On Wednesday, March 20 at 11:35 pm, the Seattle Police Department released a statement announcing “homicide detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed in … [Cal Anderson] park Wednesday night” due to a “disturbance in the basketball courts.” Witness calls to 911 began a little before 10:00…
Posts published in March 2019
At 9:15 on the morning of March 15, the fire alarm in Seattle Central’s Science and Math building (SAM) went off. All students and staff in the building evacuated and waited for nearly 30 minutes as the fire department arrived, cleared the building, and left. According to the Security Office…
3.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Carol Danvers — a.k.a. Captain Marvel — is finally here, and she has fully conquered her first big screen debut. The first iteration of the Captain Marvel character was introduced in 1967.…
4.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Every year, Pacific Northwest Ballet holds a Director’s Choice mixed-rep program, leaning away from established repertory with new works and risky choices. PNB Director, Peter Boal, overwhelmingly delivers quality performances on…
As of March 2019, King County Metro will be changing how it enforces payment on buses, including Rapid Ride, especially those on Third Avenue. The changes to the fare violation program will no longer make failure to pay a fare citation misdemeanor, meaning violators won’t need to go to court…
This coming Thursday, March 14th marks the start of Emerald City Comic Con. ECCC is a three day gathering at the Washington State Convention Center that by their own description “delivers the best that the comics and pop culture industry has to offer directly from the creators”. The con features…
On March 7th, the Northwest Film Forum and Seattle Central’s College Activities Board co-hosted an event entitled “Womxn’s Future” in the Erickson Theatre. This is the second of NWFF and CAB’s “Future/Community Conversations” series, the first being “Black Future.” The event featured a diverse group of panelists. Creative instigator for…
On Wednesday, March 6, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and several members of the American Security Project (ASP) non-profit participated in a panel on climate change and its effects on national security. Inslee, who recently announced his 2020 presidential run, has long been an advocate of clean energy, and while…
4 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) “There Will Be No Intermission”, the most recent LP from Amanda Palmer, was released on March 8th. Those already familiar with Palmer, better known by her stage name Amanda Fucking Palmer…
The Seattle Weekly, formerly a weekly tribune, discontinued their run as The Stranger’s predecessor and only alternative press rival, as of March 1, 2019. The last hard copy version of the paper was printed on Wednesday, February 27th. From their humble beginnings as an alternative to mainstream Seattle newspapers, the…
