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• Our Favorite Bowls of Hot Soup in Seattle

  21-02-2026 01:20 via thestranger.com
  Don’t worry, we’ll start yelling at politicians again soon.by Julianne BellIt’s cold. Earlier this week we saw a few tiny flurries of snow, even! And while some weather reports suggest we might soon break out of this chilly, mid-40s prison we’ve been locked in, it’ll be by just a few degrees. And probably rainy. It’s the perfect weather for soup. So we took a break from screaming about Trump and City Hall, and switched gears for a minute to appreciate some of
  
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• I Saw U: Reading the Paper on the 1 Line, Wearing Glasses at the Steve Forbert Show, and Drinking Absinthe at the Bohemia Cabaret

  20-02-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by AnonymousRed Coat & Rainbow Cap + Pigtails – 1 Line
  Mon Feb 16 – Bearded in a red coat reading a paper. You got off at Capitol Hill 10:25pm. Multicolor cap, 2 pigtails. We kept locking eyes.Erika at Wuthering Heights
  You introduced me to your Mikey, I introduced you to mine. I mentioned literary role play. Shall we roam the wily, windy moors?
  Valentine's Sunday Bear Social
  U stood around for moment. Starstruck didn't know what to say asked if
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Feb 20–22, 2026

  20-02-2026 19:00 via everout.com
  Black & Brew Festival, Lunar New Year Family Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffYour plans are in good hands with weekend picks from the Seattle Asian Art Museum's Lunar New Year Family Festival to a Pioneer Square Scavenger Hunt and from the 12th Annual Black & Brew Imperial Stout Festival to the 2026 Seattle Home & Garden Show. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
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  FOOD & DRINK
  Seattle Cider Taproom Farewell Party
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• Slog AM: The Supreme Court Stomps on Trump's Tariffs, New Voter ID Bill Is Bad News, and Seattle Women's Hockey Captain Breaks Olympic Record

  20-02-2026 17:43 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! Did you see a little snow yesterday? It was spotty, and fleeting, and it might be the only snow we get this year, so I hope you got a taste of it. Today promises to be cold (low 40s), but probably dry, so get outside for a bit. Tomorrow, the rain starts again.
  MAHA Moms Revolt: On Wednesday, Trump invoked a Korean-war era law that allows the government to force the manufacture of supplies “in the interest of national
  
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• The 2 Line in Seattle Is Just a Simulation, for Now

  20-02-2026 00:38 via thestranger.com
  On February 14, Sound Transit started running the 2 Line in Seattle, but only between Lynnwood and Chinatown-International District. Its cross-lake connection will commence on March 28.by Charles MudedeHave you been on the 1 Line this week? If so, you might have seen a little Easter egg on the schedule board: the 2 Line.
  On February 14, Sound Transit started running the 2 Line in Seattle, but only between Lynnwood and Chinatown-International District. Its cross-lake connection will commence on M
  
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• Guest Rant: The Millionaires’ Tax Gives Corporations a (Tax) Break

  20-02-2026 00:30 via thestranger.com
  If you live in the 37th (Southeast Seattle), the 36th (Northwest Seattle), or the 43rd (Central Seattle) Legislative Districts, it’s more important than ever to show up this Saturday and make your legislators explain why they’re giving big business a break while our social programs wither.by Fatema BoxwalaOn Monday, the millionaires’ tax bill passed the Washington state Senate and headed to the House. Great, more revenue! But there’s more to it than a 9.9 percent inc
  
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• Ticket Alert: Tame Impala, J. Cole, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  19-02-2026 23:00 via everout.com
  Plus, Hilary Duff and More Event Updates for Thursday, February 19by EverOut StaffHey now, hey now, these tix are what dreams are made of! Psych pop-rock project Tame Impala brings special guest Dominic Fike along on a North American trek. Heavyweight MC J. Cole launches his first headlining tour in six years to support his reported final album. Plus, former Disney Channel star Hilary Duff makes her comeback with a new album and supporting world tour. Read on for details on those and other newly
  
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• Pop Loser #17: Opera Singer J’Nai Bridges Shares Her Go-To Karaoke Songs

  19-02-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Your weekly music news.by Audrey VannWelcome back to Pop Loser! This week, the Queer/Pride Festival lineup dropped, the Cass Elliot biopic was cast, and I have one special request from God (spoiler alert: it involves The Traitors). I’ll also share two new songs that I’m currently obsessed with, and in a new segment, Questions from the Cutting Room Floor, Grammy-winning opera singer J’Nai Bridges shares her go-to karaoke songs.
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• Slog AM: Woman Killed by Driver in Capitol Hill Identified, Dog Enters Olympic Skiing, We’re Suing Trump Again

