07.23.2024

Today’s Forecast

A Message From Our Team

Hey you — yes, you. We’re hosting our annual trivia night at Navy Strength this Sunday, July 28 at 6 p.m. and we really want you to be there.

Come grab a drink, settle in for some Seattle-based quiz questions (you can study up with last year’s quiz on our website), and get ready to bask in City Editors Alina and Madeline’s profound goofiness. We’ll have some prizes for you, too.

Mark your calendars, or we’ll include a video of us crying in that next day’s newsletter.

🍺 Tap into the local suds scene

Local libations: A round of Seattle-centric craft beers

Pike Brewing’s Pike Place Market taproom is covered in all sorts of brewing memorabilia. | Photo by SEAtoday Staff

Seattle makes a lot of great craft beer. Local brewers are constantly tapping their creative juices to drum up crafty collaborations, standout recipes, and fun names for their frothy masterpieces.

As we celebrate Drink Up Week, we’d like to raise a glass to five Seattle-centric brews with names that draw inspiration from our city’s history, communities, and culture.

Space Needle West Coast IPA

Nice and direct, this Pike Brewing concoction name-drops one of our city’s most iconic landmarks.

Style + flavor: This 7.2% ABV beer features flavors of grapefruit and pine, plus Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, and Columbus hops with a balancing malt body. It has a smooth, bitter finish.

Seattle Sunshine Hazy Pale Ale

Sunshine may be fickle in Seattle, but the Sounders FC fandom isn’t. This is Hellbent Brewing Company’s newest Emerald City Supporters beer, and it’s all about the hops.

Style + flavor: This 5.7% ABV New England-style pale ale is light in color and malty with soft, bready notes. The variety of hops in this one gives it citrusy, tropical, and stone fruit flavors.

Interurban

This IPA from Fremont Brewing Co. is named after Fremont’s outdoor sculpture, “Waiting for the Interurban.” The piece — created in 1979 by artist Richard Beyer and located east of the northern end of Fremont Bridge — depicts six people and a dog, paying tribute to the light rail Interurban line that connected downtown Seattle with other neighborhoods.

Style + flavor: This deep gold-colored 6.2% ABV brew boasts aromas of pine, grapefruit, orange, honey, and a hint of spice with a balanced, moderately sweet + bitter flavor profile.

Storm Surge Hazy IPA

This Red Hook beer’s name calls out the coastal weather pattern that can lead to rough seas.

Style + flavor: This 6.8% ABV brew features fruit-forward Galaxy and Mosaic hops, Lemondrop and Cascade hops for a “West Coast IPA bite,” a light malt body, and crisp finish.

Cheers to you, Emerald City.

Asked

I visit a local brewery…

A. Once a week
B. Once a month
C. Once in a while
D. Never

Bottoms up

Events

Tuesday, July 23

Niall Horan: “The Show” Tour | Tuesday, July 23 | 7:30 p.m. | White River Amphitheatre, 40601 Auburn Enumclaw Rd., Auburn | $29.50-$149.50 | The Irish ex-member of boy band One Direction is touring with his latest solo album.

Wednesday, July 24

Venture Black Meetup | Wednesday, July 24 | 6-8:30 p.m. | Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave. S., Seattle | $15 | Hear from the founder of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership before stepping in to network with other Black business leaders in the area.
Gilmore Girls Trivia S:1-3 | Wednesday, July 24 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Wildrose, 1021 E. Pike St., Seattle | $7 | This is a jumbo-coffee event — prepare your team so you can win some extra cool prizes.
BurlesKARAOKE: You Sing, They Tease | Wednesday, July 24 | 7-11 p.m. | Queer/Bar, 1518 11th Ave., Seattle | $15-$200 | Belt your heart out while a team of flirty dancers perform to your stellar ballads.

