Gone, but not forgotten

Found treasures

• FIFA Women’s World Cup Watch Party | Wednesday, July 26 | 4:30 p.m. | Westlake Park, 401 Pine St., Seattle | Free | Cheer on the US Women’s National Team as they take on the Netherlands in their second group stage match.
• Little Feat: Boogie Your Summer Away Tour | Wednesday, July 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle | $48-$158 | These Southern classic rockers are known for groovy hits like “Oh, Atlanta.”

• Biz Baby | Thursday, July 27 | 6-9 p.m. | The Collective Seattle, 400 Dexter Ave., Seattle | $10 | Meet local small business owners at this speaking event where three Seattle entrepreneurs talk about how they put their visions into action.
• Trombone Shorty with Ziggy Marley | Thursday, July 27 | 5:45 p.m. | Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14111 NE 145th St., Woodinville | $80-$130 | Shake that brass with an amazing instrumentalist and the son of a reggae music legend.

• Books, Bites, & Beats Festival | Friday, July 28-Saturday, July 29 | 12-5 p.m. | Made Space Seattle, 2002 E. Union St., Seattle | Free | Celebrate Black diaspora with a weekend festival focused on written and spoken word, music, arts, dancing, and food.
• “Mughal-E-Azam” | Friday, July 28-Saturday, July 29 | 7 p.m. | McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle | $79-$399 | The classic Indian epic from the 60s is transformed into a musical play with all songs from the original film.
• Sound & Fury: An Improvised Shakespearience | Friday, July 28-Saturday, July 29 | 9:30 p.m. | Csz Seattle, 3509 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle | $20 | Local comedians weave an off-the-cuff Elizabethan tale — iambic pentameter and all.

• Natural Yard Care: Don’t Squish That Bug | Saturday, July 29 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | McAuliffe Park, 10824 NE 116th St., Kirkland | Free | Learn about critters you might want in your garden and get a lesson on pesticide-free lawn care.
• Meet The Brewer Summer Series | Saturday, July 29 | 2-3 p.m. | Steelheads Alley, 1201 First Ave. S., Seattle | Free | Sip on four Métier brews while learning about the process, styles, and subtleties of each flavor.
• 2023 Northwest Mahler Festival Concert | Saturday, July 29 | 7:30-10 p.m. | Shorewood Performing Arts Center, 7300 Fremont Ave. N. Shoreline | $10 | Enjoy Symphony No. 6 from the famed Austrian composer and some Romanian folk dances.

• Summer vacation plans are taking off. Monday was the busiest day ever at Sea-Tac Airport with 73,651 passengers passing through TSA screenings and ~198,000 who were either going, arriving, or connecting. The previous record was 72,154 on Aug. 16, 2019 — and it’s good reminder to consult our Sea-Tac guide.

• City Council passed legislation yesterday allowing speed cameras to be installed on 10 streets around Seattle to deter illegal racing. The “restricted racing zones” include parts of Alki Avenue Southwest, Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Third Avenue Northwest, and Seaview Avenue Northwest. (Seattle Times)

• Seattle Art Museum’s director and CEO Amada Cruz announced she is leaving after four years to accept a position in Santa Barbara. Her tenure will end in October. The museum said it would give details about its plan to find a replacement in the coming weeks. (Seattle Times)

• Time to step things up — U District’s dance class specialists PopRox Studio is planning to open a Chophouse Row location soon. The studio offers “confidence building” multicultural classes for all ages and skill levels. It plans to open its new Capitol Hill outpost in January 2024. (Capitol Hill Blog)

• $5.4 million. That’s how much money downtown Seattle hotels made on Tuesday, July 11 — the day of the MLB All-Star Game — breaking our single-day sales record. But counts are still being tallied from this past weekend when Taylor Swift played two sold-out concerts at Lumen Field. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• Plastic and fantastic? Researchers at UW have developed a type of bioplastic that can more easily be recycled into new items like furniture. The material is fire resistant and decomposes quickly, which could help reduce plastic pollution. The UW team is still working on making its product consumer-ready. (GeekWire)

• Apparently, we’re not sweating those high grocery prices. New data showed that 37% of Seattle residents found increased costs for goods + services “very stressful,” the second-lowest percentage of all major US metro areas. But only 8% felt completely chill about it, reporting no stress at all. (Seattle Times)

• Seattle company Impinj — which helps connect physical goods like clothing to the internet through chips + software — plans to open a new testing facility in Beacon Hill. The 29,000-sqft space at 2001 22nd Ave. S. will be in addition to the growing company’s office space in South Lake Union and bring in 30-40 employees. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• You can whip it — and see 80s rock icons Devo on their farewell tour in Seattle. The wacky band known for wearing red flower pot hats will take the Paramount Theatre stage on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 28, at 10 a.m.

• We want to hear from you. What are the “unwritten rules” of Seattle? For example, we know carrying an umbrella is kinda uncool despite all the rain. Send us your unspoken tips + need-to-knows from locals for the chance to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.

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Over The Falls

• 1.5 oz bourbon/whiskey (note: we like to stay local with brands like OOLA and Copperworks)
• .75 oz lemon juice
• .5 oz apricot syrup (see below)
• .25 oz Sennza Finne Summer Amaro (which you can find at stores like Total Wine)
• Grated cinnamon

• 32 oz chopped apricots
• 32 oz cane sugar

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