A conversation with Seattle
If you add it up, you see it’s not just a glass ceiling, it’s the proverbial glass pyramid: 45 percent of men made $65,000 or more per year. Just 25 percent of women did. Fully three-quarters of women who put in full-time work made less than $65,000 in 2011. Continue reading On Equal Pay Day, Seattle’s Glass Ceiling is Showing
Finding that the women of Seattle’s grunge era have been overlooked, present-day Bryan has been collecting interviews with them as they reminisce about the time, and the show flashes back to a fictional “Seattle Six,” united by music. Conceived by Gretta Harley and Sarah Rudinoff (who also wrote it, along with Elizabeth Kenny), it’s a tribute to the survivors as much as the fallen. Continue reading Home-Grown Rock Musical “These Streets” Gets it Right
Okay, sure, rainy and cold, Google. Maybe get with the times. The National Weather Service just issued an Excessive Heat Watch for this Thursday and Friday, forecasting temperatures in the low-to-mid-90s. In fairness, Seattle is still pretty white, with some 70 percent of residents plunking for Caucasian. Continue reading Hey Google, Why is Seattle So…?
When the band took the stage at ZooTunes at Woodland Park Zoo last night, they probably didn’t have much to prove. The sold out crowd of 3,800 plus was there out of love and probably hoped to recapture a little of their youthful spirit. So it was surprising when the girls came out blasting and laid down a hard rocking set that, frankly, was something the normally staid ZooTunes concerts sorely needed.
The Go Go’s came to play. Continue reading The Go Go’s Still Have Beauty and Powerful Beat