| A sampling of our most recently added videos. |
 Book Lust with Nancy Pearl featuring Judy Schachner
Nancy's guest is Judy Schachner, illustrator and writer of the award-winning Skippyjon Jones children's books. Skippyjon is a rambunctious Siamese kitten with oversized ears and an equally oversized imagination. When he is sent to have a time-out in his room, Skippyjon entertains himself by donning a cape and taking on the persona of El Skippito, a sword-toting, superhero Chihuahua. Skippyjon Jones' adventures have been chronicled by Schachner in five books, the latest is Skippyjon Jones and the Treasure Hunt. Schachner and her family live in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. |
CityStream
On this edition of CityStream, join host Lowell Deo for a look at Bike To Work Day. Then, find out about the Dalai Lama's recent visit to Seattle. Plus, hear about a World War II murder mystery at Fort Lawton. |
 Art Zone in Studio with Nancy Guppy
It’s non-stop Art Zone In Studio action! We visit the vibrant studio of urban visionary artist Laura Castellanos… Robert Horton chats up actor Chiwetel Ejiofor about his role in the new David Mamet film… author Jennie Shortridge reads from her new novel, Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe… and cellist Joshua Roman previews his Town Hall Mothers Day concert. |
 Front Row: Answered Prayers and Other Tragedies Program 1
We live in an era in which the pursuit of happiness is relentless, and completely predicated on our getting what we want-the right car, the perfect mate, the dream job. Yet Oscar Wilde once remarked that “the only real tragedy in life is getting what you want.” What happens when our dreams come true? Is there a downside to answered prayers? Works on this theme are presented by Michelle Tea and Ben Blum. Sean Nelson, a writer and musician best known as the front man for Harvey Danger, provides music. Presented by Richard Hugo House. |
Housing and Economic Development Committee 5/7/2008
Agenda Items: Foreclosure prevention, 2005 – 2008 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development, Multi Family Tax Exemption Program, Office of Housing Monthly Progress Report, Office of Economic Development Monthly Progress Report. |
Energy and Technology Committee 5/7/2008
Agenda Items: City Light Bothell Substation, Summer Falls and Main Canal Hydroelectric Projects, 2008 Integrated Resource Plan Briefing, Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission. |
The Art of Aging - Andropause, Sexuality and Menopause
Aging naturally changes the body in ways that affect sexual function. But sex, love, and intimacy can continue to play an important role throughout our lives. Maintaining an active sex life may depend on how we view the changes that come with menopause, andropause (male menopause), and other aging processes. In this episode you'll learn how staying physically and socially active invigorates our bodies, and our relationships, leading to more satisfaction and happiness. |
The Art of Aging - Caregiving, Community and Diabetes
Challenging health problems such as diabetes and Alzheimer's disease eventually touch the lives of all Americans. As our population ages, individuals, families, and communities can work together to find solutions. Support for caregivers is essential. Good habits, such as cooking healthy meals and getting regular exercise, reduce health risks and control symptoms. This episode shows how an active approach can help those with chronic health conditions live each day to the fullest. |
Seattle Public Schools Board Meeting 5/7/2008
A meeting of the Seattle Public School Board. |
Why do Neighborhood Planning – GMA Compliance and More?
Part of the Neighborhood Planning Workshop Program 2008. Homeowners, renters, business owners all have a stake in the upcoming decisions on how the city will update the existing 38 neighborhood plans. Changes in neighborhood plans are a precursor to land use and zoning changes as well as a way to identify and prioritize needed infrastructure improvements to accommodate growth. The City Council is weighing a proposal from the Mayor to spread the updates over several years, group plans by geographic sector, and rely heavily on city staff for professional guidance. The City Neighborhood Council has raised questions about this approach particularly the way it differs from the grassroots model used when the plans were prepared in the late 1990s. |
What does Success Look Like? Neighborhood Planning
Part of the Neighborhood Planning Workshop Program 2008. What does Success Look Like? – Can planning improve our quality of life? Provide fair distribution of growth and public investment? Homeowners, renters, business owners all have a stake in the upcoming decisions on how the city will update the existing 38 neighborhood plans. Changes in neighborhood plans and policies are a precursor to land use and zoning changes as well as a way to identify and prioritize needed infrastructure improvements to accommodate growth. |
How Should Planning Be Done and by Whom?
