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The quick and dirty guide to the 43rd annual Seattle International Film Festival

The festival will feature a nice, round 400 films, split across 161 features, 58 documentaries, 14 archival showings and 163 short films. Actor spotlights will celebrate the work of Anjelica Huston and Sam Elliott.

Clash, arrests, at pro-Trump rally in Westlake

“I don’t know what I was expecting,” said a Trump supporter who identified himself as Mark. “This was the first time I’ve done any of this.”

More than a thousand march for immigrants and organized labor on May Day

A two-hour rally for sign-making and speeches -- delivered to an open field under cold morning rain -- began at Judkins Park, followed by a march to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne that passed through the Central District, Capitol Hill, First Hill and the Sixth Avenue downtown corridor.

Garden Hotline: Edible spring weeds

Frustrated with your weeds? This year, consider a new plan for revenge: tossing them in a salad and eating them!

Garden Hotline: Edible spring weeds

Frustrated with your weeds? This year, consider a new plan for revenge: tossing them in a salad and eating them!

Sawant secures May 1 'day of conscience' for city employees

The Seattle City Council has passed a resolution to allow city employees to take an unpaid day of conscience on May 1, May Day, "without retaliation,” according to the language of the bill.

Thousands rally for pro-science policy and funding

"Let's be the steam that moves the wheels of the world," March for Science organizer tells supporters

Supporters of scientific funding and progressive science policy held signs that read “I’m a Scientific American,” or “Mr. President, science gave us Rogaine,” or “Without belief in science, we would be cooking over wood in the dark.” A popular choice was “There is no Planet B!”

Murray promises city income tax in first mayoral debate

"It's going to be challenged in court," mayor says

Mayor Ed Murray announced he intends to institute a citywide income tax on Seattle’s highest earners, and defend said tax in the State Supreme Court, potentially leading to an income tax statewide.

Should the Community Police Commission be represented by district?

One councilmember says yes; commission chairs aren't so sure

Councilmember Debora Juarez says yes; commission chairs aren't so sure.

WSDOT wants to work on 520 at night, neighbors would rather they kept quiet

The Washington State Department of Transportation has asked  the city of Seattle for a noise variance to allow nighttime construction on the State Route 520 bridge for the next seven years. About 50 residents of waterfront communities near the construction had one word for that request at a recent meeting: Shush.

Revisiting the Park: The art of the dance

Seattle's mid-century singles scene was full of fun -- and danger

We — the almost-legal-agers — often met in one of the three taverns in Madison Park after a hard day’s work.

Food Matters: Sweet scoops on Madison

Ice cream that will make you scream

Scoop du Jour has been at 4029 E. Madison since 1984, if you can believe it.

Seattle establishes $1 million legal defense fund for defendants in immigration proceedings

Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs will soon establish a $1 million legal defense fund for residents who face immigration proceedings.