Specials & Shorts

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.

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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.

This program will take you from Pioneer Square to the Seattle Center, Pike Place Market to the International District, and South Lake Union Park to the Waterfront. Seattle is chocked full of history, stories of the Gold Rush, Great Fire, numerous regrades, and TWO World's Fairs. For a city that's only one hundred and fifty years old, even the architecture is thrilling. There is plenty to do and see in Seattle. http://www.seattle.gov/visiting-seattle