A couple of faves at the Seattle Art Show and its satellites; violence strikes at an anti-violence event; Amazon doesn’t want a light rail stop at Westlake & Denny; the real meaning of the Seafair parade.

Last phase of new downtown ferry dock to finally open; can ‘Big-Art Culture’ in Seattle survive without Paul Allen?; guilty plea in 2020 protest killing; south-central WA wildfire now bigger than Seattle.

A Ukrainian-born artist’s animations of solidarity; small town holds Pride event despite heavy right-wing opposition; state tries out combo-treatment ‘hubs’ for addictions; Seattle survives combo Canadians/Swifties onslaught.

Ol’ punk pix on a winery’s walls; honoring Bruce Lee on his death anniversary; Inslee vows to probe oil-biz profits; among many other happenings this weekend, a certain singer’s in town.

Seahawks hope to sell lotsa ‘throwback’ jerseys; this year’s Seattle Art Fair to be more local than ever; court says Seattle’s doing too many encampment sweeps without advance notice; in Seattle becoming ‘a trans haven’?

Street eco-graffiti near Amazon Spheres; more ‘security’ at Gorge concerts = more drug busts; Tetris video-game creator now lives on Eastside; Seattle Times fires columnist behind ‘Hitler wasn’t so bad in comparison’ Tweets.

Local man bicycles every Seattle block; Canlis servers accuse ‘wage theft;’ friends of threatened Tacoma church take their case to the Vatican; ‘Seattle Times’ columnist thinks Hitler wasn’t so bad (comparatively).

Stonewall icon appears on U District ‘mural house;’ many crimes in WA went up last year (but not as much as the population); J-Rod hits it big, then loses; long lines at ice cream festival.

Pre-All-Star art in Pioneer Square (and sweeps in Sodo); Dave Reichert officially running for gov; judge fines state over untreated mentally ill languishing in jails; Seattle School Board balances budget without closures.

Computer imagery of potential civic mega-projects; air quality dips while wildfire season’s well underway; Sodo RV encampments swept just prior to All-Star Week; could Microsoft hit $3 trillion in stock value?

An extensive article (in USA Today of all places) on Elijah Lewis’s life and sudden death; why Pride is about ‘joy’ as part of resistance; WA could get another bad wildfire season; beefs with (and within) a homelessness advisory board.

Local video game incorporates farm-simulation with recipes; Everett co.’s Titanic-wreckage submersible presumed lost; Homelessness Authority workers claim a ‘toxic work environment;’ plans show Lusty Lady building to be razed.

TV producer Shonda Rhimes’ website profiles Mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner; Everett co.’s tourist sub missing near Titanic wreckage; Portland radio station’s AI announcer; what Juneteenth means in a time of racist backlashes.

Fremont Solstice, once ‘fringe,’ now a familiar comfort in an age of change; Juneteenth’s local past and present; big cutbacks at Seattle Pacific U.; Amazon-contractor drivers strike in Calif.

Artist’s collage sent out with ad flyers; Kraken arena people picked to replace Memorial Stadium; Seattle’s getting a new telephone area code; UW researchers get tentative contract offer.