This week, we're revisiting Angela Garbes's book
Like a Mother, blasting off to Mars with On the Boards, and visiting Hello Kitty's food truck in Bellevue. Images courtesy Bushwick Book Club, Getty images, HKC Truck
WEDNESDAY: MLK LABOR'S MAYORAL CANDIDATE FORUM
We're just days out from the filing deadline for candidates running in city races. The 2021 election season is on, baby! This Wednesday at 6 pm, you can watch the who's who of Seattle mayoral candidates duke it out in the MLK Labor Council candidate forum. Stream it for free on Facebook. This is a key part of MLK Labor's endorsement process and whoever wins the Labor vote will likely make it far in the race. Candidates include architect Andrew Grant Houston, former state Rep. Jessyn Farrell, former City Council President Bruce Harrell, executive director of Chief Seattle Club Colleen Echohawk, current deputy mayor Casey Sixkiller, and current City Council President Lorena Gonzalez. Gonzalez is participating despite losing her mother-in-law and her home in a house fire last Friday. According to her team, it's a tough time, but the forum is "important to her." Publicola's Erica Barnett is hosting.