  19-02-2026 17:58 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah YipWoman Killed By Driver in Capitol Hill Identified: Her name was Lilliana Moreno. On Monday night, the 27-year-old was crossing East Pike Street when she was hit by a car making a right turn from Bellevue Avenue. She was trapped under the car for 20 minutes and died at the scene.
  ICE Arrests: According to the Deportation Data Project, ICE arrested 2,000 people in Washington between late-January and mid-October of last year, a 140 percent increa
  
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• Loser Behavior, tbh

  19-02-2026 01:52 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousThe coffee shop was busy and full, and you were sitting on the couch while your friend was sitting at the armchair. There was room on the couch and another unoccupied armchair next to your friend. Both of you were on your phones. My husband and I asked if we could sit in the empty spaces. You looked at us and then went back to your phone. We sat down for a minute, but then a bench freed up nea
  
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• Jesse Jackson Helped Me Unlearn the Church

  19-02-2026 00:59 via thestranger.com
  This week, as we mark Jackson’s passing, the tributes have rightly talked about the “Rainbow Coalition,” about how he stretched the imagination of what a Black candidate could do and be in national politics, about how his run helped clear a path that others later walked. All true. Still, grief has a way of pulling the personal to the surface. For me, the most enduring legacy of that speech isn’t only what it meant for the Democratic Party. It’s what it meant for a s
  
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• Think You Are the King of the Bus?

  18-02-2026 21:43 via thestranger.com
  I was excited to play. And then I lost. Twice.by Nathalie GrahamPeople who take the bus are superior to exclusive light railers, who are only cosplaying as serious transit riders. That measly track can be the gateway drug into the vastness of Seattle’s public transportation network. It can only take you two directions today—and a third and fourth when the Cross Lake Connection unites the 2 Line with Seattle proper on March 28. On the bus, you can go anywhere. 
  At least, this is
  
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• Slog AM: ICE Left a $200 million Hole In Minneapolis’s Economy, Waymo Uses DoorDash to Close the Doors of Its Cars, Will the Seahawks Visit the White House?

  18-02-2026 18:40 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Charles MudedeThe Seahawks basically destroyed the Patriots to claim their second Super Bowl. Now comes the big question: Will the team visit the White House? Back in 2014, they made the trip and celebrated with the then president Barack Obama. But things are very different now. Trump is violently attacking cities and not even trying to hide his racism. The Seahawks have a lot Black players and the city it represents is considered a “Welcoming City.&r
  
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• Third Time

  18-02-2026 03:10 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageMy partner and I are both AFAB nonbinary queers in our mid-30s and have been together a long time. We don’t believe lifelong monogamy is realistic. We even started our relationship practicing ethical non-monogamy, then defaulted to monogamy for many years. We now have two very young children and are planning a third in the near future. Between parenting and a longstanding libido mismatch,
  
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• Slog AM: Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies, Millionaires Tax Passes State Senate, Anderson Cooper Leaving 60 Minutes

  17-02-2026 18:03 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundup.by Vivian McCallMillionaires tax passes Senate: After a three hour debate, the 9.9 percent income tax on earnings over $1 million a year passed with a 27-22 vote. Three Democrats voted with Republicans. Lawmakers approved an amendment that repealed part of our sales tax, but didn’t approve a tax break on baby diapers.
  Legalize It! “It” being smaller, cheaper elevators. The Washington State Senate approved a bill aimed at culling one
  
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• Drag Race Episode Seven: The Rudemption of Myki Meeks

  17-02-2026 02:01 via thestranger.com
  We’re finally done with Rate-A-Queen! The cast is back to our regularly scheduled programming with parodies of hot-button political issues. In the words of Jane Don’t, “it’s a good day to be a clown.”by Mike KohfeldWe’re finally done with Rate-A-Queen! The cast is back to our regularly scheduled programming with parodies of hot-button political issues. In the words of Jane Don’t, “it’s a good day to be a clown.”
  “Y’all are p
  
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• Stranger Suggests: An Award-Winning Author, Young Bruce Lee, and Clubbing at the Cottage

