Blake Peterson

Seattle

Digital Content Manager at 425 Magazine

Digital content manager Premier Media & movie critic for @425magazine, @SouthSoundMag | Member @seattlecritics | Founder Peterson Reviews | I like dogs

Articles

Destiny City Tattoo Shoots for Excellence

5 days ago | southsoundbiz.com | Blake Peterson

In our latest issue, we're getting to know some of the businesses that make up Tacoma's Antique Row. Read last week's profile here; meet some of the faces behind Destiny City Tattoo below.
Destiny City Tattoo Shoots for Excellence

6 days ago | southsoundmag.com | Blake Peterson

In our sister publication South Sound Business' latest issue, it's getting to know some of the businesses that make up Tacoma's Antique Row. Read last week's profile here; meet some of the faces behind Destiny City Tattoo below.
Affordable-Housing Community Patsy Surh Place is Celebrating Its Grand Opening

6 days ago | southsoundbiz.com | Blake Peterson

The Low Income Housing Institute and the Asia Pacific Cultural Center announced on Friday that Patsy Surh Place — an affordable-housing community for those 55 and up in Tacoma’s Lincoln District — is celebrating its completion with a May 21 grand-opening event. Guest speakers will include Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello, and several others.
Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity Names New CEO

1 week ago | southsoundbiz.com | Blake Peterson

Sherrana Kildun has been selected by Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity’s Board of Directors to serve as the organization’s new chief executive officer after the recent retirement announcement from Maureen Fife, who’s held the position since 2006. “I am confident that I am leaving Habitat in such capable hands,” Fife said in the organization’s announcement of the transition.
Artist Janelle Abbott Will Always Put Ethics First

1 week ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

Tucked away in a nondescript building on Aurora Avenue North in Seattle, Janelle Abbott’s studio evokes the inside of a restlessly creative mind. In the compact workspace, in which the artist has been working since 2021, you can’t see most of the floor because of all the dress forms, work tables, storage shelves, bolts of fabric, and racks and bags stuffed with thrifted clothing.
Best of 425: 2025

2 weeks ago | 425magazine.com | Joanna Kresge |Blake Peterson |John Stearns |Destiny Valencia

When it comes to navigating life on the Eastside, this issue is all one could ever need. It’s almost as if all your neighbors got together to crowdsource their recommendations for all things Eastside. Parents relocating to the burbs and in search of the best schools? Best of 425. Nursing a hangover and on the prowl for the best taco in town? Best of 425. Need a massage therapist to work those stress knots out? Best of 425.
Best of the South Sound: 2025

2 weeks ago | southsoundmag.com | Joanna Kresge |Blake Peterson |John Stearns |Destiny Valencia

When it comes to navigating life in the South Sound, this issue is all one could ever need. It’s almost as if your neighbors got together to crowdsource their recommendations for the greatest things in the South Sound. Parents relocating to the burbs and in search of the best schools? Best of the South Sound. Nursing a hangover and on the prowl for the best taco in town? Best of the South Sound. Need a massage therapist to work those stress knots out? Best of the South Sound.
Doubled Troubles in ‘Sinners’ and ‘The Shrouds’

2 weeks ago | southsoundmag.com | Blake Peterson

Usually-for-the-worse physical transformation bound to a character’s fears or fascinations has been at the vanguard of Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg’s movies since he started making them in the late 1960s.
Monopoly, Bellevue Style

2 weeks ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

For the last six years, gaming company and global Hasbro licensee Top Trumps has been releasing versions of Monopoly customized to resemble cities everywhere from Queens, New York, to Denton, Texas. In late spring, Top Trumps is making its first foray into the Northwest. Its debut city: Bellevue.
SIFF Shares Full Festival Lineup

3 weeks ago | 425magazine.com | Blake Peterson

After much anticipation and some enticing teases, the Seattle International Film Festival officially announced this morning that this year’s edition of the 51-years-running event will screen 83 features, 122 shorts, 35 documentaries, three archival features, and a duo of what it calls “secret films.” “It truly is a labor of love,” said the organization’s artistic director, Beth Barrett, at a press and donor launch event last night, where it was highlighted that more than 6,000 films had been...