Cafe Allegro at 50; NW Folklife Festival at 54; mayoral poll has Katie Wilson slightly ahead of incumbent Bruce Harrell; Gov. Ferguson warns of dire health-care consequences if GOP budget bill passes the US Senate.

Tariqa Waters’ SAM solo show explores yesterday’s tomorrow; study says we’re ‘overdue’ for a ‘big one’ earthquake; feds to ‘investigate’ WA allowing trans school athletes; a May Day call to action.

New book touts Seattle’s ‘urban nature;’ Seattle Pride’s corporate donors are way down; local construction jobs are also way down; why are so many US institutions kneeling before the MAGA regime?

More than just manga at MoPOP’s ‘Asian Comics’ exhibit; WA sues against fed education cuts; still no Starbucks union contract after a year; Harrell orders Steinbrueck Park reopened as of today.

A contender for the ‘Great Seattle Novel;’ ‘sanctuary churches’ fight back against federal threats; UW imposes hiring freeze; DJ Bob ‘Twisted Tunes’ Rivers RIP.

Artist Buster Simpson’s retrospective show; first Legislative cutoff deadline; small earthquakes hit WA and BC; no, the feds can’t ship NW water to CA.

‘Rocket’ retrospective exhibit at UW; Pike Place Market bows out of ‘Resistance’ event; more fallout from social-housing tax victory; big layoffs at Redfin after a joint-venture deal with Zillow.

Illuminated protests in Cal Anderson Park; Microsoft says its AI biz is doing just fine; Scarecrow Video’s building’s for sale; did Amazon back-to-the-office order help raise downtown residential rents?

Remembering reporter/author Eric Scigliano; WA state, others fighting back against federal funding freeze; Boeing loses almost $4 billion in fourth quarter alone; which social-housing measure to support?

Microsoft CEO responds to Chinese firm’s proclaimed AI breakthrough; Ferguson vows to help families split by deportation; UW football’s former ‘Dawgmother’ dies; yep, we’ve got another pro-cop Councilmember.

Marchers insist on civil rights and democracy; Costco Teamsters authorize nationwide strike; City Council seekers cut to 6 finalists; did a now-former Stranger editor have an affair with a Council candidate?

New and returning theater shows cover the Big Issues (with laughs); Microsoft ‘shopping extension’ said to take influencers’ commissions; Ferguson talks of family at his inaugural; Biden talks of dangers to democracy.

Things to see in southeast Seattle; WA Legislature gets underway; 20 candidates apply to replace Tammy Morales on City Council; guy allegedly tries to stop friend from driving drunk—by shooting him.

AI scientist sees the ‘code’ in biology; Harvard Exit theater cofounder dies; Maserati SUV shot at near Aurora, Merchant’s Cafe not closing for good after all.

Nordstrom family taking chain ‘private;’ Starbucks strike expands; last Pecos Pit BBQ locations closed; victory in racial-discrimination suit against Seattle Children’s.