Author @maxdelsohn.bsky.social’s first-ever published book, Crawl, a series of short stories about transmasc life in Seattle in the 2010s, is the most delightful—and sometimes also devastating—thing we’ve read this year.

The first in our “Dining and Writing” series:

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Last month, artists’ collective Common Area Maintenance bought a 30,000-square-foot building in Belltown for 20 dollars. 🏗️ What comes next?

CHUM News went on a tour of CAM’s new property, the 115-year-old El Rey, to learn more:

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🚨 NEW SEATTLE PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 @chum.news just went live a few minutes ago. “An online media outlet covering Seattle culture & society in all its eccentricity.” www.chum.news (I’m not part of it, just excited for a new indie Seattle culture mag)