© Heather Christianson

also in December 2011

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one week, back in December 2011, both headliners at each comedy underground location were utilizing photos I'd taken of them to promote their shows. :-)

December 2011

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Billy Wayne Davis

Gabriel Rutledge

A Walk in the Snow

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A recently added image to my Society6 shop:

Click Here to Purchase

2011-12-09T13:43:00.000-08:00

SCORES: maple elementary

2010-03-23T22:27:00.001-07:00

Maple 2010_03-23-19, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

The second day of spring season was another beautiful day for soccer!

having fun

2010-03-22T23:39:00.001-07:00

Gatzert 2010_03-22-19, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

America SCORES Seattle's Spring Season started today!

Mustard Pork Chop from Nigella Express

2010-01-02T19:56:00.001-08:00

2010_01-02 Mustard Pork Chop - Nigella Express 101, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

January 2, 2009
These didn't last long.
yum!

America SCORES Seattle 2nd Game Day - Emerson @ Highland Park

2009-10-23T19:56:00.001-07:00

Fall Game Day 2 - Highland Park and Emerson 2009_10-23 022, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

Emerson poet-athlete reading his poem at the pre-game slam.

Mass in the Grass
by Abdimajid Aden

I saw a mass in the grass, so...
I ran so fast, I'm never last.
I jumped over some broken glass.
I even ran past my class.
I grasped my old mask
And I saw someone with a rash.
I scared them it was a blast!

What R U? Chicken?

2009-08-27T08:34:00.001-07:00

What R U? Chicken?, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

Northwest Washington Fair
Lynden, WA
August 2009

Kate and Emmett

2009-08-16T20:30:00.001-07:00

2009_08-02 Kate and Emmett 150 - edit1, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

Had a wonderful time shooting Kate and Emmett's wedding in August.

Drake Witham

2009-08-16T20:29:00.001-07:00

2009_07-15 Drake Witham 078 - crop8x10, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

Had a great headshot session with Drake in July. Thank you, Drake!

May Day March 2009

2009-05-14T16:02:00.001-07:00

2009_05-01 May Day March 011, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

Vero

May 1, 2009: Immigrant Solidarity March

2009-05-13T09:04:00.000-07:00

I headed up to Bellingham, WA on May Day to cover the Immigrant Solidarity March with special guest keynote speakers from the Yamato Engine I.C.E. Raid.
Photos:

Immigrant Solidarity March from Heather Christianson on Vimeo.

May 1, 2009

Bellingham, WA

Music from Fellow Workers - Ani Difranco/Utah Phillips

Photos by Heather Christianson

2009-04-26T21:12:00.001-07:00

bird shots 2009_04 141, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

North American Robin

Rufous Hummingbird

2009-04-19T10:53:00.001-07:00

2009_04 misc birds 021, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

April 2009
Blaine, WA

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horoscope side note for 4/19/2009:
While a current conversation might turn into a power struggle, your general intention now is to reduce the drama in your life and seek a return to simplicity. The Sun's entry into bucolic Taurus lures you into the belief that relationships can be placid. But the conflict returns when you remember that you're not interested in compromising your zest for life. Passion, with all its complexity, is still more important to you than comfort alone.

4/18/2009:
The Seattle Comedy Blog (www.seattlecomedyblog.com) got a great shout out from Peter Greyy from the stage at the Moore Theater last night at the Doug Benson show. Thanks Peter!

2009-03-26T21:55:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

2009-03-11T11:04:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

2009-03-09T20:29:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

March First Thursday @ the Comedy Underground in Pioneer Square

2009-03-03T18:47:00.001-08:00

March First Thursday @ the Comedy Underground in Pioneer Square, originally uploaded by Heather Christianson.

I will have some photos hanging at the Comedy Underground. If you're out and about for First Thursday, please stop by and say hi.

Description:
Urban Craft Uprising and the Comedy Underground are teaming up to bring you the Art of Comedy. When the Comedy Underground decided to open it's doors to local artists who use humor and beguiling sensibilities in their work, they called on Urban Craft Uprising, organizers of the largest indie craft show in the Pacific Northwest. A dozen indie crafters and artists will be vending their goods (apparel, jewelry, toys, art, kid's stuff, etc.) in the Comedy Underground lobby located at 109 S. Washington St. (at Occidental), followed by a full night of comedians bringing the funny.

