As we previously mentioned, the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs has hired a new sheriff. Vincent Kitch, currently the Cultural Arts Program Manager for the City of Austin, will be taking the helm of the government agency (pending City Council approval) April 4th and is town this evening to meet and greet with his new city. more ›

We've been hammering rather bluntly at city services, so we thought to relate recent instances where they've gotten it right, for fairness' sake. Add yours in the comments, should you feel so inspired. more ›

The UK's Guardian Unlimited spoke to Seattle's Fleet Foxes (thanks, CHS) ("a group whose unique sound is hymnal and baroque, with mandolins and banjos and extraordinary vocal harmonies") and got the scoop on Seattle's development opportunity. more ›

It's not that development in itself sucks; it's that our county and city government doesn't believe in development for art's sake, despite all those studies about the half billion the arts return to the community. When we look around, we don't see a lot of public investment in the single most expensive thing that artists and smaller arts organizations have to face: a place to work, rehearse, show, perform. more ›

If the sampling includes exactly Seattlest's commitment-phobic friend who just bought his first condo and the participants in a recent office conversation, then absolutely everyone is moving to West Seattle. Per that conversation there are only two things West Seattle doesn't have: wedding dresses and a Trader Joes. Oh, and jobs. And pull with the city government. Four things! Yes, if it weren't for weddings, two-buck chuck and work there would be no reason to ever leave the burrough. It must truly be a paradise. more ›

, a quiet storm has been brewing. On June 6, Ostrom followed up with a report on the overwhelming number of requests for "opt-out" bracelets researchers had received following her story (the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, the parent organization running the study through the UW and Harborview, provides the bracelets free to people requesting them). more ›

It may be one of the subjects the P-I used to deride the City Council lately, but we're happy to see someone paying attention to a form of recreation in this city that doesn't involve fleece, lycra or gortex. Skateboarding exists in the collective mind of the city government - That's a good thing. more ›

Today, it's $4.5 million, as reported by the Seattle P-I and Seattle Times. A year ago, the Seattle Times reported, unquestioningly, the "news" that: more ›