Now You Can Subscribe to the Death of Publishing: Amazon launched their Netflix-like book subscription program, Kindle Unlimited, today. Paul Constant informed us this was coming earlier this week. He also urged publishers to not take part in the program. Sounds like the publishers of 600,000 books didn't listen to him. Typical.
What's Up With the Chihuly Playground at Seattle Center?: A reader sent us that question last week, so we checked in with Seattle Center spokesperson Deborah Daoust. She told us things are on track, that the design team held two design open houses this spring and several workshops with kids (what do kids want?), and that the plan is to break ground just after Bumbershoot for anticipated completion by next winter/spring. You can learn more here.
Have You Noticed a Piano in a Park Lately? A pedestrian in the International District spotted a piano in Hing Hay Park last night and thought it was a little odd. Park-goers had gathered around the piano were banging out a few of the elementary-school-piano-class standards on it. Then reports on social media started barreling in: Curiously decorated pianos were seemingly abandoned in parks all around Seattle. Turns out, it's part of a program called Pianos in the Parks, which is co-sponsored by the Seattle Symphony. The Symphony will also host a series of "Playdates in the Park" at Westlake. Here's the schedule for that:
Thursday, July 24
10:30AM – 12PMFriday, August 1
10:30AM – 12PMThursday, August 7
10:30AM – 12PMThursday, August 14
10:30AM – 12PM
Find the piano nearest to you on the program's website.
Dept. of Press Releases Dept.: According to press releases received by The Stranger, PETA has declared SafeCo Field to be number 7 on their list of Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Ballparks and the popular singer Shakira has finally earned one hundred million "likes" on Facebook, which supposedly earned her the title of "Most Likable Woman in the World." Congratulations to both Safeco Field and Shakira.
