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• You Must Read Patricia Lockwood's Howlingly Funny Family Portrait, Priestdaddy

  03-05-2017 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith PHOTO BY GREG HOAX/PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JESSICA STEIN
  Patricia Lockwood possesses a wild, formidable, and completely original intelligence. Nobody writes like her. Nobody thinks like her. Her two incredible books of poetry (Balloon Pop Outlaw Black and Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals), her criticism ("Is it Work?"), her political writing ("Lost in Trumplandia"), and, yes, her Twitter feed, prove she's the smartest kid in class no matter the subject, and also the one who tell
  
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• Seattle Is On Track to Giving All of its Port Business to Tacoma and Transforming Harbor Island Into Condos

  03-05-2017 23:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeCity of Destiny speculation.... Charles Mudede
  Let's speculate: In the near future, Seattle decides to give all of its port business on Harbor Island to Tacoma, which has a port that, for many years, rivaled Seattle's (the two joined forces recently). Once liberated from the real world of labor and industry and working-class jobs, Seattle transforms the old artificial island into something to do with luxury (luxurious living or consumption, or both). This will be seen as a win-w
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Her Boyfriend Isn't a Sex Addict. He's a Loser.

  03-05-2017 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Is there such a thing as too much sex? As in a sexual addiction. If so, what does it look like? I love fucking and have a high libido. My boyfriend is 15 years my junior. I liked him because he can keep up with me. Before we got together, he used to have several girls on a quick dial and constantly organize, and concerns himself with opportunities to have more booty, and was sexting. Once with me, he claimed to be blissfully satisfied. We had fun, creativity, novelty, and frequency
  
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• Stop at These Six Fantastic Breweries During Seattle Beer Week

  03-05-2017 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueCLOUDBURST BREWING An instant classic. Jessica Stein
  Seattle Beer Week is officially upon us (May 4–14), and there will be beer everywhere. Probably even on your shoes, depending on how hard you lean into the festivities. While there are plenty of events both wacky and wonderful held during the 11-day stretch, it's primarily about the beer. Thus, I offer you a list of recommended stops based principally on the quality of their offerings. Cheers!
  
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• Things That Make Me "Mildly Nauseous"

  03-05-2017 22:27 via thestranger.com
  
  A list of things that should make you mildly nauseous.by Tricia RomanoThis is the sort of thing that should make you 'mildly nauseous.' Swaying an election to the detriment of America should make you downright ill. lolostock/Getty
  Today FBI Director James Comey testified that he's "mildly nauseous" over the idea that he might have swayed the election and tilted it away from an entirely competent, sane, lifelong politician, to an orange-tinted madman with no discernible skills or intelligence or
  
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• Disgraced preacher, child sex abuser Tony Alamo dies

  03-05-2017 22:08
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher whose apocalyptic ministry grew into a multimillion-dollar network of businesses and property before he was convicted in Arkansas of sexually abusing girls he considered his wives, has died in prison. He was 82. Once known for designing elaborately decorated jackets for celebrities including Michael […]
  
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• Seattle, Bellevue rank among best places to live

  03-05-2017 22:06
  
  This may gall a whole lot of Seattleites, but apparently Bellevue is a better place to live than Seattle proper. At least, that's according to a new report by Niche.com.
  
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• Bellevue man arrested after string of attacks on Seattle women

  03-05-2017 22:03
  
  A Bellevue man is behind bars Wednesday after he was identified as a suspect in a string of sexually motivated assaults in Seattle.
  
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• Redhook owner will close and sell large Woodinville brewery, focus on Capitol Hill brewpub

  03-05-2017 22:01
  
  Craft Brew Alliance hopes to rebuild the Redhook brand’s local roots with a Capitol Hill brewpub that’s opening in August. The Portland-based company will shutter its 22-year-old brewery in Woodinville’s tourist district this summer.
  
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• Proposed Low-Barrier Homeless Shelter Riles Little Saigon Residents

  03-05-2017 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe Little Saigon building where city officials plan to open the Navigation Center. THE STRANGER
  Little Saigon is constantly bustling. Chinese and Vietnamese eateries dot this historic area for Asian refugees and immigrants. Markets, cultural centers, and small businesses also line the blocks.
  But like many other Seattle neighborhoods, Little Saigon, as well as the surrounding Chinatown-International District, is rapidly changing. Plans to redevelop old buildings threaten to di
  
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• Charge: Woman slain in Ballard was threatened by her boyfriend

  03-05-2017 22:00
  
  The woman slain in a Ballard RV early Friday morning suffered a tempestuous relationship with her boyfriend and was threatened by him immediately before her stabbing, charging documents say.
  
