🗳 What is this at-large position?

🗳 Why is the council voting on it?

🗳 Who’s up for the role?

• Juan J. Cotto
• Neha Nariya
• Mark Soloman
• Vivian Song
• Steven K. Strand
• Mari Sugiyama
• Linh Thai
• Tanya Woo

• PacSci Taproom | Wednesday, Jan. 17 | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle | $35 | Get nerdy about science after hours with a cold beer from Stillwater, Métier Brewing, or Fast Fashion Brewing.
• Fireside Chat: Nature, Cities and Climate Change with Dr. Phil Levin | Wednesday, Jan. 17 | 7-8 p.m. | 7400 Woodlawn, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle | Free | A UW professor teaches about the importance of measuring nature.
• Cirque du Soleil: Corteo | Wednesday, Jan. 17-Saturday, Jan. 20 | Times vary | Climate Pledge Arena, 334 First Ave. N., Seattle | $55-$345 | In this awe-inspiring cirque performance, a clown has a fantastical wish that his funeral includes carnival attractions and angels.

• Make a Winter White Floral Centerpiece | Thursday, Jan. 18 | 6-8 p.m. | LaShelle Wines, 19501 144th Ave. NE, Woodinville | $85 | Make something pretty for your countertop — price includes all materials and an apron.
• Foraging 2.0: Finding Mushrooms Class | Thursday, Jan. 18 | 7-8 p.m. | Skål Beer Hall, 5429 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle | $17.85 | If you know what mushrooms to look for, this class will teach you how to find them.

• The Moth StorySLAM: Wonders | Friday, Jan. 19 | 8-10 p.m. | Bloedel Hall St. Mark’s, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle | $15 | Prepare a five-minute short story about a time you felt wonder over something, or just listen to what the others have to share.

• Looking to warm up? The Pho Bac restaurant group plans to reopen its Rainier Valley location next week after closing for renovations in August. In addition to serving its coveted bowls of pho, the restaurant will take debit + credit cards for the first time. (Eater Seattle)

• A Sydney-based developer submitted plans for a mixed-use building in downtown Bellevue. Early designs for the project at 929 109th Ave. NE call for an eight-story building and a 22-story building with residential and commercial spaces. (Downtown Bellevue Network)

• Three Seattle museums have been included in USA TODAY’s Readers Choice Awards. MoPOP is up for Best Pop Culture Museum, the Frye Art Museum is up for Best Free Museum, and the Museum of Flight is in the Best History Museum category. Votes can be cast once per day until Feb. 12.

• Jedd Fisch, the incoming UW football coach, will be the state’s highest paid employee when he takes over Tuesday, Jan. 23. His seven-year contract pays out $7.75 million per year. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• A statue of Nisqually activist Billy Frank Jr. will be the first depicting a contemporary Native American at the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol when it’s installed in 2025. Frank, who died in 2014, advocated for the protection of salmon and Native American rights. (Seattle Times)

• Norwegian reality TV show “Alt for Norge” is hosting a casting call in Ballard on Jan. 27 at the National Nordic Museum. The show sends a group of Norwegian Americans to Norway to rediscover their roots. The last time casting was in Seattle was in 2018. (My Ballard)

• PacSci’s Curiosity at-home resources | Download hands-on STEM activities for your little scientists.
• Woodland Park Zoo’s Zoo to You program | Download activity books, animal yoga instructions, or take a forest quiz.
• Seattle Aquarium Live Cams | Can’t make it to the aquarium? Watch the otters, giant Pacific octopus, puffins, and others wander around in real-time.
• Frye Families art activities | Each month, the museum hosts craft activities for preschoolers that are based on children’s books. Afterwards, the museum puts them online for all families to enjoy at home.