Danish artist’s giant troll sculptures coming to Seattle; Book-It Theatre suddenly closes; Black Coffee NW’s original location evicted; pro-trans slogan projected outside St. Mark’s.

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.

Don’t think Seattle Pride ’23 wasn’t about all the anti-LGBTQ threats; R Place building to become another dance club; Carmen Best won’t discuss her 2020 actions; what the Russian maybe-coup-attempt was or wasn’t about.

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.

Rep. Adam Smith writes about overcoming chronic pain and anxiety; FTC claims Amazon enrolls customers in Prime w/o consent; alleged Gorge shooter speaks; Seattle’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ street mural outlives some others.

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.

Bringing the music of pre-Soviet Ukraine into the digital age; judge says city can’t ban anti-police chalk-art slogans; it now takes twice the minimum wage to afford a Seattle apartment; a better way to think of AI chatbots.

Comics creators’ financial struggles; trans woman who wanted to attend a women’s spa gets death threats; new housing levy approved to go to ballot; Amazon’s cloud-services business hits a snag.

Queer artist group of Pacific Island descent has a show at Wing Luke; there’ll be one fewer ‘affordable’ apt. building on Capitol Hill; historic schooner to be dismantled in Everett; Harrell names group to draft revised ‘new war on drugs’ bill.

Storm legend’s much-deserved retirement ceremony; popular U District bar’s license suspended; health care’s now a hotter job market than tech; state to pay millions to people convicted under court-overturned drug law.

Connecting Native American spirituality and ‘MST3K;’ City Council may try another ‘new war on drugs’ bill; Portland passes ‘daytime camping’ ban; Apple’s forthcoming VR headset: threat or menace?

Seattle Opera’s tale of a young Vietnamese American and her demons; UW researchers, postdocs go on strike; no, illicit drugs aren’t now ‘legal’ in Seattle; thoughts on these newsletters (and me) turning another year older.

Local books cover neon signs, rain, and feminist history; City Council to vote on Neo-War on Drugs bill; ‘swept’ Burien encampment moves locations, will be re-‘swept;’ the death of a businessman and onetime rock promoter.