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• Earthquake reported near Port Orchard

  03-05-2017 21:32
  
  A minor earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon near Port Orchard.
  
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• There Is Hope in FREE CECE!, the Opening Film For Translations Film Festival

  03-05-2017 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Julia RabanFREE CECE! opens the Translations Film Festival tomorrow night. Free CeCe!
  For anyone who’s paying attention to trans communities, the major theme of the documentary FREE CECE! will be familiar: the life-threatening violence, misogyny, and assumed criminality that trans women of color experience. Trans people—especially women of color—die at alarming rates, and the media is filled with stories about people who’ve been killed for running to the grocery store
  
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• Here's how the spending bill protects medical marijuana

  03-05-2017 21:25
  
  While the long-term future of the legal marijuana industry is still up in the air, in the short-term it will stay protected, thanks to a new amendment in the spending bill.
  
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• Seattle police arrest suspect in attacks on 3 women

  03-05-2017 21:14
  
  Police believe the 33-year-old Bellevue man may be connected to attacks on women since March 7.
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to the Best French Restaurants in Seattle

  03-05-2017 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger StaffMarmite CATHERINE HAY/JAY SOLOFF
  Part of a series of restaurant recommendations offered in The Stranger’s 2017 Guide to Food and Drink (International Edition).
  Marmite
  The latest offering from Bruce Naftaly of Le Gourmand fame, Marmite joins and collaborates with Amandine Bakeshop, his wife Sara's side of the mini Chophouse Row empire-to-be. Currently, Naftaly serves up various soups and "restorative" entrées for lunch and brunch, with plans to add dinner soon. Naft
  
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• Comey Has More to Say About His Pre-Election Hillary Clinton E-Mail Bomb Drop and a new Anthony Weiner/Huma Abedin FBI Probe

  03-05-2017 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogFBI Director Comey testifying at the Senate Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing. Eric Thayer / Getty
  FBI Director James Comey is defending his decision to notify Congress—and therefore the American public—about a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails that last October 28, just 10 days before the most shocking election in American history.When asked by Sen. Diane Feinstein at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday to explain what the fuck he
  
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• Search on after UW student shot in University District

  03-05-2017 20:29
  
  A woman was shot repeatedly overnight in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, and police are hoping to identify a suspect.
  
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• Search on after UW student shot in Seattle’s Ravenna area

  03-05-2017 20:29
  
  A woman was shot repeatedly overnight in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, and police are hoping to identify a suspect.
  
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• Submit Your Events Today For The Summer 2017 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance

  03-05-2017 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe submission deadline is today, May 3.
  Believe it or not, summer will be here someday, and it will bring with it a new edition of Seattle Art and Performance. The next issue will be out on the streets on June 7.
  If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you'd like your events to be included in our comprehensive calendars of Seattle arts events, the deadline to send us information is today. The summer edition of Seattle Art and Performance covers visual art
  
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• Connelly: 'Mr. Floatie' to be retired as Victoria touts sewage treatment

  03-05-2017 20:24
  
  Victoria finally gets the message -- and the joke.  Mayor Lisa Helps and "Mr. Floatie", longtime symbol of protest against sewage dumping, will appear Friday in Seattle.  They're touting construction of a new treatment plant.  Victoria will no longer dump 34 million gallons of raw sewage each day into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  
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• The Guardians of the Galaxy Return, and They're in Their Feelings

  03-05-2017 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven HumphreyGuardians allows everyone’s inner demons and insecurities to be exposed to the entire galaxy.
  Growing up in the Silver Age of Marvel comics, I strongly preferred the adventures of Spider-Man, Hulk, and Daredevil to those of Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern... because the latter group had zero feels. The DC characters rarely turned inward on themselves, except to occasionally express some vague apprehension over lackluster romances or having their secret ident
  
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• Groups sue to stop Trump from renewing offshore drilling

