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• It's on TV Tonight: The Americans

  16-03-2016 23:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm. Steven Humphrey
  If you're not HYPED for tonight's fourth season premiere of FX's most underrated show, The Americans, then... then... omigod, I don't think I'll be able to look at you anymore! For the uninitiated, The Americans stars Keri Russell (Felicity!) and Matthew Rhys as a Washington, DC suburban couple with two kids—and who also just happen to be KGB spies during the height of Reagan's Cold War. The first three seasons were all about how this couple tried to maintain a somew
  
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• The Confirmation Is a Sweet, Gentle Tale of Fathers, Sons, and Tools

  16-03-2016 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann
  The Confirmation doesn't whip up anything you haven't tasted before, but like a home-cooked meal, its warmth and consistency make up for any missing spiciness. A sweet, gentle riff on Bicycle Thieves, it's the directorial debut of screenwriter (and Stranger Genius Award finalist) Bob Nelson. Like his Nebraska, it's a father-son story told with streaks of bleak humor.
  The Confirmation's father (Clive Owen) is a troubled-but-decent ex-alcoholic who's watching his rambunctious-but-
  
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• Spring Is Coming: What To Do For Holi, Easter, Purim, and the Vernal Equinox In Seattle

  16-03-2016 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHoli, a festival of colors with roots in Hinduism, is now popularized across Southeast Asia and internationally, and there are several events in Seattle starting this weekend. ADAM FILIPOWICZ / SHUTTERSTOCK
  This Sunday, March 20, is the Vernal Equinox, or the first official day of spring. Hopefully, this will bring about the end of the terrible Seattle winter weather, but, even if it doesn't, the beginning of spring also means it's time for Easter, Purim, and Holi.
  
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• You Can Bring Your Bike on Light Rail, but Maybe Don't Bring Your Cargo Bike—For Now

  16-03-2016 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel Herz thinkstock
  On the north side, Seattle's light rail system currently terminates at Husky Stadium, though there are plans to extend it all the way to Northgate. For now, that means if you're a walk-on passenger, you'll get off and still be a considerable distance away from the central part of the University of Washington campus, the University Village shopping mall, and all destinations along University Way. It means you're near the Burke-Gilman Trail, which runs out west toward Frem
  
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• Man shot in the hand in Rainier Beach

  16-03-2016 22:31
  
  A man was shot in the hand in a parking lot in the Rainier Beach neighborhood, Seattle police said.
  
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• A smile and a nod: Amazon could use selfies instead of passwords

  16-03-2016 22:25
  
  Amazon has applied for a patent to use a better-than-standard facial recognition system to authenticate users instead of those clunky old passwords.
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Defensive Dumping

  16-03-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageOriginally posted on February 26, 2014.
  I'm a 25-year-old bi girl in the Southwest, and I've been with the same hetero guy for almost three years. I miss being with women. We made an attempt at being monogamish, but feelings were hurt and we went back to monogamy. He still parties like he's in college and is a bit dependent on me—socially—whereas I crave independence and, quite frankly, pussy. I've started to withdraw and resent him, not just for the lack of sexual freed
  
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• iPad sketches delivered live from the courtroom

  16-03-2016 22:00
  
  Sketched March 16, 2016 On Tuesday, I put on a courtroom-sketcher hat. I headed down to the federal courthouse in Tacoma for the opening statements of State Auditor Troy Kelley’s trial. My day as a courtroom sketcher provided a great opportunity to merge old and new media. I drew on my iPad Air 2 using […]
  
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• Win Tickets to Goth-Psych Band Sad Lovers and Giants' March 17 Show at Chop Suey

  16-03-2016 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal
  Making a very rare Seattle appearance (their first, in fact), long-running British goth-psych group Sad Lovers & Giants are playing Chop Suey Thursday March 17. As Stranger freelancer Brittnie Fuller wrote in this week's paper, "In the early '80s, Sad Lovers & Giants' pastoral post-punk blended intricate, spidery guitars, propulsive, danceable bass lines, and icy-romantic synths in an all-enveloping, psych-goth sprawl. If Pink Floyd were filtered through Joy Division and in
  
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• Republican Solution for Chaos: More Chaos

  16-03-2016 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt Baume"Hi, I'm Paul Ryan, and I'm Washington-hot." Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  So the Republican party is in chaos. You know what would be a great solution? More chaos.
  John Boehner (remember him?) snuck out of hiding this week to suggest a "none of the above" approach to selecting a GOP nominee, telling a reporter that the party should make Paul Ryan deal with the mess that nobody else knows how to fix.
  Oh John, that's your solution to everything.
  It would certainly be weird
  
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• City office offers support, services after Greenwood explosion

  16-03-2016 21:25
  
  Seattle has opened a neighborhood office to offer support and services to the businesses and residents affected by last week’s Greenwood blast.
  
