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• Seattle Musicians Discuss Their Stevie Nicks Obsession

  06-12-2016 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Musicians Discuss Their Stevie Nicks Obsessionby Amber CortesFirst, there's the voice: wistful, silky, tinged equally with the hope of love and the resignation of heartbreak. Then there's the life—a relentless roller coaster of drama, romance, and rock in a little band called Fleetwood Mac and a prodigious 30-year solo career. And of course, there's the look, which promises to keep velvet boots and chiffon shawls on vintage-store shelves in perpetuity.These elements (and a few othe
  
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• How Trump Turned Christmas Films into Horror Films

  06-12-2016 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  How Trump Turned Christmas Films into Horror Filmsby Charles MudedeMy family was never into Christmas. We were just too African to really feel it. Christmas is a feeling. The gifts, the trees, the little lights, the stockings, the carols were all a big bother without this feeling. For my family, Christmas was a time to go to a loud bar, drink heavily, wake up late the next morning with a hangover, and have a big brunch with the hair of the dog. When I relocated to the United States, married, and
  
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• As Seattle Uber Drivers Try to Unionize, the Company Doubles Down on a Scare Campaign

  06-12-2016 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  As Seattle Uber Drivers Try to Unionize, the Company Doubles Down on a Scare Campaignby Heidi GrooverSeattle made national headlines last December when it passed a first-of-its-kind law allowing drivers for ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft to unionize. The local ordinance, pushed through by a labor-friendly city council up for reelection, flew in the face of federal labor laws and promised to test the bounds of long-standing legal restrictions in the new "gig economy."Now, nearly a year late
  
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• Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by Bellevue High football parents, ex-booster club

  06-12-2016 23:59
  
  The lawsuit was filed after the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association sanctioned the Bellevue High School football team following an investigation that found coaches, staff and booster club violated interscholastic rules.
  
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• Funny feminist memoir by Lindy West optioned for TV show

  06-12-2016 23:15
  
  "Shrill, Notes From a Loud Woman", a feminist memoir by Seattle-based writer Lindy West, has been optioned for a TV series by actress Elizabeth Banks.
  
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• Funny feminist memoir by Linda West optioned for TV show

  06-12-2016 23:15
  
  "Shrill, Notes From a Loud Woman", a feminist memoir by Seattle-based writer Lindy West, has been optioned for a TV series by actress Elizabeth Banks.
  
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• 97 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do In Seattle This Week: December 6-11, 2016

  06-12-2016 22:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis weekend at Cucci's Night Night, say bon voyage (and happy birthday) to Seattle's dearest and queerest queen of drag, Cucci Binaca, before she leaves for Los Angeles. Kelly O
  Our arts critics have already recommended 42 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 28 best concerts, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled
  
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• Unusual, Quirky, Offbeat Events Happening This Week That You Need To Know About Immediately

  06-12-2016 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Cannabis for Pets, Phestivus, Cucci's Night Night, And 94 More Stranger Than Usual Picks For Dec 6-11by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur arts and music critics have already recommended the best events in Seattle this week, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the Last Dance V2 Farewell Performance Party to The Burlesque Nutcracker, and from PhinneyWood's
  
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• City wants help naming new park in Yesler Terrace

  06-12-2016 22:24
  
  Seattle Parks and Recreation wants help naming a new park that’s going to be built as part of the redevelopment of Yesler Terrace.
  
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• Gov. Jay Inslee to lead Democratic Governors Association in 2018

  06-12-2016 22:21
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee will chair the Democratic Governors Association in 2018, as the party looks to regain governors’ offices around the country in elections two years from now.
  
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• Lindy West's "Shrill" Is Coming to TV: "I Think It's Turning Out Really Well"

  06-12-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleLindy West says the project is "still in the early stages." Kelly O
  Variety calls Lindy West's book Shrill a "novel," which it's not. But Variety is the whole reason I know that the book's rights have been optioned for television, so I'm not complaining, Variety! Thanks for the scoop!As you probably know, Lindy used to work at The Stranger, and some of the scenes in Shrill take place in our office. As you may not know, I have Lindy's cell phone number.
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• Lindy West Talks About Her Potential TV Project: "I Think It's Turning Out Really Well"

  06-12-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleLindy West says the project is "still in the early stages." Kelly O
  Variety calls Lindy West's book Shrill a "novel," which it's not. But Variety is the whole reason I know that the book's rights have been optioned for television, so I'm not complaining, Variety! Thanks for the scoop!As you probably know, Lindy used to work at The Stranger, and some of the scenes in Shrill take place in our office. As you may not know, I have Lindy's cell phone number.
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• A Few Words from Lindy West about Her TV Project: "I Think It's Turning Out Really Well"

  06-12-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleLindy West says the project is "still in the early stages." Kelly O
  Variety calls Lindy West's book Shrill a "novel," which it's not. But Variety is the whole reason I know that the book's rights have been optioned for television, so I'm not complaining, Variety! Thanks for the scoop!As you probably know, Lindy used to work at The Stranger, and some of the scenes in Shrill take place in our office. As you may not know, I have Lindy's cell phone number.
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• State lawmakers hit Trump for 'unsubstantiated' Air Force One tweet

  06-12-2016 21:30
  
  Washington lawmakers call out President-elect Trump on his call to cancel Boeing's contract to build two new Air Force One aircraft.
  
