šŸ“° Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The 1938 kerfuffle over Seattle's newsstands.

Seattle Channel logo transparent

Celebrating 50 years of Seattleā€™s P-Patch Community Gardening Program šŸ‘Øā€šŸŒ¾

A gardener works in a Yesler Terrace P-Patch

Help us wish Seattleā€™s P-Patch Community Gardening Program a happy birthday! This beloved community gardening program, one of the largest in the nation, got its start 50 years ago in the Wedgwood neighborhood. ā Seattle Department of Neighborhoods leads the program, and has this retrospective.

Ā 

Wine about Washington šŸ·

A glass of wine is poured

Go behind the scenes at South Seattle Collegeā€™s Northwest Wine Academy.Ā The program makes careers in wine accessible to many who may not have seen it as a viable option and has graduates working in wineries and tasting rooms across the state. Ā 

Ā 

Moisture Festival soaks up the fun

A performer during the Moisture Festival

Laughter, camaraderie, and a show like nothing you've seen before. Moisture FestivalĀ runs through April 16 at the Broadway Performance Hall and packs in ā€œcomedy, variety, circus arts, neo vaudeville, every kind of thing you can imagine.ā€ Watch for a peek behind the curtain.

Ā 

Katherine Bradford paints from (and for) the heart

Art of Katherine Bradford

Katherine Bradford's paintings are like hot cocoa for the soul. A warm hug. The sun on your skin. Her first ever museum survey "Flying Woman: The Paintings of Katherine Bradford" fills more than three rooms at the (always free) Frye Art Museum, and runs through May 14.

Ā 

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The 1938 kerfuffle over Seattle's newsstands.

1938 Seattle newsstand

Folks had big feelings about little newsstands in 1938 Seattle. A complaint triggered detailed reports on stands all over the cityĀ that includeĀ photos of said newsstands surrounded by people chatting, running errands, and catching the streetcar show Seattle like weā€™ve never seen it in the history books.

Ā 

Author Eric Pitsenbarger turns back time

Author Eric Pitsenbarger photos

ā€œBeaujolais in My Blood: Growing up Gay and Well-Fed in a Family-Run French Restaurantā€ is written from the perspective of author Eric Pitsenbarger's "disgruntled (and closeted) teenage self," and it brings everything to the table, from celebrity cameos to family secrets to true love.