  16-02-2026 20:42 via thestranger.com
  One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Weekby Julianne BellMONDAY 2/16  
  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart with Living Hour
  (MUSIC) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is one of those indie bands that shaped the soundscape of the late aughts. Their shoegazey, synth-spiked rock blossomed out of New York as the band played shows around the city and shared songs on MySpace (RIP). The Pains—as they're affectionately known—disbanded in 2019 after releasing five albums, but an
  
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• Slog AM: The Government’s Out of Money Again, Two Immigrants Were Released from Tacoma’s Detention Center, and Who Knows, We Might Get Some Snow

  16-02-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! It’s Presidents Day, which our president is celebrating with an AI-generated Time magazine cover and the quote: “I was the hunted, and now I’m the hunter.” This is probably what George Washington had in mind, right?
  The Weather: We had our taste of False Spring, and now we’re back to winter for a bit. Highs in the 40s, lows right around freezing, and we might even get a little snow later in the
  
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• Eddie Lin's District 2 Is Racially Diverse

  14-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  The former assistant attorney for the Seattle City Attorney’s Office easily won The Stranger's endorsement. His big message? Seattle needs more housing, and from all sectors: private, parastatal, social. But is he too soft on cops?by Charles MudedeI enter Cal Anderson Park. It’s 10:15 a.m. The sky is bright blue with long and high clouds. The sun is low. And a seagull stands on top of the city’s best fountain. What’s on its mind? On the concrete rim that circles the
  
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• I Saw U: Making Eye Contact at the ICE Protest, Winning a Prize on the Claw Machine, and Looking Like Chad Michael Murray with Kurt Cobain Hair

  13-02-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by AnonymousMullet 4 Mullet at the Ice Protest: Revolutionary Eye Contact
  You: pink/purple curly mullet cutie carrying a long sign Me: gray/black mullet w boot sign. We locked eyes many a time, let’s go on a date? FUCK ICE!Southcenter skate claw machine
  You: short masc in a hat. Me: red jacket zombie shirt. You watched me win a prize for my friend’s birthday. I should have won you one too! Forgive me?
  Benbow 80's Nohjty
  You're Lisa charming smile in
  
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• Look, I Didn’t Want to Like Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights

  13-02-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  But I Would Absolutely Let Jacob Elordi Be Mean to Meby Audrey VannI think anyone who has read Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights can agree that it’s a challenging read. Perspectives change chapter to chapter, Joseph the servant’s dialogue is basically unreadable, and most of Heathcliff and Cathy’s love story is played out through the next generation after—spoiler alert—Cathy dies during childbirth. In Emerald Fennell’s adaptation, she focuses on
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Feb 13–15, 2026

  13-02-2026 19:00 via everout.com
  Sound Off!, Tết in Seattle, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffThere's lots to love in our weekend guide, with festive events from Sound Off! 2026 to Tết in Seattle and from the Petit Troll Mardi Gras Parade to Sweetheart Book Fair. Plus, if the urge for new ink strikes, go get a Friday the 13th flash tattoo!
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  Slumber Party: Dalaine, Henry Mansfield
  A concert in an artisanal chocolate shop that encourages wearing pajamas? Sign me up. Owned and
  
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• Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE

  13-02-2026 18:12 via thestranger.com
  Impeding ICE with the combined powers of the city, county and the port.by Hannah Murphy WinterThis morning, Seattle City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck announced legislation to bar new or expanded detention facilities from being built within city limits. At the same time, Seattle Port Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa announced an order that would bar any expansion of immigration activity on Port land, and a second that provides civil rights education to anyone working on Port property.
  Their a
  
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• Slog AM: SPD's May Day USA Fuck Up, EPA Won't Regulate Greenhouse Gases Anymore, Michigan Town Must Slaughter Park Deer

  13-02-2026 17:27 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamProtect and Serve? Last summer's May Day USA event, the right-wing Christian extremist event held in Cal Anderson, was a clusterfuck largely because of the Seattle Police Department's biases against the people of this city, a new report found. SPD apparently didn't see what the big deal was about holding an anti-LGBT rally in the park—they "weren't familiar with the neighborhood's history," according to PubliCola. They viewed May D
  
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• Guest Rant: We Can’t Resist Trump Without Revenue

  13-02-2026 01:15 via thestranger.com
  Cities and counties are begging for more progressive revenue tools. And it just so happens there's this progressive revenue tool in the Leg right now....by Teresa MosquedaAs the federal government continues to sow chaos and force unprecedented cuts that threaten our communities in need, the work we do at the local level to provide stability and support is more critical than ever. But with limited local revenue tools, our county and city resources are already failing to keep up with growing commu
  
