As you surely know, Seattle Channel's lanky, even-keeled host, C.R. Douglas, announced his impending retirement last month. And though the hunt is on for his replacement, Douglas will be sorely missed--not just for his uncanny ability to get the City's most blustering politicos to open up and give real answers on important issues, but for his ability to break up awkward moments and even, occasionally, lighten tense situations. more ›

For years, wonky Seattelites have relied on the calming, rational voice of one man: C.R. Douglas. His calm demeanor and ability to draw comprehensive answers from even the cagiest politicians has been a true asset to the Seattle Channel, and the city as a whole. But now, the Seattle Channel has to find his replacement. Could it be you? more ›

Tonight, City Inside/Out hosts a discussion on Seattle's homelessness problem stretching outside of Downtown, and outreach organizations following suit, with both outreach organizations and neighborhood groups. Can a compromise be reached? more ›

HAVE SOME FAITH: George Michael wrote songs that informed the sexuality of millions of young girls around the world—songs that went on to become gay anthems, long before he came out. The 25Live Tour promises to be the hottest, funnest, gayest, screamy-est concert Key Arena has seen all year. Wave to this Seattlest who will be sitting in the second row. more ›

The study, as approved by the committee, would estimate construction costs per mile and yearly operation and maintenance costs for the six lines. Among other issues, it would identify detailed street corridors, issues with construction and utility location, how the lines would fit into Metro's bus routes, estimate the number of riders and provide ways to finance the lines, which are costlier than buses. more ›

We here at Seattlest use the internet a lot, so when a website we visit strikes us as exceptionally useful, we think it deserves some props, even if doing so makes us look a little dorky. We'll warn you in advance, it’s going to be hard to swallow what we're about to say, so brace yourself. more ›

Somehow, in between day jobs, practices, live shows, and recording their second album Beehive Sessions (produced by the Posies' Jon Auer), everybody's favorite performance group/art collective/pop band "Awesome" has found the time to put together a new theater extravaganza for all ages. And though it's kid-tested mother-approved, there's still scads of local talent involved: Here's What Happened is directed by WET's Jennifer Zeyl and has a different guest narrator each night--actor Charles Leggett, Almost Live! and Seattle Channel's Nancy Guppy, and man about town Sean Nelson. more ›

STORIES: Matt "Defective Yeti" Baldwin, one of the 12 funniest people on the Internet, appears with Sean O'Connor at a special A Guide to Visitors event. It's being filmed for the Seattle Channel, it's free, and the organizers point out that the Skylark serves "Tater Tots and mozzarella sticks." more ›

Peak Oil isn't a story to frighten just kids with anymore. Adults are getting in on it, too. We missed seeing doom-and-gloom purveyor James Howard Kunstler deliver his patented jeremiad at Town Hall last Sunday, but the good news is he's going to be popping up like Caddyshack molehills on the Seattle Channel throughout June. more ›

A few weeks ago, Capitol Hill Housing had its Annual Meeting, which may surprise you if, like Seattlest, you were unaware that CCHIP existed at all. The community-based non-profit housing development and management corporation is dedicated to the twin goals of affordable housing and the preservation of neighborhood character. more ›

The Seattle Town Hall is officially On Notice, for having the Elizabeth Kolbert Science Series lecture in the basement. Far too many people were interested in her lecture based on her climate change writing--we were third in line when they locked the doors and turned us away, and the line was still snaking around the corner. They're not quite Dead to Me, because Seattle Channel is filming Kolbert's talk, and will broadcast it online sometime soon for all to see for free. more ›

Mayor Greg Nickels delivered a State of the City speech on Monday that hit on a bunch of Seattlest's favorite talking points, but failed to mention the growing divide between the mayor's office and the parks department and various neighborhood groups in the city. That's gotta be a tough one to swallow for neighborhoods whose primary complaint seems to be the lack of acknowledgement of their complaints. more ›

98 people have applied for the vacant seat on the Seattle City Council. more ›

Whatcha gonna do when Kerlikowske comes for you? more ›

Noam Chomsky is coming on Wednesday to talk about what he consistently talks about, this time titled "Illegal but Legitimate: A Dubious Doctrine for the Times." The good news is that he's going to be at the large-ish venue, Meany Theatre, at UW and tickets are free. That would have been great news for you maybe a week ago, though, which leads us to the bad news: It's sold out. Seattlest is quite sure that both the linguistic and political sides of Chomsky would have issues with a free event being "sold out," but there it is. more ›