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• 10 stories from public records that stand out on Freedom of Information Day

  16-03-2016 20:45
  
  A pedophile priest moved parish to parish, a state lawmaker’s questionable military record and other recent stories in The Seattle Times were made possible by public records. Happy National Freedom of Information Day, dear readers!
  
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• Prosecutors want US judge in Vegas to call off Bundy hearing

  16-03-2016 20:39
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas want a judge to cancel a hearing at which jailed Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy would seek to be freed pending trial on charges he led an armed standoff against government agents two years ago. Bundy’s lawyer, Joel Hansen, said Wednesday he’s fighting a contention that Bundy […]
  
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• Watch the Candidates Who Want to Replace Jim McDermott in Congress Debate Tonight

  16-03-2016 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverCandidates for the 7th Congressional District: Brady Walkinshaw, Pramila Jayapal, Joe McDermott Walkinshaw, McDermott photos courtesy of campaigns; Jayapal photo courtesy of Washington State Legislature
  The three candidates in the running to replace Seattle's 14-term Congressman Jim McDermott will debate at the Seattle Labor Temple tonight at 5:30. The candidates have been making some rounds at local Democratic meetings and taking some questions, but this is the first debate of t
  
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• The Final Daredevil Trailer Is Here!

  16-03-2016 20:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm. Steven HumphreyNetflix's Daredevil season two kicks off this Friday, March 18—which means this is the network's last chance to suck you in with a gorgeously violent, sexy trailer. Just when Matt Murdock thinks he's got Hell's Kitchen under control, the Yakuza moves in along with former fuck buddy/assassin Elektra, and a very angry dude known as The Punisher. And are those sexy sparks I see flying between Matt and Karen? This trailer is throwing everything at the wall, and practicall
  
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• Kimya Dawson, Mike McGinn, and Kshama Sawant Made Appearances at a Bernie Sanders Fundraiser Last Night

  16-03-2016 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Alex GarlandThe Bernie van, parked outside the Tractor Tavern. Alex Garland
  On a night of Democratic primaries across the country, supporters of Bernie Sanders filled the Tractor Tavern in Ballard for a fundraiser hosted by comedian Brett Hamil. Political comedy paved the way for tunes by Tobias the Owl, Jamil Suleman, and Kimya Dawson while former mayor Mike McGinn, almost-city-council-member Jon Grant, and current city council member Kshama Sawant rallied the crowd to vote in the Democratic
  
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• King County Executive Dow Constantine Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

  16-03-2016 19:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneDow says Hillary is a progressive. Do you agree? Washington State Department of Transportation
  King County Executive Dow Constantine released a statement this morning in support of Hillary Clinton's presidential run:
  As I have considered an endorsement in the presidential race, the context has continually changed. With each dramatic development, I am reminded of what a successful modern presidency requires. Clarity in the midst of chaos. Calm in the face of unceasing storms.
  
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• AMERICANSKI!

  16-03-2016 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesView Vulture's slide show of the epic wigs worn by the Russian spies in The Americans.Albert Veress / Shutterstock.com
  Who's with me?!
  Tonight begins the new season of the best show on television, The Americans.
  Is this the worst case of an Emmy snub for an entire amazing series in television history?
  Tell me in the comments.
  Meanwhile, don't call me tonight, or visit or text or telegram, because I'm busy.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• 2 boys suspected of robbing 12-year-old at knife point in Seattle

  16-03-2016 19:24
  
  Police have arrested two boys, 14 and 15, suspected of robbing a 12-year-old boy at knife point in the Delridge neighborhood.
  
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• The New UW Light Rail Station May Be Beautiful, But Is It Practical For Students?

