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• Tonight Is Your Last Chance to Experience Multimedia Spectacular, PYLON III

  09-02-2018 23:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalPYLON III is an unconventional multimedia performance.BRIT RUGGIRELLO
  Even if you think you don't like avant-garde dance, you should still consider checking out PYLON III. Its predecessor, PYLON II, in 2016, blew the minds of the King Street Station crowd with its harrowing beauty and power. It felt at once zeitgeisty and like a cautionary tale with undertones of George Orwell's 1984 on steroids. I've gone to two avant-dance events in my life, but PYLON II—choreographed by Col
  
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• Tesla unveils its Model 3 at Bellevue Square

  09-02-2018 23:27
  The first Seattle-area sightings of Tesla's Model 3 likely occurred Friday, when the company opened up its showroom to the public with the newest model.
  
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• Black Is Tranquil: NAAM's Everyday Black Features Portraits of Black Men and Women Looking Inward

  09-02-2018 23:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede“(not your Michelangelo’s) David”Zorn B. Taylor
  It’s instructive to see Everyday Black, a new two-person photography show at Northwest African American Museum, in the light of two other recent Seattle exhibits. One is the Black Imagination: States of Black Matter; the other is Truth Be Told. The former ran during January at the Core Gallery, and counted Natasha Marin as one of its curators. The latter are paintings by Yadesa Bojia that were exhibited at A
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: This Twin-Fetish Thing

  09-02-2018 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  If you decide to go ahead with this threesome, we all wanna see the video on XTube.by Dan Savage
  Originally published November 22, 2007:
  I am a 21-year-old, attractive straight male with an identical twin brother, also straight. I've never understood the "twin-fetish" thing, and whenever girls mentioned it, my response was confusion and disgust. Thing is, I was at a party with my brother a week ago, and this girl stated quite plainly that she had a thing for twins and wanted to do both of us at
  
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• Guest Editorial: Our Democratic Majority Needs to Get to Work Fixing Our Warped Tax System

  09-02-2018 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Our regressive tax system means education is funded by taxing working people and the poorby Summer StinsonSummer Stinson and Sarah Reyneveld The authors.
  Your property taxes are going up. By a lot. In King County, property tax bills are rising by 9 to 31%. Seattle’s will increase by nearly 17%. Most of that increase comes from a property tax hike to fund public education. Residents in school districts across the state will see similar increases, though the rate will vary by location.
  The W
  
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• Net-neutrality bill in the Washington Legislature easily passes the House

  09-02-2018 22:59
  The bipartisan bill was introduced this session after the Federal Communications Commission eliminated so-called net neutrality rules last fall.
  
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• Wait, Why Didn't BenDeLaCreme Win the First Time She Was on RuPaul's Drag Race? She's Fucking Incredible!

  09-02-2018 22:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle-based queen is a national treasure.by Chase BurnsShe's terminally winning. Kelly O
  The country is rediscovering what Seattle has always known: BenDeLaCreme is a national treasure.
  I got spoilers: About last night's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 3.She's been in the top two for the last three weeks straight: The Seattle-based drag queen and burlesque performer's antics launched her into the top two in the first episode (which she won), and the second episode, AND the third e
  
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• Virginia aquarium captures video of octopus being born

  09-02-2018 22:14
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A remarkable video showing the birth of an octopus at the Virginia Aquarium has been viewed more than 1 million times on social media. The clip shows a baby Caribbean reef octopus wriggling out of a flowerlike section of eggs. Almost immediately, the colorless creature’s cells fire pigment, giving it […]
  
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• Connelly: State's delegation in Congress splits in votes on budget deal

  09-02-2018 22:06
  The Washington congressional delegation splits, and not just on party lines, as Congress ratifies a budget deal that will boost both military and discretionary defense spending.
  
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• Court Blocks UW from Charging College Republicans $17,000 Security Fee for Far Right Rally

  09-02-2018 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Patriot Prayer is known for attracting white supremacists to their rallies.by Steven HsiehWhen Patriot Prayer came to Seattle in August. SH
  A federal judge on Friday prohibited the University of Washington from charging the school’s College Republicans $17,000 in security fees for a far-right rally planned for Saturday.
  The College Republicans plan to hold a 1 p.m. event at Red Square with Patriot Prayer, a Vancouver-based political group whose rallies have attracted white supremacists and
  
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• R.J. Adelman, son of veteran NBA coach, killed in accident

  09-02-2018 21:52
  Richard “R.J.” Adelman had been an assistant on his father’s staff when the elder Adelman coached the Houston Rockets. He also worked on staffs in Minnesota, Sacramento, Seattle and Portland.
  