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• Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Mercury Review

  13-02-2026 01:07 via thestranger.com
  Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie opens in wide release on Friday, February 13.by Dom SinacolaThis story was originally published by our sister paper, Portland Mercury.
  For nearly 20 years, Torontonian best friends Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol have chronicled the everyday existences of Torontonian best friends Matt (Johnson) and Jay (McCarrol) as they attempt to book a show for their band, Nirvanna the Band, at local venue the Rivoli.
  Granted, they've never acknowledged that their band
  
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• The Legislature Is Ready to Tax The Rich

  13-02-2026 00:18 via thestranger.com
  The millionaire's tax seems good, but is it great?by Nathalie GrahamWho will weep for the millionaires? 
  A 9.9 percent tax on annual earnings upward of $1 million could become reality in Washington state. A Senate bill is up for a full vote as soon as next week, and its companion in the House is still in committee. If either bill reaches Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk with enough tax relief for small businesses and low-income households, he’s likely to sign it. With his pen stroke, we
  
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• Ticket Alert: Zayn, Baby Keem, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  12-02-2026 22:00 via everout.com
  Plus, the Black Keys and More Event Updates for February 12by EverOut StaffGet ready to *add to cart*. R&B-influenced pop star Zayn embarks on his first solo headline arena tour this year, arriving in Seattle this September. Rapper and producer Baby Keem will support his sophomore album, Casino, on tour. Plus, blues rock duo The Black Keys supports their forthcoming album, Peaches!, with two nights at Remlinger Farms. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some n
  
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• The Live and Let Dry at Lady Jaye

  12-02-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  An Herbaceous Mocktail Made from Caffeinated Leaves, Iris Roots, and Almondsby Meg van HuygenAlthough I didn’t observe Dry January myself, I absolutely respect the game, just as I understand that the liver wants what it wants (and doesn’t what it doesn’t). I’m also always nosy about what drinks my friends order, even if they’re teetotal. So at West Seattle’s Lady Jaye last month, when my NA pal was raving about their tasty mango shrub, I did something I normal
  
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• Slog AM: ICE Out of MN, Seattle Hosts Big-Ass Parade, Bondi Snubs Epstein Survivors

  12-02-2026 18:20 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah YipThank Fuck: After two months of federal officers terrorizing, brutalizing, arresting, and killing people in Minneapolis, the Trump administration will end its “largest immigration enforcement operation ever,” border czar Tom Homan announced today. Homan touted the whole operation as a win that leaves Minnesota safer, “less of a sanctuary state for criminals.” A win? After two months of arresting more than 4,000 people, killi
  
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• Social Housing, Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You

  12-02-2026 01:45 via thestranger.com
  After three years, two ballot measures and Tuesday’s City Council vote, Seattle is one step closer to being a more affordable city.by Micah YipAfter three years, two ballot measures and Tuesday’s City Council vote, Seattle is one step closer to being a more affordable city.
  On Tuesday night, Seattle Social Housing (SSH) hosted an event featuring Mayor Katie Wilson, announcing the organization will be receiving $115 million through a voter-approved tax to build and buy buildings for a
  
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• Romancing the Tome

  12-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  Talking Valentines, Heated Rivalry, and Sexy Fish Scaling with Author Olivia Waiteby Julianne BellOlivia Waite is a Seattle-based romance, sci-fi, and fantasy author, New York Times romance columnist, Jeopardy! champion, and accomplished fiber artist. I was introduced to her via her novel The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics, which is not only a beguiling sapphic love story, but also a brilliant ode to the art of science and the science of art. Her latest book, Murder by Memory, a cozy
  
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• Backpack Beware

  11-02-2026 20:25 via thestranger.com
  Signed, a former New Yorker, just trying to get home.by AnonymousSeattle, I know you are relatively new to the public transit game, but I am BEGGING YOU to learn some basics about rush hour travel. You're relatively okay at standing to the right so people can walk by on the left on escalators, but for god's sakes, TAKE OFF YOUR BACKPACKS ON THE TRAIN!!Picture this: It's 5 p.m., you're leaving the office. The train is packed full of tired, overworked, and underpaid people. You manage to squeeze o
  
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• Slog AM: Ten are Dead After Mass Shooting in Canada, the Trump Administration Can’t Make Up Its Mind About the El Paso Airport, and It’s Super Bowl Parade Day in Seattle

