Photo Caption: Paying $12,390 would be awfully expensive for a Coke, but apparently not for this Coca-Cola sign sold by Morford Antique Advertising Auctions.

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Fetching vintage Coca-Cola advertisement fetches big money

The self-framed tin lithographed sign showing Elaine, the girl on the company’s 1916 calendar, sells for more than…

The GPP for this Friday is Crambe maritima, commonly called sea kale. The image credit is to Richie Steffen.

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Great Plant Picks: Sea kale

This bold, distinctive plant adds an eye-catching presence to the sunny garden.

Helleborus one of the first spring flowers in the garden

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Hellebores just keep getting better and better

Over the years, new cultivars have evolved with more upward-facing flowers and color ranges from pinks to reds…

Patterson Hood of Drive By Truckers Performs at City Winery on Friday, June 18, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo by Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)

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What’s happening in Snohomish County: Music, theater and more

Patterson Hood, co-founder of the Drive-By Truckers, will play a solo show in Everett on Dec. 18.

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Holland in Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home." (Sony Pictures via AP)

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‘No Way Home’ delivers a Christmas present for ‘Spider-Man’ fans

Characters from various Marvel products overlap and collide in ways that should entertain the audience for these movies.

“Nightmare Alley,” set in the 1930s, focuses on a more-or-less amoral grifter (Bradley Cooper) who arrives at a low-rent carnival. (Kerry Hayes/20th Century Studios/TNS)

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Movie review: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ is a beast

This remake of the 1947 film noir could have used some of the original’s Hays Code-enforced restraint.

Nolan Torres, 4, runs through the entrance to Wintertide Lights in the Everett Arboretum on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Free Everett light show lets kids prance and parents rejoice

The Wintertide display is nightly through Dec. 31 at Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens in Legion Park.

The event room that will be used for speed dating events at Meatheads Smokehouse and Beer Works in Lake Stevens. (Andrea Brown)

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Meet market: Speed dating at Meatheads in Lake Stevens

Singles have five minutes to see if there’s a spark during two old-school face-to-face dating events.

Bugu owners and father-son duo Kipp and Bradly Strong pose behind the bar of their Monroe brewery on Dec. 10. (Aaron Swaney)

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New brewery in Monroe is truly a ‘family affair’

Before Kipp and Bradly Strong opened their new brewery in Monroe, they tested the concept out on some…

The back view of the 10,000 square foot home at 3727 Shore Ave. in Everett that's for sale for $4.9 million. (Norton Zanini)

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For sale: A $5M mansion expanded with Alfy’s pizza dough

The marble-floored Everett estate is among several pricey pads for sale. A Woodway wonder is $16 million.

Dancers practice Thursday night at the The Dance School in Everett on December 9, 2021. The school will perform The Nutcracker on December 18 at at the Historic Everett Theatre after a two-year hiatus.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Young Everett dancers perform ‘The Nutcracker’ on Saturday

The Dance School, a nonprofit, is back to live performances after a hiatus. Expect some stylistic twists.

The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz standout front end has lights integrated into the grille in a wing shape. (Manufacturer photo)

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Brand new 2022 Santa Cruz: Hyundai’s first pickup, or naw?

It’s complicated. But whatever, this latest entry from Hyundai has a lot to offer.

Caption: CBD ointment can make a great present—unless it is orange.

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She gets a spicy lesson on the importance of reading labels

A fiery encounter with a lotion that was the opposite of soothing would have been avoided had the…

Carlos Raphael of Everett runs an indie comic studio called Champion Comics. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Up, up and away: Everett man finds audience for superhero comics

Thorvald the Viking and The Night Demon are a few of the heroes in Carlos Raphael’s comic books.

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Ways to handle drug and alcohol abuse during the holidays

Mary’s husband Bill likes to drink red wine at night — several or more glasses. At family gatherings,…

A perch for daydreams amid castle ruins.

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Rick Steves’ Europe: Marveling at the castles of boyhood dreams

A medieval fortress that was being consumed by forest has been reassembled in a remote corner of Austria.

Priscilla Lowry makes candles at her workshop on south Whidbey Island. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Whidbey beeswax candle maker’s art casts warm glow for holidays

Priscilla Lowry has been turning the building blocks of beehives into extraordinary candles since 1999.

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Pick up your winter spirits with these indoor blooming bulbs

Easy-to-grow Paperwhites and Amaryllis can help you fill a need to be grounded in nature.

The GPP for tomorrow is Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light', commonly called MORNING LIGHT VARIEGATED MAIDEN GRASS. Image credit to Richie Steffen.

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Great Plant Pick: Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’

Commonly called morning light variegated maiden grass, it’s a silvery addition to garden borders.

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See vintage Christmas cards by leading Northwest artists

Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds brings back a holiday exhibition of evocative 2oth century regional art.