Archive for March, 2012
We visit Belltown and the lovely JewelBox Theater, a cozy historic venue with a lot of spunk, and profile poet and novelist Karen Finneyfrock. We chat with THEESatisfaction, the happenin’ female R&B hip-hop duo, about landing on Sub Pop Records. And Seattle's premier junkyard cabaret band The Bad Things rocks Studio AZ!
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 under Art Zine, Film, Literary, Music, Take 21, Theater.
Tags: Art Zone, hip-hop, junkyard cabaret, movies, Music, Nancy Guppy, theater
Tonight on City Inside/Out with Brian Callanan: Envisioning Seattle’s Waterfront For the past year, the city has hosted community forums to explore the future of the waterfront after the Alaskan Way Viaduct comes down in 2016. What priorities have emerged? In the next few months, a concept design will be delivered to
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Alaskan Way Viaduct, Brian Callanan, City Inside/Out, planning, Waterfont
Mayor McGinn provides an update following his meeting with the Department of Justice. WHEN: March 30 at 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Norman B. Rice Conference Room, 7th Floor, City Hall
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 under Take 21.
Tags: LIVE, Mayor
With the economy down, many businesses are forced to close leaving vacant storefronts in their wake. Learn about an innovative program that is bringing life back to neighborhood business districts. Storefronts Seattle is transforming empty storefronts into eye-catching works of art and affordable enclaves for creative businesses and artist studios, all the
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Posted: March 29th, 2012 under Economy, Parks and Recreation, Public Safety, Take 21, Transportation.
Tags: bike patrols, CityStream, Lake Union Park, Storefronts Seattle, urban greenways
Mayor Mike McGinn and Police Chief John Diaz for a press conference this morning at City Hall.
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Posted: March 29th, 2012 under City Issues, Police Accountability, Take 21.
Tags: Mayor Mike McGinn, Mayor's Media Availability, Police
With “Focusing on the Basics” a key commitment of the 2012 Transportation Action Agenda, today Mayor Mike McGinn highlighted work underway to maintain and improve Seattle’s streets. With the NE Ravenna Boulevard project now in construction, the city is on schedule to rebuild 15 lane-miles of road in 2012. To further help
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Posted: March 28th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: LIVE, Mayor, transportation
Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper leads an ACLU of Washington forum subtitled, "Toward a Police Culture Beyond the War on Drugs." Stamper points to the twin wars on terror and on drugs as having spurred what he calls a regrettable "militarization" of police work. A timely conversation in the wake of
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Posted: March 27th, 2012 under City Issues, Police Accountability, Public Safety, Take 21.
Tags: Department of Justice, Norm Stamper, Police, Town Square
The March edition of Ask the Mayor with Mike McGinn has been cancelled. The next show with host Brian Callanan is scheduled 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25. In the meantime still send in your questions! Email: askthemayor@seattle.gov Submit a question online: seattlechannel.org/AskTheMayor Twitter: @SeattleChannel Facebook: facebook.com/SeattleChannel If you missed February's edition tune in now
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Posted: March 26th, 2012 under City Issues, Take 21.
Tags: Ask the Mayor, Mayor Mike McGinn
As part of its Art and Environment series, Seattle Art Museum hosts a panel discussion on the "Future of Public Space," asking "who is the 'public' in public space?" and "how can public spaces become more sustainable?" The conversation also touches on the Seattle Center's recent international urban design contest for public
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Posted: March 26th, 2012 under Art Zine, Take 21.
Tags: art, environment, Seattle Art Museum, Town Square
With Interim Superintendent Susan Enfield’s decision to leave for the Highline School District, Seattle Public Schools is in turmoil again. What insights does Enfield have for her replacement? What should the top priorities be for educating Seattle’s kids? Enfield joins us in the studio for a candid one-on-one discussion on this week's City
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Posted: March 23rd, 2012 under Schools, Take 21.
Tags: City Inside/Out, education, Seattle Public Schools, Superintendent Susan Enfield
