Seattle

On ballots that went out last week, voters have two choices to make to determine the future of Seattle’s newest plan for housing.

The first is whether the developer should be funded at all. The next choice — regardless of the previous answer — is how.

Option 1A is with a new employer tax on all salaries over $1 million a year. Backers hope the 5% tax would raise as much as $50 million a year to be spent on buying and, eventually, developing housing that would be cost-controlled and owned by taxpayers.

Option 1B is to fund the developer with $10 million a year in existing city funding — specifically the city’s JumpStart tax on large corporations in Seattle.

This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It's only what intrigues me, by being at least A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I'll be the fat old fart in the back row.

Film at the Beacon:
• David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful and Strange (2025)
playing through SUN FEB 9 — $5

Performance at Seattle Public Theater:
• Where is Here?
playing thru SUN FEB 2 — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $10

Film at Luther's Table in Renton:
• How We Grow (2017)
WED JAN 29, 7:00 PM — FREE

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
WED JAN 29 – SUN FEB 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
• Slacker (1991)
WED JAN 29 – SUN FEB 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at Mt. Baker Community Club:
• Seattle Black Panthers: Fight for Justice & Freedom (2024)
THU JAN 30, 6:00 PM — FREE

Performance at Seattle Rep:
• Blues for an Alabama Sky
Previews THU JAN 30 - TUE FEB 4, 7:30 PM — TICKETS START AT $22 Running THU FEB 6 - SUN FEB 23 — TICKETS START AT $25 FOR SOME SHOWS

• Celebrating the National Park Service at the Steam Plant
SAT FEB 1, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

• Firepit social at Pier 62 and Overlook Walk
EVERY SUNDAY (WEATHER PERMITTING) 3PM-6PM — FREE

Performance at Church of the Ascension:
• A Little Afternoon Music
SUN FEB 2, 2PM — FREE

Film at the Beacon:
• Knightriders (1981)
WED FEB 5 - THU FEB 6 — $12.50

Performance at UW North Allen Library Lobby:
• UW First Wednesday Concert
WED FEB 5, 12:30 PM — FREE

Performance at ArtsWest:
• Covenant
Preview: WED FEB 5, 7:30 PM — $10 (Regular run FEB 6 – MAR 2 is unaffordable)

FREE FIRST THURSDAY at most Seattle museums:
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• National Nordic Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Asian Art Museum
• Volunteer Park Conservatory
THU FEB 6 — AND EVERY FIRST THURSDAY

Play at Annex Theater:
• Gold
Playing thru SAT FEB 8, 7:30 PM — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $5

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
• Sing Sing (2024)
FRI FEB 7 – SUN FEB 16 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

• Georgetown Wet Weather Facility Tour
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

• Tour of the Moore Theater
SAT FEB 8, 10AM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Film at Auburn Library:
• The Black Panthers-Vanguard of the Revolution
TUE FEB 11, 5:30 PM — FREE

Film at the Beacon:
• Secret Cinema
TUE FEB 11, 7:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Central Library:
• Ladies Musical Club
WED FEB 12, NOON — FREE

Performance at at Benaroya Hall:
• Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side with Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
THU FEB 13, 7:30 PM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUESTED

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
• The Cartoons of Max Fleischer (1928-38)
TUE FEB 14, 7:00 PM — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Conversation at Town Hall:
• US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Washington Rep Liz Berry (D-38th)
SUN FEB 16, 7:30 PM — SLIDING-SCALE TICKETS START AT $10

Performance at Lapis Theater:
• Works in Progress (open mic literature)
TUE FEB 18, 6PM — FREE BUT REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Film at Northwest Film Forum:
• Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024)
FRI FEB 21 – SUN MAR 2 — $15; $10 FOR KIDDIES/STUDENTS/OLD FARTS; $7 FOR MEMBERS

Film at First United Methodist Church:
• The Occupation of the American Mind (2016)
SUN FEB 23, 12:30 PM — FREE

Performance at Highline Heritage Museum:
• Seven Stories
FRI FEB 28, 7:30 PM — COST IS NOT MENTIONED ON WEBSITE

ALWAYS FREE
• Center for Wooden Boats (Wednesdays – Sundays)
• Center on Contemporary Art (Thursdays – Saturdays)
• Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (closed Mondays)
• Frye Art Museum
• Klondike Gold Rush Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
• Kubota Garden
• Log House Museum (Fridays & Saturdays)
• Museum Pass from King County Public Library
• Olympic Sculpture Park

According to testimony at his trial, Nelson ignored his training and moved to arrest Sarey by himself, resulting in a scuffle that ended when Nelson shot Sarey in the belly at point-blank range. Testimony and video showed that as Sarey slumped to the ground, Nelson cleared a malfunction in his handgun, looked around and then shot Sarey a second time in the head.

“Using unnecessary violence was nothing new for Nelson,” Eakes wrote, noting Phelps had already concluded during an earlier ruling that Nelson had a pattern of using violence “during routine and nonthreatening situations when someone showed him disrespect or failed to acknowledge his authority.”

Sarey was Nelson’s third fatal shooting as an Auburn officer. The city has paid about $6 million to settle claims against Nelson, including $4 million to Sarey’s family.