  03-05-2017 19:45
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Environmental and Alaska Native groups sued Wednesday to maintain a U.S. ban on oil and gas exploration in most of the Arctic Ocean and select areas of the Atlantic after President Donald Trump took steps to put the waters back in play for offshore drilling. The drilling ban was a key […]
  
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• Groups sue to keep drilling ban in Arctic, Atlantic waters

  03-05-2017 19:45
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Less than a week after President Donald Trump took steps to put U.S. Arctic and Atlantic waters back in play for offshore drilling, 10 environmental and Alaska Native groups sued Wednesday to maintain the ban on oil and gas exploration. The ban was a key part of former President Barack Obama’s […]
  
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• Woman attacked by would-be rapist on Snohomish street

  03-05-2017 19:38
  
  The 22-year-old victim was able to fight back and break free from the attacker.
  
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• After 14 Years, Point Break Live! Returns to Seattle for One Night Only

  03-05-2017 19:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith Jennifer Broski
  Jaime Keeling's Point Break Live! is a ha-ha-fun drunken dorm room idea gone terrifically right. Take Kathryn Bigelow's tubular surfer-bro action-adventure bank-robber film starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze (RIP), put it in a theater, keep all the best lines, also keep all the water and blood, and then, just to add that extra special something, cast the show's lead role from the audience each night.
  That's right, Seattle. If you buy a ticket to Point Break Li
  
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• Elliott Bay Book Co. building sold, but store will stay put

  03-05-2017 18:44
  
  The Capitol Hill building that houses The Elliott Bay Book Company has been sold – but don't worry independent bookstore lovers, the bookstore is staying where it is. For now, anyway. 
  
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• The Simple Tweak to Federal Cannabis Law That Could Change Everything

  03-05-2017 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black The StrangerAttorney General Jeff Sessions has a very clear disdain for weed, so any time a headline combines "Sessions" and "cannabis," a shock wave goes through the legal weed industry. Last month, news broke that a "Sessions task force will review DOJ cannabis enforcement," and a lot of people are wondering what that could mean.
  It turns out, the task force is not about cannabis specifically—it's a task force to study crime reduction and public safety, but it will includ
  
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• Woman shot multiple times, found in North Seattle

  03-05-2017 18:12
  
  The Police Department says the woman’s shooting might be connected to a robbery about four blocks away.
  
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• UW student shot; police say nearby robbery may be linked

  03-05-2017 18:12
  
  The 21-year-old woman who was shot is a University of Washington student and a sorority member. The Police Department says her shooting might be connected to a robbery about four blocks away.
  
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• The Complete SIFF 2017 Schedule Was Just Announced And We Have It Here!

  03-05-2017 18:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffRich Smith writes that Endless Poetry is "equal parts goofy and gorgeous, plus violent and theatrical." It screens May 29 and June 5.
  The complete schedule for the 2017 edition of the Seattle International Film Festival, which starts May 18, was just announced. The Stranger's complete guide to the films, the special events, the guest appearances, and more is also now live!
  Want to plan your itinerary? Buy tickets? See trailers? Read our reviews and see our recommend
  
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• Couple pleads not guilty to charges in UW shooting during Milo Yiannopoulos speech

  03-05-2017 17:57
  
  Elizabeth Hokoana pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault, with a firearm enhancement, stemming from the shooting; Marc Hokoana pleaded not guilty to third-degree assault over his alleged use of pepper spray.
  
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• Couple plead not guilty to charges in UW shooting during Milo Yiannopoulos speech

  03-05-2017 17:57
  
  Elizabeth Hokoana pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault, with a firearm enhancement, stemming from the shooting; Marc Hokoana pleaded not guilty to third-degree assault over his alleged use of pepper spray.
  
