Specials & Shorts

Dozens of children visited Seattle City Hall, Monday, April 9, for the third annual Take Your Youngsters to Work Day, hosted by Councilmember Rob Johnson and the Seattle City Council. Children with parents or relatives who work at City Hall toured the building, met a police dog, played games and pondered what they would do if they were in charge of the city. 

Thousands of people marched through downtown Seattle on Saturday, March 24, 2018, as part of the student-led March For Our Lives protest. The march was one of hundreds held worldwide (alongside the main event in Washington, D.C.) calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of a school shooting last month in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. Photographer Randy Eng captured scenes from the march and heard from student protesters.

Duc Cash Vo, of the LQ Lion Dance Team, explains the history of the lion dance, a tradition to bring good luck for the new year. The dance team performs the lively lion dance with drums and firecrackers to celebrate the Year of the Dog at the Wing Luke Museum's Lunar New Year Fair on February 10, 2018. Traditionally, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, Lunar New Year is celebrated by many Asian cultures.

More than 1,000 immigrants and refugees attended the Seattle United for Immigrants and Refugees Mega Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. We talked with participants who shared stories of why they attended the workshop, the second of its kind organized by city leaders. The City of Seattle's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs partnered with community organizers to put on the large-scale event at Seattle Center's Exhibition Hall. A team of over 800 volunteers, including attorneys, paralegals and interpreters, provided free legal services for immigrants, including citizenship assistance and information about how federal immigration changes could impact their future.

We captured scenes from the Martin Luther King Jr. march and rally in Seattle on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Thousands marched through Seattle to honor and remember the civil-rights leader. The 36th annual event was sponsored by the Seattle/King County MLK Celebration Committee. This year's theme, "Take A Knee For Justice," was inspired by athletes taking a public stand to highlight racial injustice.

Every New Year's Day, hundreds of people plunge themselves into the frigid waters of Lake Washington. A Commemorative Badge of Courage is given to Polar Bear participants who submerge themselves neck-deep in the waters off of Seattle's Matthews Beach. Watch as a team of Seattle Channel photographers capture this bone-chilling dive into the new year!

Produced by Chris Barnes. Cameras by Phillip Townsend, Ian Devier, and Chris Barnes. Aerial Photography by Jeremiah Kaynor at Corvus Eye Productions.

Employees in the city of Seattle's fleets management division (which manages the city's vehicles) put their design skills to the test in an annual pine car race. Besides being a fast-track to fun, the friendly competition between employees builds morale and benefits a local charity. This year, employees collected more than 1,300 pounds of food for Food Lifeline.

From fall to winter and starting at sunset and continuing through the night, people come to fishing spots around Puget Sound to jig for Loligo opalescens, or Pacific Squid.

Filipino World War II veterans from the greater Seattle are awarded replicas of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor. This follows the recent ceremony in Washington, D.C., led by Speaker of the House of Representative Paul Ryan and leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, when they presented the medal to honor all WWII Filipino veterans for their service and sacrifice. The medal will be showcased at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for preservation and research.

Filipino World War II veterans from the greater Seattle area are awarded with replicas of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor, on November 15, 2017. This follows the recent ceremony in Washington, D.C., led by Speaker of the House of Representative Paul Ryan and leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, when they presented the medal to honor all WWII Filipino veterans for their service and sacrifice. The medal will be showcased at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History for preservation and research.

At about 10 a.m. on August 21, 2017, most of Seattle paused to look up. Observers across North America were treated to a rare total solar eclipse. In the Seattle area, the moon covered about 92% of the sun.

The Women's March on Seattle, also known as the Womxn's March on Seattle, was the largest political demonstration in the city's history with an estimated 130,000 to 175,000 people marching along the 3.6 mile route.

In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 each day. Are you prepared to grow old? How can you avoid outliving your resources? Can you maintain your independence? In this one-hour special, Seattle Channel presents a guide to navigating the challenges of aging in Seattle.

Watch the full show here.

