I was hoping they'd find some surprising way to re-open. RIP Museum of Museums, you are missed 😢

Privately Funded Seattle Waterfront Trail to Soft Launch Friday Riders will get a sneak peek of the new trail for a few hours on the first day of cruise ship season, providing a detour around Pier 66. The full stretch opens next Tuesday, providing a wide, comforta...

Riders will get a sneak peek of the new trail for a few hours on the first day of cruise ship season providing a detour around Pier 66. The full stretch opens next Tuesday, providing a wide, comfortable path between Downtown and the Olympic Sculpture Park.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/seattle-wate...

Stop Putting Soap in the Waterfront Park Fountain - The Stranger Someone keeps dumping soap in the Waterfront Park fountain outside the Seattle ferry terminal. It’s turning the water all sudsy and making a mess of things.  The fountain was created by Japanese-Ameri...

knock it off!!
www.thestranger.com/news/stop-pu...

HB 1631 made this happen through a collaboration between Bainbridge Island high-school student Sebastian Ford, Puget Sound Restoration Fund, the Seattle Aquarium, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. nwstraits.org/news/2026/ap...

I just learned today is the second annual Bull Kelp Day in WA. In 2025 WA adopted bull kelp forests as our state marine forests. Our kelp forests are so incredible - tho I'm biased since I have a bull kelp twist tattoo and my fridge is stocked with bull kelp pickles.

Both Washington Senators FINALLY Vote To Block Bombs And Bulldozers To Israel Both of Washington Senators voted “yes” on two joint resolutions of disapproval (JRDs) that would block the sale of $446.8 million worth of weapons and equipment to Israel. Sen. Patty Murray already d...

NEW: While the JRDs to block bulldozers and bombs to Israel ultimately failed, more Democrats supported the measures than ever before, including both of Washington State's Senators (yes, that means Cantwell) www.theburnerseattle.com/post/both-wa...

three panelists with hand held mics sit in front of the film poster on the movie screen for The Christophers.The poster has an artist rendering of Ian Mckellen in a painters coat holding a lit march and Michaela Coel in a painters coat holding a paint brush. They’re looking intently at each other.

Got to see The Christophers last night thanks to @eclectichutch.bsky.social and what a delight of a film! Intergenerational relationships, chewy questions about art and legacy, and engrossing acting. Michaela Coel is such a deft star.
Also so fun to see Chase in his moderator element.

Big health industry group sues WA over new drug-pricing law

A national drugmaker group is suing Washington over a new law that aims to protect patient access to discounted prescription medication.

loved loved loved chatting with @citycastseattle.bsky.social about CHUM’s place in local media, the story behind our name, and our long-term goals as a worker-owned and subscriber-supported news outlet ✍️

click below to hear us yap! yay for collaborative, independent, hyperlocal media 🫶

‘This is student housing’ — Tent makes statement for new leader at Seattle Central College A tent marked as “Student Housing” on the sidewalk along Broadway outside Seattle Central College is drawing attention. “On Broadway outside the main entrance of Seattle Central College, there is a tent that popped up over the weekend. It’s maroon … Continue reading →

‘This is student housing’ — Tent makes statement for new leader at Seattle Central College

Sumo almost faded away in Seattle. These wrestlers changed that Sumo wrestling has a long history in Seattle, dating back to the first generation of Japanese American immigrants to the area. After Japanese incarceration, Seattle's sumo community didn't recover. Ei...

Sumo wrestling has a long history in Seattle, dating back to the first generation of Japanese American immigrants to the area. After Japanese incarceration, Seattle's Sumo community didn't recover. Eighty-plus years later, Rain City Sumo has tried to change that.

War Tax Resistance Grows, Legal Protection for Polyamory, and Your Hiking Trails in Jeopardy by City Cast Seattle

It was fun being on @citycastseattle.bsky.social talking about some of my favorite topics: taxes, forest service trails, and #polyamory! Have a listen.. megaphone.link/CC1942896489

every spring I fall in love with this city all over again

We got an email from someone hosting this event. Go find your people! www.theinkdrinker.com/events-1-nM6...

As the child of two photographers, I deeply relate to feeling uncomfortable in front of the camera. It's so cool to see what Remy is doing with Halogen, the archive of images this project will create and Chloe's vulnerable reflections on it.

A screenshot of the City Cast Seattle website with the headline Seattle’s Media Future, the Freelance Sausage Factory, and Beast Mode Goes Hollywood with an embed of the podcast below waiting for you to give it a listen.

Today on @citycastseattle.bsky.social, talked modern journalism plus my recent reporting on Three Dollar Bill Cinema pausing the Seattle Queer Film Festival, artist Sunday Nobody, Marshawn Lynch + more w/ @janehu.bsky.social & @samjleeds.bsky.social

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/sea...

New Pioneer Square art gallery focuses on immigrant art

ANTiPODE Art Gallery, founded by longtime friends Saina Heshmati and Amir Amini, focuses primarily on exhibiting work by immigrant artists as a means to connect Seattle with other cultures.

