Go to Folklife This Year
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means it’s time to break out the tank tops, fire up the grill, and rediscover that the lakes are still really freaking cold in May. And it’s also time to scoot down to Seattle Center to go to Folklife. I know, I know. The only thing you think of when…
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Seattle Social Housing Developer Buys First Building
The Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) has announced its first acquisition, a 150-unit apartment building in the heart of downtown. It plans to turn half of these units into affordable housing. The building, called the Elara at the Market, is a few blocks north of Pike Place Market. SSHD expects to close the sale in…
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I Saw U: Saying Hi in Cal Anderson Park, Smiling in Maple Leaf Park, and Hanging With Your Dogs at the Sculpture Park
Trader Joe’s CutieTo the girl with the most gorgeous, teal eyes I’ve ever seen! U told me I was pretty while bagging my groceries at Cap Hill. Can we be best friends? Cutie Near Cal weds 5/20You in Gym clothes, me in my uniform. We crossed paths @ Howell/11th Ave next to Cal. You said…
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Hope on the 2 Line
We were on the 2 Line, headed north. You were across from us with a tiny human who kept going back and forth between you and your spouse, when a tall beauty sat down wearing pink tights with a pink tulle skirt and fur legwarmers. The tiny human said the tall beauty looked so amazing,…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Memorial Day Weekend: May 22–25, 2026
We’ve got a couple dozen ideas for how to spend your Memorial Day weekend. So dig in below, then head to events from the Northwest Folklife Festival to Melt Music & Mutual Aid Fair and from the inaugural Ballard Book Crawl to the first Bicycle Weekend of the season. For more ideas, check out our…
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Slog AM: Seattle Cat Rescued from Fire, Trump Admin Bad and Weird at Public Health, Colbert’s Final ‘Late Night’ Monologue
Washington State Patrol Sued: The Washington State Patrol settled a lawsuit from former troopers who alleged the agency deleted or withheld texts, emails, and other records related to their October 2021 firings for refusing Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID vaccine requirements. WSP is paying out $340,000. The same former troopers are part of a broader lawsuit…
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Ticket Alert: Chance the Rapper, KATSEYE, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Don’t say we didn’t warn you—tickets for these newly announced shows are about to go on sale! Chance the Rapper celebrates a decade of the Coloring Book mixtape with his first Seattle show in a decade. Global girl group KATSEYE embarks on their Wildworld Tour this fall. Plus, the lead singer of indie pop group…
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A New Art Fair and a Party in the Muses’ Lair
There’s a huge art party in an eight-story building downtown! Also, a new art fair! But first, let’s talk about Seattle Art Museum Workers United (SAMWU), the new union recently formed and announced last week. It represents over 100 employees from a range of departments (with the exception of security guards, who already have a…
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Hey, Are You Running in the Seattle Waterfront Marathon This Weekend?
At the end of April, Seattle’s running community caught wind of a new marathon, the Seattle Waterfront Marathon set for this Sunday, May 24th. For a $100 registration fee, marathoners would take off from Genesee Park and run a 26.2 mile-loop along Lake Washington Boulevard and finish in Seward Park. It sounds great if you’re…
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Slog AM: Jan 6 Cops Sue the DOJ, Harrell Has a New Job, and Trump Ogles Graduating Coast Guard Cadets
Good morning! It’s beautiful and sunny as I write this, and theoretically it’s supposed to stay that way. We’ve got one of those not-a-cloud-in-the-sky forecasts. But, in spring in Seattle, reporting a weather prediction feels a little bit like reading tarot cards. It’s fun, maybe it shapes how you spend your day, but it’s really…
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I Smell Something in the Air…It Smells Like the KEXP BBQ
Cue Wendy Rene’s “Bar-B-Q”! Last year KEXP revived its beloved summer tradition after a 13-year hiatus, and it looks like it’s here to stay, with a lineup good enough to compete with Bumbershoot and Capitol Hill Block Party. The lineup this year—taking place Saturday, August 22 at Seattle Center—is short but sweet: garage-rock revivalist Ty…
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Star Baby
Baby Gorilla, born May 18, 2026, at 5:50 a.m. at the Woodland Park Zoo It’s an especially busy week, but when Megan challenged me to do the Woodland Park Zoo’s baby gorilla’s astrological chart yesterday morning in Slog AM, what was I supposed to do? Not drop everything to quickly do amateur astrology for a…
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