Thursday, July 25

Timber! Outdoor Music Festival 2024 | Thursday, July 25-Saturday, July 27 | Times vary | Tolt River-John MacDonald Park, 31020 NE 40th St., Carnation | $65-$186 | Celebrate nature with this three-day, Indigenous-owned festival featuring live music, bird-watching classes, group hikes, lectures, and kids’ activities.
The Hillbilly Thomists | Thursday, July 25 | 7-10 p.m. | National Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market St., Seattle | $20-$40 | This band of friars peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard bluegrass charts.
Dry Cocktail Class | Thursday, July 25 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Cheeky & Dry Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shop, 6120 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle | $60 | Shake things up and learn how to make zero-proof cocktails from an experienced mixologist.

Events calendar here

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News Notes

Development

A Bellevue medical property — the Eye Clinic of Bellevue/Overlake Optical — was purchased by Kauri Investments for $6.75 million, and is slated for redevelopment into an extended stay hotel with ~150 rooms. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

Biz

West Seattle’s Luna Park Cafe is up for sale after owner John Bennett announced his retirement. Bennett is asking for $250,000 for the cafe that he started back in 1989, with hopes of finding someone to run the diner for another 35 years. (Eater Seattle)

Outdoors

A new portable sauna is popping up at beaches around the Seattle area. Organized by local cold plunge group Coldwater Collective, the 20-ft communal sauna can be found at Golden Gardens Fridays + Saturdays and Alki Beach on Sundays. Folks can book a 60-minute session for $35. (My Ballard)

Traffic

The West Seattle Water Taxi is seeing an increase in ridership after adding some new mid-day sailings to its schedule. The new trips, which began in early July, are partly responsible for a 195% ridership increase in the King County metro area between July 1-9, 2023 to July 1-9, 2024. (KING 5)

Eat

Bready or not, here it crumbs — acclaimed bakery Ben’s Breads is now offering a new subscription box for gluten-loving fans that includes an assortment of pastries and bread items. Boxes are delivered monthly and costs range $55-$95 per month. (Eater Seattle)

Environment

Washington wolves will keep their “endangered” status following a vote by the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had recommended the wolves’ downlisting because of their population growth over the last 15 years. (Seattle Times)

Sports

Mariners first baseman Ty France was placed on waivers this week as his batting average dropped. Listen as the local experts react to this news with Locked On’s daily, Mariners-focused podcasts.

Drink Up

Thirsty? Well (or top-shelf), the wait is over — Drink Up Week has arrived. We’re celebrating our city’s vibrant beverage culture through Friday, July 26. Let’s raise a glass to the entrepreneurs, mixologists, venues, and drinks that make Seattle go ‘round.

Wellness

This hearing device is not for everyone… because not everyone wants to talk to other people. (We’re sometimes in our introvert era, too.) But if you do want to have clear conversations, meet the first hearing aid designed with conversation in mind. Bonus: It’s so small, it’s basically unnoticeable.*

Arts

🎨 Let’s get artsy-fartsy

What to look for at the 2024 Seattle Art Fair

A view of attendees looking at a Seattle Art Fair gallery

The Seattle Art Fair is now under the sole purview of Art Market Productions. | Courtesy of AMP

Time to paint the town red — and all the other pretty colors. The Seattle Art Fair is returning for its eighth year at the Lumen Field Event Center Thursday, July 25-Sunday, July 28 with a whole host of PNW creatives ready to take the spotlight.

Let’s grab some cheese + wine from the lounge and scratch our chins thoughtfully at these highlights.

New Artists / New Collectors is back for its second year to help introduce collectors to new artists + galleries. Check out the works and then join a discussion with the artists on Friday, July 26 at 5 p.m.

The Corning Museum of Glass has prepared a pop-up installation of works featured in its annual publication of “New Glass Review,” showcasing the latest innovative glass artworks.

Several other local galleries and arts orgs are hosting their own parties in celebration of the big event — check out the calendar.

The Buy

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Alina

From the editor

I had a blast hanging out with my fam in Bellingham during our annual reunion. Talk about an amazing place to enjoy clear skies and good company. I also got quite a bit of sailing in, which is always a plus.

I am, however, very sore from capsizing my sailboat on Sunday. It’s a little one-person boat that’s made to flip, so no damage to it (or me) was done. But it was a pain in the butt to re-right in the high winds. Shoutout to the guy on a jet ski who sent my family to the rescue while I wrestled with my detached boom in the middle of the lake.

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