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• Trump Justice

  03-05-2017 17:56 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThe Trump Justice Department, headed by Jeff Sessions, is prosecuting a woman for laughing at Jeff Sessions...
  It is hard to believe this is happening, but it’s real: The US Department of Justice is literally prosecuting a woman for laughing at now–Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year. According to Ryan Reilly at HuffPost, Code Pink activist Desiree Fairooz was arrested in January after she laughed at a claim from Sen. R
  
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• The Morning News: A Fourth Murray Accuser, Dave Reichert Receives Personal Phone Call from Trump

  03-05-2017 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneMaurice Lavon Jones, 44, says Mayor Ed Murray paid him for sex as a teen. "I am not part of any right-wing conspiracy," his declaration says. Declaration of Maurice Lavon Jones
  A Fourth Person Accusing Murray of Paying Him for Sex as a Teen Has Come Forward: A declaration filed in Delvonn Heckard's child sex abuse lawsuit against the mayor claims that Maurice Lavon Jones, 44, was introduced to Murray as a teen, and that Murray also paid him for sex. Jeff Reading, personal spo
  
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• Seattle is a land of nature lovers, hub for desk jobs

  03-05-2017 16:22
  
  Only Washington, D.C., has a higher concentration of workers who sit for five or more hours a day. “It’s a lot of sitting,” a software developer says.
  
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• What Is "Free Speech," Anyway?

  03-05-2017 16:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES
  Let's start with the basics. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects Americans' right to free speech, and that's not just about you being able to use your words.
  The First Amendment allows people of faith to practice without persecution. It allows journalists to report in the public interest. It allows dissenters to organize and protest. It's what allowed watchdogs to record instances of police brutality, including Eric Garn
  
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• Look quick or you’ll miss it: Sun and 70 degrees in store for Seattle

  03-05-2017 15:53
  
  The National Weather Service forecasts sun in Seattle for Wednesday and Thursday, though temperatures will reverse course by Friday.
  
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• Metro transit, Diamond Parking to sell reserved parking spaces as park-and-rides overflow

  03-05-2017 15:30
  
  A public-private partnership will open 250 stalls at 12 sites for paid transit-commuter parking.
  
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• Man without a country: Revered theater director has to prove he belongs

  03-05-2017 15:00
  
  Ruben Van Kempen has been in the U.S. so long — 55 years — that he had stopped thinking of himself as an immigrant. Then last week he got a letter from the government suggesting maybe he shouldn’t be here at all.
  
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• Photos: Bitter Lake’s Playland brought amusement to Seattle from the 1930 to the ’60s

  03-05-2017 14:50
  
  The amusement park on the shores of Bitter Lake lasted for three decades.
  
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• Photos: Bitter Lake’s Playland brought amusement to Seattle from 1930 to ’60s

  03-05-2017 14:50
  
  The amusement park on the shores of Bitter Lake lasted for three decades.
  
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• Whither Upstream? To Go or Not to Go?

  03-05-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Upstream sets you don't want to miss (if you're going to Upstream, that is)by Sean NelsonTwo popular ideas about music festivals:1. They are a fun way to see a bunch of bands you like and maybe discover some new ones while celebrating the hedonistic pleasures of community.2. They are Walmart—proof of the further decline of a once-unruly strand of culture into a one-stop-shopping excursion for people with too much money and more interest in seeming like they're into music than in actual
  
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• The Circle Lacks "Flair"

  03-05-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Circle Lacks "Flair"by Vince ManciniImagine an attempt at a social-media satire where the main character takes the entire movie to realize sharing all of your personal information online might be bad. You'll end up with The Circle, a cautionary tale for grandpas who think robots steal their medicine.It's shocking that a movie starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Glenn Headly, and Bill Paxton and written by Dave Eggers could be so bad, but The Circle is a complete whif
  
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• Never Go Camping (and Other Lessons from the First Overlook Film Festival)

  03-05-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A horror film festival set at the hotel where Kubrick shot The Shining was a great idea. I wish I were still there.by Sean NelsonI don't know what the weather was like in Seattle last weekend, but as the rattling shuttle bus began to climb the slope of Oregon's Mount Hood, up the winding, narrow fistulas of US Route 26, as seen in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, the snow changed from a sparse little rumor to a dense, sky-blurring reality. To calm myself, I quietly hummed Wendy Carlos and Rachel E
  
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• Harry Partch's Oedipus Receives a Rare Performance at UW

  03-05-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Who was Harry Partch, and what did he have in common with Young Thug?by Nick ZurkoMusic history still doesn't seem to know what to make of Harry Partch. A committed outsider whose staggering accomplishments within the first 33 years of his life brought him to national attention, Partch's dedication to esoteric principles kept him at arm's length from a wide audience. His steadfast belief in the complex microtonal scale—which basically posits that an octave contains 43 notes, as opposed to
  
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