Part of the Neighborhood Planning Workshop Program 2008. How Should Planning Be Done and by Whom? – What are the successful models to keep citizens engaged and respected? Homeowners, renters, business owners all have a stake in the upcoming decisions on how the city will update the existing 38 neighborhood plans. Changes in neighborhood plans and policies are a precursor to land use and zoning changes as well as a way to identify and prioritize needed infrastructure improvements to accommodate growth. |
Public Safety, Human Services and Education Committee 5/6/2008
Agenda Items: Human Services Department Strategic Investment Plan, Homelessness Programs, Public Safety Update, 2007 Seattle Police Department Performance Report. |
Transportation Committee 5/6/2008
Agenda Items: capital activities of Seattle Department of Transportation, Alaskan Way Viaduct Electrical Utility Relocation, Seattle Streetcar Network Concept Plan. |
 Seattle Voices with Dr. Skip Rowland
Eric Liu's guest on this episode of SEATTLE VOICES is Leon "Skip" Rowland. In 2007, Dr. Rowland became director of the Community Development Group, which is an entity of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. The Urban Enterprise Center works to improve race relations and assist minorities in the business community. While the center began with a mission of inner-city revitalization, Rowland's focus is on programs that help minority business owners improve and grow their companies. |
Council Briefing 5/5/2008
Agenda Items: Preview of Today’s Council Actions/Councilmember and Committee Reports, Regional Issues Update. |
Trees: A Poem by Cham Ba
Seattle reLeaf is designed to spread the word about the value of trees to our community. In our efforts to engage the community in thinking and talking about trees listen to a poem by Cham Ba, an active member of the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center community and student at the Arts & Academics Academy at Evergreen High School. Born in Vietnam 1991, Cham moved over to the states when he was about 2 years old. He spent most of his childhood growing up in White Center. He got into poetry and rhyming in about the 3rd grade when he grew a liking to the books of Dr. Seus who became one of his major influences on rhyming. More tree information: City of Seattle Tree Portal |
West Seattle Transit Issues
Changes are coming to West Seattle's transit environment, roadways and overall access to other areas of the city. Learn what the city, county and regional agencies are proposing or have already begun implementing. Presentations about the changes coming to the Metro bus system, the Viaduct's South end, the Spokane Street Viaduct, and expanded service for the Elliott Bay Water Taxi. Also discussed are future additions to our transit mix like a trolley on 1st Ave through SODO and how we might fund expansion of transit. |
Mayor's Press Conference: Animal Shelter Opening 5/2/2008
Mayor Greg Nickels and City Councilmember Jean Godden honored the late Neal Duncan, a Seattle Animal Shelter officer who died on the job in 2006, and unveiled improvements made to the shelter to benefit employees, customers and the animals. First lady Sharon Nickels and "first dog" Edgar, a shelter dog adopted by the Nickels family last year, participated in the ceremonies. |
 City Inside/Out: Local Economy
Our nation’s economy…it’s getting close to a stall. Food prices are up, gas prices are up, and house values are down. Puget Soundseems to be in better shape than many parts of the country, but we’re clearly not immune. Host C.R. Douglas is joined by Seattle's Finance and Budget Chair Jean Godden, Economist Dick Conway, David Young with the Washington Small Business Development Center and UW Finance Professor Dr. William Bradford for a discussion on Seattle's local economy. |
 Seattle News NOW
This week on Seattle News NOW; more options for replacing the Viaduct, farmers markets get some help and phase 1 of the Lake Union Park is open just in time for spring. Those stories and more are featured on this week’s episode of Seattle News NOW. |
 Town Square: Michael Connery - Youth to Power
Michael Connery is a political activist and progressive blogger (futureyouthmajority.com and HuffingtonPost.com). In "Youth to Power: How Young Voters are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority", Connery examines how today's young people are combining technology with a vigorous social spirit that could serve to revive progressive politics. Connery speaks on stage with Eli Sanders, Senior Staff Writer for The Stranger. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with University Book Store. |
Finance and Budget Committee 5/1/2008
Agenda Items: Department of Executive Administration Director’s Report, Budget Proviso Protocol |
