CLOSING TIME

LAST WINTER, THREE OF OUR FAVORITE SEATTLE BARS SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD. CAN WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THEIR CLOSURES?

DINING & WRITING: SERENA CHOPRA DISCUSSES HER THIRD BOOK, A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES

THE ART OF CAMPAIGNING: STATE SENATE CANDIDATE HANNAH SABIO-HOWELL

FERRY TALES #4: AT THE HELM

A WALKTHROUGH OF THE ART IN MAYOR WILSON’S OFFICES

AS ENROLLMENT DECLINES, WHAT HAPPENS TO GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL’S MULTICULTURALISM?

RICK ROSS (FEAT. SEATTLE SYMPHONY)

YAMINEE PATEL’S DEBUT SOLO EXHIBITION IS A MUST-SEE

CHUM NEWS AND CAM PRESENT:
EARLY-ONSET PRIDE MONTH (MAY 15)

THE CHUM NEWS SIFF CHALLENGE

THREE-TIME GRAMMY-WINNING OPERA STAR J’NAI BRIDGES SHARES HOW ATHLETICS SHAPED HER ARTISTIC SUCCESS

M RANDALL RESPONDS THROUGH ART TO ALLY ANG’S NEW POEM, “CLICK TO VERIFY YOU ARE HUMAN”

FERRY TALES #3: UNDERWAY

IN THE DARK WE LOOK MORE JAPANESE BY AMY HIRAYAMA

CHUM’S FIRST POETRY READING (CEDAR TEA HOUSE, MAY 7)

DINING & WRITING: TAMIKO NIMURA DISCUSSES HER MEMOIR, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE

THROUGH HALOGEN, SEATTLE’S TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE PHOTOGRAPHED ON THEIR OWN TERMS

FERRY TALES #2: CREW CHANGE

SKETCHY STUFF: THE CROSSLAKE CONNECTION

WHO’S AUDITING SEATTLE’S SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS?

URBAN PLANNER AND ARTIST MEL ISIDOR RESPONDS TO POET QUENTON BAKER

ARTIST CONVO: CHARISSA SORIANO

FERRY TALES: DISPATCHES FROM A WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES DECKHAND

SEATTLE’S NEWEST ART GALLERY
IS SLATED FOR DEMOLITION

IN OLYMPIA, YOUTH ACTIVISTS LOBBY FOR THE MILLIONAIRES TAX

SKETCHES FROM THE SEAHAWKS PARADE

BARRY JOHNSON RESPONDS TO
DUJIE TAHAT’S POEM, “ON DEVOTION”

MAYOR WILSON’S YOUTH ADVISORS

ANNOUNCING CHUM’S NEW LITERARY EDITORS

YA HALA’S FIRST YEAR

ARTIST CONVO: NAHOM GHIRMAY

DAY PARTY ON WHEELS: THE 2025 WOODLAND PARK GRAN PRIX

BOOTSY HOLLER WAS THERE: AN INTIMATE LOOK AT SEATTLE’S INDIE, ROCK, AND PUNK SCENES

DINING AND WRITING: DIANA XIN ON HER BOOK OF EXEMPLARY WOMEN

CHUM TOURS FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ARTISTS

DINING AND WRITING: MAX DELSOHN ON HIS NEW BOOK, CRAWL

ARTIST CONVO: CHLOE COLLYER

NARA SELSON TELLS ALL

THE GIFT: A SHORT STORY
BY NAOMI DAY