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• May Fiona Apple's "Trump's Nuts" Become the Holiday Classic It Deserves to Be

  06-12-2016 21:26 via thestranger.com
  by Jennifer Campbell
  As much as I don't want to picture Trump's nuts in any context at all, including and especially dangling over an open flame, I hope this incisive, funny (and only slightly juvenile) version of "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" is sung 'cross the nation for at least the next four years.We await the impotent Twitter response from the president-elect.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Arctic sea ice hits record monthly low for 7th time in 2016

  06-12-2016 21:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Though this is the time the Arctic is supposed to be refreezing, scientists say sea ice there hit record low levels for November. In the crucial Barents Sea, floating ice decreased when it would be expected to grow. Arctic sea ice extended for 3.5 million square miles (9.1 million square kilometers) — […]
  
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• Our Action Buddy President-Elect

  06-12-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe very image of an action buddy... Minerva Studio/shutterstock.com
  Jesus walking on water could not have generated as much press as this business about Trump's threat to cancel an order for upgraded Air Force One planes. It looks like something is being done, but actually nothing or very little is going on. The same is true for those 1,000 jobs saved in Indiana. These are what I call "action buddy stories." What is an action buddy? You may have worked with or hired this kind o
  
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• Late Shows Added for Hari Kondabolu Tonight and Tomorrow at the Triple Door

  06-12-2016 21:05 via thestranger.com
  by Sean Nelson10 pm shows added for Tues-Wed Dec 6-7 shows at the Triple Door Mindy Tucker
  If you were sad when you learned that some of Hari Kondabolu's triumphant three-night run of shows this week at the Triple Door had sold out, dry your eyes. The venue has added late shows tonight and tomorrow night at 10pm. That's in addition to the 7:30pm shows. Two shows a night. Show business. Tonight's 7:30 show is already sold out. HOWEVER: There are still tickets for tonight at 10pm, Wednesday at 7:3
  
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• Oregon couple accused of running down black teen will remain in jail until murder trial

  06-12-2016 20:43
  
  Authorities say race was a motivating factor in the August incident, which was captured on surveillance video outside a 7-Eleven in Gresham.
  
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• "Thrifty" Trump Cancels Air Force One Order; Twitter Hilariously Responds

  06-12-2016 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Carlos Yudica / Shutterstock.com
  Today in stupid things that President-Elect Donald Trump said:
  Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2016
  Oh, Trump! You are so honest and thrifty! (Too bad you aren't president yet, because at present, you can't do shit.) Anyway, here's how Twitter responded to the news.
  You should
  
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• The Rebirth of Gucci Mane: How Three Years in Prison Set the Trap God Free

  06-12-2016 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Rebirth of Gucci Mane: How Three Years in Prison Set the Trap God Freeby Larry Mizell Jr.Radric Davis. Mr. Zone 6. Trap God. GuWop. Inmate #65556019. Gucci Mane.In 2013, after a run of increasingly erratic behavior and incidents—an epic, bridge-torching Twitter rant, fighting a fan in the mall, breaking a bottle over the head of a marine who wanted a picture—East Atlanta's king found himself dropped from his label and headed to the Terre Haute high-security federal penitentiary.D
  
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• Seattle Musicians Discuss Their Obsessive Thing for Stevie Nicks

  06-12-2016 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Musicians Discuss Their Obsessive Thing for Stevie Nicksby Amber CortesFirst, there's the voice: wistful, silky, tinged equally with the hope of love and the resignation of heartbreak. Then there's the life—a relentless roller coaster of drama, romance, and rock in a little band called Fleetwood Mac and a prodigious 30-year solo career. And of course, there's the look, which promises to keep velvet boots and chiffon shawls on vintage-store shelves in perpetuity.These elements (and
  
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• Ride the Ducks tour company to pay up to $1M in fines after 2015 crash

  06-12-2016 20:30
  
  The parent company of Seattle's Ride the Ducks tour has agreed to pay up to $1 million in penalties for safety violations that led to the deadly 2015 crash on the Aurora Bridge.
  
