Michael van Baker
Publisher & Editor in Chief
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MvB moved to Seattle in 1987 to attend Seattle University, and his affection for things with Seattle in the name is as yet undiminished. Earlier incarnations have seen him wearing marketing hats at Seattle Opera and the San Francisco Examiner. He wrote for Seattlest from 2005-09, becoming arts editor and editor-in-chief before leaving to found The SunBreak in September 2009.
“Beat the Bridge” Diabetes Fun Run-Walk-Roll Hits Montlake Sunday
18 May 2013 in Announcements, Health, News, SportsWhim W’Him’s Back with Flowers & Shadows for a Weekend Run
18 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, DanceBusdrone Lets You Watch Metro Buses (and More) Move Slowly in Real-Time
16 May 2013 in News, TransportationHow Many Seattle Postal Carriers Were Bitten By Dogs in 2012?
16 May 2013 in Health, News, NEWS_FEATUREDWhy Your King County Metro Bus Route’s Future is Up to the State
15 May 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationMayor McGinn: How About $3 Million More in Road Safety Improvements?
14 May 2013 in News, Politics, TransportationUW Oceanographers Find a Fin Whale Datamine in Seismograph Readings
13 May 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceMike Daisey: Are You Trying to Seduce Me, Ayn Rand?
10 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreForget Mercer Street! Mercer is Dead (Until Mid-2015)!
09 May 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationMike Daisey Takes on Ayn Rand, Utopias, and the Moon
08 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreNorthwest Bucks National Trend Toward Increase in Traffic Deaths
08 May 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationWhile EU Acts, EPA Blows Smoke in Bee Death Report
07 May 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceSeattle Times: Cyclists need “more than paint” for safety
03 May 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationMike Daisey Unmasks Our “American Utopias” at Seattle Rep
02 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreWith “Blood of Dragons,” Hobb Brings Her Rain Wilds Endgame
01 May 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, LiteratureFilm Reviews: Leviathan, Night Across the Street, and The Angels’ Share
30 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Film & TVABC Voters (“Anyone But Conlin”) Can Now Choose Between Carver and Sawant
29 Apr 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsThree New Works Invite Repeated Viewing at Velocity’s SCUBA 2013
27 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceSound Transit Adopts OneBusAway, While WhichBus Goes “Public”
26 Apr 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Transportation2013 National Film Festival for Talented Youth Opens in Seattle
25 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Film & TVKing Street Station Waiting Room Reopens this Week
23 Apr 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationCity Council Looks into Micro-Housing’s Free Lunch
18 Apr 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, Real EstateClimate Change May Put Washington Wineries on the March
17 Apr 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, WeatherHow Clean is Our Water? How Clean Should It Be?
16 Apr 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceSpectrum Dance’s Revival of “A Cruel New World” is Explosive
12 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceJapanese Tsunami Yields Up a Real-Life “Life of Pi” Scene
12 Apr 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATUREDCity’s Sale of Pacific Place Parking Garage Doesn’t Pencil Out, Says Burgess
11 Apr 2013 in Business, News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsBig Break-Up of Arctic Ice on the Beaufort Sea (Video)
10 Apr 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceRecent DUI Body Count Has State Legislature Reviving Stalled Bill
10 Apr 2013 in Crime, News, PoliticsOn Equal Pay Day, Seattle’s Glass Ceiling is Showing
09 Apr 2013 in Business, News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsArchie McPhee’s Unveils Proof-of-Concept GIF for Squirrel Coffee Cup
08 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Off-TaskAt OtB, an “Untitled Feminist Show” Questions Your Authority
05 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Dance, TheatreWashington State’s Water-Pollution Regs Assume People Hate Fish
05 Apr 2013 in Environment, Health, News, NEWS_FEATUREDRoger Ebert & Gene Siskel Review “Sleepless in Seattle”
04 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, Film & TVOn Deck at Safeco Field, Northwest Mex, Mezcal & a Side of Vegetarian
03 Apr 2013 in Bar, Food, FOOD_FEATURED, RestaurantSeattle Really, Really Likes “Grey Gardens”