  16-03-2016 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe new Husky Stadium light rail station will be the northernmost light rail stop when the station opens on March 19th. Sound Transit
  As Heidi mentioned this morning, members of the media got to ride between the new Husky Stadium and Capitol Hill light rail stations yesterday.
  During the press event, Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff called the station openings "a game-changing development in mobility around the Puget Sound region." And I think he's right – the ride from Hus
  
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• The New UW Light Rail Station May Be Beautiful, But Is It Practical?

  16-03-2016 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe new Husky Stadium light rail station will be the northernmost light rail stop when the station opens on March 19th. Sound Transit
  As Heidi mentioned this morning, members of the media got to ride between the new Husky Stadium and Capitol Hill light rail stations yesterday.
  During the press event, Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff called the station openings "a game-changing development in mobility around the Puget Sound region." And I think he's right – the ride from Hus
  
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• Good-Bye, Rainier Avenue: I Hope to Never See That Street Again in My Life!

  16-03-2016 18:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede BEN HORAK
  After opening in 2009, Link light rail ridership has grown and grown. In 2010, the 15-mile line, from the airport to downtown, had almost 6.8 million boardings; in 2015, it had almost 11.7 million. Most of these boardings happened at the Westlake Station and the SeaTac/Airport Station, the powerhouses of the young and expanding line. Anyone who knows Link knows that it is dependable and rapid. If you need to get somewhere, and that place is near one of its stations, t
  
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• 1,500 Washington patients warned of hepatitis, HIV risk after tech charged with drug tampering

  16-03-2016 18:11
  
  A surgical technologist in Colorado may also have put patients at risk in Washington state, where he worked in hospitals. About 1,500 patients are being warned to be tested for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and HIV.
  
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• The Art of Art on the Subway (Translation for Seattle: Subway=Light Rail)

  16-03-2016 18:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesWalker Evans didn't ask this man if he could take his picture. He was going for the man's unsuspecting, "naked repose." Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art
  In a Paris Review blog post, Blake Eskin wrote in 2012 about the nearly hundred-year-old tradition of secret subway photography.Bruce Davidson photographed openly, but Arthur Leipzig hid his camera in a pet carrier. Helen Levitt used a right-angle viewfinder. Stanley Kubrick, on assignment for Look, tried it. And Walker Evans hi
  
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• Teen who mistakenly killed friend in Tacoma gets prison time

  16-03-2016 17:29
  
  A teen who mistakenly shot and killed his friend after he tried to fire at another target has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.
  
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• The University of Washington Station Is Artistically and Architecturally the Best Link Station

  16-03-2016 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe new LMN-designed University of Washington Station. Charles Mudede
  It only takes a few minutes of observation to realize that the University of Washington Station, which, with the Capitol Hill Station, opens this Saturday, is among the city's top works of 21st-century architecture.Designed by LMN Architects, the Seattle firm that won awards for Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, BC, the building is compact, elegant, and has that wonderful illusion of simplicity. I
  
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• 125 square miles off New York coast dedicated for wind power

  16-03-2016 17:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday dedicated more than 125 square miles in the waters off the coast of Long Island for the development of commercial wind energy, pushing forward a renewable energy proposal initially created by New York utilities. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the state has “tremendous” offshore wind potential. “Today’s […]
  
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• The Morning News: Sodo Arena Hearing Packs Council Chambers, Obama Nominates Judge Merrick Garland for Supreme Court

  16-03-2016 16:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe city council will vote soon on whether to give a small portion of Occidental Avenue to investor Chris Hansen for his proposed new arena in Sodo. seattle arena
  People Are Fighting About the Proposed Sodo Arena Again: A public hearing on a possible street vacation for the project drew a huge crowd last night. Sonics fans were out in support of the arena and port commissioners and maritime workers were in opposition.Former Mayor Mike McGinn Was There Too, Shouting: From KING 5's
  
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• Gun used in Idaho pastor’s shooting found in suspect’s car

  16-03-2016 16:30
  
  Coeur d’Alene police have recovered a gun they believe was used to seriously wound a 55-year-old pastor.
  
