The Holidays Are a Real Drag! | Social Equity in Cannabis | A Life in Poetry

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The holidays can be such a drag

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme

From the two queens behind "All I Want for Christmas is Attention" and "To Jesus, Thanks for Everything," comes "The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special." No mere pandemic can stop them from (safely) spreading holiday cheer, complete with talking eggnog and the mysterious "naked man," obviously.

Laugh It Up

Seeking equity in the cannabis industry

Shawn Kemp's marijuana store

Washington has a new Social Equity in Cannabis Taskforce to help people of color and other minorities gain a foothold in the lucrative cannabis industry. Will it succeed in addressing past harms from the war on drugs and help create generational wealth? And why is Seattle's legendary Reign Man getting into the game?

Seeing Green

"I realized my life could be the stuff of poetry"

Nancy Pearl and Kathleen Flenniken on Book Lust

Mother, civil engineering degree-holder, and former Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken isn’t trying to rhyme like Frost, but says that reading contemporary poetry gave her "permission to write about her...ordinary, circumscribed life." Watch her interview with Nancy Pearl on Book Lust.

Road Less Traveled

After 35 years, local radio icon Marcie Sillman retires

Marcie Sillman

📻 KUOW's popular arts reporter Marcie Sillman is retiring after 35 years on the air. She's shined a spotlight on Seattle’s arts and culture scene for the local NPR station. She's also been a friendly face on Seattle Channel programs like CityStream, Art Zone, Ask the Mayor, and Civic Cocktail. In 2015, Art Zone with Nancy Guppy featured Marcie and her love of ballet.

Signing Off

KUOW’s popular arts reporter Marcie Sillman is retiring after 35 years on the air. She's shined a spotlight on Seattle’s arts and culture scene for the local NPR station. She’s also been a friendly face on Seattle Channel programs like CityStream, Art Zone, Ask the Mayor, and Civic Cocktail. In 2015, Art Zone with Nancy Guppy featured Marcie and her love of ballet.
📻 KUOW’s popular arts reporter Marcie Sillman is retiring after 35 years on the air. She's shined a spotlight on Seattle’s arts and culture scene for the local NPR station. She’s also been a friendly face on Seattle Channel programs like CityStream, Art Zone, Ask the Mayor, and Civic Cocktail. In 2015, Art Zone with Nancy Guppy featured Marcie and her love of ballet.

Savor the sweet sounds of "Stella’s Song"

15-year-old singer/songwriter Mora Kennan performs "Stella's Song"

Fifteen-year-old Mora Kennan wrote "Stella’s Song" for her friend Stella Blue Summer Altwies who died in February of this year. Mora’s debut record, "Adolescence," drops in early 2021.

Stella's Song

Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Council Edition

City Inside/Out Council Edition with host Brian Callanan

Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3 - Central Seattle) joins Brian Callanan on this month's City Inside/Out Council Edition. They discuss topics ranging from public safety to bridge maintenance.

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Dreams do crumb true

Cookies with Tiffany

We could all do with a warm cookie right about now. Tiffany Lewis understands that cookies are more than dessert, they’re a chance to express comfort and care, and build community. Formerly in marketing, she’s now realized her childhood dream of opening up a cookie business right here in Seattle. And yes, they deliver.

Just Dough It

From Sugar Hill to the Pacific Northwest

History of Hip Hop

Dr. Daudi Abe’s dad told him to pick any record in the store. As a nine-year-old, obviously he chose the one that looked like candy, the Sugar Hill Gang’s "Rapper’s Delight." He memorized the 15-minute album in two days. That was his entry into the hip hop world. His new book "Emerald Street," chronicles the Pacific Northwest's hip hop history.

I Want Candy

How are leaders like superheroes?

Look Listen & Learn: You Are a Leader!

This one goes out to the young leaders (and their adults). On this episode of Look, Listen & Learn, Possum and friends learn what it takes to be a good leader, how to see our best superhero selves, and a recipe for the best ever English muffin pizza.

Look, Listen & Lead!

“What we’re seeing is an ecosystem on the precipice of collapse.” Tribes, farmers, and residents of Washington all want healthy land, water and wildlife, but historically saw different paths to that goal and counterproductively pitted themselves against each other.
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
created "Lifeblood," a breathtaking documentation of communities overcoming demonization and 'othering' for survival.