Culture
In losing Pike Place Market’s iconic newsstand, Seattle loses a place for connection
After 40 years, the stand’s ‘father figure’ owner closes up shop.
Laura Kaufman
Laura Kaufman is a freelance writer who has covered everything from politics and business to toxic waste and labor. Early in her career, she was kidnapped by a marching kazoo band. She still enjoys di
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Culture
Struggling newsstand a last bastion of real Pike Place character
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.
Seattle & King County
The end of everything: The Harvard Exit takes its final bow
The last showing at Seattle
Culture
Tales from the bus tunnel: Love and Lemony
A father and child talk as they wait for a bus: Goldilocks, hydrogren bombs, a kiss between classmates.
Politics
Can we stop Seattle's film industry talent exodus?
Despite the renewed Washington Incentives program and a vibrant film community, local indie filmmakers are struggling to find work in the place they love.