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Meet Me Here

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Meet Me Here is your podcast guide to the most exciting arts and culture events in Seattle. In each episode, we’re fighting the freeze and meeting you around the region for art shows, concerts, author talks, geeky get-togethers, and more. There’s a lot to do in this region, so let’s make some plans and go experience it together.

HOSTS

  • Jeannie Yandel covers arts and culture events. Jeannie's goal is to get you out and about in the city's arts and culture scenes, especially stuff that's free or inexpensive or doesn't make your typical critic's list.
  • Katie Campbell covers Seattle’s literary scene, including visiting authors on tour, local writers, and maybe even cozy places to read in and around Seattle. Katie is your book club bestie, here to help you build community around reading.
  • Dyer Oxley covers pop culture and how it intersects with life in the Puget Sound region. We’re a geeky place, and Dyer will dig into the conversations and debates overheard at local comic-cons, movie theaters, and happy hours with your friends
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  • Art: Awkward Coming-Of-Age Stories And Other Adventures In The Chinatown-International District

    Art: Awkward Coming-Of-Age Stories And Other Adventures In The Chinatown-International District
    May 28 2025
    Former Seattle civic poet and Ten Thousand Things podcast host Shin Yu Pai hasn't yet seen the new two-woman show Crash Course, but she's pretty excited to see it. For one thing, Shin Yu says Crash Course explores a struggle many of us are familiar with - the "moment of becoming aware that you might want something different than what people are telling you". But also, Crash Course runs from June 5th-8th at Theatre Off Jackson in the Chinatown-International District or CID. Shin Yu plans to use the show as a springboard to wander around the CID. On this episode, she invites us to wander the neighborhood with her. Shin Yu recommends stopping at two bookstores in the CID. Kinokuniya Seattle, known for its selection of Japanese and English books, as well as its high quality stationery and cute plushies. Mam’s Books is a new independent Asian American bookstore that’s named after the owner’s dad. Risograph classes and workshops are what Shin Yu calls a “lo-fi, affordable method of making multi-colored zines.” The classes take place at Reclaim Clay Collective. There’s also the Panama Hotel & Tea House. Built in 1910, it was originally a workingman’s hotel for single Japanese men. When the federal government incarcerated people of Japanese ancestry during World War Two, some locals stashed their valuable belongings at the hotel, with the hopes of picking up their beloved items later. But many personal items still remain. Visitors can see these items and also listen to vintage Japanese music on an old record player as part of an art installation. Here’s an episode of Ten Thousand Things about that sound installation. If you’d like to load up on snacks, like Japanese mochi, Shin Yu says you can’t go wrong at Uwajimaya and recommends the mango & lychee flavors. Other CID arts and culture gems mentioned in the episode: Shin Yu curated this exhibit at the Wing Luke Museum Seattle Pinball Museum Kobo Seattle Giant loquat tree on 8th Ave S (listed as #2 in this guide) Loquat tree episode of Ten Thousand Things Wing Luke Museum (Shin Yu curated this exhibit) Upcoming events we mentioned in the episode: Meet Me at the Waterfront Park 5K, Seattle, May 31, 8 am - 2 pm Mindfulness Meditation at The Frye Art Museum, first & third Wednesday of the month, 12:30 - 1 pm Hot Shop Hot Nights with Eriko Kobayashi, Hilltop Heritage Middle School, Tacoma June 6, 5-8 pm Author Kevin Kwan at Town Hall Seattle, May 28. Email us at meetmehere@kuow.org with the word TICKETS in the subject line to enter to win a pair of free tickets to this event! Have you checked out an event we recommended? Tell us how it went! Leave us a message at 206-221-6100. Drop us a line at meetmehere@kuow.org. Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here! Become a KUOW member today at kuow.org/meet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Pop Culture: Find Your PNW Pinball Family

    Pop Culture: Find Your PNW Pinball Family
    May 21 2025

    Your grandparents might have joined a bowling league. Today, you can join a pinball league. A pinball renaissance is happening across the Northwest, thanks to a fervent community (called Pinheads) that frequently gathers, holds tournaments, and keeps these machines flipping. Seattle now ranks second in the United States in terms of how many pinball games the city has (590) and how many establishments offer pinball (95).


    Both Ashley Weaver and Dwayne Collins are transplants to Seattle. It’s pinball that has kept them there. Weaver hosts weekly pinball tournaments at 8-Bit in Renton. Collins hosts another at Jupiter in Belltown. They talk about why these games are so popular, why a community has formed around it, and why you should spend your next night out with friends in front of a pinball machine.


    Check out the Washington State Pinheads Facebook group for local happenings.

    Some quick tips for where to start:
    Try the Pinball Map app to see where the pinball machines are around you. Then have fun. Weaver and Collins recommend playing Addams Family, Attack From Mars, Cactus Canyon, and Medieval Madness to start.
    Then check out a beginner-friendly tournament, such as the Tuesday and Thursday night tournaments at Jupiter in Seattle, or the Tuesday night tournament at 8-Bit in Renton.

    Also! The region also boasts a massive, annual pinball convention. The 2025 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show is June 6-8 at the Tacoma Convention Center.


    A few pinball hotspots to try in the Seattle area:
    ADD-A-Ball: Hip, artsy spot in Fremont.
    Ice Box: All ages spot in Ballard.
    Pinball Museum: All ages in the Chinatown-International District. Pay an entrance fee, then all games are free to play. No quarters needed.
    Shorty’s: The original pinball joint in Belltown.
    Time Warp: Feels like you're playing pinball in a Blade Runner movie, but you’re really in Capitol Hill.
    Triple Knock: Skeletons hang from the ceiling and mock you at this Tacoma pinball bar.

    And for a transit-friendly pin crawl in Seattle:

    Take the 40 bus ,which stops at or near almost all of the Seattle pinball places listed above!

    Other events to check out:

    Kevin Diers Benefit Show, May 23, El Corazon Seattle

    HONK! Fest West, May 30-June 1, Georgetown & Columbia City

    Kent Nerd Party, June 7, Downtown Kent

    Have you checked out an event we recommended? Tell us how it went! Leave us a message at 206-221-6100. Drop us a line at meetmehere@kuow.org.

    Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, and Meet Me Here!
    Become a KUOW member today.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    19 m
  • Books: Kevin Kwan Wants To Make You Laugh

    Books: Kevin Kwan Wants To Make You Laugh
    May 14 2025

    This week we’re hitting the books with Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan. The internationally-best selling author rips open the world of the wealthy and indulges us all us in some behind the scenes bits on his latest book Lies and Weddings. Kevin and Katie talk about the benefits of being an outsider, reality television show Below Deck, luxury resort gossip, and his motive behind satirizing the ultra-rich.

    So, push this book to the front of your TBR pile because Kevin Kwan is on tour and he'll be at Town Hall Seattle on May 29th

    And… if you need some help filling that post-reading void. Here’s Kevin and Katie’s Recommended If You Liked (RIYL): Lies and Weddings:

    • The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
    • Piglet by Lottie Hazell

    Other event recommendations from this week’s episode:

    • Author Caitlin Starling talks “The Starving Saints” on May 22nd
    • Thriftapalooza on June 7th and 8th
    • The Bushwick Book Club on Jun 14, 2025

    Where’s your favorite place to meet up around arts and culture in the region? Drop us a line at meetmehere@kuow.org or leave us a voicemail at 206-221-6100.

    Your support helps create shows like Seattle Now, Soundside, Booming, and Meet Me Here!

    Become a KUOW member today.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    18 m
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