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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Paige Browning. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Century Ballroom

is in its last months of operation. It's one of Seattle's longest-running social dance venues,

with the first classes gliding across the ballroom in 1997.

But owner, Hallie Cooperman, announced earlier this month

that 2025 will be the space's last dance.

We'll hear from Hallie and from Century Dance students in a minute, but first,

let's get you caught up. You can see how the federal court system works in person today in

Seattle. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is holding a special sitting at the University of Washington School of Law.

The three-judge panel will hear several appeals, including one involving a business violating the Clean Air Act.

We'll drop a link in the show notes to where you can live-stream it at one.

From the federal court to the pickleball court, Seattle wants to build two dozen pickleball courts at Magnuson Park.

And tomorrow night, there's an opportunity to weigh in.

The city's preference is to build 24 courts just north of 65th Street.

And to do it, the city has to pass an environmental review process.

Under the plan, the courts would open by the end of 2026.

That's it for now.

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