Monthly Archives: January 2021

Hopefully by 2022 we’re having parades and parties again — But Seattle Pride making early call to move 2021 celebration online

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Hell no, you can’t cancel Pride — but you can be realistic about pandemic-era scheduling.

The organizers of Seattle Pride aren’t waiting around. In 2021, Seattle’s celebration of LGBTQIA+ will again be virtual:

As the COVID-19 pandemic response continues to restrict large public gatherings, Seattle Pride – the organizer of Seattle Pride in the Park and Seattle Pride Parade – will shift  its annual LGBTQIA+ celebratory events to a virtual weekend (June 26 & 27, 2021) of speakers,
performances and more.

“With the pandemic still spreading at a rapid pace, we could not in good conscience move forward with plans for our June events which bring thousands of people together in close proximity,” said Seattle Pride Executive Director Krystal Marx. “Our efforts now shift to building on the success of last year’s virtual Pride, so we can continue to bring our community together to celebrate diversity.”

In 2020, organizers responded to the risks around large gatherings with an April decision to move the energy from the annual parade and celebrations on Capitol Hill and Seattle Center to online gatherings and virtual events. Continue reading →

By the way, the Capitol Hill GameStop has closed

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Shares in gaming retail giant GameStop have soared in the most 2021 of Wall Street rallies:

The swings have largely been organized by amateur investors on forums such as Reddit and have forced a halt to trading multiple times, sparking confusion from traditional investors and short-sellers who are betting on the stock falling.

Analysts say the struggling brick and mortar retailer’s stock should actually be priced about 95% lower based on its weak sales and outlook.

And, analysts and traders, take note: Any future GameStop revenue potential won’t include sales here on Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

A month after its sweep and reopening, efforts to reshape Cal Anderson starting small with new tree lights on Nagle, volunteer work parties

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The new tree lighting on Nagle (Image: Hunters Capital)

A month since Cal Anderson reopened after a sweep of activists and homeless encampments, new tree lighting along Nagle Place and community clean-ups planned for the area represent small progress in efforts to improve the park and address the long-term issues that have challenged the busy public green space.

Earlier this month, the trees along the western edge of the park on Nagle between Barbara Bailey Way and Pine were draped with strings of lights, “one of the many efforts that the Cal Anderson Park Alliance, community partners, and the City are working on together to revitalize the area around Cal Anderson Park,” the announcement of the small project reads.

Meanwhile, Seattle Parks-organized volunteer work parties hoped to give the community more opportunities to help the park deal with issues around trash, graffiti, and damage will begin this weekend. Continue reading →

Capitol Hill-bound Intiman Theater adds new director

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Intiman Theater, set to make a new home on Capitol Hill in an innovative partnership at Seattle Central hoped to create opportunities for BIPOC stage and performance workers, has announced a new leader to help guide its move into the new neighborhood.

Amy Zimerman has joined Intiman as its new managing director and will lead the organization alongside artistic director Jennifer Zeyl.

The nonprofit veteran will guide Intiman as it develops a new associate degree program emphasis in Technical Theatre for Social Justice at Seattle Central with training and roles for diverse designers, lighting techs, and theater crews.

The new partnership and program slated to start in fall of 2021 will put Intiman to work on Seattle Central’s stages inside Harvard Ave’s Erickson Theater and inside the Broadway Performance Hall and puts an end of the recent wanderings of Intiman productions and, hopefully, years of financial uncertainty.

The theater group hopes to raise $1.5 million as part of its move to Capitol Hill. You can learn more and donate here.

 

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Checking in: Paint Salon opens in pandemic-era Pike/Pine

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By Gabrielle Locke

In past CHS “Checking in” posts, we’ve talked with longtime neighborhood favorites about how they’re surviving, thriving, and struggling through the COVID-19 crisis.

But this “Checking in” is a different kind of story.

Paint Salon opened last year at 13th and Pike in the middle of the pandemic but its first-time salon owners say they’ve never been busier as stylists.

“People love to get their hair done because it makes them feel good about themselves. And people want to feel good more than ever during these hard times.” Paint co-owner Erin Caldwell tells CHS.

