April 3, 2024

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Today’s Forecast

Are you a poet (and totally know it)?

A bookshelf filled with poetry-related tomes at Open Books in Seattle, WA, with a sign that says "Fill your pockets with poems!"

Open Books Poetry Emporium in Pioneer Square is a great place to get inspiration. | Photo via Open Books

Calling all readers: In honor of National Poetry Month, you’re officially invited to enter SEAtoday’s poetry contest.

This contest is open to all, and the rules couldn’t be more simple: Turn our Wednesday, April 3 newsletter into a poem.

We’ll clarify. Using only the words that appear in this newsletter, craft an original poem of up to 75 words. Unlike an erasure poem, the words do not have to appear in the order they’re found — mix and match how you please.

Any English word appearing anywhere in today’s newsletter is fair game, including the ones you’re reading right now (we’ll throw some fun ones at you: Red. Ambivalent. Fungi.). If a word appears once, you can only use it once.

The rules:

Submit your poem here by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 14.
Include a title + author’s name in your submission. Titles are an exception to the rule, and do not need to pull words from the newsletter.
Poems, excluding title and author’s name, must be 75 words or less.

The fun stuff:

While we’ve placed a pretty big limitation on your poem’s words, the form + direction is up to you — and we can’t wait to see what you all come up with.
The Editorial team behind SEAtoday will narrow submissions down to a group of finalists based on style, originality, artistic quality, and creativity. Finalists will be announced in an upcoming newsletter, and we’ll ask our readers to vote for their favorite poem. We’ll feature the winner’s poem in a newsletter during the last full week of April.
Pro tip: To make the process easier on yourself, we recommend printing out today’s issue, highlighting the words you find most interesting, and crossing them out as you include them in your poem.
Don’t forget to keep track of your articles (words like “the” or “and”).

Happy writing, Seattle.

Submit your poem

Events

Wednesday, April 3

Leche: A Latinx Drag Show | Wednesday, April 3 | 9-11 p.m. | Unicorn, 1118 East Pike St., Seattle | $10-$15 | Sip on some cervezas while some of Seattle’s fabulous Latin entertainers captivate you with their burlesque, drag, and comedic performances.

Thursday, April 4

The Moth StorySLAM: Green | Thursday, April 4 | 8-10 p.m. | Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. North, Seattle | $15 | This event asks attendees to provide a 5-minute tale about the important verdant things in your life.

Friday, April 5

Sleeping Beauty and the Bear Prince | Friday, April 5-Saturday, April 6 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Theatre Off Jackson, 409 Seventh Ave. S., Seattle | $25-$50 | Using folklore from France, Venezuela, Norway, Russia, and the Lakota and Myaamia Nations, this spell-binding burlesque tale transforms a classic into something new.

Saturday, April 6

Red Bull Lords Of The Floor | Saturday, April 6 | 7-10:30 p.m. | WAMU Theater, 800 Occidental Ave. South, Seattle | $50-$100 | Some of the world’s best breakdancers — including 2024 Olympians — battle it out with comedian Jo Koy emceeing and rap artist Common performing.
Taco Libre Truck Showdown | Saturday, April 6 | 4-10 p.m. | Magnuson Park Hangar 30, 6310 NE 74th St., Seattle | $15-$25 | Nothing goes together quite like several local taco trucks and lucha libre wrestling performances.

Events calendar here

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News Notes

Travel

Ready those passports — direct flights from Sea-Tac Airport to Manila, Phillipines, begin on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Both departing and returning flights will run year-round on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The 14-hour flights departing from Seattle will takeoff at 11:40 p.m., and the 11.5-hour flights departing Manila will leave at 10:40 p.m. (Seattle Times)

Cause

The block that houses Wallingford institution Murphy’s Pub is for sale, and the restaurant’s owners are trying to raise $3.5 million to save it. The 43-year-old business has opened a GoFundMe to try to attract financial support that can be used to lower the overall asking price of the lot. (KING 5)

Traffic

Seattle Parks and Rec + the Seattle Department of Transportation are looking for public feedback on preliminary designs for changes to Lake Washington Boulevard that are intended to help calm traffic. Residents can provide feedback via an online survey or by attending one of two upcoming community meetings.

Outdoors

Advance timed vehicle entry reservations for Mount Rainier National Park’s Sunrise and Paradise Corridors are now open for July. The park launched the pilot program this year to prevent overcrowding of these spaces during the summer.

Legacy

Trailblazing Seattle architect L. Jane Hastings has died at the age of 96. Her firm The Hastings Group was responsible for more than 500 projects throughout the PNW and she was the first female Chancellor of the College of Fellows at the American Institute of Fellows. (Seattle Times)

Environment

While Seattle is far from the direct path of next week’s total solar eclipse passing through the eastern portion of the US, we’ll still see a partial eclipse. During its peak, Seattle will see the moon cover ~20% of the sun around 11:30 a.m. (KING 5)

Sports

The Seahawks are three weeks into the new league year, but two veteran free agents are still on the team’s radar. Hear from the local experts on the team’s moves with Locked On’s daily, Seahawks-focused podcasts.

Seasonal

Grab your best buds and head to Chihuly Garden and Glass for Spring Bloom. Guests will get to experience beautiful blooms + special programming every weekend this month. Pro tip: All Spring Bloom programming is included with regular admission. Plan your visit.*

The Buy

A variety of snacks for runners and bikers. The Fuel Goods Collection offers boxes filled with food that will fuel your lifestyle.

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Alina

From the editor

I know we already gave you some good words in our Poetry Contest announcement up above, but I wanted to throw some other ones at you. Space Needle, windswept, gargantuan, orca, zesty, banana, thine, star, hullaballoo, pizza, sleepy, ocean, chartreuse.

We can’t wait to see what you all come up with.

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