 Artist Tariqa Waters hosts a sketch and interview show beyond our wildest dreams. Called “Thank You, MS PAM,” Tariqa’s brainchild is filmed from her kaleidoscopic Pioneer Square art gallery Martyr Sauce. It’s an imagination celebration full of childhood nostalgia, local artists, makers, educators, and giant lunch boxes.
 “Who are we without salmon?” The Lummi Nation considers themselves the Salmon People, and the Salish Sea’s orcas their relatives. Both rely on the Chinook salmon. Hoping to reverse decades of the fish species’ population decline, Lummi members are uniting tribes throughout the region in a fight to remove Snake River dams that block natural Chinook salmon runs.
 As new and returning state lawmakers get ready for the upcoming legislative session that starts Monday, Brian Callanan talks housing, gun safety, drug possession laws, and more with your Seattle electeds on City Inside/Out.
 Pioneer Square’s new micro district, RailSpur, welcomes its first three retail spaces. Cassette Club, Heard Coffee, and Beerdega (a bike club, cafe, and beer and provisions shop, respectively) kick off a new chapter for the neighborhood.
 This Seattle City Light rap (yes, you read that right) created by Seattle legend Sir Mix-a-Lot and other local artists is just plain good advice. Performers share tips for keeping your electricity bill down in winter months via the universal languages of song, dance, and ’80s fashion.
 The free and confidential 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in July and its resources and services are already growing. Partnering group Crisis Connections answers calls in 250 languages, and callers can dial 988-4 to be connected to the Native and Strong Crisis Lifeline, the first helpline in the country run by and for Indigenous communities.
 Meet Hamdi Mohamed, the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Director as of last summer. She uses the office to highlight the frontline work so many immigrants and refugees do in Seattle and engage them in the processes of our city.
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