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• Scientists develop robotic hand for people with quadriplegia

  06-12-2016 20:06
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists have developed a mind-controlled robotic hand that allows people with certain types of spinal injuries to perform everyday tasks such as using a fork or drinking from a cup. The low-cost device was tested in Spain on six people with quadriplegia affecting their ability to grasp or manipulate objects. By wearing […]
  
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• I, Anonymous: No, You Shut Up

  06-12-2016 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous Steven Weissman
  Dear "OMG, left-wing America": No, you shut the fuck up. We already have an inbound Royal Expression Police, thank you, and they're "opening up" libel laws, having gangster-grade STFU sit-downs with Big Media, using Twitter as the house organ of government, and calling for the "criminalization" of public protest. Have you not noted that the imperial-elect wants all of us to shut the fuck up?[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Last Call for Tini Bigs: One of the Longest-Running Craft Cocktail Bars in the City Is Calling It Quits

  06-12-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueTini Bigs and owner Keith Robbins
  On December 7, Tini Bigs, which has been open "more consecutive days in a row" than almost any other independent bar West of the Mississippi, celebrates its 20th anniversary. And they're throwing a crazy, 50-percent-off-everything party to mark the occasion.
  Twenty years is impressive when you consider the average restaurant life span in Seattle. Especially when you think about the various business-killing obstacles Tini Bigs has navigate
  
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• Meet David Rue, the Irrepressible Performer, Professional, and Fashionista

  06-12-2016 19:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen Graves Stanton Stephens
  Even if you didn't catch his name, you remember David Rue. He is a powerhouse of grace, wit, and joy, and what he's wearing is a sly, constant commentary on the way clothes in 2016 can communicate history, gender, and race—and that's just what he can do with an outfit. With his moving body, he transmits the metaphysical and makes a person want to move. In June, he'll finish his master of fine arts at Seattle University in arts leadership, he's already on staf
  
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• Fatalities In The War On Cars Are Never In Cars

  06-12-2016 19:19 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageIf a pedestrian jumped off a sidewalk, ran into the street, pulled a driver out of her car, and inflicted injuries so severe that the driver died moments later in the arms of a passing stranger.... that pedestrian would probably face more severe consequences than the driver who killed Erica Stark:
  The driver who killed Erica Stark as she stood on a Toronto sidewalk broke down in court on Monday as she heard how her actions had shattered a family. The husband unable to work for month
  
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• Naomi Judd reveals ‘severe depression’ diagnosis

  06-12-2016 19:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Judd has opened up about her battle with depression. She tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with severe depression and has spent time in psychiatric hospitals. She says she is confronting lingering issues from her childhood as part of her therapy, […]
  
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• Ride the Ducks to pay up to $1 million in civil penalties for deadly crash

  06-12-2016 19:09
  
  Five people were killed and dozens injured in the 2015 crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge.
  
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• Maker of Ride the Ducks vehicle to pay up to $1 million for fatal Seattle crash

  06-12-2016 19:09
  
  Five people were killed and dozens injured in the 2015 crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge. Now the Missouri manufacturer of the amphibious vehicle has agreed to pay civil fines for violating federal safety rules.
  
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• Maker of Ride the Ducks vehicle involved in Seattle crash to pay up to $1 million

  06-12-2016 19:09
  
  Five people were killed and dozens injured in the 2015 crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge.
  
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• Maker of Ride the Ducks vehicle in Seattle crash to pay up to $1 million

  06-12-2016 19:09
  
  Five people were killed and dozens injured in the 2015 crash on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge. Now the Missouri manufacturer of the amphibious vehicle has agreed to pay civil fines for violating federal safety rules.
  
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• 2 Whatcom County men get jail time for whipping, dunking boy in cold water over chores

  06-12-2016 19:02
  
  The two men, including the boy’s father, were going to talk to the boy after school in December 2014 about completing his homework.
  
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• More winter weather for Seattle this week

  06-12-2016 19:01
  
  Monday's snow wasn't the end of winter for Seattle this week.
  
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• More snow predicted for Seattle this week

  06-12-2016 19:01
  
  Monday's snow wasn't the end of winter for Seattle this week.
  
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• 2017 Grammy Nominations Announced: Beyoncé Gets Nine. Eight Each for Drake, Rihanna, and Kanye

  06-12-2016 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonRecord of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year... It looks like another good year to be Beyoncé.
  The 2017 Grammy Award nominations were announced this morning. Leading the pack with nine was Beyoncé, whose triumphal album/long-form video Lemonade brought her the most nominations overall. Coming in closely behind her with eight apiece were Drake, Rihanna, and Kanye West. Adele came in with five. The late David Bowie also received a couple of nods, including Be
  
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• How Seattle DIY Event Organizers Can Avoid a Tragedy Like Oakland's Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire

