Culture
Things to do in Seattle: New Year’s Eve edition
12 ways to celebrate the start of a new decade, from singing along with Donna Summer to chanting ‘om,’ from pajama parties to polar plunges.
12 ways to celebrate the start of a new decade, from singing along with Donna Summer to chanting ‘om,’ from pajama parties to polar plunges.
It’s the question of the season, as the old song goes, “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
After 40 years, the stand’s ‘father figure’ owner closes up shop.
After the huge, undulating swells of his landmark “Become Ocean,” the composer transitions to stillness, silence with “Become Desert”
Owner Lee Lauckhart has kept First and Pike News afloat through the folding of major newspapers across the country. But news isn't all he sells. The stand has served as a gathering place for the market's biggest characters, giving birth to a community of zany locals with Lauckhart at its core.