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• Trump Blames Today for Market Turbulence

  09-02-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"See, the stock market is going up like it's supposed to. Why? We are in the old days." Leave It to Beaver
  The Dow Jones is going up and down like crazy today. And according to Donald Trump, today, and not the usual suspects—Obama or Hillary—is to blame for this turbulence. The market fell by nearly 400 points at the day's start (PST), and it rose by nearly 500 points before noon, and then it fell by nearly 100 points right after noon. It was in the red for a bit, an
  
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• Salt and Straw Opens Today, Fireplace Listings, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Feb 9, 2018 Edition

  09-02-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffGet ready: Long-awaited Salt and Straw opens in Ballard on Friday. Their opening menu includes delicious and unusual flavor collaborations with Beecher's Cheese, Rachel's Ginger Beer, Ellenos Yogurt, Theo Chocolate, and more. Salt and Straw via Facebook
  It’s a glorious day for ice cream fiends: Portland artisan ice creamery Salt and Straw finally lands in Ballard today and is certain to inspire lines around the block with its lineup of distinctive and unusual
  
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• Jill Messick's Family Blames the Media for Her Suicide

  09-02-2018 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Rose McGowan's former manager reportedly took her own life on Wednesday.by Katie Herzog Jill Messick and Brad Grey in 2007 Kevin Winter/Getty Images
  Sad news today. Film executive Jill Messick, who served as Rose McGowan's manager in 1997, at the time McGowan alleges Harvey Weinstein raped her, has committed suicide.After the allegations against Weinstein by McGowan became public, Weinstein released an email he'd received from Messick, in which Messick said that while McGowan told her at the tim
  
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• Salt and Straw Opens, Fireplace Listings, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Feb 9, 2018 Edition

  09-02-2018 21:22 via thestranger.com
  Plus a Central District Ice Cream Black History Month, Restaurant Roux is closing, and more.by Stranger Things To Do StaffIt’s a glorious day for ice cream fiends: Portland artisan ice creamery Salt and Straw finally lands in Ballard today and is certain to inspire lines around the block with its lineup of distinctive and unusual flavor combinations. Not only that, but vegan ice cream shop Frankie & Jo’s and molten chocolate cakery Hot Cakes have announced their flavor collaborat
  
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• Hit True Crime Podcast Criminal Has a Valentine's Day Treat for Your Ears

  09-02-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog BrianAJackson/Getty Images
  Criminal isn't your typical true crime podcast. It doesn't litigate crimes or anoint heroes or villains. There's no blood or gore or salacious detail. Instead, the show embraces nuance, with some stories about mayhem and murder, but just as many about regular people doing criminal things and what happens before and after.The makers, Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer (who, full disclosure, I'm friends with), spent years working in public radio before branc
  
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• Connelly: Trump sings praises of ex-aide accused of abusing ex-wives

  09-02-2018 20:51
  President Trump on Rob Porter, disgraced former top aide accused of physically abusing two ex-wives.  "He did a very good job while he was in the White House. We hope that he will have a wonderful career."
  
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• No injuries after van driver repeatedly rams school bus on I-5 in Seattle

  09-02-2018 20:21
  Two people were taken into custody Friday morning after the driver of a van repeatedly rammed a school bus on Interstate 5 in Seattle, the Washington State Patrol says. No children on the bus were injured, the State Patrol said in a tweet. It wasn’t immediately known why the van driver rammed the school bus. […]
  
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• I Am Not Your Negro Examines the History of Race in America as Seen by the Late James Baldwin

  09-02-2018 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonCrowd gathering at the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington.Magnolia Pictures
  An ingeniously constructed documentary about one of the 20th century’s greatest, and more conflicted, artist/polemicists, I Am Not Your Negro is built from the proposal for Remember This House, the book James Baldwin never finished. As Samuel Jackson’s voice-over mingles with archival footage of Baldwin laying waste to his intellectual opposition on TV—and by the way, let’s
  
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• Bill would further loosen Idaho’s permitless concealed-carry law

  09-02-2018 19:31
  BOISE, Idaho — An eastern Idaho lawmaker is backing legislation that would allow all adults over the age of 21 to carry concealed weapons without a permit. Currently, state law says only Idaho residents may carry concealed weapons in most places without a county-issued permit. However, concealed weapons are still prohibited inside schools, courthouses and […]
  
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• Farthest photos ever taken, from nearly 4 billion miles away

  09-02-2018 19:12
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The NASA spacecraft that gave us close-ups of Pluto has set a record for the farthest photos ever taken. In December — while 3.79 billion miles (6.12 billion kilometers) from Earth — the New Horizons spacecraft snapped a picture of a star cluster. The photo surpassed the “Pale Blue Dot” […]
  
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• Judge blocks UW from billing student Republicans for Saturday campus rally

  09-02-2018 18:41
  Lawyers for both sides are expected back in court for a hearing to determine whether the university’s policy for billing this and other such events are constitutional.
  
