Best of Redmond: Redmond Washington News, Events, Restaurants & Things to Do

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Redmond Quietly Powers More Than Half the Satellites in Orbit So a few days ago, NASA wrapped up the Artemis II mission, sending a crew around the Moon for the first time since Apollo and bringing them back after about 10 days. That’s the headline…...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Pop-Up Dog Parks Are Back in Redmond Okay, so Redmond’s pop-up dog parks are officially open again starting Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and they’re running through mid-August. The main one is at Luke McRedmond Park, 15644 Redmond Way, open daily from d...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Redmond… But Make It Space? So Redmond is starting to get called a “space district”. Turns out there are nearly a dozen aerospace and satellite companies quietly operating around town, working on things like low-orbit satellites and even space-base...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Redmond Is One of the Hottest Moving Spots in the Country Redmond’s 98052 zip code just ranked as the second most in-demand place for movers in the U.S. in February. A MovingPlace study looked at nearly 500,000 relocations and found 243 moves lande...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Light Rail Now Crosses Lake Washington Okay, so this is a big one. As of last week, the Sound Transit 2 Line is officially running across Lake Washington, connecting Downtown Redmond to Seattle for the first time by rail. This is the first time any...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 The Penny Problem… Solved (Finally Makes Cents) Okay, so starting mid-June, Washington is officially done pretending pennies matter. A new law signed March 23 lets retailers round cash purchases to the nearest nickel when making change. If your tot...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 The Case of the Missing Crows Okay, so something weird has been going on… the massive flock of crows that used to take over UW Bothell every night has completely vanished. For the first time in years, the wetlands are quiet, and nobody really knew...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Blazing Bagels Shuts Down All Locations Blazing Bagels closed all its locations this week after filing for bankruptcy, and yeah, this one caught a lot of people off guard. They had spots across the Eastside including Redmond, and were a pretty reli...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Motley Zoo Needs Your Help — Tournament or Not Motley Zoo Animal Rescue just got knocked out of March Muttness, a national fundraising tournament for animal shelters. They lost their Second Chance bracket matchup against the Humane Society of El Pa...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 🚌 Redmond Just Launched a Free Electric Shuttle – And It's Already Running So Redmond has a new free shuttle service and it launched this week. It's called RedLink, and it covers downtown, Education Hill, and the southeast part of the city. You reque...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Redmond's Got a New Spot for the Eco-Conscious Shopper So there's a new store in downtown Redmond worth knowing about. The Recology Store just opened, and it's focused on sustainable home goods plus those hard-to-recycle items you never know what t...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 The Old Fire House Teen Center Is Coming Down… But There’s a Next Chapter Redmond’s music history is hitting a turning point this week. The city has confirmed plans to demolish the longtime Old Fire House Teen Center building, which for decades qui...

📰 Beaver Causes Traffic Stop on Avondale Redmond Police responded to an unexpected call last week when a beaver decided Avondale Road NE was the perfect place for a stroll. Officers were called after drivers spotted the beaver trying to cross and refusing to back down. Instead of turning into a mess, it turned into a wildlife escort. Police slowed traffic and guided the beaver safely back toward...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 Drone Show Is Coming to Marymoor — Tickets Go on Sale Today A 1,200-drone light show called Space Chase is coming to Marymoor Park on May 8 and 9, and tickets go on sale today, Thursday at 10am. The DroneArt Show says this one tells the story of a...

📰 Microsoft’s Return-to-Office Is Officially Here Microsoft’s return-to-work mandate officially kicked in Monday, February 23, which means thousands of employees are now back on campus at least three days a week. Look, working from home was pretty great for a lot of people. No commute. Real lunches. Sweatpants. But here’s the upside for the rest of Redmond. Coffee shops, lunch spots, and Town Cen...

Welcome to Best of Redmond! Redmond's twice-weekly newsletter and podcast about all the amazing things happening in Redmond for the next seven days! 📰 WM Billing Error After Waste Hauler Switch On February 11, 2026, the City of Redmond announced that some residents received bills from WM by mistake after the city switched waste providers in January. So if you opened your mailbox and thought, “Wai...

Best of Redmond – Tuesday, February 17, 2026 🏢 The Microsoft Visitor Center Is Closed — And A Lot of Us Never Went Microsoft has permanently closed its public Visitor Center and Museum in Redmond after roughly 15 years, and many locals are just now realizing it’s gone. The space showcased company history, hands-on exhibits, and even Bill Gates’s original Altair 8800 computer. Microsoft issued a b...

🛋️ IKEA Is Now Open in Redmond IKEA officially opened its new Plan & Order Point with Pick-up in Redmond Town Center on Wednesday, February 11. This smaller-format store focuses on one-on-one design appointments for kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, and small-space living, with orders delivered to your home or picked up onsite. You won’t find a showroom maze or Swedish meatballs here — sorry, no...

📚 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Wednesday night brings a thoughtful bookish meetup with Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club on Wednesday, Feb 11 from 6:30–7:30pm. This month’s pick is Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a deeper, more political look at Wakanda that goes well beyond the movie version. The group reads broadly across sci-fi and fantasy...

📰 This Week in Redmond February 5, 2026 🎲 Dungeons and Dragons for Tweens Tweens ages 9–12 can jump into Dungeons & Dragons on Tuesday from 5–7:30pm at Redmond Library. It’s beginner-friendly and focused on collaborative storytelling rather than rules mastery. Staff help guide new players, and kids can try being a player or Dungeon Master. Registration is required, and spots tend to disappea...