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2/21/24: OTHER NEEDLES, OTHER HAYSTACKS
Feb 20th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Fictional Seattles in film, TV, and games; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech short on specifics; labor union supports big grocery merger; Amazon goes on the Dow Jones Industrials.

1/10/24: HE’S BEEN WATCHING
Jan 9th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

What happened to an SPD officer found spying on his ex; Inslee says WA’s ‘the strongest state;’ still more fallout from 737 MAX 9 debacle; snow just might show up around here today, or tomorrow, just maybe.

1/9/24: MODELS OF ROLE MODELS
Jan 8th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

PacSci exhibit extols women in STEM; Huskies fall short in national football title game; fallen ‘door plug’ from 737 MAX 9 found in a Portland back yard; beloved Tacoma bagel-shop owner killed in New Orleans.

9/6/23: WHEN JUSTICE CAME TO TOWN
Sep 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

How a jazz pianist’s stay in Pasco led to state anti-discrimination laws; SPD chief denies rumors of an affair with a top advisor; Bainbridge ferry to be passenger-only for a week; Seattle’s ‘at the center of the AI universe.’

9/1/23: GIVING IT ANOTHER ‘SHOOT’
Aug 31st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Bumbershoot’s attempted back-to-basics comeback under new mgmt.; Mayor Harrell really tries (awkwardly) to impress ethnic journalists; e-bike ‘lending libraries’ are coming to WA; a hydroplane racing legend dies.

8/31/23: LEADER OF THE ‘PAX’?
Aug 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Will the PAX video-game expo outdraw the revived Bumbershoot?; late-summer COVID wave; some non-teaching Seattle Schools staff could strike; fish are ‘dying in droves’ on a Vancouver Island river.

7/31/23: STILL LIVES; LIVING STILL
Jul 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A couple of faves at the Seattle Art Show and its satellites; violence strikes at an anti-violence event; Amazon doesn’t want a light rail stop at Westlake & Denny; the real meaning of the Seafair parade.

6/16/23: A JEWEL AMONG THE JUNK (MAIL)
Jun 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Artist’s collage sent out with ad flyers; Kraken arena people picked to replace Memorial Stadium; Seattle’s getting a new telephone area code; UW researchers get tentative contract offer.

6/8/23: ‘BOUND’ FOR GLORY
Jun 7th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle Opera’s tale of a young Vietnamese American and her demons; UW researchers, postdocs go on strike; no, illicit drugs aren’t now ‘legal’ in Seattle; thoughts on these newsletters (and me) turning another year older.

5/12/23: A BIG (SCREEN) DEAL
May 11th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

SIFF to reopen (and rename) the Cinerama; Metro’s dropping more routes; we just had a really bad flu season; gay men can donate blood again.

5/5/23: ‘BLOCK’ GRANTS \
May 4th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Backyard cottage program for the homeless touts success; guilty plea in CHOP killing; Microsoft exec says AI ‘could cause real damage;’ Kraken owners want contract to replace Memorial Stadium.

3/22/23: COMING ATTRACTIONS
Mar 21st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Ex-Coliseum Theater to become a big pop-up art space; more about the apartment eviction that led to a shooting death; bakery king Remo Borracchini dies; King County’s now majority ‘high income.’

2/22/23: ‘BUMMER! SHOOT!’ NO MORE
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Previewing a back-to-basics Bumbershoot festival; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech mostly generalities; strippers organize for steady pay and better conditions; why a CEO wasn’t charged in a domestic-violence case.

2/2/23: IN THE ‘TIME’ ZONE
Feb 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Love expressed for Taco Time NW, while Beth’s Cafe reopens at last; Tammy Morales wants to stay on the City Council (unlike four colleagues); is Amazon trying to de-emphasize direct online sales?

1/16/23: FAIR GAME?
Jan 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Wiazrds of the Coast backs off from rumored major changes to ‘D&D’ licensing; south-county shooter’s reported racist explanation for his acts; sexual-assault allegations made against a local documentary maker; Kraken on a roll, Seahawks on a stop.

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