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• Randy Rainbow's Latest GOP Dropout

  16-03-2016 16:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Hands down... without question... Randy Rainbow's "GOP Dropout" series is the thing I'm enjoying most about this election. Who's next? Kasich or Cruz?[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• President Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court

  16-03-2016 16:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Fast forward to 48:30.According to the White House's bio: "Judge Garland has more federal judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in history."
  Yahoo:President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he has chosen Merrick Garland, chief justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacant seat left by the death of Antonin Scalia.
  New York Times:
  Judge Garland is often described as brilliant
  
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• On High School Sexual Assault and Sports: An Open Letter to Former Football Players

  16-03-2016 16:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneScroll to the bottom of the post to read the open letter from a former Conestoga High School football player. First, though, some context for the latest sexual assault scandal. Rena Schild/Shutterstock
  On Monday, national news picked up a story about a vicious sexual assault that allegedly took place in the locker room of my high school alma mater. The New York Times published the disturbing details: a freshman assaulted by older football players with a broomstick. According
  
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• Man dies in First Hill collision with ambulance, other vehicle

  16-03-2016 14:19
  
  One person was killed and another taken to Harborview Medical Center after a three-vehicle crash in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood.
  
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• Highline students are latest to learn about emotions along with ABCs

  16-03-2016 14:00
  
  Highline Public Schools has joined the Seattle and Bellevue districts in adopting an approach to social and emotional learning called RULER.
  
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• Teacher resigns; student says he called her ‘dumbest girl’

  16-03-2016 12:01
  
  GREENSBORO, Ga. (AP) — School officials say a Georgia teacher has resigned after a high school student said she recorded him calling her “the dumbest girl I have ever met.” Greene County School System Superintendent Chris Houston tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (on-ajc.com/1S3Fn0g) that teacher Cory Hunter resigned at a school board meeting Monday night. Houston […]
  
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• You Can Bring Your Bike on Light Rail, but Maybe Don't Bring Your Cargo Bike—For Now

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  You Can Bring Your Bike on Light Rail, but Maybe Don't Bring Your Cargo Bikeby Ansel HerzOn the north side, Seattle's light rail system currently terminates at Husky Stadium, though there are plans to extend it all the way to Northgate. For now, that means if you're a walk-on passenger, you'll get off and still be a considerable distance away from the central part of the University of Washington campus, the University Village shopping mall, and all destinations along University Way. It means you
  
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• The Mad Methods of the Residents in Theory of Obscurity

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Mad Methods of the Residents in Theory of Obscurityby Dave SegalA documentary about the Residents seems antithetical to the very idea of these Bay Area enigmas. Mystery is the experimental American band's natural habitat, their enduring shtick. Instantly identifiable by their eyeball-and-top-hat masks, the Residents became quintessential outsiders. Better than most, the Residents rejected the cult of personality that drives the entertainment industry. So Don Hardy's Theory of Obscurity neces
  
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• The Bronze Is a Good Film with a Very Acrobatic Sex Scene

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Bronze Is a Good Film with a Very Acrobatic Sex Sceneby Kathy FennessyThe Bronze is a mutant baby of a movie that shouldn’t work as well as it does (though as the X-Men have proven, mutants can be cute, too). In Bryan Buckley’s clunky if affecting debut, the jerk-com melds with the rom-com in the tiny blonde form of Hope Ann Greggory (four-feet-eleven cowriter Melissa Rauch), a former Olympic gymnast whose post-athletic existence is so empty that she spanks it to a video of her 2
  
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• Less Magic in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendor

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  Less Magic in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendorby Charles MudedeOne wonders if the moment before death is much like the moment before one sleeps. What I mean is this: When one enters the world of dreams, there still hints of the real world—hard things, Newtonian laws, birds that don’t talk, and so on. The point of transition is where the surreal and real slip, slide, and blend. The films of Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul often take place in this zone of
  
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• Hello, My Name Is Doris Is Harold and Maude for Millennials

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hello, My Name Is Doris Is Harold and Maude for Millennialsby Kathy FennessyEver since Sally Field exclaimed, “You like me, right now, you like me!” during her Oscar acceptance speech for Places in the Heart, that oft-misquoted line has become shorthand for the ultimate humblebrag. Yet she was speaking the truth. Few could've predicted that the Flying Nun would become a two-time Academy Award winner. Michael Showalter’s Hello, My Name Is Doris banks on that mix of insecurity an
  
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• Do Our Light Rail Fare Enforcers Look Like the Communities They Serve?

