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Cascadia Magazine’s Almost Summer Reading is Friday, June 1!
Join us for our first public event! Cascadia Magazine’s Almost Summer Reading features poets, fiction writers, and journalists published in Cascadia Magazine reading from and talking about their work. It’s free, so grab a cool beverage and listen to some fantastic writing from Donna Miscolta, Anca Szilágyi, Montreux Rotholtz, Michael Schmeltzer, Daniel Hawkins, Niki Stojnic, and Matt Stangel.
6:30 – 8 p.m., Friday June 1
Vermillion on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, 1508 11th Ave.
Could cost of Trans Mountain pipeline top $20 billion?
Writing for The Tyee, Andrew Nikiforuk wonders what the final bill to Canadian taxpayers will be if the federal government moves forward on a plan to buy the 65-year-old pipeline from Kinder Morgan — with expansion plans, it could top $20 billion for an asset valued at $500 million in 2007. The Vancouver Sun reports that environmental activists and First Nations leaders are prepared for unprecedented protests against the pipeline sale, while The National Observer quotes First Nations leaders outraged at the cost of the sale when Indigenous communities face the need for $3.2 billion in upgrades for clean water systems.
Salem’s drinking water is contaminated
The Statesman-Journal reports that because of toxic algae blooms in Detroit lake, Salem, Oregon’s drinking water is contaminated and children under six and people with compromised immune systems shouldn’t drink the city’s tap water.
Tech worker immigrants stuck in green card backlog
According to Seattle Weekly, a growing number immigrants from India and China working in Seattle’s tech industry are stuck in limbo waiting for green cards that would allow them a more permanent status — but changes to the H1B visa system won’t likely be coming to the US any time soon.
Coastal erosion sweeping away a WA state park
KNKX reports that coastal erosion is threatening Cape Disappointment state park, one of Washington’s most popular camping destinations– and the state parks system is creating plans for climate change impacts on its coastal properties.
Is “Prospect” the first Cascadia sci-fi film?
Charles Mudede at The Stranger has a brief review of Prospect, a sci-fi film created by Seattle filmmakers Chris Caldwell and Zeek Earl (which has a screening at the Seattle International Film Festival tonight). It’s the story of father-and-daughter team of “miners” hunting for gems on a green, forested planet (the film was shot on location on Washington’s Olympic peninsula). Read an interview with the film’s creators the The Stranger did back in March.
“Motif,” humorous fiction by Spokane’s Jess Walter
Over at the Inlander, read Jess Walter’s satirical short story, “Motif,” about a Spokane dive bar that gets the hipster update despite some resistance from the employees. “She showed us a catalog of suspenders and old-timey hats. No way I was wearing that. “I love it,” I said. As I told the stool-squats, “What can it hurt, classing the place up, hiring a real cook? No more microwaving Hot Pockets to fool the liquor control board into thinking we have food.”
That’s the day’s arts and news from the across the Northwest. –Andrew Engelson
Photo credits: screenshot from YouTube page with the trailer for the new movie Prospect