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Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet dancer Amanda Morgan in Kent Stowell’s “Swan Lake.”
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Catching up with PNB’s Amanda Morgan on changes since the George Floyd protests

Amanda Morgan was PNB’s only Black ballerina when she took part in the protests two years ago. Here, she talks about what’s changed and what still needs work.

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Linda Belcher (voiced by John Roberts), Bob Belcher (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin), Tina Belcher (voiced by Dan Mintz), Louise Belcher (voiced by Kristen Schaal) and Gene Belcher (voiced by Eugene Mirman) in “The Bob’s Burgers Movie.”
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The breakfast buffet area at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021. Marriott International Inc., which has more than 7,900 hotels around the world, is adding the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection to its loyalty program.  Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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Your guide to all things summer in Seattle 2022

at the Juneteenth Freedom March and Festival along 23rd Avenue East in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood Saturday June 19, 2021. Juneteenth, recently recognized as a federal holiday, commemorates the day in 1865 that Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to command freedom for all enslaved people, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
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Any visit to Point Hudson Cafe in Port Townsend should begin with an order of the crunchy, sweet cherry cornmeal pancakes for the table.

Spend a tasty weekend in Port Townsend with cornmeal cherry pancakes and steaming bowls of ramen VIEW

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Downtown McCarthy, Alaska in 1954. Fire had cleared out a block of buildings. Credit: Bob Leitzell / Courtesy Porphyry Press Original slug: 2 The Golden, McCarthy AK, 1954

How a family secret (or two) led a Seattle attorney to his grandfather’s Alaskan ghost town

Outdoors

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is launching a new public project to help monitor Asian giant hornet activity in the state. Participants can locate and register a paper wasp nest and observe it weekly for any hornet visits. (Courtesy Washington State Department of Agriculture)

Why you can 'adopt' a wasp in WA this summer

Northwest Hikes

9 great hikes in WA for people with wheelchairs, canes, crutches or strollers
This South Seattle brewery walk hits 8 taprooms in about 4 miles
Quick, before the tourists flood in! Stroll through Seattle's 'outdoor encyclopedia'
For a spring walk, try this 2.2-mile University of Washington cherry blossom loop

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How to avoid travel mistakes this summer

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A view of the National Mall facing the Capitol from 500 feet at the top of the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world when it opened in 1885, but was eclipsed by the Eiffel Tower a few years later. At 555 feet, it is still the world’s tallest free-standing stone structure. The elevator to the observation deck takes 70 seconds; the trip took 12 minutes with the original steam elevator.

How to have fun in Washington, D.C., on a shoestring VIEW

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COVID vaccine vanquished bursitis pain

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Seattle Sketcher

Even on a hot summer day, these golfers are up for some clubbing

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Seattle’s Uptown got a new name, but a historic landmark shines on

The return of ‘Alki Fridays’ coed volleyball brings energy back to the beach

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Rant and Rave: Reader questions Mukilteo ferry parking

RANT to the neighbors of the new location for the Mukilteo ferry, opened in December 2020. According to one of the ferry workers recently, there is no parking at the ferry location for walk-ons because of a dispute between the neighbor residences and the ferry, as “the neighbors don’t want a parking lot near their...

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