I'm Dyer Oxley and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, we debate whether it's a good idea to name your baby after a character in pop culture.

I'm a bit partial to Fox from the X-Files or Cooper from Twin Peaks, a little local flavor.

In this very personal episode, two baby name experts join me and my pregnant wife, Nina, to help us make the biggest

decision yet in our unborn child's life. Listen to meet me here on the KUOW app or wherever you get

your podcast. Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This week, sea lions are

toasting the summer at Shilshul and maybe overstaying their welcome just a bit. 70,000 demonstrators

in Seattle earned a gold star from SPD and would you rather live in a castle or a missile silo?

Both are for sale in our region if you got at least

a cool million. Author Geraldine DeRoyder and comedian Phil Burton are here to break down the week.

But first, let's get you caught up.

The Seattle Asian American Film Festival kicks off tonight at the Wing Luke Museum with a trio of short documentaries that honor 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.

The in-person festival runs through Saturday with screenings at Wing Luke and Broadway Performance Hall.

The in-person festival will be followed by virtual screenings through June 26th.

Pride Month continues with the annual Capitol Hill Pride March and rally on Saturday.

Attendees will gather at noon at Seattle Central College and march up and down Broadway beginning at 1 o'clock.

Organizers say Saturday's event is not a parade, not corporate sponsored, and the goal is to remember Stonewall and the continued

fight for equality, diversity, and democracy. And heads up, light rail riders, if you're heading

to any of these events over the weekend, the downtown light rail stations will be closed again

on Saturday and Sunday so crews can make an urgent rail repair. Sound transit will provide shuttle buses

between Capitol Hill and Soto. They'll run every 30 to 60 minutes. The agency says service will be

back to normal beginning Monday morning. Check back for more headlines on tonight's episode of Seattle

Now. It's Friday again. It's almost meteorological summer, which now.

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