From soulful music performances to stealthy feathered neighbors, the Seattle Channel team captured 2024 through mesmerizing storytelling. Here are some highlights selected by our talented staff.
Seattleites brought out the best and boldest pieces of their wardrobes this weekend as a bright lineup of musicians took the stage at the 25th Capitol Hill Block Party. Photographer Tatyana Kurepina took portraits of fashion seen on the streets.
Here in Washington, we live amongst active volcanoes, fortress-like mountain ranges, rainforests, prairies, a glacially-carved fjord estuary, dramatic coasts, and big sky deserts. If we’ve learned anything from our countless nature stories, it’s that we–the people, plants, animals, and fungi of the Pacific Northwest–are all connected. We gathered a few… [ Keep reading ]
Portraits by Ulysses Curry; Story by Ulysses Curry & Tyler Sipe We are spotlighting the achievements of 10 trailblazing Black women in Seattle this Black History Month. They are making waves in the city’s educational, business, cultural, food, and arts spaces. Their connections to the city are as diverse as… [ Keep reading ]
Alice Looney, Renee Davis, Jacqueline Salyers, and Misty Upham were all found dead. In some cases, they went missing first. Law enforcement killed them in others. Each of them, along with the countless other missing and murdered Indigenous women across the U.S., are the reason Rosalie Fish runs with a red… [ Keep reading ]
Sixty years ago, the Century 21 Exposition opened its doors to the public amidst bells, balloons, and celebratory fighter jets. In the six months between April 21 and October 21, 1962, nearly ten million visitors flocked to the fairgrounds, what we now call Seattle Center, including celebrities like Elvis Presley,… [ Keep reading ]
BY TYLER SIPE / SEATTLE CHANNEL STAFF George Bakan passed away at his desk last June, surrounded by a symbol of his life’s work: towering piles of the newspaper Seattle Gay News (SGN). Before the internet and smartphone apps delivered news and connected people, SGN shared stories of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ population who were marginalized, harassed, faced frequent discrimination, and… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle region has no shortage of mold-breaking, earth-shaking, history-making women. Our city is better for their strength and innovation, and so are we. This Women’s History Month, we’re helping pass the baton from historical and present-day leaders to the women who will shape the future. Rev. Phyllis R. Beaumonte… [ Keep reading ]
History isn’t behind us. We live in the world it created every day. That’s why it’s so important to us to bring you the stories, old and new, that make us who we are. This February we’re remembering and honoring the legacy of Black Seattleites who played key roles in… [ Keep reading ]
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