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• What Do Women Musicians Really Think About the Word "Songstress"? It Ain't Pretty.

  09-02-2018 18:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Several women musicians reveal their views on the persistent and seemingly outmoded word "songstress."by Dave SegalKelly Fleek (left): "Removing gender from myriad music titles is what needs to happen to boost the signal of equity in the music industry and beyond." Alton Fleek
  The word "songstress" refuses to die. Used as an alternative to "singer-songwriter" or simply "musician," songstress long has carried an irksome undertone, and is loaded with connotations and assumptions that reflect ugly
  
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• Oregon’s warm winter raises fear of summer drought

  09-02-2018 17:47
  SALEM, Ore. — If winter weather doesn’t arrive soon, Oregon could be facing a summer drought. The Statesman Journal reports this has been one of the warmest winters on record in Salem, the capital city. That has meant rain instead of snow in the Cascade Range, where snowpack is 35 to 40 percent of normal. […]
  
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• Slog AM: Who Hacked Washington's Weed, Amazon's Secret Meeting, An Olympic Mountain of Condoms

  09-02-2018 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  No one wants a military parade, road rage kills, and Jackie Chan is the only thing good left in the world.by Nathalie GrahamToday's the day of the closed-door, Seattle-Amazon summit. DAVID RYDER/GETTY IMAGES
  Oh god, they hacked our weed: So, not only is the new weed-traceability system glitchy as hell and holding our weed hostage with technical difficulties but apparently it’s vulnerable, too. Someone hacked into the system. No one knows what the hackers (presuming there were multiple but,
  
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• Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu

  09-02-2018 17:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu. That […]
  
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• LA considers building housing for homeless on city parking lots

  09-02-2018 16:55
  LOS ANGELES — An idea for dealing with the huge homeless problem in Los Angeles would involve building multistory apartment buildings on numerous city-owned parcels. The Los Angeles Times reports Friday that 119 parcels were purchased by the city in the decades after World War II and cleared to create parking lots for emerging commercial […]
  
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• Sinkhole repairs close Rainier Ave. North for another day

  09-02-2018 15:37
  A small hole opened up in the pavement on Wednesday, but the sinkhole underneath the roadway turned out to be much bigger than it appeared from the surface.
  
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• Surveillance system or public-safety tool? Seattle dismantles controversial wireless mesh network

  09-02-2018 15:00
  In 2013, Seattle police installed surveillance cameras and a network that could track wireless devices throughout downtown — after unwanted publicity, they turned it off. Now the city is paying $150,000 to physically tear it down.
  
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• Podcast: state Sen. John Braun defends schools plan that’s raising King County property taxes

  09-02-2018 15:00
  On Ep. 68 of The Overcast, state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, defends the Legislature's use of property taxes to boost funding for public schools - and responds to last week's podcast guest, state Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, who called the tax plan "punitive."
  
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• Civic leaders meeting with Amazon executives Friday — but press, public not invited

  09-02-2018 15:00
  Government-transparency advocates say the meeting between Seattle-area political leaders and the city’s largest employer should be open to outsiders.
  
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• Charter schools, despite ongoing legal questions, attract the families they hoped to get

  09-02-2018 15:00
  Though they are too new to have a solid track record, operate under a cloud of legal uncertainty and often exist only in portable classrooms, Washington’s charter schools are growing. So why are families enrolling?
  
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• Charter schools, despite legal questions, attract families they hoped to get

  09-02-2018 15:00
  Though they are too new to have a solid track record, operate under legal uncertainty and often exist in portable classrooms, Washington’s charter schools are growing. Why are families enrolling?
  
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• A high-school principal ‘liked’ a pornographic video on Twitter — and is now out of a job

  09-02-2018 13:32
  A high-school principal in Connecticut has left his job following a report that he had “liked” an explicit sexual video on Twitter. Terri Goldson, who led a high school in Ansonia, a town of about 20,000 outside of New Haven, had worked in the small district for more than 30 years, the New Haven Register […]
  
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• Oregon legislator to resign after report that he groped female colleagues, employees

  09-02-2018 10:38
  Oregon Republican State Sen. Jeff Kruse, under fire for alleged sexual harassment of female colleagues and employees, announced his resignation Thursday. “I continue to deny these allegations,” Kruse said in a statement reported by Oregon media. “However, today I tender my resignation so my colleagues may focus on serving Oregonians without distraction and my constituents […]
  
