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Perhaps Sasquatch! isn't your thing - you'd rather let your freak flag wave a little closer to home, in an all-ages, sage-scented, sockless environment, and for free! The 42nd annual Northwest Folklife Festival has got you covered if banjos are now or have ever been your passion, you've been waiting for an excuse to learn hammer dulcimer within ... (more)

Soon the Space Needle won't be the only futuristic architecture in Seattle's landscape with e-commerce king, Amazon proposing additions to its downtown campus in the form of mirrored skyscrapers and three giant 80-95 feet glass biospheres.

That seems to go for the woman and the fashion equally. Speaking to a packed, sweltering hall at creativity conference C2-MTL, the designer repeated her message in many ways.

As the CEO of Weight Watchers , David Kirchhoff has a better reason than most for keeping in shape.

A letter sent to the guest's father referring to the Star Trek pitch and the need for technical advisors.

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NYSE Euronext with spin off European stock exchange group Euronext via an initial public offer rather than sell it following its merger with InterContinentalExchange, a senior executive said.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at TheStreet in a report issued on Thursday, ARN reports.

Losing never tasted so sweet for the 17,990 people across the country who participated in the Life Time - The Healthy Way of Life Company 90-Day Challenge .

More than 300 million people will visit U.S. amusement parks and attractions this year, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.

When Amaluna, the latest from the Cirque du Soleil, opens here next week under the big top, you'll be visiting a magic island where women are goddesses, and not only rule but are amazingly defiant - of the usual laws of gravity, equilibrium, caution, and human probability.

Feld Entertainment, Inc., producers of Disney On Ice and Disney Live! , is taking top performing cable TV series for preschoolers to the stage in Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate and Princess Adventure .

We first took notice of "The Climber" last summer when photos surfaced of a man with his face blurred sitting atop Seattle's waterfront "Great Wheel." This unattributed photo of a man apparently on top of Seattle's Great Wheel caused some consternation when it surfaced last summer.

It's the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibit at the Seattle Center.

Here's a tiny sampling of Folklife highlights that I either selected after careful consideration or chose practically at random because there's so much to do! Sleeping in Seattle: A Bed-Making Contest! A bed-making demonstration , where experts show you how to wrangle bedsheets into beautiful origami.

Curious how much it costs to buy a piece of land on a Colorado ski resort mountain? Try $5.2 million per acre.

They currently have a 11.30 price target on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

This just in! Aspen Skiing Company announced today that with the start of summer operations, the top of Aspen Mountain will be open for skiing and riding on Memorial Day Weekend , May 25-27. We highly recommend a Memorial Day trip to Aspen Mountain and the entire Aspen area having just traveled out there this past weekend.

I started out at 268 pounds at the beginning of February. Today, May 20, I'm at 243 pounds.

Seattle's discoveries run the gamut with a circa 1964 "Star Trek" script and pitch letter; a Civil War dog collar; and Harriet Frishmuth bookends valued at $10,000.