Every Sunday, I bring you a conversation with a local who is doing something great, or a great who is doing something local: media personalities, big thinkers, visiting artists, colorful characters and doers of all kinds. On Tuesdays, I tell you about my travels through some of the week's social and philanthropic events -- not just the ones for the swells, but those for work-a-day folks who care about making this region move and improve.
Jinkx Monsoon spends his “Drag Race” prize money; Tom Skerritt gets met at the Celebrity Waiters Luncheon; and the flotsam of rock ’n’ roll history at the Hard Rock.
Far from their birth country in Syria, the Harouns opened Capitol Hill’s Mamnoon, a modern, cool paean to the culinary and communal traditions of the Middle East.
Stewardship Partners has a fundraiser at the house where Obama answered the phone; heartwarming tales of adoption at the Amara benefit; and “Wine, Women and Shoes” for the Seattle Children’s Home.
Amy Lang is a mom who’s determined not to shy away from an uncomfortable topic: sexuality and kids. And she’s got plenty of ideas to help parents get brave about having not just “the talk” but lots of talks.
Runners rally for Boston survivors; Eileen Fisher helps out ladies in need; and US Bank fetes a new president.
Young local filmmakers Leo Pfeifer and Chase Crittenden sit down with Nicole Brodeur to talk movies and the NFFTY film festival.
The Burke builds out; hard-won hope at the ALS Association lunch; the Soroptimists award annual scholarships to young women; and burning down a Walmart with Steve Earle.
With the governor’s race behind her, Marilyn McKenna takes to Twitter to let her own voice be heard, talking weight loss, eating right and hunky lifeguards.
Maria Semple sends up Seattle at Town Hall; local comedy show “The [206]” returns to the airwaves; Caroline Kennedy’s awkward “New Day Northwest” visit; and wickedly fast knitting in Bellevue.
An interview with Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, half-sister of President Obama. Soetoro-Ng will present a scholarship to a Mercer Island High student named after her and Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham.
“Doors” open to dollars at the Paramount’s annual fundraiser; Seattle Pacific University’s young new president; the Innocence Project Northwest’s champion award; dance as a contact sport.