 CityStream
On this edition of CityStream, a Seattle park is reborn! Join Kelly Guenther for the opening festivities at Lake Union Park, a spectacular waterfront destination in the heart of the city! Plus, Lowell Deo discovers why emergency responders are pinning high hopes on a low-tech gadget. And, some Top Guns out of Hollywood give Seattle students a shot at penning the next blockbuster at the Film School. |
 Art Zone in Studio with Nancy Guppy
We’ve got a doozy of a show for you this week! Self-described “glamazon troubadour” Soul Childe, visits our studio to play a tune… we’ll take a fun, informative, and zippy tour through that super cool arts organization “On the Boards”… and we’ll peak behind-the-scenes of Desteenation Shirt Company, the best place to find high quality shirts sportin’ logos of your favorite local stores and restaurants! |
Mayor's Press Conference: Lake Union Park Phase I 4/30/2008
Mayor Nickels dedicates the Lake Union Park Phase 1 Completion. |
Mayor's Press Conference: Help for Farmers Markets 4/30/2008
Mayor Greg Nickels announces steps to help save and expand Seattles neighborhood farmers. The mayor welcomes the start of the season by helping open the Columbia City farmers market. |
Culture, Civil Rights, Health and Personnel Committee 4/30/2008
Agenda Items: Nightlife Advisory Board Update, Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities, Seattle Women's Commission, collective bargaining agreement. |
 City Inside/Out: Council Edition April 2008
On the April episode of City Inside/Out: Council Edition, Councilmembers Richard McIver and Tim Burgess and Council President Richard Conlin sit down with host C.R. Douglas to discuss issues facing Seattle today. |
Reality Check 2008: Enrique Peñalosa
y the year 2040, the Puget Sound Region will have grown by 1.7 million people and 1.2 million jobs. On April 30, 2008, more that 250 elected officials, business leaders, civic activists and environmentalists will gather in Seattle at an event called Reality Check. Reality Check is neither a traditional conference nor a theoretical exercise. At the event, small, diverse groups will collectively analyze projected household and employment growth, as well as transportation needs for the region. The Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Enrique Peñalosa from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and Former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia. |
Reality Check 2008: Elected Officials Define Next Steps 4/30/2008
By the year 2040, the Puget Sound Region will have grown by 1.7 million people and 1.2 million jobs. Reality Check is neither a traditional conference nor a theoretical exercise. At the event, small, diverse groups will collectively analyze projected household and employment growth, as well as transportation needs for the region. The Panel of Elected Officials to Define Next Steps includes Mayors Greg Nickels, Grant Degginger, Cary Bozeman, and Ray Stephenson; County Executives Ron Sims and John Ladenburg. The moderator is Emory Thomas of the Puget Sound Business Journal. |
The Northgate Urban Center Cultural Audit
CulturalAudit™, a methodology of documentation and rigor, provides a deep understanding of existing conditions and brings sensitivity to projects supporting ultimately successful project outcomes. Mithun conducted a CulturalAuditTM to solicit input from individuals who are unable to attend, or unaware of, the community meetings and other traditional input venues. Together with community meetings, input from the Project Advisory Team, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and additional City of Seattle departments, the audit attempts to collect diverse community input, and helps to form an inclusive picture of the community. The CulturalAuditTM includes a number of interactions that were documented through still images and voice recordings. |
Seattle City Light: How hydroelectricty is made
Seattle City Light produces nearly 90% of its power from hydroelectricity. This video explains how hydroelectricity is made and how City Light maintains its generators to keep them efficient. |
Seattle City Light: Recycling old refrigerators
City Light will pay customers to recycle their old, operating refrigerators. The program will pay $30 so that old, inefficient refrigerators are turned off and recycled in an environmentally responsible manner. |
Seattle City Light: Snow measurements
Seattle City Light has to have an idea of the amount of snow that collects in the mountains each winter to best forecast how much water will be available for generating electricity. To do this the utility uses a combination of manual measurements, a mathematical computer model and a sprinkling of dust from passing meteorites. |
