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Casual Friday with Marcus Harrison Green and Clare McGrane

This week…A middle housing bill passed the state senate and is on the way to changing Washington’s housing landscape. Amazon wants workers back in the office starting next month… if they can get their offices ready. And Starbucks says save your pennies from now on they’re gonna stop up charging you for some of that non-dairy milk. Writer and Seattle Times Columnist Marcus Harrison Green and KUOW’s Clare McGrane are here to break down the week.
- Vaughan Jones
East Palestine students put on a play while the city recovers from a train derailment

Students in East Palestine, Ohio put on the Spring play as residents work to recover from the February train derailment that disrupted life in the small town.
- Oliver Morrison
Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' is the National Recording Registry's first reggaeton song

On Wednesday, the mega-hit single became the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
- Vanessa Romo
Charting change in Beacon Hill with poet Roberto Ascalon

The Bureau of Fearless Ideas (BFI) is one large classroom on the ground floor of the Yesler Terrace complex, a multi-use housing development in Beacon Hill. The walls are packed with language – words, rhymes, and creative affirmations. It's here that Roberto Ascalon, the poet in residence, is a mentor to new poets.
- Libby Denkmann
'Harry Potter' books will be adapted into a decade-long TV series

Each season will be based on one book in the beloved series by controversial author J.K. Rowling, and the cast will be different from the films. Some fans are unhappy about Rowling's involvement.
- Kaitlyn Radde
A curtain call for MoPop's Pearl Jam exhibit

Since 2018, Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture has given fans a first-hand look at the band’s journey through more than 1,000 artifacts directly from Pearl Jam’s members. But it’s the final curtain call for the exhibit. After five years, "Pearl Jam: Home and Away" will close on April 23.
- Libby Denkmann
A popular ice cream bar tells a story of China's history with Russia

An ice cream popular in Northeastern China tells a story of the country's long history with Russia in the 20th century.
- John Ruwitch
The Kraken did WHAT?

Hold on to your hockey skates, because the Kraken made the playoffs. That’s right, from 30th place last season to this year’s NHL postseason, the Seattle Kraken is the scrappy underdog of the hockey world. In case you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, we’ll get you some help. Kraken radio play-by-play announcer Everett Fitzhugh is here to break the ice for first time fans.
- Vaughan Jones
Where are all the monuments to women in Seattle?

If you were to take a tour of public monuments to women here in Seattle — it would be a short one.
- Noel Gasca
Blues for Piper's Creek from poet Rasheena Fountain

Rasheena Fountain's work mainly focuses on Black environmental memory. Her creative practice is rooted in a place-based, ecological, and environmental justice approach, as is reflected in her poem below on Carkeek Park.
- Shin Yu Pai

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