AltWeeklies Wire
Rural King County Residents Fight Environmental Restrictions Imposed by Seattleitesnew
A recent ruling, if it stands, could serve as a new barbed-wire fence keeping the urban politicians, and their green agendas, out of the rural landowners' backyards. But, in the eyes of some King County politicians, that would come at a severe environmental cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
09-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
Religious Discrimination at the Best Western?new
A Muslim employee sues after being fired for wearing a head scarf.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
09-08-2008 |
Religion
Twenty Years of Supersuckersnew
Some time around Thanksgiving, Rontrose and crew will celebrate their 20th anniversary as punk's answer to hedonistic, cowboy-hat wearing, meat-and-potatoes American rock 'n' roll.
Shepherd Express |
Joe Uchill |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Frank Colacurcio and His Million-Dollar Empire of Fleshnew
Getting accused by the feds of running a high-stakes prostitution racket is just business as usual.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Another Dubious Death at a Downtown Seattle Jailnew
Details of the incident, based on public records and interviews, fit into a three-year pattern of preventable deaths at the King County Jail.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: death, prisons, Seattle, jails, inmates, crime & justice, King County Jail, preventable deaths
Cracking the Gangbangers' Code of Silencenew
Informants are blowing Seattle murder cases wide open.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Cuddle Parties Treat Those in Need of a Hugnew
A phenomenon begun by former Brown University football player Reid Mihalko has adults getting into their pajamas, setting boundaries and spooning with strangers.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
10-10-2005 |
Sex
Dyslexic Artnew
John Roderick of the Seattle-based band The Long Winters basically writes in non sequitirs and walks around all day in wet shoes.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
09-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bear With Themnew
Minus the Bear's latest CD represents a major shift away from the frenetic, knotty post-punk of recordings past.
Riverfront Times |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
09-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Naked Women Change How We See the World
Seattle photographer Amanda Koster wants to prove women are beautiful -- without plastic surgery.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-12-2004 |
The War on Women
Tags: organization, Canada, California, plastic surgery, Washington, fat, Seattle, body image, Victoria, nudity, women's issues, About-Face, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Brooke Finnigan, Community Eating Disorders and Related Issues Counselling (CEDRIC) Centre, San Francisco-based non-profit
Election Reformer Raises Questions about Voting Softwarenew
Literary publicist Bev Harris sounded the alarm after she discovered that Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel had an ownership share in one of the big three companies that make electronic voting machines. The questions she's raised about the integrity of voting software have made her a media darling.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
Van Gogh Exhibit Visits Seattlenew
This summer the Seattle Art Museum hosts a stellar collection of paintings by the Dutch artist and other modernists from the collection of Holland’s Kröller-Müller Museum.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Engelson |
06-08-2004 |
Art
