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5/16/23: WESTWARD THE WOMAN
May 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New book semi-fictionalizes Sacajawea and her journey; Kraken come THIS close to moving on in playoffs; Legislators say they have a drug-bill deal; David Brewster disses diversity in the arts as a mere frill.

5/11/23: ‘LAUNCH’ PAD
May 10th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

SIFF short spoofs Microsoft’s biggest PR bash; Pagliacci to start pizza-delivery drones; who’s trolling a woman with fake ‘$500 reward’ key chains?; it’s ‘end of COVID emergency’ day.

5/3/23: STEPPING TO THE FUTURE
May 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

PNB’s first Black female soloist and her many other achievements; Bob Ferguson’s likely to run for gov; Arlington Pride says it’s been asked to keep drag queens out; 30 years of the WWW as we know it.

5/2/23: DOTTING THE ‘JAY’
May 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Inslee won’t run for gov again; SPL lets right wing ex-actor hold ‘anti-drag-queen-story-time’ event; Washington Middle School cuts tech training and jazz band; national media find Kraken fans as surprising as the team.

4/28/23: (FEW) WORDS AND (SIMPLE) PICTURES
Apr 27th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

David Lasky’s haiku comics; would-be laws against outdoor drug use ‘not likely’ to have much ‘visual impact’; texts reveal more about SPD/city responses in June 2020; should you or shouldn’t you eat WA salmon now?

4/20/23: ‘MONSTERS’ INK
Apr 19th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Claire Dederer book ponders good art by bad people; what a new state law about runaway youths DOESN’T do; UW tries for student diversity despite legally-limited tools; Harrell’s not sure whether drug possession should stay a crime.

4/17/23: A TALE OF A FATEFUL TRIP
Apr 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Ferry runs aground at Bainbridge; I-90 Bridge light-rail tracks need replacing; major COVID-closed restaurant to finally reopen; tech cos. try to hire back their ex-employees—as temps without benefits.

4/14/23: RACE, GENDER, TERROR, AND BEAUTY
Apr 13th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Author, filmmaker separately explore intersections of race and genre; SPD proposes to stop lying as much; port commissioner/alt-weekly founder dies at 75; where to find Seattle’s only public sculpture depicting a real-life female.

4/13/23: WE’RE #9!
Apr 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Where Seattle ranks among US cities by GDP; KUOW joins NPR in quitting Twitter; Pioneer Square’s venerable Davidson Gallery for sale; Legislature follows a state Supreme Court ruling and makes drug possession a misdemeanor.

4/11/15: RE-BOOKED?
Apr 10th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Crowdfunding drive saves Couth Buzzard Books (for now); pro-gun lobby plans to fight assault-weapons ban; homeless folk now in hotels may get kicked out as funds expire; remembering Elijah Lewis’s deeds and words.

4/10/23: BLACK IN TIME
Apr 9th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

VR app explores Central District’s heritage; a federal judge in WA approves ‘abortion pill’ while a federal judge in TX moves to ban it; assault-weapons ban passes in Legislature; would light-rail station construction kill the SIFF Uptown cinemas?

4/7/23: ‘ILLUSIONS’ OF GRANDEUR
Apr 6th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Can the Grand Illusion Cinema survive?; does Seattle ‘have a culture’? (hint: I say yes); housing prices dip but housing crisis remains; Seattle publisher fires kids’-book illustrator who spread transphobic flyers.

4/6/23: STILL SCARRED
Apr 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Exhibit shows how I-5 construction decimated part of the Chinatown-International District; ‘transit-oriented’ housing bill watered down; Costco reports slowing sales growth; West Seattle’s Yen Wor Village dive bar closes.

4/5/23: SLOP-PY FIRSTS
Apr 4th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Art/music/DJ space opens in a Ballard storage building; Inslee has the state stock up on one ‘abortion drug;’ why local homelessness persists after all these years; Jon Shirley and the Paul Allen Foundation donate big on the arts.

4/3/23: THE LAST SWING
Apr 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Trapeze school’s class cutbacks; a community activist dies from the gun violence he opposed; WA abortion providers advised not to even vacation in Idaho; even a boxing legend’s not immune to the housing crisis.

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