  16-03-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  Do Our Light Rail Fare Enforcers Look Like the Communities They Serve?by Ansel HerzStep onto a train running the new route between downtown and the University District—or any old light rail route, for that matter—and you won't pass through a gate requiring you to pay a fare. Instead, Sound Transit relies on fare enforcement officers to do random spot checks of the ridership. Seeing one of these officers in their black-and-gray jackets is supposed to deter you from skipping the f
  
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• Seattle’s baby gorilla gets a name

  16-03-2016 05:35
  
  The newest addition to Seattle's gorilla band now has a name – Yola.
  
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• UW medical school tops rankings for primary care

  16-03-2016 05:01
  
  The University of Washington has ranked no. 1 in primary care for 22 of the last 23 years on the U.S. News ranking.
  
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• The Unlikely, Rewarding Convergence of Debacle Fest and Columbia City Theater

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Experimental-Music Fest Debacle Finds an Unlikely Haven at Columbia City Theaterby Dave SegalIf you attended last year's Debacle Fest at Columbia City Theater, you may have felt an odd disconnect. In a quaint, handsome vaudeville venue built in 1917, you could hear some of the weirdest, most extreme live music ever in the Northwest caroming around the historic interior. Huh?These sorts of experimental sounds—minimal drones, cataclysmic noise, infernal synth dirges, hard-driving motorik roc
  
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• Ten Films About Trains and Transit You Can Rent After Taking the Train to the U-District

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Ten Films About Trains and Transit You Can Rent After Taking the Train to the U-Districtby Stranger StaffThe relationship between trains and movies is as old as cinema itself. Slightly less old is the relationship between people and video stores. And yet, as Jeff Goldblum reminds us in Jurassic Park, nature finds a way. Why not celebrate the inauguration of the new light rail line with a trip to the Stranger Genius Award–winning Scarecrow Project, where you can pick up any and all of the f
  
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• Sodo's Green Light District Just Got Much Easier to Get To

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Four Weed Shops in Sodo Just Got Much Easier to Get To—and One of Them Will Even Pick You Up from the Light Rail Station!by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSound Transit's new light rail expansion is being hailed as a transportation miracle—and rightfully so!As Jim Spady of Dick's Drive-In put it: "Capitol Hill is a wonderful community, but it's difficult to get there. University Link will be amazing, connecting to both downtown and the UW in minutes. We can't wait for opening day!"But you
  
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• How the Next Light Rail Expansion Could Bring Seattle More Affordable Housing

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  How the Light Rail Expansion Will Bring Seattle More Affordable Housingby Sydney BrownstoneIn theory, Miyong and Sean Kim's Minute Mart should be seeing some foot traffic. The business sits just 500 feet away from the Mount Baker light rail station, which opened in 2009, and stocks any energy drink or snack you could possibly imagine. There's hot food, too. Big signs advertising the Minute Mart's "DELICIOUS DELI" note that Miyong and Sean serve barbecued ribs, chicken, and gizzards.But instead,
  
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• Here's What the Future of Light Rail Could Look Like—If You Vote

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's What the Future of Light Rail Could Look Like—If You Voteby Heidi GrooverYou will be voting on light rail in the fall. And you will vote yes. Transportation Choices CoalitionOne thing that makes light rail coming to Capitol Hill less exciting: It should have happened decades ago.With traffic worsening, new people flocking to the region, and working-class people being forced to the edges, mass transit is an environmental and social-justice issue. And we are far behind in creating a l
  
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• The Making of the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Making of the Capitol Hill Light Rail Stationby Christopher FrizzelleThe newly completed Capitol Hill light rail station doesn't look like much from the street, but it's huge, extending eight stories underground.The north entrance of the station, at the corner of Broadway and John, leads to a 68-foot-long escalator, which takes you down to a landing, which leads to another 70-foot-long escalator down to the platform. Unlike the light rail stations under downtown, in the repurposed bus tunnel
  
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• Now That Light Rail Has Come to Capitol Hill, It's Time to Sell My Car

  16-03-2016 03:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Now That Light Rail Has Come to Capitol Hill, It's Time to Sell My Car (Related: Want to Buy a Car?)by Rich SmithWhen I was 16 years old, I skimmed enough money off my Arby's paychecks to buy a midnight-blue 1999 Toyota Solara. My stepmom was kind enough to sell it to me on the cheap—$2,000. As any boy does, I tried to give it a name. I went with Penelope, because I was that kind of asshole. But the name never stuck. My Solara seemed to have its own name, one that only it knew, maybe the t
  
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