What’s in a Game?

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What’s in a Game?

Inside the growing community of pinball-playing women making a scene in Seattle.

2017 People’s Tribunal, organized by Northwest Detention Center Resistance. Photo by Sara Bernard.

News

Immigrant Rights Community Responds to Allegations Against Seattle ICE Attorney

Activists say that Monday’s charges further vindicate their fight against the organization’s tactics.

Washington State Capitol. Photo by Nicole Jennings

News

Washington May Soon Teach Sexual Abuse Prevention in Schools

The State Legislature is considering training aimed at improving child safety.

Freedom, Hate, and a Campus Divided

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Freedom, Hate, and a Campus Divided

Last weekend’s Patriot Prayer event cast doubts on claims of openness by UW College Republicans.

Photo Courtesy Chuff Media                                Lorde.

Arts & Culture

Spring Arts 2018 Critics’ Picks

Plan out your calendar with our selections for the season’s best entertainment events.

The family of <em>Hir</em>. Photo by John McLellan

Arts & Culture

The Sunset of Masculinity

Hir at ArtsWest gives trans voices a stage to dismantle the normative.

Paula Madrigal teaches young Latinx musicians via her Young String Project Outreach. Photo by Ted Zee

Arts & Culture

Ballard Civic Orchestra Gives Seattle a Latinx Orchestral Voice

Led by immigrant Paula Madrigal’s strong vision, the group reaches audiences both young and old.

Evan Flory-Barnes (center) preps for On Loving the Muse and Family with his therapist. Photo by Shasta Bree

Arts & Culture

Working It Out

Evan Flory-Barnes is finally stepping into the theatrical spotlight. All it took was some therapy.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Photo by Ani Collier

Arts & Culture

The Bleeding of Ballet

Technique and transgression fill stages this spring as two styles become one.

Robert Colescott, <em>George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook</em>, 1975, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 108 in. Courtesy Seattle Art Museum, photo by Jean Paul Torno

Arts & Culture

Re-Presenting Black History in Art

Seattle museums look to foster a conversation with their spring visual art exhibits.

Chawick Boseman as Black Panther. Photo courtesy Marvel Studios

Arts & Culture

Serious Power

Black Panther builds a stunning sci-fi African world, but could use more comic book fun.

State Legislators Look to “Ban the Box”

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State Legislators Look to “Ban the Box”

The House of Representatives votes to end questioning criminal history on job applications.

Seattle school bus drivers ended a nine-day strike that affected more than 12,000 students. Photo by Melissa Hellmann

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Seattle Schools Still Seeking Future Options After Bus Drivers End Nine-Day Strike

As the yellow bus service resumes, the district continues plans to attract more contractors.

UW’s campus may be getting bigger. Photo by Joe Mabel/Flickr

News

Community Members Raise Concerns About UW’s Expansion Plans

The university’s growth plan faces pushback due to environmental, housing, and neighborhood issues.

Seattle will soon vacate misdemeanor marijuana convictions. Photo courtesy of Bob Doran/Flickr

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Seattle Moves to Clear Marijuana Misdemeanor Convictions

The mayor and city attorney’s policy change could impact hundreds convicted before weed legalization.

Mandy Sladky, a registered nurse, answers questions about safe consumption spaces at a public information booth outside of the Capitol Hill light rail station on February 7, 2018. Photo by Melissa Hellmann

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Nurses Push For Progress on Local Safe Consumption Sites

Heathcare workers believe the controversial supervised drug use facilities could save lives.

Gov. Jay Inslee voices resistance to the Trump Administration’s proposal to open the coastline to offshore drilling. Photo by Taylor McAvoy

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Washington Plans to Resist Any Trump Administration Offshore Drilling

Gov. Inslee announces plans to protect the state’s coastline.

Pick List: ‘PYLON III,’ Diet Cig, ‘Susanna’s Secret’

Arts & Culture

Pick List: ‘PYLON III,’ Diet Cig, ‘Susanna’s Secret’

This week’s best events.

Photo by Nicole Jennings                                 Gov. Inslee greets new Issaquah Mayor Mary Lou Pauly outside the zHome housing development, the first zero-net-energy townhouse development in the United States.

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A Home With Zero Energy Footprint, a Legacy at UW, and a Hate Crime Plea

A recap of this week’s happenings around King County.

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Larry Nyland speaks at a November press conference about a new agreement between the city and Seattle Public Schools. Photo by Melissa Hellmann

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Parents and Educators Concerned About Seattle Superintendent Search

Many say that the process has been too hasty and lacked enough input.