WA declares unprecedented fourth drought emergency in a row The fact that state officials started ringing alarm bells so early in the year underscores just how painful they expect the summer dry spell to be.

BREAKING -More than two months before the start of summer, Washington state officials are declaring a statewide drought emergency. This is the fourth drought in a row, which hasn't happened before in state history. It's bad, folks. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This is such a loss! It's not a replacement, but even more reason to support STUFF seattletransfilmfest.org

Will Seattle Choose Density Over Trees? Plus, Light Rail Optimism and RIP Dragon Land by City Cast Seattle

Today's @citycastseattle.bsky.social was a really fun one to record, with a discussion of this week's Comprehensive Plan hearing, Sound Transit 3, and the dismantling of Dragon Land in Seward Park.
megaphone.link/CC3648346270

Chatting about the news with @bretthamil.bsky.social and @janehu.bsky.social is cathartic, somehow.

Sunday Nobody (right) poses beside two Handsome Squidward discus-throwing statues (one large and one small) at his art studio in Seattle.

A Seattle man traveled across the world to drop a Handsome Squidward statue in the sea. For @seattletimes.com, I talked with meme artist/filmmaker Sunday Nobody about why he did this, how he came to make this art, & why he doesn't think he's creative.

Read here: www.seattletimes.com/life/culture...

Here Are The Anti-War Emails That Allegedly Got UW Professor Removed From Director Position The University of Washington removed Dr. Aria Fani from his position as the director of the university’s Middle East Center (MEC). While UW admin won’t publicly admit it, Fani believes he was removed ...

NEW: Here are the emails that allegedly got UW professor removed from position as director of the university’s Middle East Center in full. Haven't seen the full text anywhere else yet... www.theburnerseattle.com/post/here-ar...

Thankfully many Seattle area journalists are now on BlueSky, and I’ve tried to list them here go.bsky.app/MdNLsYQ

Here are some topics we've covered on the podcast lately: why WA sold off Caterpillar bonds, local measles exposures, spring book recs, Robinhood suing our state, pro-tax millionaires, and much more!

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts 🎧

A photo of the Pike Place starbucks in Seattle Washington

We, the partners at Pike Place #301, are excited to announce our intent to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. As partners of the first Starbucks, we’ve decided to form a union to uphold the core values of our company and the Pike Place Market: fair and equal treatment, respect, and dignity for every single partner who makes this store so special. Thousands of partners around the country are working together to fight for a better workplace, and we look forward to joining them. Starbucks as a company was built on the core pillars of belonging, courage, and joy. Sadly, under your leadership – in our store and so many others – Starbucks has lost its way and veered from the core values that defined us. Store partners are the most important part of the Starbucks experience. We open the stores every morning and close them every night. We greet customers, make the coffee, clean up the spills, and remember our regulars’ names and favorite orders. But beneath the veneer of the excellent experience we craft for visitors every day, partners do not feel a sense of belonging and joy – unequal treatment is the norm, not the exception. When we speak up, that courage is punished, not rewarded. That has been most evident with Starbucks dispatching two national labor relations personnel to our store to surveil partners after the company heard we were discussing unionization, raising tension in the store that can be felt by both workers and customers. The market's founding gave us clear directions: "It is for you to defend, to protect and to uphold, and it is for you to see that those who occupy it treat you fairly; that no extortion be permitted and that the purpose for which it was created be religiously adhered to." The path to our union may be challenging, but we know this: We are better working together as a team, we have each others’ backs, and we respect everyone’s right to make their own choice. We call on Starbucks to live up to the core values of courage, joy, and be…

Today, the "original" Starbucks at Pike Place Market in Seattle, is announcing they're organizing their union. ✊

Read the letter workers addressed to CEO Brian Niccol about why they're joining thousands of workers nationwide fighting for a better Starbucks:

A screenshot from the City Cast Seattle website with a headline for their 100th episode that reads Mail-In Voting Under Attack, Project Hail Mary's Local Connection, and How Fast Costco Can Check You Out with an embed of the podcast below ready for you to click on it and give it a listen.

On the 100th (🥳) episode of @citycastseattle.bsky.social talked mail-in voting, my story on the WA teacher behind #ProjectHailMary, the Bumbershoot lineup, SIFF adding the new Gregg Araki, + more w/ @janehu.bsky.social &
@slimeythash.bsky.social

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/mai...

What a loss for Seattle! Eric is a fantastic editor who brings so much care and curiosity to a whole range of stories about our city

Admission is free tomorrow and the first Thursday of each month at several Seattle-area museums.

The National Nordic Museum, Seattle Art Museum, and Burke Museum are all open until 8 p.m., MOHAI is free from 5 to 8 p.m., and the Museum of Flight from 5 to 9 p.m. Details below:

Only Charles Mudede could write a weather report I am both depressed and delighted by: "By Saturday, we will enter the 60s and begin our inevitable climb to days that are ruined by a sun whose power has been inflated by the human liberation of carbon."