Please join us for our first curated event, March 5th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm - all part of the First Thursday events in Pioneer Square.

Come for the Crafty, stay for the Comedy.

15 artists vending their goods, followed by brilliant stand-up comedy at 9 PM by John Roy, as seen on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,"

For more information, check out www.comedyunderground.com/news/news/the_art_of_comedy.php
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Tickets: FREE

Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA

2009-02-27T14:27:00.000-08:00

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_work_site_raid_napolitano.html

Napolitano orders review of WA raid
By MANUEL VALDES
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

SEATTLE -- Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action.

Workplace raids involving the arrests of hundreds of illegal immigrants at a time became almost routine in the last years of the Bush administration, but Napolitano's response to Tuesday's raid at a Bellingham, Wash., manufacturing plant highlighted the Obama administration's much different approach to a hot-button issue.

Napolitano told lawmakers during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday that she did not know about the raid before it happened and was briefed on it early Wednesday morning. She has asked U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which arrested 28 illegal immigrants in the raid, for answers.

"I want to get to the bottom of this as well," she said. She said work-site enforcement needs to be focused on the employers.

In a statement, an ICE official said the agency conducted the raid after information from two "gang members" led agents to start an investigation at the company.

"Follow-up investigation uncovered a potentially large number of illegally employed workers. ICE conducted the operation in order to identify and, if appropriate, apprehend any unauthorized workers and to further determine potential criminal activity," ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said in an e-mail from Washington, D.C.

The raid at Yamato Engine Specialists was the first work-site action ICE has taken since Obama took office, said Sean Smith, a spokesman at Homeland Security in Washington, D.C.

Obama, who appointed Napolitano, has signaled a shift in immigration policy that would rely less on work-site enforcement, focusing instead on employers who hire illegal immigrants and on overall immigration reform.

ICE agents rounded up 25 men and three women at the engine shop, all Mexicans except for a Honduran, a Salvadoran and a Guatemalan. Except for three people freed on humanitarian grounds, those arrested are at a detention center in Tacoma, awaiting deportation proceedings.

In a statement Tuesday, ICE officials said many of the people obtained the jobs using fake Social Security numbers and other counterfeit documents.

Shirin Dhanani Makalai, whose family owns the business, said the raid came after months of cooperating with ICE on an audit, which included providing employee rosters to federal authorities on several occasions. She said the family-owned business does not advocate hiring illegal immigrants.

"We try to stay within the guidelines, within the law," Makalai said Tuesday.

Makalai added that the company did not knowingly hire illegal immigrants, and that employers have no clear way of checking an employee's legal status. Tuesday's raid marked the second time ICE had taken workers from the factory, but Makalai said that after an audit in 2006, agents conducted individual interviews, instead of a raid.

She said that family members - who are originally from Uganda - estimate about 60 agents came into the sprawling factory and asked management to round up the workers. She said the business is losing about $60,000 a day and lost four highly skilled workers.

"We were completely blind-sided," Makalai said.

For immigrant advocacy groups, the raid was a surprise as well.

Marissa Graciosa of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, said it was deeply disappointing that ICE has executed a raid since Obama took office. She called the raids destructive and ineffective.

"We urge President Obama to deliver on his promise of change by stopping the raids, and signing just and humane immigration reform into law," Graciosa said.

Immigrant advocates in Seattle called on Obama to place a moratorium on raids until there's immigration reform from Congress.

Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors stricter enforcement of immigration laws, said Napolitano's call to review the raid goes along with an expectation that Obama will slash work-site raids. Camarota said such raids should be part of an overall immigration policy.

"I think that the expectation is that (Obama) will do a whole lot less enforcement, period," Camarota said.

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Associated Press Writer Eileen Sullivan in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

Department of Homeland Security, http://www.dhs.gov/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, http://www.ice.gov/

Migration Policy Institute, http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/DHS-Feb09.pdf

other related links:

http://clpmag.org/content/contentpages/2009/multimedia-inside-the-northwest-detention-center.php

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008053884_detention16m.html

http://www.hatefreezone.org/article.php?list=type&type=56

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March First Thursday

2009-02-26T15:14:00.001-08:00

Please join me Thursday, March 5th at the Comedy Underground for First Thursday.

I have been graciously included in this event and will have some photos hanging at the underground.

I hope to see you there.

fyi - no new posts until after this show

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