Everyone is jumping on the reunion tour bandwagon these days, and the paleontologists greedy museum directors of the world are not to be left out of the mix. Lucy, the famous (if you prefer science over Hollywood) 3.2-million-year-old fossil, is going on tour too. She's got some contentious bones. The original set of fossils--representing the oldest, most intact human ancestor--has been swept out of Ethiopia, where she was supposed to stay in perpetuity, and is......

Seattlest isn't a native, but we've been here long enough to remember when Inga Muscio wrote for The Stranger (which is more than their own online archives can claim). We're pretty sure it's been at least 10 years. According to her website, she now lives in Portland -- or at least, that's where her PO box is. Much more famous than her stint at the Stranger, however, is her provocatively titled 1998 manifesto Cunt: A......

“With the possible exception of Imperial Venice,” says Sunset magazine, Seattle is "the most boat-obsessed city in the history of the world." And among the seemingly hundreds of other festivals going on this weekend in Seattle is one to celebrate this obsession: the 29th Annual Wooden Boat Festival in South Lake Union Park. The park, which continues to see daily growth and development, is the long-time home to the Center for Wooden Boats. The center......