Caldwell and business partner Paige Morgan set out to shape Paint for with a setup meant to create a safe environment for stylists and customers with considerations about the long-term effects of things like hair coloring and blow drying. But Paint is also shaped for the times it has been born into. Continue reading →

Seattle vaccination efforts hit an ‘operational pause’ — Are you ‘double masking’ yet?

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After an inspirational successful first wave for health workers and some of its most vulnerable citizens in care facilities across the state, Washington’s first efforts to reach the general public with COVID-19 vaccinations is off to a rough and demoralizing start — part of a frustrating reality across the nation.

Gov. Jay Inslee is planning to address the efforts Tuesday afternoon and is sticking to his message that the state is making progress toward its vaccination goals.

Meanwhile, more health officials are advising people consider making a big change to their face covering strategy — more people are double masking as virulent new strains of the virus emerge.

At Seattle University where the city’s first community clinic opened to provide the vaccine to members of the general public 65 and older or qualifying for the first tier of the state’s rollout, the message to those waiting for their first shot is a frustrating reminder that we have a long way to go to put an end to the pandemic.

“Due to a change in the state’s allocation strategy toward starting up mass vaccination clinics in other areas, our community clinic is currently on an operational pause, awaiting more vaccine supply; this takes effect Friday, Jan. 29,” the message posted by Swedish about its Seattle U clinic reads. Continue reading →

Final designs take shape for new four-story neighbor behind Dingfelder’s Deli

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The latest design for 14th and Pine from Revolve

A four-story building could rise from the empty lot behind Dingfelder’s Deli at 14th Ave E and E Pine as early as this summer.

The project at 1320 E Pine is being built by Seattle-based Revolve Development, and it is set to come before the Design Review Board Wednesday.

The proposal would create an L-shaped building that will wrap around the existing deli (the building housing Dingfelder’s is not part of the development and will remain) and touch both 14th Ave and Pine next to Seattle Fire Station 25. The plans call for 79 residential units, with a mix of studio, 1 – and 2-bedroom units, the bulk of which will be studios. It will also have about 1,700 square feet of commercial space along Pine.

John Schack, founder of Revolve, said the development company plans to install a type 1 shaft in the commercial space which would allow for a potential restaurant tenant to operate a full kitchen. Schack said the plan is to have either a restaurant, other food and drink type establishment, or retail in the space.

“We are committing to food and beverage, or some type of retail that would create some type of interactive space on the street,” he said.

Continue reading →

Seattle adds required COVID-19 hazard pay for grocery workers

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The Seattle City Council Monday approved legislation requiring hazard pay for some of the city’s most at-risk workers during the ongoing pandemic: grocery workers.

“Hazard pay for grocery workers is the least we can do to recognize the dangers they face when going to work, including unmasked customers, customers who are coughing and not respecting social distancing rules, and cleaning of commonly used surfaces,” citywide councilmember Teresa Mosqueda said about the passage of her bill. “Many grocery stores were paying their workers hazard pay early on in the pandemic, but that recognition quickly went away last summer, despite grocery store workers still facing serious risk of contracting COVID-19 at their workplace.” Continue reading →

Police investigating after man survives being shot in head and drives from North Seattle to E Roanoke I-5 exit

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A man who told police he had been shot in the head in North Seattle early Tuesday morning drove five miles before exiting I-5 north of Capitol Hill and was rushed to the hospital where a bullet was to be extracted from his head, SPD says.

The emergency incident played out at Boylston and E Roanoke where police and Seattle Fire were called just after 12:30 AM to the reported shooting.

The 35-year-old victim had a laceration to his head but was reported in stable condition, according to Seattle Fire. Continue reading →

Seward Park homicide suspect arrested in Capitol Hill traffic stop charged with first degree murder

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The man taken into custody with blood on his hands after passing out behind the wheel of his car at 17th and Madison has been charged with first degree murder in the killing of a 21-year-old woman found stripped naked and shot to death near Seward Park.

CHS reported here on the January 14th arrest of Bryson Morgan in the 4 AM traffic stop near 17th and Madison as the suspect was found inside the blood splattered car along with a 9mm handgun, two fired rounds, a live round, and suspected illegal drugs. Police say they also found women’s clothing and shoes inside the car.

The victim in the homicide has been identified as Autumn Young. The Seattle Times reports she was raised in Portland. Continue reading →