Council Briefing 4/28/2008
Agenda Items: Preview of Today’s Council Actions/Councilmember and Committee Reports, Transportation in Portland: Lessons Learned, Alcohol Impact Areas, Office of Policy & Management. |
Full Council 4/28/2008
Agenda Items: Campaign Public Financing Advisory Committee, drainage services, Seattle's food
system sustainability and security, 2007 Annual Report of the Office of the Hearing Examiner, Seattle Planning Commission. |
 City Inside/Out: Green Fees
This week's edition of City Inside/Out with C.R. Douglas takes a look the City of Seattle's recent environmentally friendly moves. Is the Emerald City becoming too green? The Mayor and Council President have proposed a 20-cent fee on all plastic and paper shopping bags from grocery, drug and convenience stores plus a tax on Styrofoam food containers. What will this mean for consumers? And how will these changes affect businesses - big and small? |
 Seattle News NOW
This week on Seattle News NOW; Sound Transit wants to hear from commuters, there's a tentative police contract and a historic figure gets a nod as the city's newest recreational place to play. Those stories and more are featured on this week’s episode of Seattle News NOW. |
U.S. Forest Service honors Seattle City Light
U.S. Forest Service and the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest representative honors Seattle City Light for outstanding achievement on the 30th anniversary of the Skagit River’s designation as a wild and scenic river. |
Did You Know? with Councilmember Tom Rasmussen
Are you having trouble paying utility bills? In this video, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen tells us about the assistance that is available to Seattle residents to help keep the lights on and the water flowing even when money is tight. |
 CityStream
Join Tony Ventrella for this edition of CityStream from SAFECO Field. From the Central Area's Garfield Park to the major leagues, Tony has the play-by-play for two Seattle ballplayers who turned their dreams into reality. Plus, for Earth Day, Lowell Deo meets two local groups pressing the delete key to recycle computers and clean up the Duwamish. Then, as the new Domestic Partner bill becomes law, find out how life will change for Washington's committed same-sex couples. |
CityStream Segment: Neighborhood News
For Earth Day, Lowell Deo meets two local groups pressing the delete key to recycle computers and clean up the Duwamish. |
 The Local Music Show - The State of the Seattle Club
Host John Richards dives into the Seattle club scene, on the heels of the closing of the legendary Crocodile Café. Club owners, bookers, journalists, and artists weigh in on the state of our club scene and what can be done to improve it. |
 Art Zone in Studio with Nancy Guppy
Have we got a show this week! Joshua Roman, the cutest cello player in Seattle (possibly the world!), drops by for a song… We preview "Demonology," a hilarious gothic satire from local theatre company Next Stage… And we visit the art packed studio (his house, actually), of Alan Fulle to talk about his new exhibit at the Traver Gallery. All that, plus the lowdown on film from Robert Horton and cool stuff to do around town! Told you it was a good one! |
CityStream Segment: Local Baseball
From the Central Area's Garfield Park to the major leagues, Tony has the play-by-play for two Seattle ballplayers who turned their dreams into reality. |
CityStream Segment: Domestic Partners
As the new Domestic Partner bill becomes law, find out how life will change for Washington's committed same-sex couples. |
Alaskan Way Viaduct & Seawall Replacement Meeting 4/24/2008
This meeting is with the Stakeholder Advisory Committee, a 30-member group of citizens giving feedback on ideas for the central waterfront section of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. |
 Town Square: A Conversation with Our Region's Mayors
Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond -- three thriving urban centers in our vibrant region. What's changed for each city in the last five years? Bellevue's downtown residential population has nearly doubled, construction is booming everywhere and there seems to be no end in site for the growth of the technology sector. What can we learn from each other? With nearly a third of Bellevue's population foreign born, how has their education system adjusted? How has Redmond remained so bicycle friendly? With many common resources and concerns, how committed is each Mayor to the idea of regionalism? How would they work together in case of disaster? Is there hope for a regional transportation solution that works for everyone? Presented by CityClub. |
Sound Transit Board Workshop 4/24/2008
A workshop meeting held by the Board of Directors for Sound Transit. |
