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How Seattle Is Giving Wage Laws Some Teeth
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 6, 2016
April 1 marked the first anniversary of Seattle’s minimum-wage and wage-theft ordinances; both officially took effect on April 1, 2015, and as of January 1, ... Read more
There Is No Way a Chet Baker Film Can End Happily
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Despite the clumsiness, the film casts a spell. Its jazz rhythm has something to do with this.
Read moreHow Woody Guthrie Found Hope for America on the Banks of the Columbia
Published 1:30am Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Seventy-five years ago, the folk icon arrived in the Pacific Northwest to write songs for a progressive cause. The progress faltered, but the songs remain. ... Read more
Sheriff: Safe Drug Site Users Would ‘Not Be Arrested By Any of My Deputies’
Published 1:30am Thursday, March 31, 2016
Last night, speaking on a drug policy panel at Seattle University, Urquhart came even closer to an outright endorsement of safe drug sites in Seattle. ... Read more
Today: Learn About Safe Drug Sites, In Person
Published 1:30am Thursday, March 31, 2016
Today, proponents of bringing safe drug sites to Seattle launch their public education (or propaganda, depending on your political leanings) campaign, to let the rest ... Read more
15 Homeless Shelters to Close Thursday Morning
Published 1:30am Thursday, March 31, 2016
Operators of the homeless advocacy and service group SHARE say that they’ll be forced to close down 15 shelters holding about 450 people Thursday morning, ... Read more
Seattle in the ’70s: A Time for Reform
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
How a movement focused on creating a good city unwittingly set the stage for Seattle to become a global one.
Read moreSeattle in the ’80s: Big Tech and Boomtown Economics Arrive
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
An influx of talent and trouble quickly brings Seattle up to speed.
Read moreThe Best Local Records We Heard This March
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Man in Tree was a living tarot card. The image of the quintessentially Northwestern man (lumberjack beard, lumberjack beanie, in a tree), fending off police ... Read more
Beer Hunting: A Very Intentional Brewery on Whidbey Island
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
A few years ago, Daniel Thomis and his wife were looking for a new place to live. They wanted to leave Boston, where Thomis worked ... Read more
Was It Wrong to Laugh at #ManInTree?
Published 1:30am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
We interview @Man_In_Tree and contemplate whether it’s okay to take pleasure in a mental health crisis. Welcome to your digital future.
Read more‘Krisha’ Turns a Thanksgiving Reunion Into a Cornucopia of Nightmares
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
“Off-kilter” is one way to describe the feverish approach of Krisha, the feature debut of writer/director Trey Edward Shults. As a stylistic choice, off-kilter ain’t ... Read more
The Top 20 Things to Do This Week
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
From fantasy conventions to skronky no-wave farewells, all the best things to do in Seattle this week.
Read moreThe Paradox of Bernie and the Wealthy White Voter
Published 4:30am Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Skyway Park Bowl sits beige and inconspicuous off Renton Avenue South, between a casino and an Ezell’s Fried Chicken. It’s Wednesday night, and in the ... Read more
Using Nature as Inspiration, Architects and Designers Are Building Seattle’s Biofuture
Published 7:10pm Friday, March 18, 2016
“Look at that bamboo out there.”
Read moreWhy a White Lady Is Championing Reparations in Seattle
Published 4:30am Friday, March 18, 2016
Earlier this year, Bernie Sanders was asked whether he would support reparations for slavery in America.
Read moreIs the Charter School Fix a Fix?
Published 4:30am Friday, March 18, 2016
On March 10, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill aimed at salvaging the 2012 charter-school law that the state Supreme Court struck down in September.
Read moreAs Former Nickelsville Site Gets Cleared, Homeless and Their Providers Face Off
Published 3:05am Saturday, March 12, 2016
Seattle’s homeless crisis took a dramatic—if not entirely unexpected—turn Friday morning as police cleared the former Nickelsville encampment site on Dearborn at the request of ... Read more
Electric Eye: Make-Outs Abound at Hundred Waters
Published 4:30am Friday, March 11, 2016
Hundred Waters is for lovers, or at least that’s what all the couples making out in the crowd at the show last Wednesday tells me. ... Read more