  06-12-2016 18:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal Via OaklandGhostShip.com
  On December 2, a devastating fire broke out at the Ghost Ship live-work artists warehouse space in Oakland, California, during an underground electronic-music party. So far, 36 people have been confirmed dead in what is considered the most deadly such incident in that city's history. In light of such a tragedy, which could've happened on any given night in the Seattle area's thriving underground cultural scene, we asked S. Surface, architectural designer an
  
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• The Morning News: WA Republican Dino Rossi to Serve as Interim Senator, West Seattle Bar Owner Arrested for Allegedly Selling Heroin

  06-12-2016 17:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufHeeeeeere's DINO! Rich Kelly
  Dino Rossi Is Back: The King County Council just appointed Dino Rossi, a former Republican Washington State Senator to serve as the interim Senator representing the 45th Legislative District, which covers Redmond, Kirkland, and other areas. The district's previous senator, Republican state budget writer Andy Hill, died of lung cancer in October. Rossi will serve the 45th until a special election is held in 2017. He told the King County Council that
  
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• ReachNow expands to all of Seattle, adds SUVs

  06-12-2016 17:01
  
  ReachNow will now have 700 vehicles in the city of Seattle.
  
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• Alaska Airlines cancels 35 flights from Sea-Tac

  06-12-2016 16:11
  
  Winter weather conditions at SeaTac has impacted over 80 scheduled Alaska Airlines flights since Monday.
  
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• Metro bus routes operating on regular schedules Tuesday morning

  06-12-2016 15:30
  
  All Metro bus routes are operating on regular schedules Tuesday morning, despite the chilly weather and some icy roadways. Several bus routes were canceled on Monday with little notice, sending bus riders scrambling. Air and road temps near or below 32 this am. Highs in the 30s today. Last time b2b days w/high less than […]
  
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• How Bainbridge Island Japanese were registered, forced from their homes during World War II

  06-12-2016 15:30
  
  The 227 Bainbridge Islanders were the first to be removed from their homes on the West Coast.
  
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• Boxing up 28 years of memories from Rep. Jim McDermott’s office

  06-12-2016 15:30
  
  Newspaper clippings. Campaign buttons. A hat he wore in Ghana. It took 320 hours to list all the items archived from the congressman’s offices.
  
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• Schools improving but not enough, state report says

  06-12-2016 15:01
  
  Students in Washington have made incremental progress but failed to meet targets set for 2016, and at this rate will not make state goals for 2020, according to a new report.
  
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• Northwest Tap Connection dancers star in new short film

  06-12-2016 15:01
  
  A group of young tap dancers in Seattle caught the eye of East Coast filmmakers. Their passionate choreography is now front and center in “Hell You Talmbout,” a new YoungArts film.
  
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• What to Do When You See a Swastika (or Other Hate-Based Graffiti)

  06-12-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  What to Do When You See a Swastika (or Other Hate-Based Graffiti)by Ana Sofia KnaufIn mid-November, Brendan Ng, a social worker, discovered a backward swastika spray-painted onto a telephone pole at the intersection of Mercer and Belmont on Capitol Hill."I was totally shocked when I first found it," he recently told The Stranger. "I didn't think it would affect me as much as it did. I almost started to hyperventilate."Although communities of color have a tenuous relationship with police, local n
  
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• Peter Bagge Recalls the Early Years of Fantagraphics and Other Neat Stuff

  06-12-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  As Fantagraphics Turns 40, Seattle Comics Legend Peter Bagge (Hate, Neat Stuff) Looks Backby Sean NelsonThe curve of the human spine as drawn by Peter Bagge may not correspond to the arc of the moral universe, but it does bend toward a certain kind of justice. Earlier this year, Fantagraphics published a deluxe, two-volume box of Neat Stuff, the 1985 to 1988 comic book in which Bagge developed his signature style and voice, as well as inventing characters he would follow into his follow-up title
  
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• Hello, Let's Talk About Butterflies

  06-12-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Why You Should Give a Damn About the Potentially Endangered Island Marble Butterflyby Rich SmithI'm crammed into a moss-covered hut with a handful of poets from the University of Washington's poetry and science program at Friday Harbor, and we're all going googly-eyed and sparkle-brained over biologist Jenny Shrum. She's pointing at laminated maps, fiddling with improvised scientific instruments, and projecting infectious curiosity.Since 2014, Shrum has been working under the guidance of the isl
  
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• End the Saddest Year of All Time with the Saddest Movie of All Time

  06-12-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  End the Saddest Year of All Time with the Saddest Movie of All Time Go See It's a Wonderful Life at the Grand Illusion This Christmas.by Sean NelsonThough I reject the notion that sacredness exists, the Grand Illusion Cinema is sacred. It's the last of the small, lovingly shabby independent movie houses that used to run through Seattle like a seam of gold. It's in the University District, where almost nothing is good. One minute you're slogging past students, civilians, and Ave rats, and the nex
  
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