Yesterday morning, I joined State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson, UNITE HERE Local 8 Union President Erik Van Rossum, and workers at a rally of Space Needle employees seeking long sought-after pay raises. The previous evening I sent this letter to Space Needle President Ron Sevart, urging him not to appeal the recent National Labor […]

Can One Reel save the Bumbershoot Arts Festival by partnering with Showbox Presents/AEG Live?

Did you catch this year’s Bumbershoot art exhibits and the Mayor’s Arts Awards?

The recently “retired” Managing Director of the Seattle International Film Festival was honored today with a joint Mayor-Council proclamation.

Nominate your favorite artists or arts groups for a Mayor’s Arts Award by May 15th!

In 1988, Disneyland’s “Imagineers” pitched a plan to breathe new life into the Center, requiring commercializing most of the Center’s grounds. It was rejected.

Last Friday I heard from SDOT that people would be able to walk across the West Thomas Street overpass by the end of the day. I haven’t had the experience of making that walk yet, but that doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm about the project’s completion. I’m so glad it’s open. The West Thomas Street Overpass […]

This Friday, I will participate on a panel for the Social Change Symposium’s “Arts Education & Racial Justice” workshop to be held at Seattle Center.

The City Council voted 6-2 yesterday in favor of a revised Memorandum of Understanding for a basketball and hockey arena in SODO. Below are the remarks I made explaining my vote.

I am pleased that after months of discussion, we are seriously considering a new arena for our SuperSonics and potentially an NHL team. I have moved from “Really? Spend public money on yet another sports arena?” to a qualified, “Yes.”  The proposed plan can work for the people and entities that concern me deeply: the City […]