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The McKee Condominium building, Monday, March 18, 2019 in Bellevue. 209639

Eastside affordable-housing agency to add staff, strengthen requirements to prevent violations

Traffic Lab

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Photography

B-17 Flight Engineer Angel Estrada wipes down one of the four Curtis Wright radial engines on a Boeing B-17G at Boeing Field next to the Museum of Flight Friday, June 21, 2019. The aircraft and four other planes are at the Museum all weekend and are owned and operated by the Collings Foundation. Visitors can pay to ride in any of the five aircraft: Boeing B-17G, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, North American B-25 Mitchell, P-51 Mustang and a P-40 Warhawk. Flights on all the aircraft can be reserved at the airfield throughout the day both Saturday and Sunday. LO LO LO 210650 210650
Weekend Events

History flies in for a weekend visit at Boeing Field

Friday, June 21, 2019. Artist and architectural designer Kimberly Corinne Deriana smiles after addressing the crowd during the dedication of a Medicine Sundial designed in collaboration with Coast Salish carvers. It is Deriana’s first major public art commission. The temporary public sculpture, which is intended to bring healing, recognition and awareness of First People, has been installed at King Street Station Plaza. 210648
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Indigenous art installation debuts at King Street Station

It’s not everyday you get to see, up close, a monstrance or vessel from circa 1863 of gilded copper, enamel, glass and precious and semiprecious stones. It’s part of the the new Seattle Art Museum exhibition “Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement.” About three dozen took the press preview Tuesday. The exhibit opens Thursday and continues through Sept. 8. The architect J.F. Bentley designed this monstrance for the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi in London’s Notting Hill. The exhibition features 150 works from the Birmingham Museum of Art, many never shown outside the United Kingdom. LO Seattle Art Museum press preview of SAM exhibition “Victorian Radicals,” opens June 13 and continues through Sept. 8. Tuesday June 11, 2019 210535
Entertainment

‘Victorian Radicals’ SAM exhibition  VIEW

Never too young to dance, Four-year-old Cedar Christopherson contributes to the Alaska Kuteeyaa Dancers performance during the Indigenous People Festival at Seattle Center Saturday. Kuteeyaa means “totem” in Tlingit. Cedar also improvised some steps while the Tlingit group performed on the Armory stage The festival celebrates indigenous cultures with song, dance, art and food with many Native groups collaborating. Ref to more photos online LO Indigenous People Festival, 2019 At Seattle Center on Saturday June 8, 2019 210537
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Seattle Center event showcases Native American culture  VIEW

Business & Tech

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Apple plans to add 2,000 employees in Seattle

Sports

Former Mariners pitcher and current ROOT Sports analyst Ryan Rowland-Smith, trains at Sumner Ninja in Sumner to compete in the TV show “American Ninja Warrior” Friday, May 10, 2019. The show is taping in Tacoma on May 11-12, and it should air around late June. 210218

Former Mariners pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith searches for his inner ninja | Matt Calkins  VIEW

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Vanderbilt’s Ethan Paul leads a trio of Seattle-area players in the College World Series