  11-02-2026 19:01 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingToday, Seattle Celebrates: It’s parade day for the Seattle Seahawks, who defeated the New England Patriots 29–13 in Sunday’s Bad Bunny Bowl. The morning begins with a trophy ceremony at Lumen Field at 10 a.m., and the parade will start at Fourth Avenue and Washington Street at 11 a.m. Officials say it should take approximately two hours for the parade to make its way down Fourth Avenue to Cedar Street. SPD is expecting about a
  
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• SPD Policy Undermines Rivera’s Immigrant-Protecting Bill

  11-02-2026 02:05 via thestranger.com
  Unfortunately, nothing in government is that simple, and the Seattle Police Department (SPD) exists.by Micah YipCouncilmember Maritza Rivera has done something right. 
  This morning, the Public Safety Committee passed her bill that protects immigrants from our own municipal code. It strikes language that says city employees (including police) must “cooperate with, not hinder” federal immigration enforcement, and adds a section clarifying that they are not to collect or share pers
  
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• Rivera Introduces Bill to Protect Immigration Information

  11-02-2026 02:05 via thestranger.com
  Unfortunately, nothing in government is simple. While police are regulated under state law, local law, and department policy, there’s still a conflict between city code and state law Rivera’s bill does not address.by Micah YipCouncilmember Maritza Rivera has done something right. 
  This morning, the Public Safety Committee passed her bill that protects immigrants from our own municipal code. It strikes language that says city employees (including police) must “cooperate wit
  
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• Pacific Science Center’s Boeing IMAX Theater to Be Sold to Space Needle

  11-02-2026 00:45 via thestranger.com
  The question of what that “IMAX experience” entails will now be top of mind for Seattle movie lovers. Many consider the Boeing IMAX to be one of the best places to go see the biggest releases of the year, but staff who spoke to The Stranger are concerned that this new buyer isn’t interested in screening first-run releases of Hollywood films, like Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Odyssey.by Chase HutchinsonThe Boeing IMAX theater, the biggest IMAX theatre in the state, has
  
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• Pacific Science Center’s Boeing IMAX Theater Sold to Space Needle

  11-02-2026 00:45 via thestranger.com
  The question of what that “IMAX experience” entails will now be top of mind for Seattle movie lovers. Many consider the Boeing IMAX to be one of the best places to go see the biggest releases of the year, but staff who spoke to The Stranger are concerned that this new buyer isn’t interested in screening first-run releases of Hollywood films, like Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Odyssey.by Chase HutchinsonThe Boeing IMAX theater, the biggest IMAX theatre in the state, has
  
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• Beneath the Mask

  11-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  Shapiro’s journey through the art world is a storied one.by Amanda ManitachSomewhere in Manhattan, sometime in the mid 1980s: a friend invited Ann Leda Shapiro to a clandestine gathering of nameless, faceless women at an artist’s loft. “Come to this meeting,” she was told. “We’re pissed off. We’re going to do something.” It turned out to be the beginning of the Guerrilla Girls.
  Shapiro kept the secret of her involvement for 40 years; she will still
  
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• ICE Says They Will Play “Key Part of Overall Security Apparatus” of World Cup

  10-02-2026 22:25 via thestranger.com
  Hey, we’re hosting the World Cup, and not far from the immigrant rich Chinatown-International District. And since this is the “World” Cup, tens of thousands of people from around the world will be here. That's a problem!by Vivian McCallWhile defending Trump’s mass deportation program before Congress today, ICE’s acting director Todd Lyons told Rep. Nellie Pou of New Jersey that the agency would be a “key part of the overall security apparatus” of th
  
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• The Unraveling

  10-02-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Record your question for the Savage Lovecast at savage.love/askdan!by Dan SavageI had a great time at Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather last month in Washington D.C. For those who don’t know, MAL is an annual fetish event for gay men. There is a lot of socializing in the lobby of the host hotel and a lot of kinky play in the rooms. One of the highlights for me was a mummification party. However, things got awkward when I had to explain to my friends that my husband thought I was on a business
  
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• Slog AM: Millionaire Tax Advances, Trump’s Consumer Protection Bureau Lost Us $19 Billion, EPA to Revoke Legal Basis of Clean Air Act Protections

  10-02-2026 18:09 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Vivian McCallSenate Committee Passes Millionaire’s Tax: The 9.9 percent income tax on people making more than $1 million a year is moving forward with a tax break for small businesses. Businesses making $300,000 or less won’t have to pay a dime of the state’s business and occupation (B&O) tax, while those making below $600,000 will see limited relief. The state Senate could vote on the bill as early as next week.
  Party Fouls: Polic
  
