BLACK MAGIC

Langston Hughes Theatre hosted its second annual Black Nerd Fest. What CHUM News saw was a festival steeped in cosplay and community care.

HIOW DO YOU MAKE A FILM IN SEATTLE, AND WHO’LL WATCH IT?

RIGHTS ON THE BALLOT

DINING & WRITING: JEANNE HEUVING REFLECTS ON HER ROLE IN SEATTLE LITERARY COMMUNITIES PAST & PRESENT

ABORTION PILLS FOREVER?

BEACH DAY: A POEM BY SERENA CHOPRA

AT SPICE BAR, A NEW NIGHTLIFE HUB FOR SEATTLE’S QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR

GET READY FOR STORIES PUBLISHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPOKANE’S RANGE MEDIA

SUITLESS IN SEATTLE: A COMING OUT STORY

POETS ON THE RUNWAY

AT CITY HALL, CUTTING FUNDING FOR FREE SCHOOL MEALS WOUND UP ON THE TABLE

THE WORLD CUP SHOWED SEATTLE IN ITS IDEALIZED FORM. CAN WE KEEP IT GOING?

SKETCHY STUFF: CANDIDATE SURVIVOR 2026

SEATTLE BOXER KAYLA FLOYD IS PUNCHING HER TICKET TO OLYMPIC-LEVEL SUCCESS

WHAT’S DRAG’S FUTURE AT QUEER/BAR?

ARTIST CONVO: IFRAH F. AHMED

“GROWING SEASONS” BY DAYJHA MCMILLAN

JOIN CHUM AT CANDIDATE SURVIVOR (THURSDAY, JULY 16)

HELP SHAPE OUR FIRST-EVER NEWS SHOW WITH SPOKANE’S RANGE MEDIA (TUESDAY, JUNE 23)

THREE OF OUR FAVORITE BARS CLOSED FOR GOOD. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEIR LAST DAYS?

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