Seahawks headed to Super Bowl vs. a familiar foe; local protests against another murder by MAGA goons; Teatro ZinZanni suddenly shutters (again); Seattle-Eastside light rail starts in late March.

Play about ‘70s immigrant lives is all too relevant; Wilson, Ferguson won’t change ‘sanctuary’ policies despite White House threats; Wilson stops one sweep, lets another proceed; anti-ICE protesters disrupt City Council meeting.

New musical tracks a gender and family journey; Legislative session starts with threats of big cuts; anti-ICE protests (and proposed actions) continue; 49ers to play Seahawks in playoffs.

Massive Monkees’ dance studio adds cafe; more federal arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; ‘Can Katie Wilson build a movement?’

‘The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show’ returns; massive windstorm threat also returns; Ferguson proposes drastic budget cuts but supports income tax on millionaires; most striking Starbucks workers returning to work.

Cafe Nordo concept to be revived, expanded; what America pre-JFK-shooting was really like; states block feds from killing some funding programs; UW study set AI contributes to racially-biased hiring decisions.

The Seattle World’s Fair’s ‘adult’ shows recalled; Katie Wilson-bashing gets even more ridiculous; DC could cut homelessness funds housing thousands; charges filed in attempted Neighbours nightclub arson.

Tribal masks from a BC master carver at the Frye; communities organize to help SNAP cutoff’s victims; police kill man at S. Holgate; Amazon reports big profits, goes ahead with big layoffs anyway.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

New play on (not yet) dying of a terminal disease; Sara Nelson courts right-wing TV viewers; Repubs & conserva-Dems want to control Legislature again; much of tentative new SPD contract ‘still up in the air.’

Performance as resistance; mass protest time is here again; China-backed hackers blamed for F5 cyberattack; oh yeah, more bad Mariners news.

SIFF won’t reopen Egyptian Theatre; controversial cop won’t run East Precinct after all; ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandalized; WSU report says shootings are now the #1 cause of high-school students’ deaths.

Ex-local cinema mogul dies; Council OKs compromise-filled Comp Plan; Ms sweep archrival Astros while Seahawks, Huskies also win big; new H-1B visa fees could ‘impact’ local tech giants.

Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones.

‘Immersive’ play about immigrant detainees; Fantagraphics Books hurt by bankrupt wholesaler; Shawn Kemp sentenced to community monitoring; UW team says ICE is ‘breaking international humanitarian law.’