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• Drag Race Episode Six: It’s the State of Florida vs. Jane Don’t

  10-02-2026 02:07 via thestranger.com
  Drag Race Episode Six, the end of Rate-a-Queen.by Mike KohfeldThis week, we wrapped up Season 18’s Rate-A-Queen talent show. Some queens showed that savvy strategy can outweigh a mid performance, but others *cough* Jane Don’t *cough* proved that reality TV shenanigans will never eclipse star quality. Let’s get into it.
  The End of Glam
  Ciara Myst, the lovable oddball from Indy, took center stage after being rated in the lowest position by her fellow queens last week. Her fate de
  
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• The X Factor

  10-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  “Seattle has better Chinese food than New York."by Meg van Huygen“Seattle has better Chinese food than New York, anyway,” Xian Zhang quips from the couch in her new office, overlooking Second Avenue. “Well, in New York, it’s mainly Cantonese food. But I find Chinese food from the north actually better here. I’m from the north, so I like the handmade dumplings and hand-pulled noodles, that kind of thing. Seattle does it better.”
  Before she even landed, wo
  
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• Did You Get a Stranger Valentine?

  09-02-2026 21:30 via thestranger.com
  All is full of love.by Megan SelingIllustrations by April Finfrock
  If you need proof that there is still love in the world, look no further than our February issue. It's packed with hundreds and hundreds of reader-submitted love notes, all gushing with sweet sentiments and declarations of admiration. 
  There's a Valentine for Pookie Mamacita, Kitty, and Goose. There are people celebrating love landmarks like anniversaries, moving in together, and having a baby. I think there's even a marriag
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Wikipedia Rabbit Holes, a Masked Chillwave Band, and a Retelling of Cupid and Psyche

  09-02-2026 21:17 via thestranger.com
  One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Weekby Julianne BellMONDAY 2/9  
  Asher Perlman & Tom Toro(LITERATURE) If you’ve ever found yourself shedding a tear at a comic strip or recoiling with existential dread from a political cartoon, this one’s for you. New Yorker contributors Asher Perlman and Tom Toro are coming to Elliott Bay Book Company to discuss their new cartoon collections, Hi, It’s Me Again and And to Think We Started As a Book Club…. The f
  
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• How to Date Like an Asian

  09-02-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  We Gotta Get Those Asian Birth Rates Upby Michael WongAfter a decade of media dominance, the world finally must admit: Asians got swag. And somehow we are still facing an Asian birth-rate crisis (to the specific chagrin of my mother). So given the circumstances, and with Valentine’s Day on the way, let me show you how to go on a date like an Asian person, in Seattle. Let me know how it goes!
  Pregame at Costco
  Getting your date kicked off by flexing membership at an exclusive club is never
  
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• Slog AM: The Seahawks Won, Bad Bunny Won More, and Trump Had a Terrible, No Good Sunday

  09-02-2026 18:47 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterThe Seahawks Won Benito Bowl LX: They did it. On Sunday, for the second time in the franchise’s 50-year history, Seattle won the Super Bowl. They beat the New England Patriots 29-13 and got to have their redemption arc after losing to the Pats in 2015. Get ready for the parade downtown on Wednesday! Not a football fan? Hometown pride not enough for you? Let me offer you this: Thanks to the Seahawks, Trump had a bad day on Sunday. H
  
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• Celebrate Black History Month at These Seattle-Area Events

  07-02-2026 01:00 via everout.com
  Gallery Shows, A Black-Owned Business Market, and Moreby Langston ThomasFebruary is Black History Month, a time to recognize the contributions and struggles of Black Americans throughout our nation’s history. In the face of rising bigotry, continuing the work of antiracism and investing in Black futures remains as important as ever. Read on to find out ways you can honor and celebrate the month, from Melodies of the Diaspora: Celebrating 100 Years of Black History Month to America 250: The
  
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• Purple Lemonade Collective

  07-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  This Local Performance Troupe Radiates Joy and Ass-Shaking Confidenceby Nico SwensonThe world is full of lemons, but thank god there’s Purple Lemonade. This performance collective has taken over the city with their charisma, cross-genre dance, and scantily clad performances. As they strut the stage, you might see elements of hip-hop, reggaeton, flavors of camp—a whole glorious blend of street, club, and contemporary movement that refuses to be boxed into a singular style. From nightl
  
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