In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 each day. Are you prepared to grow old? How can you avoid outliving your resources? Can you maintain your independence? In this one-hour special, Seattle Channel presents a guide to navigating the challenges of aging in Seattle. In three vignettes, we look at what it means to live alone, with a caregiver, and in an assisted-care facility. We also hear from a panel of aging and senior-issues experts about trends in healthcare, local resources and the complex matters to consider when caring for a senior parent or family member.

Panel
Dwayne Clark, Chairman & CEO, Aegis Living
Karen I. Fredriksen-Goldsen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington
Paula Houston, Ed.D., CEO, Sound Generations
Maureen Linehan, Director, Aging & Disability Services, City of Seattle    

Resources
Community Living Connections
The City of Seattle is part of the Community Living Connections network, offering an extensive, reliable network for aging and disability services in the King County area.

Pathways Information & Assistance
Free personalized support to help King County seniors, people with disabilities, and those who care for them maintain independence and improve their quality of life.

Generations with Pride
Developing and testing the first evidence-based trainings for providers of care to LGBTQ older adults and their families.

Seattle Radio Theatre performs Two Floors Below, an original Halloween play based on the strange goings-on in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood, known for its spooky atmosphere, late-night ghost walks, and as a window into the past. This production, taped on October 28, 2015 at Town Hall, features SRT's trademark sound effects, designed and executed by audio artist Curtis Takahashi. Written, produced and directed by Feliks Banel, Seattle Radio Theatre founding director, and acted by SRT favorites.

Seattle's Office of Emergency Management and Seattle Parks and Recreation host the City's first ever "Big Shaker" Earthquake Event at Westlake Park. The "Big Shaker" is a 22-foot-long, 6,500-pound earthquake simulator that gives participants the opportunity to experience the shaking of a simulated 8.0 earthquake.

Seattle activist, author and historian Walt Crowley (1947-2007) was once referred to as "the conscience of the city." In 2001, he produced a series of neighborhood histories for the Seattle Channel called "History Link."  We've compiled the short videos, long hidden away in our archives, into the half-hour program "HistoryLink with Walt Crowley." Join host Feliks Banel as we pay tribute to a local legend and take a step back into the past for a fascinating look at several Seattle neighborhoods, including Ballard, Queen Anne, Madison Park, West Seattle, Georgetown and Columbia City.

Follow 'Petros," Amazon's first commissioned artwork by Northwest sculptor Julie Speidel's, from inspiration through fabrication and installation.

Seattle has a reputation as a progressive city, but when it comes to matters of race and justice how progressive is it? KCTS 9's Enrique Cerna moderates a panel discussion with Steven Gonzalez, Washington state Supreme Court justice; Ed Murray, mayor of Seattle; Nikkita Oliver, lawyer, poet, and Seattle Black Lives Matter activist; and Marcus Green, executive director of the South Seattle Emerald, and later Hyeok Kim, Seattle deputy mayor. Race, Justice & Democracy: Where Do We Stand is a co-production with Seattle Channel and KCTS 9, presented in partnership with Seattle CityClub and Town Hall Seattle.

Follow the Seattle Police Pipes & Drums band and Mayor Ed Murray on a musical tour of the Emerald Isle, including visits to Dublin, Belfast and Seattle's Sister City of Galway.

Artist Z.Z. Wei was born in 1957 in Beijing, China and began painting during the turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In 1989, Z.Z. was invited to Seattle for an artist exchange. While exploring the Pacific Northwest, he discovered the back roads and rolling wheat fields of the Palouse and has been painting them ever since.

Studies have shown that kids who don't have a high involvement in the arts are three times more likely to drop out of school than kids who do. Creative Advantage is a new public-private partnership that has plans to restore arts education for all students in Seattle Public Schools by 2020. Host Brian Callanan talks to experts about why an arts education is important and how this new initiative plans to integrate arts education into the curriculum to help kids to be more creative, innovative and imaginative.

Learn more:

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art for Kids
• Artsonia Just Beyond Imagination!
• Keith Haring's Interactive coloring book

The SR 99 deep-bored tunnel is one of the biggest and most transformative projects in Seattle history. From digging the tunnel to a waterfront redo, we`ll look at all aspects and how it affects you.  Originally aired 7/10/2013.