Recent Seattle protests against the war in Gaza have included noisy demonstrations away from typical gathering spaces like Cal Anderson Park.
Last Thursday night, police say they responded to a North Capitol Hill neighborhood where “Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the street in front of a local tech company CEO’s residence.” Continue reading
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Capitol Hill is home to some unconventional and DIY literary endeavors ranging from the Silent Reading Party at Hotel Sorrento to the horror and dark fantasy pop-up Haunted Burrow Books on 15th Ave E.
Add to the mix Publication Studio, a small-press publisher co-founded in 2009 by Matthew Stadler, a Capitol Hill resident and former senior writer at The Stranger.
On November 11, the publisher will release books by two long-time Capitol Hill writers —Rebecca Brown’s Obscure Destinies and Ryan Boudinot’s Broken Utopia — under its imprint The Fellow Travelers Series.
Publication Studio has released more than 300 new titles by hundreds of writers and artists. The company prints and distributes books through its international network of book-making studios, located in seven cities across three continents. This approach avoids the additional costs associated with third-party printers or distributors, resulting in slightly more revenue for writers, bookstores, and the Publication Studio location that produces the book.
Most books are ordered online through Publication Studio’s website or from local retailers such as Elliott Bay Book Company, Third Place Books, and Nook & Cranny Books. Continue reading
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Tuesday night’s arrest (Image: @douglasm69 with permission to CHS)
Seattle Police have made it clear they are familiar with the suspect the King County Sheriff’s Guardian One chopper, a police K9 unit, and multiple officers chased across Capitol Hill Tuesday night before making a gunpoint arrest.
But SPD hasn’t said why they know the man, a veteran of Mayor Bruce Harrell’s war on graffiti, so well.
While he hasn’t been charged in the latest arrest, police have been chasing Montrell Shawn Clifton for years. Continue reading
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Halfway through a “60-day rest” that closed the Capitol Hill green space over complaints of encampments and crime, the Seattle Parks Department and City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth haven’t said much about any progress and plans to improve the fenced-off Seven Hills Park.
Friday, someone jumped the fence to make a statement.
Thanks to a CHS reader and tipster for this image from 16th Ave and Howell. “I saw someone had jumped the fence into Seven Hills park to hang this Mission Accomplished sign within the fenced off area,” they write. “A truck pulled up at 7:40a this morning, maybe to remove it?” Continue reading
(Images via Gong cha and Google Maps)
Capitol Hill’s dream of boba — or matcha — on every block is taking a big leap forward this week as two new shops are open for business in the Pike/Pine core.
The “first Pacific Northwest store” in the global Gong cha tea cafe empire is celebrating Friday with “free drinks” at its newly opened E Pike at 12th Ave location.
Don’t worry. If you feeling nostalgia for the Starbucks and coffee-soaked days of old, you can still get your pumpkin spice fill this fall with Gong cha’s seasonal Pumpkin Spice Milk Tea offerings.
CHS reported here in August of 2024 as the project’s permits first popped up to replace fashion boutique Sway and Cake which closed earlier in the year with plans to move to the Eastside.
Gong cha says it was founded in 2006 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its name translates to “tribute tea for the emperor.” Continue reading
(Image: Taurus Ox)
Friends and fans are rallying to support restaurateur Khampaeng “KP” Panyathong, owner of Capitol Hill’s Taurus Ox.
The restaurant announced Panyathong was scheduled to undergo a craniotomy Thursday to address a tumor discovered on his brain. Continue reading
Organizers of the Christian rally that led to a police crackdown on counter-protesters in Cal Anderson Park are suing the city.
The federal civil rights case filed last week in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington alleges the city and Mayor Bruce Harrell violated the group’s rights and created a dangerous, hostile situation when officials denied a permit for a downtown event and pushed the rally up to the Capitol Hill park instead. Continue reading
Kshama Sawant and her Workers Strike Back group are teaming up with organized workers from the Kickstarter company to rally Thursday night in Cal Anderson Park as they try to spread a movement for a 32-hour tech worker work week:
“Solidarity with striking tech workers at Kickstarter fighting for a 32 hour work week and a livable wage for all workers! Join their Seattle rally this Thursday and support their fight for a strong contract,” Sawant said in her announcement of the October 2nd rally. Continue reading