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• Snowy Paris gets raves from tourists even with Eiffel closed

  09-02-2018 09:43
  PARIS (AP) — Snow and freezing rain pummeled parts of France on Friday, shutting down the Eiffel Tower but covering Paris in a gorgeous coat of white. The Eiffel Tower, France’s most-visited monument, was closed all day Friday and was staying closed Saturday “to ensure the security of visitors,” the company that manages the 19th-century […]
  
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• Eiffel Tower shuts down as snow, freezing rain pummel France

  09-02-2018 09:43
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was closed and French authorities told drivers in the Paris region to stay home Friday as snow and freezing rain pummeled parts of the country that are ill-prepared for the wintry weather. The company that manages France’s most-visited monument said the 19th-century Eiffel Tower will be closed all day […]
  
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• Eiffel Tower closed as snow, freezing rain pummel France

  09-02-2018 09:43
  PARIS — The Eiffel Tower is closed and authorities are telling drivers in the Paris region to stay home as snow and freezing rain have hit a swath of France ill-prepared for the wintry weather. The company that manages France’s most-visited monument said the 19th-century Eiffel Tower will be closed all day Friday and Saturday […]
  
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• Storm gives Midwest schoolchildren a rare snow day

  09-02-2018 07:01
  CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of children in the Midwest got a rare snow day off school Friday as a winter storm moved through the Great Lakes region, dumping nearly a foot of the white powder in some places with more on the way. Midwest residents often boast that they are well prepared for winter weather […]
  
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• Snow falling across upper Midwest leaves roads treacherous

  09-02-2018 07:01
  CHICAGO (AP) — A winter storm moving across the Great Lakes that’s forecast to drop about a foot (1/3 meter) of snow in some areas created treacherous driving conditions Friday, closed schools and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The National Weather Service issued winter-weather warnings and advisories across the upper Midwest. The snow […]
  
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• Washington state Senate Democrats, Republicans clash in midnight showdown over future of home health-care workers

  09-02-2018 04:57
  The long-raging fight between the right-leaning Freedom Foundation and Washington’s labor unions erupted on the state Senate floor over a bill to change the state contracting process.
  
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• Fight between unions, Freedom Foundation spills onto Washington state Senate floor over home health-care legislation

  09-02-2018 04:57
  The long-raging fight between the right-leaning Freedom Foundation and Washington’s labor unions erupted on the state Senate floor over a bill to change the state contracting process.
  
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• This week in Trump: The Dow’s plunges, tax-bill bonuses and diverging opinions on the president’s performance

  09-02-2018 04:00
  Despite the attention lavished on the Dow by President Donald Trump, the stock market is not necessarily a reflection of the economy.
  
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• Good weather brings out soccer fan

  09-02-2018 03:24
  A break from rain means it’s time to work on soccer skills.
  
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• Seattle Event News: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phish, In the Heights, Pantry Cooking Classes, and More

  09-02-2018 03:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTickets go on sale Friday for the Youth, Equity, and Access to the Arts Benefit Concert, with headliners Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Russell Wilson, and Ciara.
  We at Stranger Things To Do never want you to miss out on the chance to see your favorite touring musicians and performers, nor miss the opportunity to buy tickets for events that will quickly sell out. So, below, we've compiled all of the big events that went on or are going on sale this week (like Phish),
  
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• Expedia’s spending plans depress stock

  09-02-2018 03:08
  The Bellevue company’s expenses rose faster than revenue in the fourth quarter, a trend Expedia said will persist this year.
  
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• Man shot dead by motorcyclist in road rage incident on I-5

  09-02-2018 02:39
  A man was shot Thursday afternoon in an apparent road rage incident on southbound Interstate 5 near the Pierce County-King County line.
  
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• Connelly: State Senate bans farming of Atlantic salmon after 2025

  09-02-2018 02:37
  The state Senate, on a bipartisan vote, passed legislation to end Atlantic salmon farming in Washington's inland waters when current leases expire in 2025.
  
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• Man fatally shot in road rage incident on Interstate 5

  09-02-2018 02:33
  The female motorcyclist and a man in a car stopped in the left lane of the freeway after a dispute on the road, the Washington State Patrol said. Witnesses said the incident became physical and ended when the woman shot the man.
  
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• 60-year-old man fatally shot in road-rage incident on Interstate 5 near Tacoma

  09-02-2018 02:33
  The female motorcyclist and a man in a car stopped in the left lane of the freeway after a dispute on the road, the Washington State Patrol said. Witnesses said the incident became physical and ended when the woman shot the man.
  
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