02 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Film & TV, Music, TheatreMudhoney’s “I Like It Small” Music Video, Right Here
02 Apr 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicElwha River Busy Dumping a New Delta in Juan de Fuca Strait (Photo Gallery)
01 Apr 2013 in Environment, News30% of King County Metro Routes May Disappear in “Bus Rapture”
01 Apr 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationFrom “Master Harold” to “Mud,” Small Shows Deliver Big
29 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, TheatreIt’s Cherry Blossom Time at the University of Washington (Photo Gallery)
29 Mar 2013 in Announcements, Environment, NewsLargest Beekeeper in U.S. Says More Than Half Died Over Winter
29 Mar 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceAt Seattle Dance Project, Jason Ohlberg Muses on Joy and Death
28 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, DanceSen. Cantwell: Washington State is Model for Federal Basic Health Plan
28 Mar 2013 in Health, News, PoliticsIsraeli Gay Youth Advocates Visit Capitol Hill’s Lambert House
27 Mar 2013 in Education, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics2/3 of State Roads in Washington are Rated “Poor” or “Mediocre”
27 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, Transportation“Grey Gardens” & the American Songbook of Dysfunction at ACT
26 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreDon’t Drip & Drive this April
25 Mar 2013 in Announcements, Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationLighting a Way Toward a Mother’s Death, and Life, with Itai Erdal
22 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Theatrecar2go Expands to Keep Up with Demand in Seattle
21 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, TransportationCherry Blossom Time Coming Soon to the UW
20 Mar 2013 in Announcements, Environment, News, NEWS_FEATUREDSeattle Takes Itself Off Michelle Shocked’s Tour
19 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, MusicStudent Loan Debt Will Bury Us All, Spring 2013 Edition
19 Mar 2013 in Education, News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsPNB’s Modern Masterpieces Lives Up to the Hype
18 Mar 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, DanceDowntown, a “Vertical Community” for a New Seattle Takes Shape
18 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Real EstateMayoral Candidate Tim Burgess Talks Homes for the Homeless
13 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, Real EstateFDA Adds Antibiotic Azithromycin to List of Heart-Dangerous Meds
12 Mar 2013 in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED“Undecided” Leads by Wide Margin in Seattle’s Mayoral Race
07 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsWhat’s Your Bid for a 123-Foot Historic Fireboat Named Alki?
06 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Transportation90 Days In, Seattle’s car2go Membership is Blowing Up
05 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, TransportationPoopy Pluses, Minuses on View at Woodland Park Zoo and Lincoln Park
05 Mar 2013 in Environment, Health, NewsWhat if Amtrak Cascades Made Money? Lots of Money.
04 Mar 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Transportation“Dial M for Murder,” in Hi-Def 3D, at SIFF Uptown This Weekend
28 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Film & TVSchizophrenic Man, Killed by Seattle Police, Was First Hit With Taser Twice
28 Feb 2013 in Crime, Health, News, NEWS_FEATUREDHome-Grown Rock Musical “These Streets” Gets it Right
26 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, ARTS_FEATURED, Music, TheatreHe Was Pointing His Handgun Into the Air When It “Went Off.”
26 Feb 2013 in Crime, News, NEWS_FEATUREDGetting a Bead on Our Improbable Weather
25 Feb 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science, WeatherIf It’s Saturday, It’s Neon Pop at The Josephine in Ballard
23 Feb 2013 in Arts & Entertainment, MusicLegislature Debates “Product Stewardship” of Batteries, Paint & Lights
22 Feb 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsMaybe Seattle’s Dating Scene is as Bad as Women Think It is
21 Feb 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, ScienceNew WSDOT Chief Boards Runaway Trains of Viaduct & 520 Projects
21 Feb 2013 in News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, TransportationEU May Ban Neonicotinoids for Bees — Will EPA Act Next?
18 Feb 2013 in Environment, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, ScienceIn State Senate, a Few are Already Sick of Seattle’s Leave
14 Feb 2013 in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, PoliticsPertussis Vaccine Challenged by the Rise of Pertactin Mutants
13 Feb 2013 in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED
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