get an update call: 206.684.7400 (recorded

’tis the season for power outages…are you ready?

November 17, 2015

An Interview with Teresa Wakim, soprano: Have you sung with Pacific MusicWorks before? I have, I really enjoy working in Seattle with my colleagues from PMW. Many of us have worked together elsewhere, so getting to come together again to make music again, and in such a lovely setting as Seattle, is a bonus! I

Handel's Messiah with UW Chamber Singers and Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra

November 12, 2015

“Seattle loves coffee. Seattle loves cats. We’re putting coffee and cats together in one place.” Put your paws together for Seattle’s first cat café! Three students from UW are opening Seattle Meowtropolitan in Wallingford.  Matt, Louisa and Andrew say they wanted to create a café and community hangout for people and kitties: “We want you

Meow! Seattle's first cat cafe coming to Wallingford

November 3, 2015

From Mike at our sister site Maple Leaf Life You’ve had that ballot for weeks. It has to be postmarked by today to be counted in this year’s general election. As we wrote in October: Seattle’s first-in-a-century election of city council members by district is the focus of our upcoming November general election. But the

It’s Election Day – Vote!

October 27, 2015

The stuff nightmares are made of…from a Colombian coal mine, scientists have discovered 60 million year old remains of the largest snake in the world, Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Measuring 48 feet long and weighing up to 2,500 pounds, this massive predator could crush and devour a crocodile. On display now through November 15, 2015, Titanoboa: Monster

Largest snake in the world at Burke Museum