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3/17/23: NOT THE ‘TWILIGHT’ OF NW FILM?
Mar 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

David Schmader’s big book of WA/OR movies & TV shows; state Supreme Court allows transit ‘fare enforcement’ to continue; Bellevue school board OKs closing two elementary schools; remote work’s still big in Seattle (for some workers, on some days).

3/13/23: FROM QUINCY TO ‘LOUIE’
Mar 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New Peter Blecha book links ‘40s-‘50s Seattle R&B to ‘50s-‘60s Northwest garage rock; more on Rep. George Santos’ alleged link to an alleged Seattle ATM thief; 1st & Pike cherry trees to be replaced; Silicon Valley Bank crash’s local effects.

3/10/23: REIGN MAN RELEASED
Mar 9th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Shawn Kemp’s side of Tacoma parking-lot incident; COVID’s still killing folks here; online activists try to stop a big new Alaska oil-drilling project; a Capitol Hill institution insists it’s not getting redeveloped.

3/9/23: CRACKED MASON-RY?
Mar 8th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Painting credited to a NW master revealed as fake; another Idaho college caves to right-wing pressure, lotsa 737s still await modification at Moses Lake; Sonics legend Shawn Kemp arrested after drive-by shooting.

3/7/23: DOLL PARTS, PART 2
Mar 6th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Funko’s got a lot more ‘Pop!’ figures than it can sell; right-wing trustees cause chaos at an Idaho college; Macklemore gives a ‘surprise’ free concert; what should be WA’s ‘official state smell’?

 

3/2/23: THE LURE OF MOISTURE
Mar 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Hyping rain as a reason to visit Seattle; Starbucks white-collar staffers diss its labor policies; Seattle’s lost many trees (many of them on city land) in recent years; the death of an infamous woman who lived pseudonymously around here.

2/23/23: DON’T CUDDLE THE ART
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Textile and ‘soft art’ exhibits around town; more folks’ downtown revival ideas; Councilmember Dan Strauss will run for re-election; Steinbrueck Park’s totem poles (probably) aren’t going away forever.

2/16/23: THE TRAGEDY, THEN THE TRAUMA
Feb 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Marking 40 years since the Wah Mee killings (and the sensationalistic, sometimes racist media circus that followed); minor COVID outbreak at a local high school; Medic One’s co-creator dies; is the big homelessness plan really needed?

2/10/23: YESTERDAY’S CLOTHES, TOMORROW’S TECH
Feb 9th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Vintage store enters the ‘metaverse;’ WA schools are now ‘majority minority;’ feds say city can’t just sit on unspent City Center Collector trolley grants; UW researchers say ‘love’ really is a drug.

2/6/23: SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
Feb 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Airing a seldom-heard voice in the homeless crisis (that of an actual homeless person); works by local Black artists you can see (and some you can’t yet); FTC may sue Amazon; another hunger strike at the ICE jail in Tacoma.

1/27/23: CONVENTION-AL THINKING
Jan 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Your chance to see the new Convention Center complex; activists announce City Council runs; solving homelessness will have a price tag; your chance to help me out by buying cool old stuff.

1/26/23: CARING ABOUT THE CAREGIVERS
Jan 25th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New play tells COVID responders’ tales in their own words; another County Councilmember won’t run again; city sues Hyundai/Kia for making their cars too steal-able; Boeing CEO would like to privatize the FAA.

1/25/23: FROM ‘EAST TEXAS’ TO THE FAR EAST
Jan 24th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Remembering cartoonist Michael Dougan; Xbox ‘sleep’ mode and absurd conspiracy theorists; Sawant attacks caste-based discrimination against some South Asians in Seattle; activist running for Sawant’s seat.

1/24/23: (DIFFERENT) BODIES IN (DIFFERENT) MOTION
Jan 23rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

UW Dance tries to diversify both participants and curriculum; giant Convention Center addition opens at last; pro-choice march passes by two big local Catholic institutions; a wish to bring NW passenger rail back to the ‘50s.

1/13/23: MLK DAY HOORAY
Jan 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Local art exhibits for King Day weekend; Legislature to consider tax breaks for ‘news providers;’ Amazon NY warehouse union drive wins on appeal; the Kraken are on a winning streak, U District’s Kraken Bar not so much.

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